McDonald: Spurs Notebook: Spurs steeled for March march

[BillMc]

Manu is playing out of his mind, jefferson seems to have woken up by being placed on the bench, Duncan is steady as always, Parker seems healthy, Hill is having a breakout season after being placed at the starting lineup, Blair continues to beast, Mcdyess finally kicked in his second-half gear, Hairston and Ian have shown they can be good insurance backup in meaninful games, and Michael Finley is gone forever.

Not really weird to feel good about the future, no lol

I agree. I'm weirdly excited about this "March Madness." It's kind of like early playoffs...

[BillMc]

The other thing I'm getting a little antsy about is Manu. He's playing so well...So well that some team may overpay him next year and we'll lose him. Tim is our best player, but Manu is really the heart of the team. You can see the young guys/new players gravitate around him...

[TimmehC]

Pop knows the players better than me??? I was one of the first persons to say, Pop was going to lose this team. I stated back in January that if he didn't stop this craziness of playing losers like Bonner and Bogans the other Spurs were going to stop playing for him.

If Pop knew the players so well why did Finley leave? Why did Mason wanna leave? Haislip? Pop don't know . Everyone is not like Manu. Some players don't react the same when lesser talent is playing before them. If Pop was so wise he would have known this.

I don't subscribe to Pop's bull . I know basketball too. And I know that if you disrespect some players long enough, they WILL quit playing for you.

These guys are not fools. They can coach this team too, they know a losing formula when they see it. And all this bull Pop has been pulling this year is just that. BULL .

If the Spurs do happen to make the playoffs, it is going to be brutal.

When teams see that soft under sized frontline, they are going to drive on them like there is no tomorrow, and there ain't a dam thing we can do about it.

Some of us Spurs fans don't just buy anything that Pop puts on the floor. He expects his players to be perfect, well dammit, I expect my coach to be held to the same standard. And any fool that thought Bonner and Bogans should be starting in today's NBA, well, is just that, a damm fool.

You also said they should trade Manu. How's that looking right now?

[itzsoweezee]

LMAO at the homers in this thread. You people are completely clueless.

[jack sommerset]

This stretch run very well could show if the Spurs are pretenders or contenders.

Or just an average playoff team.

[Interrohater]

LMAO at the homers in this thread. You people are completely clueless.

????

You're laughing at homers (or, more accurately, Spurs fans) on a Spurs fan site.

That's like going to a porn convention wearing a shirt that says "LMAO at adult entertainment stars" on the front and "I'm an idiot" on the back.

[FeZZy]

we got this patience is key

[GhosTown]

You also said they should trade Manu. How's that looking right now?

Sup man, long time. How are things on PtR?

Trading Manu??? Yeah would have been a tough one. But that's part of the business. I love him cause he is all heart and would hate to see him leave, but he is gone in 4 months anyway so if we could have gotten Rip Hamilton or Amare or another solid player (Stephen Jackson) in the $10 million range, why not?

I really don't think the Spurs are going to resign him and he will end up leaving for nothing. But we will see. So far the Front Office has manage to make more bad moves than good ones.