Grantland: Spurs will Disappoint

[kobyz]

Ibaka and adams?

Shut up apa!

[BillMc]

I still stand my belief we beat them healthy.

+1

[kobyz]

+1

You really sucking off this piece of ?

[SPURt]

I'm surprised the media isn't more concerned about Durant's foot. They should be sticking with GSW if they don't want to roll with the Spurs. They want Durant/Lebron to be the new Bird/Magic.

[SPURt]

You really sucking off this piece of ?

I didn't know if you post "+1" that you are promising fellatio! I might owe some people...

[heyheymymy]

They've won four playoff series:

2011 Spurs: Broken-arm Manu
2013 Clips: Injured Blake
2013 Thunder: Westbrook injury
2015 Blazers: Aldridge and Matthews injuries

They've lost each time they've gone up against a healthy opponent.

interesting, never looked at it like that

[BillMc]

You really sucking off this piece of ?

Not sure what that's about.

I agree with his statement that we'd beat OKC if healthy.

[K...]

Not sure what that's about.

I agree with his statement that we'd beat OKC if healthy.

Player fan rules. You have to always disagree with your opponents even if they are right. So even though I have no real reason to, I must by law, call you out as a kawhi or pop sucker.

[daledondale]

grizzlies are going nowhere.

Always the same, of course.

[BillMc]

Player fan rules. You have to always disagree with your opponents even if they are right. So even though I have no real reason to, I must by law, call you out as a kawhi or pop sucker.

If you want to, go ahead.

As I've said before, I've no interest in this "krew" stuff.

[itzsoweezee]

Dumb take imo. Zach's better than that.

Makes sense. Kyrie is out for a while. LeBron is going to rest a lot.

[baseline bum]

Saying "Spurs disappoint" is an easy call for him to make, it's basically just taking the field against the Spurs considering anything short of a le is going to be a disappointment with this roster.

[spursistan]

I think a regular season struggles in terms of W-L record wouldn't be as much of surprise in this stacked West for a team in Year 1 of retooling..Heck the Heatles in a joke conference only managed 58-24 with the best player in the league and two other superstars in their prime in 2011 but ended up gelling late in the season/playoffs despite falling just short of a le..

[Slime Baller]

I'm going in to the season with tempered expectations. I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than disappointed.

[Old School 44]

One of these seasons' Tim will get old and/or the Spurs won't win 50+ games, and miss the playoffs altogether. Keep predicting it! I guarantee they (the media)will be right one year. And then they will all line up to tell everyone they said first.

[davidbowie]

calling it now. this is the first season in how ever many years its been now we dont win 50

MARK THE TAPE

[SpurPadre]

They've won four playoff series:

2011 Spurs: Broken-arm Manu
2013 Clips: Injured Blake
2013 Thunder: Westbrook injury
2015 Blazers: Aldridge and Matthews injuries

They've lost each time they've gone up against a healthy opponent.

But they did give the Dubs their toughest challenge in the WC playoffs.

[Chinook]

But they did give the Dubs their toughest challenge in the WC playoffs.

Yeah, over the eight seed and the hobbled Rockets. Awesome performance. Ws dropped two games to the one-man Cavs. They weren't nearly as dominant in the post-season as they're going to be remembered as being.

[SpurSwag]

The only prediction that shocked me was Milwaukee missing the playoffs, which I completely disagree with.

me too, i think they could end up being the 3rd or 4th best team in the east

[Killakobe81]

I hate that the Grizzlies keep getting lumped in with contenders. If Memphis loses in the second round, honestly, they overachieved. They are not one of the best four teams in the West. They aren't even one of the best five. GSW, HOU, SAC, OKC and LAC are all superior. I could even see NOP getting the best of them.

Memphis isnt great but they will be better than NOLA. Everyone sipping the Davis Kool-aid and yes I think he is great ... best prospect since LeBron and is already a top 5 player in the game probably top 3. But Pelicans wont crack top 5 unless the top 5 West teams suffer major injuries.

[Killakobe81]

Saying "Spurs disappoint" is an easy call for him to make, it's basically just taking the field against the Spurs considering anything short of a le is going to be a disappointment with this roster.

Agreed. School your fellow Spur fans ...

[DMC]

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[313]

They have real coach now and best interior defense in the league with Ibaka and hard nose Adams...

If healthy OKC should easily get the 1-2 seed.

[Arcadian]

Thinking this team won't win 50 games... There aren't enough good teams for them not to. It's a lock.

[Maj_G]

It was about time to be honest, I kinda don't like it when everyone sees us as favorites. Spurs have always performed at their best when the media don't pay attention to them.