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Uh, Tim Duncan isn't retiring after this season.
His window for championships is about closed though...
Well, yes, but he has next year and maybe the year after, though, I doubt we will win one unless Splitter ends up being some savior down low.
We just need a CENTER that isn't white, undersized, soft, shoot's 3's, arms longer than a T-REX, and doesn't do the ole' defense.
I agree the window is probably closed at this point. It is what it is and Tim isn't as dominant as he was when they were winning it all. I suppose I still hold out a bit of hope for them to build a Pistons like team where there is no one shinning star but a lot of good players who work in a system extremely well but the bench needs to get a bit deeper for that to even be an option and Tony Parker needs to return to the type of season he did last year.
All in all if they never win another ring I'll still be a more than happy fan.
He can still contribute, he's just not a 1st or 2nd team all nba player anymore.
Unless Tiago Splitter is the 2nd coming of Manu then the Duncan era has officially closed the window on its championships
If they Spurs bring a true center and some outside shooters they can still give it another go. Hopefully Splitter will come over and something else. Until Duncan doens't retire the spurs are still contenders.. they might not win but I doubt team would like to play them in the PS
Tim is still very good, but he is getting older. He will need to play fewer and fewer minutes. He can't be counted on to be the main scoring threat on the team any longer during either the regular season or the playoffs.
Spurs have a depth problem. The bench looked good when we had manu, rj and hill on it, but that was a mirage because mason and centerpiece were starting.
Our top 6 players are ok, but we need another 2 that we can really count on. Splitter next year would really help. Development from Blair, Hill, and RJ will make us better also. Or, we trade RJ as an expiring contract for a decent player.
Disapointing year.
Don't kid yourself. OP is right. Even though we have Manu for three years...TD era is over. Unless of course we get Bosh of Wade.
I don't believe it. If there's anything to take from this season, I love what we've seen from George Hill and Blair, no matter how piss poor they have been this series.
Oh, so I guess Tiago Splitter won't do since you gotta be racist.
The way the league is headed the Spurs can't afford to continue building the team solely on one dimensional shooters.
Not only do you need your wings to be good shooters but you need your wings to be multi-dimensional and athletic.
I hope this is one of the Spurs priorities going into the draft and off-season.
Give him a better bench which downtown require him to play balls out down the stretch like this year and he will have more gas left in the tank.
This only could make it more difficult to bring another big player - players like Jefferson, Dice, etc they look at whether the team they are going has a chance to win it all - I can see someone like Boss going to the Spurs but he will definitely look around. Also I dont know whether that's possible money-wise, cap-wise, etc.
Its not over till i see them hang number 21 in the at&t center.
Losing Horry was the first straw, and losing Bowen was the last. This is no longer the team that won les, and it's time to officially retire the 4 rings smack.
Agreed, easy to lose perspective but four dream seasons and plenty of deep playoff runs. More than I could have asked for. Next year should be fun with the new players anyway and if they have another run in them, awesome.
Are you talking about Richard Jefferson?
It was a good run. If anybody said back in 1998 that in 12 years some ranking systems would have us as the third best franchises all time behind Celtics and Lakers none of us would have believed it. Unless something crazy happens and we get Dirk next year no more championships for the Duncan era though.
I'm not too sure it is. It is if we're saying that he's the de facto reason they were winning it. What he is now, is no longer the great foundation. He is now just 1 of 3 strong pillars instead of the rock of Gibraltar. He can still be very productive and if the Spurs can bring him 2 bigs with some talent and fiery passion, a combination of that and strong Tim plus great Manu & Parker keeps them in playoff contention. Now, if they can find a real heir apparent for Bowen, someone whose lockdown skills come with a mentality that rules can tested, then I see better possibilities. It's crazy...this team is better offensively, but ultimately, it's the defense that's in retrograde.
Let me rephrase athletic. You need your wings to have good lateral foot speed and be able to change directions quickly for defensive purposes and offensive purposes.
Richard Jefferson doesn't fall into that category. He's more of a leaper.
The Spurs are now a good team that can win 50 games if everyone stays healthy (which never happened much this year). Duncan, Tony, and Manu are not playing at the level they did a few years ago. Father Time waits for no one. I still enjoy what the Big three can bring to the table.
The 4 rings talk is still OK by me because only three other teams have more LOBs if I recall.
Boston fans still mentions all of their ships as do the Lakers. We can be very proud of those four banners.
I'm very disappointed in the result of this series because the Suns could have been exploited on defense, but the Spurs decided to shoot from the outside and not take the ball to the basket. The failure of this team was on the defensive end. They have given up 100 or more every stinkin game of this series. They don't have enough athletic people to chase the shooters anymore.
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