I'm not making any excuses (and not trying to give you a hard time), I didn't
expect the Spurs to beat Dallas without Manu. Dallas was playing well the last
8-10 games of the season and the Spurs weren't. Most people around here know
what Manu brings to the floor every night and it is a lot more than points or
rebounds. I also didn't consider this team deep enough to win it all this year.
Sure they had Kurt Thomas, Bruce Bowen, Fab, George Hill, and Roger Mason Jr
sitting over on the bench,(among others), but most of the them are longer in the
tooth that Duncan any day of the week.

As for the draft, you don't need a solid draft pick to improve your team. The
free agent class this year is interesting and their are some quality prospects
out there. Oh yeah, sometimes your second round draft picks are better than
those with guarnateed contracts, so we wait and see what happens. It should be
interesting.

Just want to ask, Do you think Dirk will really find his game against the
Nuggets? He really wasn't the Dirk we all know in the series against the Spurs.

Cheers until next season!

--- In saspursrock@yahoogroups.com, mavs_randy <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> I wouldn't make an excuse if my third best player (Josh Howard) were out and
neither should you. This Spurs team is the deepest I've seen in a long time.
The bottom line is Duncan is old and that hurts worse than Ginobli being hurt
right now. If the Spurs don't draft someone else to help the cause this year,
then they might as well blow it up and start over. Oh wait, the Thunder owns
the Spurs' 1st round draft choice this year. Wow, it's been quite a run.
>
> MavsRandy
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> --- In saspursrock@yahoogroups.com, "txgalnca" <txgalnca@> wrote:
> >
> > That's all you have to say! I guess it is a big WOW to beat the Manuless
Spurs, but not really. I didn't expect this lineup to go very far in the
playoffs this year. Good luck in Round 2, I think Denver is playing too well
for Dallas to have a chance. They could be the sleepers this season.
> >
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