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I am worried the price of gasol will climb in the summer
with gasol
look at odom line
he does not score
not worried
I am worried the price of gasol will climb in the summer
...they are simply filler players...other than horry and finley, the others are simply filler players and have contributed little...
I need a Post Blocker to weed out all of Holt's Cat's remarks.
Any re can reply to constructive criticism and validated fears with "Yeah, but the Spurs are Spurrrrrrific! We won last year! No worries! We're the best!"
Post something that's relevant, current and substantial.
You can't bury your head in the sand or talk sh1t when the Spurs are older, more injured, more complacent and less talented than the Lakers and the Suns.
It's not going to be easy.
I'll make you case for you.
Hope that Duncan can get off or maybe Parker can get his legs back and outplay his man like he did in the Finals. All of our other guys will be overmatched or heavily guarded.
Or pray that our team defense can overcome the talent disparity.
Still, I don't like how both the Lakers and the Suns have star-level talent set up to go off at multiple positions now.
Only the Spurs collective defense can save them.
P.S.
No one else on the Spurs can block shots besides Duncan. Look at our team's rank in blocked shots. Then think about some of our struggles. After that, take a bath with a toaster.
And yet, somehow the Spurs have 3 rings in the last 5 years. Go figure.
...and yet they still can't figure out how to repeat...
I wish I had the desire to dig up Ghost Writer's whiny self-loathing body of work from the last decade. Another season turns and the song remains the same.
So do they have to give the O'Brien trophies back? That's a pretty ing stupid comeback on your part.
....in all their "greatness" and their concept of team play, you'd figure they might be able to figure out how not to up the season after they manage to win the championship...
if they were truly "dominant" and a "dynasty" they would figure out how to effectively engineer a championship run in consecutive years...
If they weren't so good you'd think someone would have figured out how to have stopped them. Next.
It is concerning. Gasol gives Kobe an excellent and consistent second option, and Gasol being the second option means he's softness isn't as much of an obstacle for him. When Bynum gets healthy it'll be even worse since that gives Phil the 3 pieces of the Triangle.His line last night was incredible. I'm officially worried....
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
P.Gasol C 34:09 9-11 0-0 8-12 +14 3 3 6 6 2 0 1 2 1 26
The Lakers have definitely jumped passed the Suns and Mavs as the scariest team, at least in my mind.
The guy the Spurs have to worry about is Bynum. If he is not healthy come playoff time Tim Duncan will murder Gasol. If Bynum gets healthy Gasol can cover whoever the Spurs have at 5 and it will mask his weak defense.
The past is the past.
I am a realistic Spurs fan and I know that the Spurs should not have fooled themselves into thinking that they could wheel out the same ol' tired donkey for another le after squeaking one out last year.
We don't win back-to-back, because we don't commit to getting younger or better every offseason. And we never make in-season deals that improve us (if I hear Nazr Mohammed again, someone's gonna get shot).
The Spurs should've looked at 2005 and seen that we got beat, because Dallas was younger and more athletic and healthier.
The Spurs should've looked at 2006 and seen that we won, because we avoided Dallas, got some good breaks in the Suns series and were relatively healthy in the playoffs.
That doesn't mean you go back to the well again.
You take measures like Pop is doing, by getting Manu not to play all that summer ball and shutting Parker down.
But the front office should have brought in some new talent with vigor... they don't have to be superstars... just kids with athleticism, durability and desire and a dash of talent.
Now look. We got holes at the 3 and 4, injured guys and others looking really old.
All avoidable.
these guys figured it out...
2000 Western Conference First Round (3-1): Phoenix Suns over San Antonio Spurs
2001 Western Conference Finals Round (4-0): Los Angeles Lakers over San Antonio Spurs
2002 Western Conference Semi-Finals Round (4-1): Los Angeles Lakers over San Antonio Spurs
2004 Western Conference Semi-Finals Round (4-2): Los Angeles Lakers over San Antonio Spurs
2006 Western Conference Semi-Finals Round (4-3): Dallas Mavericks over San Antonio Spurs
Duncan not suiting up for games is a start, I suppose.
Sure, the Shaq from 6-7 years ago on a Spurs team without Ginobili.
2001 Western Conference Finals Round (4-0): Los Angeles Lakers over San Antonio Spurs
2002 Western Conference Semi-Finals Round (4-1): Los Angeles Lakers over San Antonio Spurs
0.4*2004 Western Conference Semi-Finals Round (4-2): Los Angeles Lakers over San Antonio Spurs
The Shaq of 4 years ago isn't walking through that door for the Lakers.
How about 2003, 2005, and 2007?
2006 Western Conference Semi-Finals Round (4-3): Dallas Mavericks over San Antonio Spurs
Next.
Sig worthy.
Live in the now, please.
Live in the what? Your paranoid and delusional world where the Spurs haven't won 4 les by eschewing what you have crowed about over the last 10 years?
...sounds like someone is trying to make excuses....
The Spurs with Duncan has the capacity to win at least 3 more in that timeframe.
What about this year?
Question.
Not really, but 2000? Come on. Were you even alive then?
Where were Laker's posters (other than a couple of stalwarts) for the past 4 seasons?
You're team has reaped the reward of a lopsided trade. Good for you.
Your team, however, hasn't done a damned thing.
STFU and go away until you have something to crow about.
Mavericks fans are the ONLY team with scoreboard; Detroit fans get respect.
You suck.
With the looks of his sig, hes another attention starved 12 year old getting his rocks off by trolling a message board.
It's his way of getting back at the jock kids who give him wedgies and don't pick him for 3 on 3 apparently.
The best way to combat Weezer is to build a credible case as to why the Spurs will beat the Lakers this year.
I'll help you.
Duncan can still beat Shaq or Bynum.
The Spurs team defense is more experienced together as a unit, which can overcome player-for-player talent inadequacies.
Stop living in the past. Its a new season and teams have improved especially the Lakers after the Gasol trade and the improved play of Bynum this year.
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