Well the masterpiece is done! Your San Antonio Spurs!
PG - Devin Harris/Jose Barea
SG - James Harden/Dahntay Jones/Daequan Cook
SF - Ron Artest/Chris Douglas-Roberts
PF - Chris Bosh/Chuck Hayes/Shelden Williams
C - Serge Ibaka/Fabricio Oberto/Joe Smith
Coach - Doc River
I like your team. Bosh/Ibaka as the starters with Hayes/Oberto as the backups is a good mix of athleticism and toughness. People will bag on you for starting Ibaka because he looks skinny enough so that a strong wind will bowl him over, but don't listen. Ibaka is stronger than he looks, and I'm not sure there is a leaper with more potential out there. He'll get a lot of baskets by running the floor and making athletic plays, and he ought to continue to improve as a shotblocker, hopefully joining the league's elite within a year or two.
Harden I like but how much is something I waiver on pretty often. He's definitely not warranted the Brandon Roy comparisons he came out to last season. He does however consistently outscore his man while he's on the floor so that's a plus. Dahntay Jones is one of those guys that I think had one good year and is still coasting from that. He's just not that good, and honestly I'd rather give your FA pickup Bogans burn than Jones.
I also like Devin Harris. The guy had a bad year after an amazing year, and the team he played for wasn't very inspiring. I think for a player who played an important part of a title run in 05/06, then was the starter for most of the season on a 67 win team the year after that, playing hard for a lost season on a team that really didn't want to win games was probably hard last year.
That said, last year kind of precludes you from saying Harris is a leader.
Ron Artest is a headcase who has proven time and time again that he cannot be the primary scoring wing player on a team that makes a deep playoff run. He can help get you to the playoffs, but he can't keep you there. You're going to need Kobe or Stephen Jackson for that, and you don't have either. Behind him is Chris Douglas Roberts, a guy who looked to everyone like he was going to be a bonofide player...but who got traded for a sack-a-potatoes because he was ruining his team's chemistry.
So you got two negative chemistry guys at your SF position, and some questionable leadership to compensate for that. I can buy Chris Bosh as a leader on a playoff team, but I don't know if this team is a playoff team. I like the mix, but I'll need some convincing.
People talk about the lack of leadership on the Spurs for the upcoming season but I think we are a team that has the ability to excite people with the progression we are expecting from our younger players. Also, with some strong veteran presence on the bench, I feel like San Antonio is a strong contender in the Western Conference.
To start with a 1-2 combo of Bosh and Harris is very solid. Offensively we can run a lot of pick and roll, as well as pick and pop offense. Bosh's ability to hit the elbow extended jump shot allows Harris and Harden a lot of room to attack the basket.
Clearly we are counting on a bounce back season from Devin Harris. Coming off of an All Star year in '09 his output along with the rest of NJ was horrific last year. Playing on a competitive roster should allow him to excel.
The most exciting this about the roster is the potential in Ibaka & Harden. In Ibaka we have a big that can, defend, block shots, run the floor, and set solid screens offensively. Because Bosh is not the greatest offensive rebounder, I think Ibaka can really excel in this area. In addition in Harden we have a player that can score efficiently, shoot from the outside, and penetrate to the rim. In his second year we look for a jump in production in Harden.
Ron Artest is the wildcard. For the past two years Ron has been on his best behavior and been a tremendous asset to both Houston and LA last year. In San Antonio we are looking for physical defensive more than anything. Ron will get the toughest perimeter defensive matchup every night.
The bench has guys that can serve various roles
Barea - point guard
Cook - Shooting
Jones - perimeter defense
CDR - scoring/dribble penetration
Hayes - Interior/Low Post Defense
Oberto - Scoring/Size
Smith - Veteran Leadership
I would imagine Barea/Cook, Jones, CDR & Hayes get the most minutes. We think of ourselves as contending for the division crown this year
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