Spurs depth is severely underrated

[HylianNightmare]

good for him, hope he continues to grow

[GOBB]

NBA forum.

Spurs = play in NBA.

/now off topic tangent ended

No one cares about you hyping up your team. Guess that Point that was on the Boeing 747 flew directly over your head.

[Wonder Bread Kid]

No one cares about you hyping up your team. Guess that Point that was on the Boeing 747 flew directly over your head.

I don't care what anyone's opinion on anything is, least of all yours. But obviously if you really didn't care you wouldn't have come into this thread being the usual ass hat flamer you've always been.

Now please let us get back to our regularly scheduled programming.

[NugzFan]

No one cares about you hyping up your team. Guess that Point that was on the Boeing 747 flew directly over your head.

I may hate you but I probably agree with your posts more than almost anyone else on ish.

[TMT]

Tiago is starting to look confident for the first time in his career, and he's looking to everyone like he's another Spurs draft steal. Best big Duncan has had next to him in who knows how long. I wonder at what point Pop will insert him in the starting lineup. I think for our best shot by playoff time our lineup needs to look like this:

Parker
Ginobili
Leonard
Duncan
Splitter

Bench: Jefferson, Neal, Blair, Green, Ford, Anderson, Bonner, Joseph

I think as far as Jefferson's inconsistencies that maybe we should take a new approach and see how he does off the bench, and running with the second unit. His role nowadays seems to be mainly a catch and shoot three point specialist, and when he's hot it's hard to argue with his play. But the guy has lost most of his drive to score in the paint, and it's obvious he doesn't want to guard the big boys. Well if Jefferson doesn't want to let's give Leonard the burn right now instead of easing him into it. Throw Kawhi at James, Anthony, Durant, Kobe, Paul. It will be a good experience for him, but I feel for him to make his full potential as a player he needs to be on the floor with Tony and Tim (Manu too when he returns) as much as possible and soak it all in. Obviously Splitter needs to be on the floor more because Blair is simply too undersized and neither he or Bonner can provide a defensive presence.

Blair off the bench as well will bring a bit of a Malik Rose approach, which is what I've been saying we should do all year. We got another solid wing defender and streaky scorer in Danny Green, Neal will show his usual magic and be useful in the clutch, Ford will really enhance our guard play once he and Manu are back, and hopefully Bonner's minutes decrease or we can make a move for another 4th big by the deadline.

[MooseJuiceBowen]

Spurs team forum.

Sixers bench > Spurs bench

/end thread

whats the matter you arent getting enough of kobe/lebrons nuts in your mouth for the day?

[DKLaker]

Spurs Threads & Tim Duncan Threads

[Kiddlovesnets]

The Spurs are a team that you cannot underrate or overrate. They always come out on top and surprise us when we believe they are done, but they can also make early playoffs exit at times when they are overhyped.

[MooseJuiceBowen]

Spurs Threads & Tim Duncan Threads

im sure you would rather talk about kobe and how hes better then lebron all day but there is other teams in the league and other players to talk about.

[vinsane01]

Spurs record isnt exactly spectacular, so i dont see how they are underrated at all. They arent exactly exceeding anyone's expectations, if they did, more people will notice and give praise to the spurs overall team.

Tiago is starting to look confident for the first time in his career, and he's looking to everyone like he's another Spurs draft steal. Best big Duncan has had next to him in who knows how long. I wonder at what point Pop will insert him in the starting lineup.

I agree with this. He has surely exceeded my expectations on the offensive end. Seeing his performances last year and early on this season made me give up on him being a reliable offensive weapon. But he has shown readiness and willingness to score and assertiveness to be involved in the offense.

Consistency is key if he wants to get more minutes. Well he certainly shown to be consistent and pop would be crazy to not give him more. Im not against nor a proponent of him being inserted to the starting lineup; he can contribute as a starter or a bench player. By simply allowing him to play more, his production would go up either way to benefit the team.

Free TIAGO!

[Legend of Josh]

The Spurs are a team that you cannot underrate or overrate. They always come out on top and surprise us when we believe they are done, but they can also make early playoffs exit at times when they are overhyped.

You being a Nets fan, would OBVIOUSLY make this statement, considering the Spurs defeated your Nets back in something like 02 or 03 (cant recall which one) and spanked your New Jersey Pests in a 4 - 1 series... with Duncan being the beast he was back then.

[JustinJDW]

Tiago is coming along very nicely. He's consistently improving his touch around the basket as the season goes on. As of right now, I couldn't be happier with his progress. Hope it continues. He's also building good chemistry with Tony Parker in the pick-n-roll game. Only thing I wish for is that Tiago and Tim would get more minutes on the floor together, but it seems Pop is hesitant to do that. Most likely because he wants a natural big coming off the bench, rather than to depend on Blair and Bonner.

[Legend of Josh]

Thanks for the rep guys ... much appreciated, it'd just be cool if you responded in the thread itself to add to the discussion points.

[Blue&Orange]

Despite not having their best player and their primary backup pg, the Spurs are 12-7 thanks to the likes of Splitter, Leonard, Neal and Green.

If that was the Knicks bench, D'Antoni apologists would be saying D'Antoni was given a shit sandwich.


Don't thank the bench, thank the coach.

[Poodle]

i think Splitter is good, but he's so scrawny. Still tho he's definitely surprised me some this year and he's very good within their system. he really needs to add bulk tho.

i think Green is extremely underrated. He has star athleticism, reminds me sort of Gerald Henderson athleticism but doesn't get enough time. he has moments of greatness tho, like sportscenter highlight greatness.