San Antonio Spurs: Quietly Rebuilding While Still Eyeing Another Title

March 17th, 2012 by D'Asher Chance Leave a reply »
The Spurs seem to ALWAYS be in the mix of things. They never have a lottery pick, nor are they ever involved in a blockbuster trade. Yet, they are always in the conversation when it comes to discussing the teams that could win the Western Conference championship. What's their secret?

The Spurs have a mad scientist (head coach, Gregg Popovich) that always seems to find the right ingredients for his formula to work. So what exactly is this formula that keeps the Spurs competitive every year? He has an equal portion of old ingredients and new ingredients needed and simply continues to swirl them around until the playoffs come around and they seem to just ripe each year. His formula involves people that can play tough defense, are athletic on the perimeter and fight tooth and nail for loose balls and rebounds.

 

Old Ingredients

Lately, analysts and bloggers have begin to put the Spurs in the "older team" category because of the age of their stars Tim Duncan (36) and Manu Ginobli (35). Duncan's age has reared its ugly head in his limited minutes and decline in statistics. The mad scientist has strategically rested his "aging" players in ...

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