I'm really hoping Duncan can play fewer mpg this year than he had to last year. We had so many guys banged up throughout the year, especially Tiago.
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Pop wants a 1 or 2 seed every year. But he isn't going to play his stars 38mpg to get it. The Spurs were the first team in NBA history to have zero players with over 30mpg two years ago. They won 62 games that year and made it to the Finals.
Boom goes the dynamite!!!!!
Spurs got bounced bc Parker and Tobago where hurt
Any team that sights cojo to even a decent contact is stupid
Manu will be back and I expect a new spur to emerge
Any team that sights cojo to even a decent contact is stupid
Manu will be back and I expect a new spur to emerge
Oh dey mad... 
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8. The Southwest Division is nuts. The best division in basketball that sent all five teams to the playoffs last year added DeAndre Jordan and LaMarcus Aldridge. Seriously, whoever wins that division should get the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye.
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25233146
Really should. As a Rockets fan it's absurd. I thought this was the year when things sort of started to calm down a little bit. Instead, the division just kicked it up a few notches.
What news of Matt Bonner?
LaTim
ls there a better front office in sports? We're all happy about Aldridge for his own sake, and rightfully so, but in context this isn't supposed to be possible.
The Spurs had a team with three Finals MVPs returning and two starters lining up for their big pay day contracts (one a Finals MVP getting the max, the other an elite defender with the NBA Finals record for most threes made). You're supposed to lose 1-2 of those guys, wander in the wilderness for a couple years with a top heavy, bloated roster while the youngsters really come into their own and a couple nice draft picks bring in some cheap young talent. The Spurs just short circuited that. They've got the best 2-3-4 combo in the league by a comfortable margin signed for at least four years... and oh yeah, the 1 and 5 are Tony Parker and Tim Duncan.
They didn't do this by pulling a Morey and chasing every big name every offseason, they waited until the need met the right free agent and landed their guy quick and clean.
There will be some growing/meshing pains, but if Parker comes back healthy (big if) this is not a team that can be stopped on offense and should be quite good defensively in today's perimeter oriented game.
The Spurs had a team with three Finals MVPs returning and two starters lining up for their big pay day contracts (one a Finals MVP getting the max, the other an elite defender with the NBA Finals record for most threes made). You're supposed to lose 1-2 of those guys, wander in the wilderness for a couple years with a top heavy, bloated roster while the youngsters really come into their own and a couple nice draft picks bring in some cheap young talent. The Spurs just short circuited that. They've got the best 2-3-4 combo in the league by a comfortable margin signed for at least four years... and oh yeah, the 1 and 5 are Tony Parker and Tim Duncan.
They didn't do this by pulling a Morey and chasing every big name every offseason, they waited until the need met the right free agent and landed their guy quick and clean.
There will be some growing/meshing pains, but if Parker comes back healthy (big if) this is not a team that can be stopped on offense and should be quite good defensively in today's perimeter oriented game.
quote:It's time to start finding the Tony replacement IMO. He's lost a step and seems to be trying too hard right now. I'd love to see old Tony but I think we need another PG to take the reins soon.
ls there a better front office in sports? We're all happy about Aldridge for his own sake, and rightfully so, but in context this isn't supposed to be possible.
The Spurs had a team with three Finals MVPs returning and two starters lining up for their big pay day contracts (one a Finals MVP getting the max, the other an elite defender with the NBA Finals record for most threes made). You're supposed to lose 1-2 of those guys, wander in the wilderness for a couple years with a top heavy, bloated roster while the youngsters really come into their own and a couple nice draft picks bring in some cheap young talent. The Spurs just short circuited that. They've got the best 2-3-4 combo in the league by a comfortable margin signed for at least four years... and oh yeah, the 1 and 5 are Tony Parker and Tim Duncan.
They didn't do this by pulling a Morey and chasing every big name every offseason, they waited until the need met the right free agent and landed their guy quick and clean.
There will be some growing/meshing pains, but if Parker comes back healthy (big if) this is not a team that can be stopped on offense and should be quite good defensively in today's perimeter oriented game.
Marc Stein
@ESPNSteinLine
ESPN sources say Aldridge arrival in San Antonio will lead Spurs to lobby Ginobili even harder to play one more year. NEED him for depth now
@ESPNSteinLine
ESPN sources say Aldridge arrival in San Antonio will lead Spurs to lobby Ginobili even harder to play one more year. NEED him for depth now
David Robinson
@DavidtheAdmiral
@aldridge_12 Welcome to a great family and the best organization in sports. #GoSpursGo
@DavidtheAdmiral
@aldridge_12 Welcome to a great family and the best organization in sports. #GoSpursGo
Agreed. And I think the Spurs agree also, there just isn't much available that is a clear upgrade over a healthy TP that we could afford. But as we've just seen with how calculated this offseason has been, they aren't going to just go after a bunch of guys and panic. They'll wait till they know they can find the best guy they can get and then make their move.
