the spurs should be runaway favs to win the title again

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who the hell is going to challenge the spurs... the cavs

jriv189 · Answer

who the hell is going to challenge the spurs... the cavs

BWS77 · Answer

Absolutly... the Western Conference Finals winner is the de facto NBA champion.

Champ_Iz_Here · Answer

was hoping Bosh would end up on the rockets. IF ego&#x27;s could be put aside I think that team could&#x27;ve had championship aspirations

RonnieBass · Answer

OKC is the winner in all this.    I think this sets up perfectly for a title for them.

stakz · Answer

this this this this

rod_steel · Answer

Going to be an interesting season

Tien2262 · Answer

Agree with okc......if they landed pau,  they would be favoriteOkc dont ever do shiet to improve roster

StackMyLoot · Answer

No superstar want to live in the middle of nowhere in tornado alley in a small city with no attractions to spend their millions.

smarterthanyou · Answer

^You mean like Durant and Westbrook??????

BTW, a player can live wherever he wants. He's only in the team town 4-5 months out of the year if you subtract travel time, road games time, and off-season. Plus, if he so chooses, even during home game stretches, he can hire his own plane or helicopter to take him to games and practice from wherever he chooses to live.

nbafan88 · Answer

Bulls - Spurs Finals matchup

fuckmikevick · Answer

Funny how most people never give the spurs credit or the chance of winning it all.  They embarressed everyone in the playoffs this year and only resigned everyone.  Rockets will never have a chance with mchale and harden on a team, will always be 1st round exits, the spurs found there answer to okc finally in diaw playing in pops system to perfection.

bobmaloogatimesfive · Answer

Stakz would tell you the Lakers but he won&#x27;t respond to this

Arosa · Answer

Clippers

Arosa · Answer

Mavs

Arosa · Answer

Bulls

melossinglet · Answer

can anyone give one single reason why the thunder would be favoured to beat the spurs in a series this year??....its completely and utterly forgotten amongst the avalanche of data,hype and information that is spewed out,but before last season many,many scribes,pundits and talking heads wrote spurs off completely as a title aspirant as a result of the devastation they just saw them suffer in the finals that were theirs to lose........absolutely ludicrous,how the fu.k cud you totally disregard this groups credentials to take it all??even if you feel they come up a touch short at the final hurdle you must surely have them as one of the very,very first teams written down as legit contendors.

anyhow on to this season...they remain the best team in basketball with the ultimate combination of chemistry,cohesion,temperement,shot-making,experience,depth and single-mindedness that is just fu.ken difficult to knock out in a long series as long as they arrive at the pointy end of the season in good health.

last season the gap between them and the next best was significant.they were utterly sublime,dismantling other sides as if they werent even worthy at times and,wen push came to shove,they always had that thunder series in total control...a team that plays together in unison as well as this group does is always gonna trump a pair of ill-disciplined,headstrong chuckers surrounded by not much else..so wat reason is there for confidence that it shud change this year??.....and i dont even consider it a possibility that the pacers,bulls,cavs etc...cud topple them in wat wud be their first finals appearance together as a group.

the only big question mark,and its fairly critical,is motivation for this grizzled group....that win was emotionally an enourmous weight lifted off them collectively and wud have satiated their collective hunger for redemption like nothing else in history....well,i gotta sneaking suspicion that the spurs will be hunkering down,focusing and targeting the one accomplishment that has eluded them as an organisation...and that is repeating as champs.

if there was ever any doubt at all over their credentials as a legacy/dynasty team then it wud evaporate instantly if they cud finish up with a back-2-back at the tail end of the era.

they re-signed the 2 guys they had to and also added a brilliant pick-up low in the draft in kyle anderson...wats stopping them from going all the way one more time??

StanThaCaddy · Answer

I agree the spurs are the favorite but don't forgot Dallas pushed them to 7. And okc is just a bad matchup for them imo. This year they were on a mission so okc had no shot. Next year I wouldn't touch the spurs future bet.

Miami can't matchup with the spurs. Last year or even in 2013 when the heat won. The spurs looked like the better team both series. Miami jus squeeked out a win and forced a game 7 where the best player in the world took over. No one thought the spurs would lose again to that team. It's all about matchups. Like in 2012 Miami wiped the floor with okc ( not in scoring margin but there was never a moment when okc looked liked they had the upper hand even in their game 1 win). That's my fear with the spurs is they'll run into okc or Dallas or Memphis and get knocked out. Because of the matchup.

My guess is OKC vs Cleveland finals with Durant getting his first ring. Neither are good value bets. Best value bets imo are Dallas, Portland, and Miami. All 3 have atleast +3000 odds. Dallas is older but has a great coach with players that have experience. Ellis and Dirk + Parsons cld upset some top west teams. Portland is young and I think lillard explodes this year. Miami still has 2 vets plus the addition of deng and possibly boozer. Plus they're in the east.

RonnieBass · Answer

Spurs have never won back to back titles and I see that trend continuing.   This team has had plenty of playoff runs cut short because they ran into a hot team or had a bad matchup.  People tend to forget that.  The West isn&#x27;t getting any weaker either.  Like you said, OKC, Dallas, Memphis, and Golden State could easily get hot.  If Blair isn&#x27;t suspended in the first round, Dallas may have even won.I think you will see OKC go all out for the one seed knowing its importance.

StackMyLoot · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by smarterthanyou]  ^You mean like Durant and Westbrook??????&#xD;&#xA;BTW, a player can live wherever he wants.  He&#x27;s only in the team town 4-5 months out of the year if you subtract travel time, road games time, and off-season.  Plus, if he so chooses, even during home game stretches, he can hire his own plane or helicopter to take him to games and practice from wherever he chooses to live.   [/Quote]They were drafted not brought in as free agents big difference.

the spurs should be runaway favs to win the title again

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