OFFICIAL Around The NBA Thread...... August

I’m seeing it based on OUR roster.

 

Unfortunately I kind of see mediocre in both rosters...

 

Still a vary solid team.

 

Really? Which PG excites you?
At center, Gasol is older than dirt and the rest are meh.
SF? Gay? Yeah, not a fan.
DeRosan is terrific and LA is good, but that’s about it.

 

Don't underrated DeJounte Murray.

 

Yeah, Murray was 1st team all defense last year. White and Mills are solid too.

 

8.1 pts. and 2.9 assists per 21 minutes. He’s got a ways to go.

 

Defense matters. He's young too, he'll improve.

 

I have no doubt that's true, but it's tough to see the Spurs going far this year with him as a starter. Patty Mills is a fine backup, but he's not a starter.

 

They won 47 games with him as a starting and no Kawhi Leonard. Add in an all-star AND a young, very underrated Nurkic type of center I Poeltl, and I don't see how they get worse.

 

Danny Green and Kyle Anderson will be missed defensively and they still lack shooting.

Should be a good rebounding team on both ends, won't foul and DeRozan will help them offensively. Keys will be how more Dejounte and the Peoltl addition will balance w/ DeRozan and Belinelli defensively (I think they'll drop a point or two on D imo) and how much of a step back LaMarcus takes offensively after a career year as the focal point of the offense.

 

Re: San Antonio - they will, as usual, be better than people think. Derek White looked so good in SL that they rested him by the time we played them (probably to give Lonnie Walker more shots)


And Bryn Forbes did the same thing last year in SL and might now get more time with Green and Manu gone.
https://airalamo.com/2017/07/09/san-antonio-spurs-76ers-recap-score-summer-league-2017/

Every year the Spurs unearth players like that - Bruce Bowen, Danny Green, Gary Neal, Patty, etc.

Plus, I think the Trojan big man they drafted will be useful down the road.

 

I don’t think a Spurs team coached by Pop is ever going to be out of the discussion of making the playoffs, but I think some of you are underestimating the impact of the loss of Parker and Manu. Those guys were the tie to the Spurs’ glory years and they were key just from the standpoint of leadership and being a steadying influence when things got tough. LA has never been much of a leader or a cohesive influence. Gasol is too long in the tooth. I think the Spurs struggle to win 45 and will be on the periphery of making the playoffs.

 

The "glory years"... Last year was a "distraction" year. Yeah, they'll be missed in the locker room, but the difference between Danny Green+distraction and Derozen+Poeltl is bigger than that. LA lead them to 47 wins last year despite the distractions... Gasol is old, but they just got a C who's going to be better.

They'll probably be better than us.

 

I don't think so, but, as they say, that's why they play the games.

 

Dejounte Murray. I think if your a Spurs fan you have to be excited about him. He will be Tony Parker's replacement.

 

What a counter-argument haha

 

I wasn't aware it was an argument or that your last post had anything to counter.

 

Apparently!