Spurs Only 5th Team in NBA History to Begin Season 10-0 on the Road...

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It's amazing what having guys hurt can mean for a team. In 2014, the Spurs lost three-straight games, including being blown out by 23 against LAC when Kawhi, Green and Manu were hurt. They get those guys back, and the team lost only three more games until they had already clinched HCA throughout the playoffs.

Blowouts happen all the time. They aren't the sign of a bad team. That's especially true for the Spurs, who have a coach who pulls the plus more quickly than anyone else. In the 2013 Finals, the Heat and Spurs didn't play a close game until Game Six. They just alternated blowouts.

Yes, I agree. I didn't realize I came off as "it's a poor STAT because the Spurs are a bad team". I just think that's a poor STAT because it takes into account only road wins and not the overall record.

2013 Finals were such an emotional roller-coaster for me (and most NBA fans I imagine). The series against CP3 and D West in 2007 was also full of blowouts.

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Pau is the oldest player on the team. I've said it a few times, but I really think a lot of people don't realize that he's a year older than Manu. I've been wrong before.

Pau is several years younger than Manu

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Pau is the oldest player on the team. I've said it a few times, but I really think a lot of people don't realize that he's a year older than Manu.

Didn't realize Pau is a 5-tool prospect from the Dominican Republic or Thon Maker's older brother

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Remember when until last year every team that went 40-1 at home won the le?

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Yeah, Gasol is three years younger than Manu. Still old, but definitely not Manu's age.

Echh... that's right. He's been in the NBA a year longer than Manu. More importantly, he's played over 50% more NBA minutes than Manu. (37,000 vs 24,000 total minutes). That's the equivalent of 6 extra seasons for a starter. He came into the league the same year as Parker, but he's put in more minutes than Tony, even when playoff minutes are included.

The point still stands - he's not a center that you want to try and ride to a championship, at this point in his career. (People should appreciate how unusual Timmy was, to play so well, so long.) And he's not the style of center that you really prefer for the playoffs.

As for the rest of you who hurried over to your favorite stat site to check - this is how you deal with it when you make a mistake. You don't make up some stupid-assed excuse. You say, "I made a mistake", and move on.

[NameLess Scrub]

Pau is the oldest player on the team. I've said it a few times, but I really think a lot of people don't realize that he's a year older than Manu. He's also not a big, physical center that thrives on battling in the paint. That's okay in the regular season, but in the post-season, when the refs tuck their whistles away and "let them play", it becomes a much bigger disadvantage.

Dedmon was looking pretty solid as a backup C, before he... disappeared? We don't really know how good he is yet, especially against top-tier bigs. Aldridge can't/won't slide to the C. I like Lee, and I love his effort. But he's just too damned short to play as a legit center against the players he's likely to face in the playoffs. But the biggest concern, for me, is still Gasol as the starting center in the playoffs.

I'm not even going to get into the issues with Parker. You can find that in about half the threads on ST. Patty is a mixed bag, but there really is not third option at PG, unless Lap starts looking a lot better. But even if he does, it's still just like the center position. It's the starter, going against playoff-caliber starters, that is the weak link.

I just think that having a sub-standard PG AND C is too much for the bench to overcome, in the playoffs. I've been wrong before, and I guess we'll see. But that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

He looks big enough to me, the physical part seems to be more of a problem

How did Timmy do it? Timmy played his last years slowed down and injured. He lost his ability to score at a high level, couldn't even rely on the bank shot anymore, but could still execute defensively in the paint..

Bring Timmy as a personal coach to Pau