Spurs not getting a big will be the end of them

[Man In Black]

What is the true expectation? Are the Spurs differerent enought from last year to be successful in the playoffs? The Spurs were pounded pretty heavily by the Suns last year and I don't think the Suns were that great of a team - not to mention if the Spurs would have had to face the lakers.

Jefferson is improved, Dice is playing better and Neal has been huge for the Spurs offense, but shooters go cold and old guys tire out and Jefferson is Jefferson.

Bottomline is that this argument has been made before and it has relevance given the Spurs playoff success over the past few years. The Spurs could have helped themselves out by trying to add some kind of depth to the front court for defensive purposes. A healthy big 3 is not enough these days and there is probably a 90% chance this is their last shot of being healthy at the same time. The FO owes it to them to give them every chance and I find it hard to believe that standing pat is doing that.

It's like boxing. Styles make fights. Agree? What the Suns did to LAST year's Spurs was stretch them out by having a big play outside forcing Tim to play away from the post. Couple that with Frye's uncanny channeling of past Jaren Jackson Demi-God like performances and well...we all saw what happened. Had they have met the Lakers, the matchup style would've been more even. It's not like Lamar or Pau's designated role is to spot up at the 3 point line while Not so speedy and not so pass-y Derek Fisher penetrates with options. That's not the Lakers modus operandi. The Suns Pushed the Lakers to 6 and had Kobe not bricked a 3 that fell into Artest's lap for a layup in game 5 win, that series could've gone either way. Plus, Frye shot his load the series before.

How can one say they are standing pat? It's been said that privately, Pop said, I need a God Damn Bench!!! I'm sure it was more colorful than that but he got a bench this year that offers him more options than he's had in a long, long time.

An early season article had the Spurs at #2 behind Dallas.
http://www.nba.com/2010/news/feature...hes/index.html
This was before the NBA discovered that Gary Neal is stone-cold from the 3point line and that the Lakers picked up a White Derek Fisher clone(Not the younger PG with late clutch shots, but the one now who plays turnstile D and averages the least amount of points among starting PG's.) times 2.

But yeah, I saw what you saw LAST YEAR. But do you see what I see THIS YEAR?

[Dex]

Maaaax Powerrrr....

He's the man with the name you'd like to toooouch....

But you musn't toooouch!

[UnWantedTheory]

[UnWantedTheory]

[UnWantedTheory]

When has 48-10 not been good enough for contention? Every team has a weakness, but damn! Of course we wish we had Howard,Garnett, & Pau type players along with Duncan....but you roll with what you have & acquire what is attainable. We are in just as good a position as the other "elite" teams, but nothing is a guarantee for any organization. There are restrictions & only so much can be done for many reasons beyond our collective knowledge. Let us hope for a good buy out option, if not, let it the go. We have obviously exceeded expectations & have been doing quite well thus far. We also have a great chance & that is all anyone could ask for.

[ChumpDumper]

You should know that even when the Spurs win it all, rascal is unhappy.

Even more unhappy than usual.

[UnWantedTheory]

You should know that even when the Spurs win it all, rascal is unhappy.

Even more unhappy than usual.

It appears that way. I have been around for almost 2 years, but this is beyond ridiculous now. I might be drunk, but damn!

[UnWantedTheory]

It appears that way. I have been around for almost 2 years, but this is beyond ridiculous now. I might be drunk, but damn!

Well it has always been that way, but again, DAMN!