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I agree that it's unlikely we get past Dallas with the Spurs as presently cons uted if Dallas stays healthy.
You people who are taking Duncan's greatness for granted are fools, and once he's gone or is on his last legs you will of be thinking "what if we put better players around him". We are NOT better then the Mavs and the Suns. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if we were to lose in 5 to either of those teams.
When you have a team with only 3 reliable scorers, and the rest are all planning retirement, the Spurs will not be more then a good team that happens to get passed the 1st round.
The Spurs ignorance and stubbornness to get Maggette will mean one thing: Duncan will have ANOTHER amazing playoff performance in a series loss
GO SPURS GO
I agree that it's unlikely we get past Dallas with the Spurs as presently cons uted if Dallas stays healthy.
Fantastic post. I'm a little teary eyed.
Exactly.
Remember what happened to D-Rob. The FO was never able to find the right mix of players throughout most of his career. They came close a few times, but it wasn't until Duncan arrived that they were able to turn the trick.
2008! Get players around Duncan now and let's try and win it this year - and next year.
wow, so if we traded for jr smith or corey forgetti, we win the le. how many teams have they taken to the le and who do they guard that makes a difference on this team. i am all for improving this team, but i don't see them being the differnce maker in the le run. all i hear idiots say is we need to make a move now....sorry folks they ain't it.
The Spurs need a backup point and a solid big man to start... that's it... .. how simple is that.... that's it... they've had chance after chance after chance and they still manage to come up with .
Oh my god the Spurs are doomed time to jump off the bandwagon!!!
It's January. If they are playing like this in March, April, then maybe it's time to get scared. Honestly a 4 or 5 seed is probably good for the Spurs, they need a run where they are not expected to win and put together something fantastic. At least that's something I'd like to see.
there are two things the spurs can do right now to improve this team without any trades:
1. quit playing small ball
2. during the game, play the players that are playing well and bench the players that are stinking it up
these are pretty simple adjustments. unfortunately, dip "i've never made a good adjustment in my life" popovich still hasn't gotten it through his head.
It's simple, were old. The youth is taking over. The Mavs with Howard and Harris. The Suns with Marion, Amare, and Barbosa. Come draft time we need energy. Here are some people to look at: C-Roy Hibbert, Pf-Tyler Hansbrough (Born and raised 1 hour away from my home), Sf-Jeff Green, Sf- Reyshawn Terry, and Pg- Mustafa Shakur.
I'm waiting to see where we are in April. Then my belief will wane. I'm not making any excuses now. I'm a fan. me for believing. We ARE playing like , but that's about all I can say about it right now. How were the Mavs playing at the beginning of the season? ty.
The age of the players makes the margin for error much smaller. Youth and athleticism can mask or make up for many shortcomings. Hopefully the Spurs do something. I'm sure they are considering several deals, but nobody wants to do deals five weeks from the deadline--everyones thinks they can get better deals closer to the deadline.
So who do they get, that puts us over the top....who have they passed on that was available considering who we would have had to give up. of course i know you are a salary cap guru so you could fill in the blanks with ease. so please clarify to me, who comes in, takes playing time makes a reasonable salary and solidifies this teams chances at another ring that we don't already have. enlighten me
While I agree, getting JR Smith probably would have set this team further back. Smith wouldn't be getting any playing time and our success in the beginning had a lot to do with Barry.
Can we please get TD some help up front?
Can we?
It's worth a try.
The question is who?
Someone who can board, defend out on the perimeter and hit the occassional J.
And the name of that person is....
If there was something there they would have gotten him. This is what happens at the end of every dynasty. The year we beat the Lake Show in 2003, they were on their last legs the same way, their guys either very old like Brian Shaw or patching up the spots with underwhelming rookies like Medvedenko. We're the same way. We don't have a lot of chits to trade for nice pieces.
The problem is that in recent years the Spurs have traded for one primary reason-- salary dumps. Why do you think they are interested in Mo Pete- to get rid of Barry's last year of his contract.
They don't like overpaying players who didn't work out.
And the Spurs have drafted guys and left them overseas or traded picks so much that their only draft find in several years is Beno!
A richer team could have traded up for talent instead of traded for salary dumps. That trade for Mohammed cost us a 1st round draft pick, although that's when we thought 1st round picks were poison. Making decisions for financial reasons tends to hurt the basketball on the court.
Which richer team? The only free spending team left is the Knicks. Everyone else is moving toward getting under that magical number called the luxury tax threshold.
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