Why do people assume.......

Given the Spurs' success, I never believe they're dead until they're walking off the court after being eliminated.

 

Miami had the best player in the world, Ginobili was a shell of himself in the Finals, and the Heat STILL needed 7 games and a miracle 3 to pull it out.

I'm not saying the Spurs are the favorite this year, but don't take away from what they accomplished in the playoffs last year. They proved they were a worthy, championship-caliber team.

 

I think the warriors are the most overrated team in the west.

 

The way I see it, all the teams supposedly ahead of us in the West have clear flaws.

Spurs - Old, it has to catch up with them SOMETIME. I've learned not to doubt them too much though... dat fountain of youth in Timmy's backyard...

Clippers - Crappy interior defense (Blake & DeAndre are slackoff knuckleheads) and CP3 has never shown he can put a team on his back and carry it to playoff success.

OKC - Do they have any legit rotation players anymore outside of KD/Westbrook/Ibaka? And we don't even know how well Russ will come back from injury, or when. And I doubt Ibaka will ever be a legit third offensive option.

Memphis - LOL naw. Gasol is above average but overrated, ZBo is a 32 year old bad body guy, and they don't have any perimeter offense. If we face these guys in a playoff series we'll annihilate them.

GSW - We were at the same level as them last season. Well guess what, we added Dwight Howard and they added Andre Iguodala. Nothing against iggy but he's no Dwight. I actually think GSW could surprise some people and creep into the top 4 in the west, but they're not better than the Rockets.

Just saying, the West is anyone's for the taking, and the Rockets are as well positioned as anybody. If the twin towers lineup works out, LOOK OUT, nobody in the West will have a stronger starting 5 than us.

 

What is this bull****?

They absolutely annihilated Memphis in the conference finals. They pushed Miami unlike any team apart from Dallas in 2011. Don't give me that bull**** that Indiana almost beat Miami. The Indiana - Miami series was a flip the switch series for the Heat. The Spurs - Heat series was truly a toss up.

And the Spurs almost won despite Manu being garbage and Tony Parker being clearly hobbled.

The Spurs are still the favorite to win the West. You gotta come at the king and knock them off.

 

Yeah I think the Spurs are the only ones I would put clearly above the Rockets at this point. Sometime though, age WILL, I repeat WILL catch up with them. And it could even be this season. Y'never know.

 

screw you and your stupid thread title. Learn how to internet.

 

Duncan was in his best shape in years last season. He actually improved his jumpshot by quite a bit. The thing is would Manu be too motivated and reckless at the same time. Otherwise they'd be good. Their young core of Leonard, Green and Splitter aren't bad, they have Diaw and they just added Bellinelli.

 

You are severely underrating what they did last year. That Finals match-up was legitimately a coin-flip on who would win. It was that close, that is also with Manu being Man-whatareyoudoingoutthere.

 

Kawhi is an excellent roleplayer type guy. He's not going to be a shot creator. I don't see how he helps them too much once Timmy/Manu are done. Heck even Parker is 31 years old.

Spurs will have to rebuild soon... it is unavoidable.

 

Name one person who thought the Spurs would sweep the Heat in the Finals.

And way to give zero credit to the Spurs for their defense against LeBron and their 3 wins. Its as if you think they were just gifted those wins, and they lost 4 game against the Heat because they suck.

Of course, everyone can have an opinion, even patently ridiculous ones.

 

Green is a role player that's for sure, defense and three point shooting. Splitter at 28 isn't very young but still much younger than Manu and TD! Well, they say Kawhi is real good. We'll see!

With the big three of course he is a role player, but he's still young and who knows how he develops? He is pretty good tho, that's for sure, maybe a Marion type?

 

They've earned that reputation, it's been like 10 years now and the Spurs still continue to chug along so everyone who's smart always puts them in the mix.

Personally I don't think the Spurs will surprise anyone this year because the team as a whole is old and expended a ton of effort just to reach the finals, I think they take this year to rest and retool and come back strong again next year. There's a reason Spurs always perform on odd years.

 

+1

Spurs were better than the Heat from what I saw. Or at least better coached. Pop can be as dangerous if not more dangerous than who he puts out on the floor. Until further notice Spurs are top dogs in the west.

This preseason game against them made me a bit nervous. They weren't working as a unit, also because they didn't have everyone ready, but because it seems as though Pop was just having them just test us. Pop was evaluating us.