KSmith: None of the West’s powers a perfect team

[Rummpd]

Funny how the Spurs "old team" plays less minutes and is actually younger than many other teams in league at least as far as core backcourt and has a fundementally sound big man that could play a long time.

Spurs have NO significant weaknesses as constructed - if they play well the gap between them and all the pretenders is a lot greater than the media realizes.

Mark it down LA will not survive until the final round - they are too weak defensively, i.e., soft, and too inexperienced. Jazz and Spurs again - just what the media deserves!

[DazedAndConfused]

The Spurs have one very large weakness that they need to address if they want to win it all. OFFENSE. They have been able to squeak out some very close wins, but they could easily have had 5-6 more losses if it weren't for Manu Ginobli's game winning shots and other teams boneheaded mistakes in the clutch. In the regular season it's more important HOW you win games, not so much how many games you win IMHO. Dallas last year is a prime example of that, the Spurs had a higher pt differential despite winning fewer games and ended up winning it all.

Parker coming back helps, but they are not getting enough production from role players outside of the big 3. Horry seems pretty useless these days, Bonner doesn't play, Stoudemire/Vaughan are OK at best, Finley is awesome, Udoka is inconsistent, and Barry is injured. In the playoffs it's going to be even harder for the big 3 to score as teams hone their defenses to stop them so role players must step up.

Not saying the Spurs won't kick it up a notch, I'm sure they will. But to think they have no weaknesses is foolish.

[703 Spurz]

So if i get it:

The Spurs weakness is that they won it last year


AND


The Hornets weakness is that they've never been there before


This is......... interesting

So what exactly is the ing best way to win the le? It seems impossible with this logic

[703 Spurz]

The Spurs have one very large weakness that they need to address if they want to win it all. OFFENSE. They have been able to squeak out some very close wins, but they could easily have had 5-6 more losses if it weren't for Manu Ginobli's game winning shots and other teams boneheaded mistakes in the clutch. In the regular season it's more important HOW you win games, not so much how many games you win IMHO. Dallas last year is a prime example of that, the Spurs had a higher pt differential despite winning fewer games and ended up winning it all.

Parker coming back helps, but they are not getting enough production from role players outside of the big 3. Horry seems pretty useless these days, Bonner doesn't play, Stoudemire/Vaughan are OK at best, Finley is awesome, Udoka is inconsistent, and Barry is injured. In the playoffs it's going to be even harder for the big 3 to score as teams hone their defenses to stop them so role players must step up.

Not saying the Spurs won't kick it up a notch, I'm sure they will. But to think they have no weaknesses is foolish.

No one said the Spurs had no weaknesses assmouth.

[DazedAndConfused]

^^Go read back a few posts pussyface.

[Holt's Cat]

The Spurs have one very large weakness that they need to address if they want to win it all. OFFENSE. They have been able to squeak out some very close wins, but they could easily have had 5-6 more losses if it weren't for Manu Ginobli's game winning shots and other teams boneheaded mistakes in the clutch. In the regular season it's more important HOW you win games, not so much how many games you win IMHO. Dallas last year is a prime example of that, the Spurs had a higher pt differential despite winning fewer games and ended up winning it all.

Parker coming back helps, but they are not getting enough production from role players outside of the big 3. Horry seems pretty useless these days, Bonner doesn't play, Stoudemire/Vaughan are OK at best, Finley is awesome, Udoka is inconsistent, and Barry is injured. In the playoffs it's going to be even harder for the big 3 to score as teams hone their defenses to stop them so role players must step up.

Not saying the Spurs won't kick it up a notch, I'm sure they will. But to think they have no weaknesses is foolish.

So they know how to execute in crunch time and they just got their 3rd scorer back.

Good talk.

[Galileo]

The Spurs biggest weakness is the even-numbered jinx. Shame on you, Kenny! I put a hex on you!!

[Shaolin-Style]

The only criteria you could place for being the perfect team is going completely undefeated or maintaining a hugely successful regular/post season record.

Thats whats great about the nba though, because no one team is perfect its so compe ive right now(at least in the west) No ones afforded the luxury of being perfect.

[SouthernFried]

He gets paid big bucks to say this?

TimVp should be a gazillionaire then.

[tmtcsc]

San Antonio Spurs: Fatigue, both mental and physical. Going through the wars last year to win it all and then enduring the grind of trying to repeat can drain the Spurs enough to suffer an early exit

..going through the wars last year ?

Nuggets: 4-1
Suns: 4-2 (Please....)
Jazz: 4-1
Cavs: 4-0

They wrapped it up pretty damn fast and easily.

[Kent_in_Atlanta]

If that's the best reason Kenny Smith can come up with to doubt the Spurs... I'm encouraged!!