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It's New Seasons' Eve and I can't remember a time I've been more excited, and I've been religiously following this team since the 1988-89 season (I was but a precious-eyed 9 year old at the time, but my Petur Guomundsson takes were scorching).
I wanted to start this thread to memorialize our smartest (and dumbest) predictions for the upcoming season. We'll fire up the self back-patting/self ass-kicking machine at the end of the year for those who were closest (or furthest) to the mark.
You can predict anything you want, this is completely free form!
Here are mine:
Spurs finish with 50+ wins and make the playoffs outright as a Top 6 seed. This one is pretty self-explanatory. I'm with Vecenie, who has recently seen the light, and others. Despite a few glaring warts, this team is talented and ready to take a leap, led by Victor who is shaping into a completely unstoppable form.
Speaking of Victor... Wemby will average 27pts, 12.5reb, 4ast, 3.7blks and flirt with a 50/40/90 season, making All NBA First Team, winning DPOY, finishing Top 5 in MVP voting, and recording 2 quad-doubles and 2 5x5 games. Yeah... you could say I'm very high on Wemby this year. I do think his blocks will fall a little bit to "only" 3.7 as Korndog helps take some of the defensive load off of Vic, and I think I might be a little conservative on his scoring, but the Spurs suddenly have some mouths to feed and I see Vic being a relatively unselfish superstar, wanting to get teammates involved in the fun.
De'Aaron Fox will have a "down" year in scoring average, but will be more effective and more impactful than ever, averaging 23ppg, 3.5rpg, 7.9apg (career high), 2.2 stl (another career high) and shoot 37.5% from 3 (another career high) while earning votes (but falling just short) of All NBA 3rd Team. The haters will point to Fox's down year in scoring (by his standards) in an effort to cause some sort of unnecessary division (Manu v Parker thread), but the truth is Fox will be more efficient, more impactful and happier than ever. I do still see a 40-bomb or two out of Fox this year, though.
Stephon Castle will back up his ROTY campaign with a solid sophomore effort. 16ppg, 4pg, 5apg, 34% from 3 and a defensive intensity more akin to what we saw at the start of last season. I think we're going to see Steph dialed in, with confidence in the 3pt shot. The efficiency at times might still be a little rough, especially in the first half of the season, but I anticipate Castle adding some variety to his hesi game that will pay huge dividends, and he'll continue to get to the FT line at a high rate.
One of the Power of Friendship are traded. I anticipate the Spurs running into a little bit of a crunch for minutes and needing to jettison one of the Friendship Crew to clean up the rotations. I don't think this will be a blockbuster move, maybe one that returns some minor draft capital and a useful veteran who can play a reserve role when needed. Something along the lines of Devin and JMac to CHI for Kevin Huerter, Jevon Carter and a future lotto protected FRP. This trade example isn't a prediction... just an example.
Dylan Harper won't be serious ROTY contention, but he will make All Rookie 1st Team.
Luke Kornet becomes a fan favorite and stars in his very own HEB commercial, while proving to be the best bench C in the league.
Kelly Olynyk has a bigger impact than 90% of Spurs fans are expecting.
Lindy Waters III plays a huge role in more than a couple of significant games for us.
Carter Bryant spends most of Pre-ASB in Austin, but makes a real contribution Post-ASB and logs some meaningful playoff minutes.
Mitch Johnson earns serious COTY buzz, finishing Top 5 in voting.
I wanted to start this thread to memorialize our smartest (and dumbest) predictions for the upcoming season. We'll fire up the self back-patting/self ass-kicking machine at the end of the year for those who were closest (or furthest) to the mark.
You can predict anything you want, this is completely free form!
Here are mine:
Spurs finish with 50+ wins and make the playoffs outright as a Top 6 seed. This one is pretty self-explanatory. I'm with Vecenie, who has recently seen the light, and others. Despite a few glaring warts, this team is talented and ready to take a leap, led by Victor who is shaping into a completely unstoppable form.
Speaking of Victor... Wemby will average 27pts, 12.5reb, 4ast, 3.7blks and flirt with a 50/40/90 season, making All NBA First Team, winning DPOY, finishing Top 5 in MVP voting, and recording 2 quad-doubles and 2 5x5 games. Yeah... you could say I'm very high on Wemby this year. I do think his blocks will fall a little bit to "only" 3.7 as Korndog helps take some of the defensive load off of Vic, and I think I might be a little conservative on his scoring, but the Spurs suddenly have some mouths to feed and I see Vic being a relatively unselfish superstar, wanting to get teammates involved in the fun.
De'Aaron Fox will have a "down" year in scoring average, but will be more effective and more impactful than ever, averaging 23ppg, 3.5rpg, 7.9apg (career high), 2.2 stl (another career high) and shoot 37.5% from 3 (another career high) while earning votes (but falling just short) of All NBA 3rd Team. The haters will point to Fox's down year in scoring (by his standards) in an effort to cause some sort of unnecessary division (Manu v Parker thread), but the truth is Fox will be more efficient, more impactful and happier than ever. I do still see a 40-bomb or two out of Fox this year, though.
Stephon Castle will back up his ROTY campaign with a solid sophomore effort. 16ppg, 4pg, 5apg, 34% from 3 and a defensive intensity more akin to what we saw at the start of last season. I think we're going to see Steph dialed in, with confidence in the 3pt shot. The efficiency at times might still be a little rough, especially in the first half of the season, but I anticipate Castle adding some variety to his hesi game that will pay huge dividends, and he'll continue to get to the FT line at a high rate.
One of the Power of Friendship are traded. I anticipate the Spurs running into a little bit of a crunch for minutes and needing to jettison one of the Friendship Crew to clean up the rotations. I don't think this will be a blockbuster move, maybe one that returns some minor draft capital and a useful veteran who can play a reserve role when needed. Something along the lines of Devin and JMac to CHI for Kevin Huerter, Jevon Carter and a future lotto protected FRP. This trade example isn't a prediction... just an example.
Dylan Harper won't be serious ROTY contention, but he will make All Rookie 1st Team.
Luke Kornet becomes a fan favorite and stars in his very own HEB commercial, while proving to be the best bench C in the league.
Kelly Olynyk has a bigger impact than 90% of Spurs fans are expecting.
Lindy Waters III plays a huge role in more than a couple of significant games for us.
Carter Bryant spends most of Pre-ASB in Austin, but makes a real contribution Post-ASB and logs some meaningful playoff minutes.
Mitch Johnson earns serious COTY buzz, finishing Top 5 in voting.
