Under normal conditions and cir stances, this team SHOULD be good enough to win a champtionship. We all hope so. However, the jury is still waaaay out on this one.
The fear we all live with is perhaps they've reached that delicate threshold where age and skill levels with some of the older players have begun to diminish from last season. At the same time, it seems that nearly every team in the conference (save for a few losers) have "closed the gap" on them. That said, I disagree that they don't need to make a trade. There's no question this team needs some stop-gap help to shore up the scoring, rebounding, and post-defense deficiencies. However, you can't do it all before the trade deadline.
Don't discount the fortunate breaks the Spurs realized along their epic playoff run. Perhaps the biggest one was NOT having the play the Mavs. I'm confident a series against them would have exposed other flaws that perhaps we're just starting to notice.
You're right in that the Spurs needed some position upgrades last year, yet chose to sit still. They took the same approach over the offseason. It could be that thing I call organizational arrogance creeping in again. Just because the Spurs won the le last year DOES NOT mean the team was flawless. Sure, they were healthy and got hot at the right time, but they weren't perfect. It also doesn't mean they should have rested on their laurels.
You're right. They're not playing Spurs basketball from a physical standpoint. However, they're also not playing Spurs basketball from a mental standpoint. Poor execution, turnovers, defensive breakdowns in key momemts, second chance give-up points, complacency, etc. Unless the mindset and motivation to defend their le are improved, it wont matter how healthy they are.
I think you're right on this one. The spurs' losses are usually the close ones (except for the New orleans game). As I championship team, I think it's fair to expect that the spurs would show a little more mental toughness. Udoka's ejection is understandable, since he was never part of the team when it won it all. But the failure to execute and all the other stuff is simply frustrating.
It's crazy the way they will run an offensive play, with the ball zipping around until they find the open man and score, and then next time down, looks like they have no idea in as to what they are trying to do.Poor execution, turnovers, defensive breakdowns in key momemts, second chance give-up points, complacency, etc. Unless the mindset and motivation to defend their le are improved, it wont matter how healthy they are.
I think at the moment the big killer is the turnovers. 20 to the Jazz that gave them 22 points, I think it was. And most of them are silly turnovers that could easily have been avoided.
Time to get over the "it's only a regular game in Jan" syndrome, and start playing Spurs type ball.
Yeah man. How many times do we see someone throw a pass to a spot where no one is (like a timing route in football)? Or how about seeing Manu or Tim lag back to question, what they feel is a missed call by an official, only to have the opposition run a transition break up their ass on the other end?
2007-2008 Spurs remind me of the 94-95 Rockets.
As the defending Champs, they had a great start, then they sucked, and traded for Drexler during the season, then repeated.
Spurs had a nice start as the defending Champs, they are sucking right now and they may add Damon Stoudamire.
Of course, Damon is no Drexler, we all agree on that, but he might be a good addition.
That's a pretty good comparison actually. They were really bad for a stretch there that season and ended up with the 6th seed or something. Let's hope our season ends the way theirs did.
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