Amigos' NBA Previews: San Antonio Spurs

Recent Past Titles and bullshit.

Um, alright, to break it down a bit more, they're always just around,and then the basketball "public" mocks surprise when they somehow (usually) end up pulling shit off/almost pulling shit off. The central pieces have remained somewhat the same, but those surrounding Robinson, Duncan, and Popovich have seemingly been constantly changing. But the result's just about always the same.

Offseason They brought in a fuckton of guys, including (but not limited to) Richard Jefferson, Antonio McDyess, and Dejuan Blair. Bruce Bowen and Oberto left/retired/possibly died. The additions are (potentially) pretty huge, as it gives them a legit fourth scorer and a damn fine veteran center, as well as a young guy who could potentially contribute real quality minutes off the bench, just scoring and grabbing tons of boards at the '4'. A modern day Malik Rose, except...better. Maybe.

Probable lineup: Tony Parker, Roger Mason Jr, Richard Jefferson, Tim Duncan, and Antonio McDyess as the startin five. George Hill, GINOBILI, Finley, Matt Bonner, Dejuan Blair, Ian Mahinmi, and Theo Ratliff as key subs.

General Overview Do I really have to do this? Sigh. Fine.

First, I want to note that Pop is totally saying "peace to the nation" in that picture. But, anyway. You know what's up with this squad. Experience. New pieces. Winning mentality. Defense. Stay healthy. So cliche, so boring, and yet....quite awesome, if we're honest.

Look, nobody likes the Spurs that much. Most respect the shit out of them, but like them? No, I'd imagine most resent them quite a bit. I'm a Spurs fan, and in a way I resent the motherfuckers. But they know what they're doing, and with the somewhat reloaded/re-energized squad...they could really pull some shit off this year.

But, you know, they could very well not. And, if you noticed, I already had Portland and LA in the Western Conference Finals. And it's not because I think this Spurs squad is overrated, or some shit like that, as at this point that would be a bit absurd. We all know what to expect from just about every piece on the floor, and that in the end, even though he tries out some weird shit, Popovich will get it right. But it goes back to staying healthy. And they ALL have to stay healthy, and be at pretty damn close to 100%, to really challenge in this league. Because, look around, and there's a fuckton of deep squads right now, and quite a few of them are well coached. So ain't nobody else going to fall apart, Phoenix Suns style, and they aren't going to get an easy finals matchup, a la the Ewing-less Knicks, distinctly meh Nets, or "LeBron plus...shit" Cavs. Not to diminish the acomplishments of those Spurs teams, obviously, but it's going to be harder now than ever before, and to get through all four rounds, not to mention the regular season? It'll be a motherfucking grind. And I'm not convinced everything will hold together. Prove me wrong, Spurs. Yea, you're reading this, Manu. Don't get hurt then, huh? HUH?!


If they were a hip hop act Yea, like I said, it'd have sort of worked better if the Spurs and Blazers had flip flopped.

But, really, these motherfuckers are still around? Yea, they are. And they're still doing their shit, years and years on from the magnificent beginnings, and it still works. The formula has changed a little, but at the heart of the matter, it still depends on the same fucking thing it did in the beginning.

Stylistically, you could say that this comparison is off, but there was a definite formula to even the 3 Feet shit (I think Mos Def said it was something like "1 bar 2 bar 3 bar 5, stop, Pos is going to rhyme, something weird is going to happen." And that's about as good a description as there's going to be). And so, there you fucking go.

Guessing how they'll do I'm guessing they get off to a pretty fucking hot start, some dumb shit happens that semi-ruins it all, and they eventually get knocked out by Portland in the second round, after somewhat heroically eking past Dallas or Utah or...something.