45-50 wins. (?)
I'd love to see it happen, but when I see people saying this team will win 50 what it really sounds like to me is saying Dejounte Murray doesn't matter. White and Walker getting hurt is no big deal but Murray's progression was the main reason I had this a 50 win team before he tore his ACL.45-50 wins. (?)
40. If they're lucky.
ahhh my bad
40 wins
Around 45-48 wins. I mean last year Spurs won 47 without Kawhi and now they add Demar. Also there’s no Kawhi drama and uncertainty if he’s coming back or not.
Somewhere in the range of 0-82.
Realistically, I'm thinking in the 38-43 range. Before Murray tore his ACL I thought they would win between 50-55 games.
They will still win at least 45 games methinks.
Not sure how many games but just wanted to add this is the first time in decades the Mavs have a better starting five than we do. Bummer.
I voted 40 wins a few days ago but 37 wins wouldn't surprise me.
Some people here (looking at the poll numbers) are in for a rude awakening.
No more than 45 wins imo
The Sporks will win 35. Mostly due to lying, cheating and stealing.
It's tough. This is probably the most difficult season to predict since, what, 1989-90?
With Dejounte, I thought the Spurs could win 50+ pretty easily as long as a few things broke in their favor. Dejounte isn't the best player on the team but there's a chance he was going to be the most impactful, especially on a per minute basis. The team's defense would have been a lock for the top ten as long as he played 30+ minutes per game.
It wasn't the end of the world when Dejounte got hurt because Derrick White projects to possibly be better than any Spurs guard in quite a while. He put up better stats in Austin and summer league than Kyle Anderson, Dejounte, Cory Joseph, etc.
But now with Dejounte and White out? Damn.
I think the Spurs are about a 47-win team if Aldridge plays at the same level as last season, DeRozan plays at the same level as last season, the Spurs can get somewhere in the neighborhood of league average production out of their point guard position as a whole (Mills, Forbes, the return of White) and they stay reasonably healthy. Those are four pretty big question marks -- Aldridge is getting up there in age, DeRozan will be adjusting, the PGs on paper look to be quite a bit below average and injuries are already mounting up.
So, after thinking about this a whole lot, I see it as follows:
38 wins if most everything goes wrong
44 wins with average luck
47 wins with good luck
50 wins with good luck and a re-energized and determined Pop coaching the Spurs to three extra wins
My official prediction will thus be 50 wins because I think Pop is up for the challenge, will be relieved without the Nephew drama and the other question marks will break in the Spurs favor.
Damn with Dejounte I was expecting 50 wins even without Aldridge and DeRozan having the seasons they did last year. My biggest concern without Dejounte though is this is a team that has always been about defense that is now completely lacking defensive talent, especially in the backcourt. I'd be thrilled to see Pop take this team to the playoffs and I suppose I shouldn't write him off after how much he has delivered to this city. But I gotta take issue with your 89-90 take man. You didn't know Robinson + mings was going to be lethal? Watching David toy with college kids every weekend on CBS in his Navy days was crazy. I knew the second they won the lottery that the team was going to be a le contender after David's Naval commitment was up.It's tough. This is probably the most difficult season to predict since, what, 1989-90?
With Dejounte, I thought the Spurs could win 50+ pretty easily as long as a few things broke in their favor. Dejounte isn't the best player on the team but there's a chance he was going to be the most impactful, especially on a per minute basis. The team's defense would have been a lock for the top ten as long as he played 30+ minutes per game.
It wasn't the end of the world when Dejounte got hurt because Derrick White projects to possibly be better than any Spurs guard in quite a while. He put up better stats in Austin and summer league than Kyle Anderson, Dejounte, Cory Joseph, etc.
But now with Dejounte and White out? Damn.
I think the Spurs are about a 47-win team if Aldridge plays at the same level as last season, DeRozan plays at the same level as last season, the Spurs can get somewhere in the neighborhood of league average production out of their point guard position as a whole (Mills, Forbes, the return of White) and they stay reasonably healthy. Those are four pretty big question marks -- Aldridge is getting up there in age, DeRozan will be adjusting, the PGs on paper look to be quite a bit below average and injuries are already mounting up.
So, after thinking about this a whole lot, I see it as follows:
38 wins if most everything goes wrong
44 wins with average luck
47 wins with good luck
50 wins with good luck and a re-energized and determined Pop coaching the Spurs to three extra wins
My official prediction will thus be 50 wins because I think Pop is up for the challenge, will be relieved without the Nephew drama and the other question marks will break in the Spurs favor.
They still look like a team that can win 50, but it might be one of those 50-win, 8th seed type years.
The Spurs looked like the road team in the opener, tbh
55 wins and pop will win coach of the year. Book it
Oof, I'm like 5 games or so over.
Voted 35-39. Said in another thread I thought they'd win 37/38 games max, but now it looks like it'll be closer to 27/28.
No Murray, no Pau, Manu’s retirement all impact things. I think the killer this season compared to last though is the decline of LMA. He was the heart and soul of last year’s success. This year he’s back to the pouty, half-ass effort Aldridge we saw when he was second-fiddle to Kawhi. Sad.
So far the Spurs record projects out to 38-44. Where is the kluby when I need it?
Worst Spurs team since '96-97, except this time we don't have the "David Robinson has a slipped disc" excuse
So scratch that - a team with its best player injured isn't a fair comparison. If you look for the most recent Spurs team this bad with its best player healthy, you have to go back to the '88-89 Spurs who finished 21-61.
Since Robinson was drafted in '87 but stayed in the Navy for 2 more years, that might be unfair too. If you look at the most recent Spurs team this bad without its best player forced to stay in the military, you have to go back to '86-87 (28-54).
Last edited by Arcadian; 12-05-2018 at 11:51 AM.
I was at 40-42. Now it looks like 35-47.
I said 7-8th seed now it looks like scratching for 30 wins
Hmmm, I guess the roller coaster ride of the regular season ended somewhat as expected.It's tough. This is probably the most difficult season to predict since, what, 1989-90?
With Dejounte, I thought the Spurs could win 50+ pretty easily as long as a few things broke in their favor. Dejounte isn't the best player on the team but there's a chance he was going to be the most impactful, especially on a per minute basis. The team's defense would have been a lock for the top ten as long as he played 30+ minutes per game.
It wasn't the end of the world when Dejounte got hurt because Derrick White projects to possibly be better than any Spurs guard in quite a while. He put up better stats in Austin and summer league than Kyle Anderson, Dejounte, Cory Joseph, etc.
But now with Dejounte and White out? Damn.
I think the Spurs are about a 47-win team if Aldridge plays at the same level as last season, DeRozan plays at the same level as last season, the Spurs can get somewhere in the neighborhood of league average production out of their point guard position as a whole (Mills, Forbes, the return of White) and they stay reasonably healthy. Those are four pretty big question marks -- Aldridge is getting up there in age, DeRozan will be adjusting, the PGs on paper look to be quite a bit below average and injuries are already mounting up.
So, after thinking about this a whole lot, I see it as follows:
38 wins if most everything goes wrong
44 wins with average luck
47 wins with good luck
50 wins with good luck and a re-energized and determined Pop coaching the Spurs to three extra wins
My official prediction will thus be 50 wins because I think Pop is up for the challenge, will be relieved without the Nephew drama and the other question marks will break in the Spurs favor.
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