How has the departure of fo talent affected SA

[elbamba]

look what sam presti has done in okc....imo it really hurt us....

Presti is great, dont get me wrong. But he had Durant handed to him by Portland being stupid and taking Oden.

Presti blew up his team to get draft picks. The Spurs could not do that because we already have the talent in Tim, Manu and Tony. There is a reason that the Thunder have not been in the playoffs the past two seasons. We were in the conference finals in 08. You don't give any Tim, Manu and Tony a year removed from going to the conference finals.

Now the Spurs are showing their ages. More then that, the Spurs are showing that they do not have dependable role players like Horry, Barry and Bowen.

This offseason, the Spurs will try to bring in Splitter and probably draft a legit small forward.

Spurs could have Tim, Manu, Tony, Hill, Blair, Splitter, Dice and 1st rounder. That is not a bad core of basketball players. Does anyone think that Hill and Blair will not continue to get better?

I could see the Spurs using Hill as the SG and moving Temple as the backup PG. He showed a lot of promise this year. Add Hairiston and potentially Ian and i think the Spurs will have a team that can compete next year.

What has killed us against the Suns is the inability to rotate to cut off threes. The Spurs never had that problem because we had so many great athletic players that knew the defensive system. Brining in additional youth will help us correct some of the breakdown that killed us. I feel comfortable with what the Spurs will be doing going forward.

now if we can only get rid of Jefferson.

[EmptyMan]

Blair and Hill will be awesome next year. I can't wait.


Spurs just need big men who aren't pussies.