I have a theory about the Spurs

[TampaDude]

Ight fellas, tell me more bout how I came from a fish.

More like a horse's ass.

[Uriel]

Ight fellas, tell me more bout how I came from a fish.

See, that's one of the misconceptions about evolution. You didn't come from a fish, you merely share a common ancestor with one. There's a difference.

[spurraider21]

Ight fellas, tell me more bout how I came from a fish.

you came from your parents tbh

[100%duncan]

It's only November, chill

[Mr Bones]

I think the reason the Spurs are great is because they collectively understand that the Big Picture is more important than the small picture. This sounds obvious, but it's hard to stick with. While members of Spurstalk are proposing a hundred trades, and wringing their hands over minutiae, Pop dryly explains why the core of his le-winning team remains intact: "We had a pretty good year. I didn't see any reason to kick them out of town."

[z0sa]

Good luck establishing your rhythm for any meaningful period of time with all these nagging injuries.

[Biernutz]

Less than 10 games in..Patty and Splitter out. Kawhi with eye problems, Manu said he feels dead
after a back to back. Pop tinkers with the line up.....Wait till the all star break. If its like this then
then start to worry.....Some.......

[Uriel]

Good luck establishing your rhythm for any meaningful period of time with all these nagging injuries.

Yeah, this is the primary concern at this point. Last season, the Spurs were also confronted with an avalanche of injures in the 1st half of the season, and were regarded by many as the most vulnerable of the top 4 teams (MIA, IND, OKC, SA). But by the 2nd half, they were able to become reasonably healthy for a sustained stretch and ended up posting a dominant winning record, including 19 straight wins.

[DMC]

The Spurs are primarily a rhythm team. Their motion offense relies on their players being in-sync, on-point, and on-target with one another. It's how their spacing, ball movement, and constant passing thrives.

When the Spurs play a lot of games in a row in a short span of time, it serves to keep the team in-sync. Case in point: right now, the Spurs are in the midst of a 4 games in 6 nights / 7 games in 11 nights stretch. And with each passing game, they've gotten progressively better and better as the team has been able to sustain its rhythm. At the moment, at a juncture when most pundits would think they'd be worn out from playing so many games in so little time, they're actually playing their best basketball of the season.

But when the Spurs have long lay-offs in the schedule, it throws their entire game out-of-whack, and they end up playing poorly. For evidence, look at our poor early season record, when we would play 1 game then have 2 days off then 1 game and have another 3 days off. It was disastrous, and we sputtered to a 2-3 start.

Even Pop said himself that the reason why it took us 7 games to beat Dallas in the playoffs last season was that the long lay-off in the schedule and the resting of the stars towards the end of the regular season completely took the Spurs out-of-sync, so it took a while for the team to regain its rhythm.

This is obviously true, however the downside is that they tire, so you have to balance their playing time with their conditioning and chemistry (what you're referring to is chemistry). Any team will play better when it's playing more often, but there's a diminishing returns aspect that shows later down the line.

[DMC]

you came from your parents tbh

Who came for fish tacos.