Season Opener : Spurs v Suns

the southern dandy · Post #1 » by **the southern dandy** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:56 am

I'm really looking foward to this because it will be one of the few Spurs games actually shown in Australia. I'm eager to see a few new things;
* The new, much lighter Michael Finley
* Some extended minutes from Roger Mason jr.
*An appearance from Desmon Farmer would be nice.
*I want to see the Spurs go back to a little four down and make Tim Duncan the focus again.
*Minutes for Hill would be nice, especially if he's d'ing up against Nash.

I'm rather disappointed that I won't be able to see Anthony Tolliver in action, but that's understandable with the situation he's facing.

Hopefully the Spurs can put together a victory. If anyone unexpected particularly catches my eye, I might just have to remove Dick Pepperfield from my avatar.

UDRIH14 · Post #2 » by **UDRIH14** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:28 am

dude cant wait for hd1 to start showing the nba season, theres a good nfl game this week, NG GIANTS V COWBOYS.....

anyway back to the thread...i think the suns are going to win this, there bench depth is to deep compared to ours and we are missing ginoboli, i think suns in a 10pt win....

Stella Artois · Post #3 » by **Stella Artois** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:34 am

Our very own game thread. Nice !! Go Spurs Go !

DBMethos · Post #4 » by **DBMethos** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:40 am

I can't wait!

HarlemHeat37 · Post #5 » by **HarlemHeat37** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:48 pm

1- pick and roll all day when Shaq is on the floor..
2- Duncan posting up whenever Shaq is off..

2 basic strategies..

Post #6 » by **Nolan** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:26 pm

Can't wait for this game its going to be an interesting one. Seeing how the Suns will operate in more of a half court offense is going to be interesting. The benches are going to be the difference in this game, whoever's bench plays the best is going to win this game. Lets hope TP and Duncan have big games tonight.

scootfu602 · Post #7 » by **scootfu602** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:17 pm

Suns fan here...Not trolling, just found out Oberto is out 2 games. Wondering your thoughts on how this may effect game 1?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3671061

ChargerMan · Post #8 » by **ChargerMan** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:12 pm

Spurs signed a bunch of soft Big men and look where it got them

bring over Darko/Brad Miller/ Greg Foster anybody to fill in the C position next to Duncan

Blame Rasho · Post #9 » by **Blame Rasho** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:13 pm

scootfu602 wrote:Suns fan here...Not trolling, just found out Oberto is out 2 games. Wondering your thoughts on how this may effect game 1?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3671061

Well we are really short handed( Gino,Ian,Hill,Oberto are going to be out by most reasonable guesses) and I guess the irony is that we might actually play small ball. Thomas has been banged up as well and I am not sure if he can handle 30 plus mins.

Blame Rasho · Post #10 » by **Blame Rasho** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:14 pm

ChargerMan wrote:Spurs signed a bunch of soft Big men and look where it got them

bring over Darko/Brad Miller/ Greg Foster anybody to fill in the C position next to Duncan

Tell he how do we get them on this team given their big ass contracts?

Blame Rasho · Post #11 » by **Blame Rasho** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:17 pm

HarlemHeat37 wrote:1- pick and roll all day when Shaq is on the floor..
2- Duncan posting up whenever Shaq is off..

2 basic strategies..

It isn't string theory, so I wonder how Porter will react to it. Coach Mike D never had a clue what to do.

I think the irony is that we might go small ball vs them with their new big lineup.

Post #12 » by **jman3134** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:51 am

Man, Barbosa has a ridiculous first step.

Post #13 » by **Nolan** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:15 am

Mason and Bonner are looking good off the bench for us.

Its still a close one at the half.

Post #14 » by **tsherkin** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:37 am

I just wanted to stop by and ROFLMAO at Pops.

Finley's foul was GREAT, and the thumbs-up was even better.

That was some funny stuff.

UDRIH14 · Post #15 » by **UDRIH14** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:22 am

MAN i cant believe the suns arent running us out of our building, all we are doing is trading baskets.....

Mr. Sun · Post #16 » by **Mr. Sun** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:41 am

UDRIH14 wrote:MAN i cant believe the suns arent running us out of our building, all we are doing is trading baskets.....

Porter doesn't believe in Sevens Seconds or Less.

UDRIH14 · Post #17 » by **UDRIH14** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:43 am

This sucks man, TD has no help down low...fkn bonner doghouse damn it.

bowen was a liability on the court didnt shut down anyone...
our backcourt, needed more production from them
roger needs to throw up shots instead of giving them up, we dont want another barry here afraid of putting up shots.
parker

this aint nbalive stop throwing up alot of shots...

expected a blowout win for the suns, oh well close game anyway even without oberto/ginoboli...even though oberto is useless like bonner anyway....

we should trade trash for trash damn it

Blame Rasho · Post #18 » by **Blame Rasho** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:42 am

Well that sucks... I can't remember the last time we lost on opening night.

We were right there but the Suns were better tonight.

TD and Parker were beastly but we need to get production from someone else. Mason did better than expected in his debut, but outside of him there isn't anyone who can get his own shot.

Bonner seems scared of shooting and it effects him on both ends of the court.

Finley looked way skinnier..

We need a bigman. I hope Ian somehow gives us something this year.

-SDU- · Post #19 » by **-SDU-** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:15 am

bad luck guys, i heard that was the first opening night loss in 12 years for you, is that right?

suns will be a work in progress so im glad to get an early win to keep the media at bay even just for now, im sure we wont be the same team when we meet again at xmas, and neither will you with manu etc back

i cant believe how little we used amare! you guys have to be happy about that

realfung · Post #20 » by **realfung** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:57 am

This is the thread on your opener??? San Antonio Spurs have no fans.