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If the Spurs stay healthy, I don't see anyone touching them next year.
It may actually be quite easy, like in 1999.
He has a strong shot...as long as RC keeps bringing in the necessary pieces. Next year will be a good start considering this years play and more rest. I just don't know if it's going to happen. The Suns are re-tooling in the West, so we'll see.
If the Spurs stay healthy, I don't see anyone touching them next year.
It may actually be quite easy, like in 1999.
Rest assured once TD steps down as the superstar and turns into a David Robinson type role player Manu and Tony can carry the team. At first Manu might take in more of the load but, the future of the Spurs is with Tony Parker. TP hasn't reached his peak yet and he is gradually getting better and better.
Are you serious, after all your KG ball-sucking, you want us to think you really don't like him? And you wonder why everyone thinks you're a complete idiot.....
6? I don't know. Very possible though.
Still have a tall ladder to climb to be considered "one of the greats"
L.A. and Boston are still "the teams".
Heck, I don't even put the Bulls in the same conversation.
Sorry but............no.
Only time will tell... I doubt we will get 6 though.
My only concern right now is getting 4. If he gets 4 next season, which he has a very good chance barring injury, then I will worry about 5 and so on.
Dunno. Fan in me says certainly - I could see 7 by the end of his career.
However, the next one alone will be hard enough, and that is barring injuries or other team setbacks. Houston and Dallas will make for one of a tough division, and should an unfortunately timed injury strike again, we're looking at a 4 or 5 seed at best - and that can have a big impact on how far they get in the playoffs.
Thats a BIG IF
It's very likely that he can do it..
um last time i checked ginobilli is 1 year younger then duncan, so when duncan
turns into a david robinson type player, manu will be not far behind him
Let's focus on 1 Ring at a time shall we? Duncan does not respond good to pressure. If he lurks on this forum then your gonna hurt the quest.
Championships are done one season at a time. If you don't you burn out trying to set
too lofty a goal. Let's savor what we have.. we may never see it again.
People where so quick to bury the victory.. im still party...
tru, so im endin this thread that i started, it shall be brought up again
next summer when were one ring closer
Oh really, last time I checked, Manu is 27, and Duncan is 29.
Tim is about 1 year and 3 months older then Manu. However (in theory) when Tim becomes older, I don't think that Manu will be in the right condition to still be a superstar (given the way he plays and that big men can usually be efective for a longer period of time) so thefuture of this team is probably with someone else.
Duncan should get four, might get five, but I really don't see six happening. For starters, as Phoenix is showing with its offseason moves, teams are catching onto the defense bandwagon. At the very least they are realizing that their best bet for success when putting a team together is to design it to beat the Spurs, because for the moment that's where the road to the rings runs through.
On top of that, I think the new CBA, with its shorter contracts and higher cap, is going to make keeping together a good team that much harder. The Spurs have most of their key bench guys shored up for two or three more seasons but after that it's going to be even tougher to really build a dynasty. The free agent market is going to be a lot more compe ive, the world has gotten wiser to the diamonds in the rough of the Euroleagues, and the Spurs are wearing the biggest bullseye on their backs.
I don't know about Duncan, but I think Horry has a good chance of passing Jordan in the ring department.........
I agree with you, but much easier said than done. A team saying "Oh, we have to have defense" doesn't mean anything. It takes a significant long-term commitment from an entire organization to build the kind of defense that the Spurs and Pistons have. The next team to beat the Spurs (whenever that happens) is a lot more likely to be built upon its own unique strengths than to be a Spurs knockoff, just as the Bulls team that took down the Bad Boy Pistons was built with good defense and an unstoppable offensive star rather than simply copying the gritty physical defense of the Pistons.
I think the biggest key at that point will be whether some of the guys we already have stashed away overseas come through for us. If guys like Sanikidze and Mahinmi can develop into solid contributors that keep us from having to play the trade / free agency game like everyone else, we have a leg up. If not, it will be a lot harder.
He will win a total of 7 rings.
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