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Spurs could miss the playoffs this year
not saying they will however the west is very tough and the spurs have to fight hard every game to remain in the running. They cant expect to rest their starters as much as before because their bench will be exposed by the better teams. The west this year have teams which unlike previous years were gelling/growing like the trailblazers, pelicans, rockets, clippers etc are now in their primes to make a run for the whole show. Even other teams like the mavs, okc, Memphis and the suns are playing very well and aiming to upset in the playoffs. Top 8 teams in the west are all very good and the spurs have to take the regular season very seriously to even make it to the playoffs this year and that might be more difficult with the old legs
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Wouldnt surprise me.
Guarantees in life:
Death
Taxes
Spurs failing to repeat
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Gotta love November threads like this
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Spurs are a team built for the playoffs not the regular season grind. Someone want to let us know how old Tim, parker and Gino is?
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All of the teams you listed getting better, except one, made the Playoffs last year. :oldlol:
Fail thread.
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Another boring series to watch if they do though.
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[QUOTE=funnystuff]Another boring series to watch if they do though.[/QUOTE]
Best offense in almost a decade.
I think not.
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[QUOTE=navy]Wouldnt surprise me.
Guarantees in life:
Death
Taxes
Spurs making the playoffs with Duncan
Spurs failing to repeat[/QUOTE]
fify
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They are not willing 50 games this season for sure & will lose early in the playoffs.
sad but true.
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I grasp your premise but this is the San Antonio Spurs we're talking about here. Their track record and quality roster dictate otherwise. They'll be there come April...
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[QUOTE=T_L_P]Best offense in almost a decade.
I think not.[/QUOTE]
Best offense =/= exciting offense
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[QUOTE=funnystuff]Best offense =/= exciting offense[/QUOTE]
Exactly what is.
Gortat compared to it to Mozart. A sophisticated man he is. :cheers:
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[QUOTE=Done_And_Done]I grasp your premise but this is the San Antonio Spurs we're talking about here. Their track record and quality roster dictate otherwise. They'll be there come April...[/QUOTE]
The Constantinoples said the same thing about their wall just before the ottomans tore it down
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Many years the Spurs have taken time to tune up and get rolling. The injuries aren't helping either. Leonard's vision is not 100% that's partly why he's shooting so bad. Spurs will get it together. Gotta love the over-reactions on ISH.
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[QUOTE=Leroy Jetson]Many years the Spurs have taken time to tune up and get rolling. The injuries aren't helping either. Leonard's vision is not 100% that's partly why he's shooting so bad. Spurs will get it together. Gotta love the over-reactions on ISH.[/QUOTE]
This is a discussion thread about the grind of the regular season for old timers not a reaction thread. No one made any absurd statements betting or guaranteeing anything if you attempted to read.
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I think they'll make it but if Duncan twists his ankle and misses some games...?
The West is really brutal this year. It's not a foregone conclusion that they waltz into the playoffs again.
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[QUOTE=retaxis]The Constantinoples said the same thing about their wall just before the ottomans tore it down[/QUOTE]
Those dang Ottomans. No shame I tells ya!
*pumps fist repeatedly to the sky
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Spurs haven't missed the playoffs since Duncan has been drafted no? I wouldn't count them out.
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17 years in a row in the playoffs they will be there.
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[QUOTE=Sheik1287]Spurs haven't missed the playoffs since Duncan has been drafted no? I wouldn't count them out.[/QUOTE]
Haven't won less than 50 since drafting Duncan, other than the 99 lockout, where we won 37 of 50 games.
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[QUOTE=T_L_P]Haven't won less than 50 since drafting Duncan, other than the 99 lockout, where we won 37 of 50 games.[/QUOTE]
That's real efficiency:applause:
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A 50 dollar bet against the Spurs making the playoffs in Vegas would probably earn you a payback of a cool 5million...
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they can, a 500 team after tonight
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[QUOTE=retaxis]This is a discussion thread about the grind of the regular season for old timers not a reaction thread. No one made any absurd statements betting or guaranteeing anything if you attempted to read.[/QUOTE]
The title of the thread is that the Spurs might miss the playoffs. That is an over reaction.
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There's more of a chance of the Sixers playing the Lakers in the Finals than the Spurs missing the playoffs.
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[QUOTE=retaxis]Spurs are a team built for the playoffs not the regular season grind. Someone want to let us know how old Tim, parker and Gino is?[/QUOTE]
Funny because before last year everyone said the complete opposite, especially the year OKC backdoor-swept them.
They undid a ~9-year reputation with one championship.:applause:
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OKC has much greater chance of missing Playoffs than Spurs :confusedshrug:
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Spurs are a great team but Like I said earlier, they had to grind it tonight. It would be great to preserve Tim,Parker, Gino approx 25-27mins a night however both Tim and parker had to play around 35 tonight. Over a whole season, this could increase the risk of injury, fatigue etc.
No one can argue that over a 7 game series starting right now the Spurs aren't favourite to win it all but if they have to grind it like they did tonight..I am not sure the old fellas can hold it together.
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[QUOTE=retaxis]Spurs are a great team but Like I said earlier, they had to grind it tonight. It would be great to preserve Tim,Parker, Gino approx 25-27mins a night however both Tim and parker had to play around 35 tonight. Over a whole season, this could increase the risk of injury, fatigue etc.
No one can argue that over a 7 game series starting right now the Spurs aren't favourite to win it all but if they have to grind it like they did tonight..I am not sure the old fellas can hold it together.[/QUOTE]
They aren't playing the Clippers every night though.
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Lmao underrating the spurs every goddam season..... they basically had the snips to defuse the heat dynastyTX
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Who cares. I'd still bet them to make it further than most Western playoff teams even if they were an 8 seed.
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[QUOTE=Kidbasketball20]Who cares. I'd still bet them to make it further than most Western playoff teams even if they were an 8 seed.[/QUOTE]
An 8th seeded Spurs team gives me a betting erection
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i doubt it - but now that manu and parker are a year older, and finally wrote the wrong (duncan missed a pointblank layup in the 2013 finals to seal the deal) in this past NBA finals - i am not sure they have much left in the tank as far as incentive.
maybe not winning 2x could be something that would motivate them. i dont know though.
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[QUOTE=mehyaM24]i doubt it - but now that manu and parker are a year older, and finally wrote the wrong (duncan missed a pointblank layup in the 2013 finals to [B]seal the deal[/B]) in this past NBA finals - i am not sure they have much left in the tank as far as incentive.
maybe not winning 2x could be something that would motivate them. i dont know though.[/QUOTE]
Hyperbole much. The shot wouldn't have even given them the lead.
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Nah, they'll win 50+ games like always. 8th seed this year will probably need 48 or 49 wins. Even the weakest Spur team in the Duncan era still won 50 games in 2010.
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[QUOTE=T_L_P]The shot wouldn't have even given them the lead.[/QUOTE]
maybe. maybe not - but we do KNOW that it came at a pivotal time during the game. a big momentum changer. gotta be up there with some of the worst chokes all-time
[IMG]http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2818167/duncanmiss.gif[/IMG]
:biggums:
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[QUOTE=mehyaM24]maybe. maybe not - but we do KNOW that it came at a pivotal time during the game. a big momentum changer. gotta be up there with some of the worst chokes all-time
[IMG]http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2818167/duncanmiss.gif[/IMG]
:biggums:[/QUOTE]
So you say it would have sealed the deal now you're talking about it changing momentum. :roll:
Parker and Manu, our best players the past 8 years according to you, choked far worse.
Parker got outscored by the worst starting PG in the league in games 6 and 7 and Manu was Miami's second most valuable player. But whatever suits your agenda.