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Whoops. Gotcha.Cleva,
What you say is on point but you have to bear in mind that Rascal has done this every year, even the ones ending in les.
It may not matter where they are seeded, but it DEFINITELY matters how they're playing and how healthy they are. Right now, the Spurs are neither. If the playoffs start and this is still the case, it will be a short-lived fiesta.
Seems like the Lakers year to win it all. I hope they choke, but I doubt they will. Oh well, the world keeps spinning.
You gotta be kidding yourself seriously. That 2000-01 Spurs team is nowhere near this Spurs team. , even this year's team is better than last year's team also. You gotta be kidding yourself if you think Vaughn, Udoka, and Horry's corpse from last year's team is better than a combo of Hill, Mason, Bonner, and Gooden from this year's team. The Spurs have waaaaay more options going into the playoffs this year than they did last year. We have some young athletic guys to go along with the vets. We are a better offensive team this year as a whole than last year. And the D of this team is starting to kick it up to Spurs level also. We can throw an Offensive line-up of TP, Mason, Manu, TD, and Gooden. We can throw a Defensive line-up of Hill, Manu, Bowen, TD, and Thomas. Or we can throw a mix out there of the two. Last year the Spurs struggled because they couldnt score enough. They didnt have a Roger Mason, who is a good fourth option and a clutch guy at the end of games. Instead we had unreliable scorers out there like Vaughn and Udoka. Not this year. So if you think the Lakers are going to cakewalk through the Playoffs you're crazy as . I believe in this team...and no matter how much you ramble on about Laker this Laker that remember this, the Spurs are the last Western Conference team to win the NBA Championship since 2003. Sure the Lakers made it in 2004 and 2008, but lost. The Mavs also made it in 2006, but lost. Other than that, the Spurs have won in 2003, 2005, and 2007 making them the last Western Conf. team to win it all. I believe in this team, and nothing you can say is going to make me change my mind. Bring it.
Thought so.
Thanks, lurker23.
No problem, it was too easy.
Thanks, lurker23.
I still believe we can win it all. manu will make all the difference,beside when it comes to playoff this team will play differently from regular season. But I am really concerned about Lakers. I want to say you, you are wrong. But honestly assessing how lakers playing right now and how Kobe's playing...i cant find any logical explanation for that. I gues we will losing,just make sure we lost with honour and this time not because of 0.4 or one second manus foul.
The '05 run was ulcer inducing. Duncan hurt in late March, misses a bunch of games. Then goes down again in Seattle. Then the 2 games in Detroit that tore our hearts out. They never looked worse than on that bench at the end of those 2 games. Then they didn't win game 6 at home. Damn, it was a ride.
That Championship shows what can be done when the heart is in it. The core of this team has Championship blood, and I won't ever under-estimate them. They have injuries, they have new role players. But anything can happen and as a fan I always believe.
They actually do. I think you're smart enough to recognize that all Pop is doing, is giving his players experience. #12 Bruce Bowen is still on the roster, is he not? You know, perennial All-NBA Defender...there is reason his minutes have been cut and it's not due to diminished skills. It's because, as an organization, the Spurs realize which season is most important. That's why regular season results don't define the team other than to show that A) They're defending well enough. B) Their offense is capable enough. C) They are minimizing the mistakes more than their opponent.SA no longer has the perimeter D who can slow LA down. When the best defender is a rookie you're asking for playoff trouble when the refs give them no respect.
That's it.
So just because you saw George Hill defend Kobe late in a regular season game doesn't mean that is the only weapon that Pop has, it's more like that was the only weapon he FELT like using for that particular game. WHEN IT REALLY COUNTS...Pop knows to go for the .357 Mag instead of the 9MM. He's former military and he has a plan. You know he does, the only question is...will the team be healthy and determined enough to follow it through to the letter.
Understand the sentiment but I don't believe Bowen can slow down Kobe anymore. The biggest reason is their is no shotblocker having his back because Duncan is forced to honestly defense someone on the block.They actually do. I think you're smart enough to recognize that all Pop is doing, is giving his players experience. #12 Bruce Bowen is still on the roster, is he not? You know, perennial All-NBA Defender...there is reason his minutes have been cut and it's not due to diminished skills. It's because, as an organization, the Spurs realize which season is most important. That's why regular season results don't define the team other than to show that A) They're defending well enough. B) Their offense is capable enough. C) They are minimizing the mistakes more than their opponent.
That's it.
So just because you saw George Hill defend Kobe late in a regular season game doesn't mean that is the only weapon that Pop has, it's more like that was the only weapon he FELT like using for that particular game. WHEN IT REALLY COUNTS...Pop knows to go for the .357 Mag instead of the 9MM. He's former military and he has a plan. You know he does, the only question is...will the team be healthy and determined enough to follow it through to the letter.
Look at what Kobe did last year for proof of that.
11-21/27 pts
10-17/22 pts
13-23/30 pts
14-29/28 pts
16-30/39 pts
And all that was done by only shooting a combined 25 FTs the entire series. Bowen just no longer has the speed to anticipate Kobe any more. That was last year in the playoffs when the games counted.
This year, Bowen has had less time on Kobe but he still hasn't prevented Kobe from getting in the paint or taking whatever shot he wanted.
you're irrelevant
I have a question for you: What are you basing this on, that the Lakers will win it all?
Certainly it can't be THEIR regular season record (because you just said the regular season is meaningless)
93.4 and 88.4 ppg, such a daunting differential in the Spurs/Lakers series last year to overcome.
You talk confidently, but didn't everyone say the same thing when it came to Boston last year, and Detroit in 04? The Lakers are too-FILL IN THE BLANK, but when it got down to it...Kobe is still ringless as the defined leader of the Lakers. RINGLESS AS LEADER. That is all.
And for all the vaunted stats, other than the 17 attempts, him taking more than 20 is what Pop wants. Getting him to go 1 point per shot, plays right into the Spurs hands, so much so that if the game is close, and Ginobili has his health, that is the X right there? The unknown factor that could result in a victory Silver and Black.
If indeed the Spurs won't win it all this year, I'd rather see Cleveland winning it rather than the overhyped Lakers. But I'm still not discounting a Spurs championship though. GO SPURS! GO!
Man, I missed threads like these.
Looks like I was right last March when I started this thread.
You picked the champion to win it again last year?
The team with the best record in the west?
Way to go out on a limb there.
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