Which Spurs will surprise this year?

Post #1 » by **jazzfan1971** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 9:33 pm

Assuming a season of course.

Who do you see stepping up? Who might be stepping down? Anyone look to be ready to bust out?

co_laper · Post #2 » by **co_laper** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:45 am

Well, the one with the best chance of stepping up obviously is Tiago Splitter. No matter what, it's most likely that he'll start getting atleast 20 minutes a game this year whether it's as a starter next to TD or comes off the bench.

If we're talking stepping down, perhaps it's the guy that Tiago takes most of his minutes. Matt Bonner. He basically had a career year last year and with limited minutes, he's gonna see his numbers fall everywhere. I'm secretly hoping James Anderson breaks out.

I'm not sure who else are candidates here.

Gary Neal might not be able to surprise people like he did last year but with George Hill gone, he's still gonna get his minutes.

Post #3 » by **Nolan** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:19 am

I could really see Neal struggling at the start of this/next seasonand Anderson stepping up and taking all of Neals minutes.

Injuries and the emergence of Garl Neal basically put Anderson on the end of bench last year, but he's way too good of scorer to stay there.

Donald Kaufman · Post #4 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:46 am

I think Anderson and Splitter have the biggest chance of having "breakout" years but in Tiago's case all he would doing is making up for the pathetic showing he had in his rookie year.

Hopefully RJ will surprise everyone and actually show up in a playoff series for once.

Ballings7 · Post #5 » by **Ballings7** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:27 am

Leonard will be a rotation player because of his defense and activity alone...

Whenever the season starts, and assuming he's still with us (if it gets to that far)...

Black_Jack21 · Post #6 » by **Black_Jack21** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:06 am

^ Agreed I really hope that Leonard has a strong start to his San Antonio career, really need him to bring some youth and energy to some tired legs.

Donald Kaufman · Post #7 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:12 am

co_laper wrote:Well, the one with the best chance of stepping up obviously is Tiago Splitter. No matter what, it's most likely that he'll start getting atleast 20 minutes a game this year whether it's as a starter next to TD or comes off the bench.

If we're talking stepping down, perhaps it's the guy that Tiago takes most of his minutes. Matt Bonner. He basically had a career year last year and with limited minutes, he's gonna see his numbers fall everywhere. I'm secretly hoping James Anderson breaks out.

What do you think will happen with Blair? Do you think Splitter will take most of his minutes?

Post #8 » by **Nolan** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:43 pm

Black_Jack21 wrote:^ Agreed I really hope that Leonard has a strong start to his San Antonio career, really need him to bring some youth and energy to some tired legs.

And we really need some production out the SF position.

UDRIH14 · Post #9 » by **UDRIH14** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:45 am

leonard will be in double figures for his rookie season, book it

Lakeshow2417 · Post #10 » by **Lakeshow2417** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:17 pm

I dont know anythign about this rookie that they traded hill for but I hope he surprised.

Tiago has to have some sort of impact next season. needs to be ready to start

Black_Jack21 · Post #11 » by **Black_Jack21** » Thu Dec 1, 2011 6:53 am

With a shortened season I'm liking the idea of our old guys being still fairly fresh for the playoffs. I think Manu and TD could have some seriously strong post seasons.
So hopefully everything going to plan we should be in some shape to mount a deep attack into the west.

Donald Kaufman · Post #12 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Fri Dec 2, 2011 1:38 am

The 3 games in 3 days thing will wear our old guys down, but yeah the shortened season should help us quite a bit. I still think we're too weak defensively and on the boards to make a deep playoff run, so as constructed I think we're at best a 2nd round playoff team.

I'm hoping for Anderson to have a big year, and I am looking forward to seeing what Leonard provides us.