Typically when I think of Spurs closing moments I think of Manu and Tim through out the last 6 years or so.  I've always felt like things started and ended with these two and the Spurs have been one of the best, if not the best, in close games.  They're still here so what's the big deal with this year?  Why can't we close out games?  Well I shortchanged a certain someone and I think we miss him dearly. 

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     Over a leisurely game of chess, where my ass was handed to me, JRW asked me if I was excited for the start of the season.  You see how he is?  In a Ronnie Lott like fashion he punches me in the mouth, breaks my back, runs me over and then, as if over a cup of tea, asks me if I'm excited for the season.  He's cold-blooded.  Well, I think I'm more apprehensive than anything else.  This regular season we have little to gain and everything to lose. 

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Speak to any given NBA fan and he will most likely tell you that his team has gotten better since last year; either through trades, the draft, free agency or simply getting healthy.  But every team can not be getting better can they?  Is the leagues talent exponentially evolving thus making it possible that every team improves season after season?  This can't be, but every time I turn around another team is inking a player who should help their team.  And younger teams who are standing pat have to be getting better just by a natural progression, right?   Join me in taking brief a team by team evaluation and feel free to add your disagreements comments about who got better, who stayed the same, and who got worse.

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Well, Fuck as David aptly put it.  I have never liked Rasheed Wallace and even I was starting to come around to the idea of him joining the Spurs.  Oh well let's move on and see what we shall do now.

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Our unofficial motto for Spurs teams the past couple of years has been "Three studs and a bunch of suck", harsh but mostly accurate.  Our acquisition of Richard Jefferson (stud) accompanied by FSM dropping Chairman of the Boards Dujuan Blair in our laps set us in fine position to make a title run this up coming season.  To be completely honest I didn't think it very important what big we were going to sign, just let him be serviceable.  As far as I was concerned if we could win it with 3 studs and a bunch of suck in years past then 4 legit studs plus Mason, Hill and Blair should be enough.  Then the dreadful news came.  Artest to the Lakers is momentous.  I don't think I'm in the minority to say Artest is an upgrade over Ariza but let's break it down anyhow.

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 I wrote this last night but didn't want to publish it because I had already posted something else.  I could have been a "profit" haha.  Here it is anyway.

I read something over at 48MOH warning about having too many sacred cows.  Many of us around PTR might need to soon realize trading fan favorites is part of the business or some feelings could be hurt this off season. 

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Recently over at 48MOH Timmothy Varner touched on what kind of asset Tiago Splitter is to be for our Spurs.  We won't be seeing him on the court until 2010-2011 season so many fans are clamoring to cash in on his value now via trade. 

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