After this offseason, I have no doubts that Buford and Pop will set this team up for Kawhi-TheMarcus when the time comes to pass off the reins from TP.
After this offseason, I have no doubts that Buford and Pop will set this team up for Kawhi-TheMarcus when the time comes to pass off the reins from TP.
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This is a great article.
They were sitting around last week, at the first meeting in Los Angeles, and the Spurs were telling LaMarcus Aldridge about the young guys on their roster. This went on for a while until Tim Duncan interrupted.
"Hey," he said, "I'm still here."
Aldridge is well aware of what he has signed up for. He asked pointed basketball questions Wednesday, and followed up with phone calls to learn more. That's a reason he and Popovich met again.
Aldridge likely realized something else. The same Popovich who was so charming in a posh Beverly Hills restaurant is the same Popovich who will someday scream as if the veins in his forehead are about to explode.
Aldridge should also be prepared for this on some January night: He will be called soft.
But Aldridge also knows he fits, and this is where the Spurs got lucky. The free agent they coveted happened to be a low-key, native Texan.
He's the same one who was responsible for the previous 18 years, and he's still here.
http://www.expressnews.com/sports/columnists/buck_harvey/article/Sixth-title-LaTim-lands-his-successor-6366710.php?t=47113230a9ebaa2aab&cmpid=twitter-premium
It also probably doesn't happen if Duncan's pitch to LA is "Let me teach you how to be a champion" or if Duncan was super sensitive to the perception that he's not the alpha dog.
Now if they can just sign West........
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We need to see him healthy. Tony can still be a force if healthy.
Not a spurs fan, but in all honesty, can TP stay healthy? It seems the last few years have shown him liable to breaking down over the course of a season, so the "if he can stay healthy" stance appears more a hope than a reality.
I have no doubt he can still be effective, but a force? Seems unlikely based on recent history, and he's not getting younger.
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So does Bowen allow his number be "unretired" so LA can use it? Duncan wears 21 so switching the digits won't work.
I hope Pop covered this in the meetings...
I hope Pop covered this in the meetings...
San Antonio retired Bruce Bowen's number?
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That pic got me thinking: what # will Aldridge wear? The #12 is Bruce Bowen's retired jersey.
ETA: I should have refreshed the thread before posting lol.
Darius Miles wore 23 for Portland when LMA was drafted. LMA wore 23 when he was in Austin. He'll probably go back to 23.
I think this Tim Duncan kid will be good, I'm glad we drafted him instead of Keith Van Horn.
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I think this Tim Duncan kid will be good, I'm glad we drafted him instead of Keith Van Horn.
Why don't we give it a few more years to see how it pans out.
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I think this Tim Duncan kid will be good, I'm glad we drafted him instead of Keith Van Horn.
Eh, I'm not quite sold on that Timothy what's-his-face yet, tbqh....
SA withdrew the qualifying offer to Cory Joseph, so he's unrestricted now.
Yep unfortunately it's a necessity to signing Aldridge. Assuming The Spurs sign Manu to the Room Exception, the rest of the roster will have to be filled out on Veteran Minimum contracts.
Parker Mills
Green Ginobili
Leonard Anderson
Aldridge Diaw
Duncan
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I would assume Bonner will be back on a Vet Min contract as well which would result in 10 players.
Some vets the Spurs have been connected to are David West, Amare Stoudemire, Caron Butler, Rasual Butler, Tayshaun Prince and others.
Really wish they could find a way too keep Joseph but I just don't see it.
Spurs obviously need a Center as well. Kevin Seraphin, Cole Aldridh, Jeff Withey are all solid young options out there. Will need to sign another solid G as well.
Parker Mills
Green Ginobili
Leonard Anderson
Aldridge Diaw
Duncan
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I would assume Bonner will be back on a Vet Min contract as well which would result in 10 players.
Some vets the Spurs have been connected to are David West, Amare Stoudemire, Caron Butler, Rasual Butler, Tayshaun Prince and others.
Really wish they could find a way too keep Joseph but I just don't see it.
Spurs obviously need a Center as well. Kevin Seraphin, Cole Aldridh, Jeff Withey are all solid young options out there. Will need to sign another solid G as well.
As a Rockets fan I'm actually very happy for the Spurs. Tim gets to go out with some talent around him unlike Dream which I wish he would have more and not had to go out like he did. Also, I love it when 3 of the better teams in west might be from Texas. Actually makes the regular season more fun to watch.
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