As the Spurs have won the NBA championship (again), I think there are a number of things our Basketball and football Tigers can learn from them.

1. The Spurs built a team of good players, not superstars. Then they coached em up and pointed them in the same direction. It's not necessary, or perhaps even preferable, to send nothing but 5 star players out on the field or court.
2. The Spurs were motivated by their loss to the Heat last season in the finals. As Lombardi said, "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a frequent loser." FB and BB both have reasons to be motivated toward "noticeable improvement".
3. The Spurs focus on teamwork. They encourage each other. They are unselfish. They are coachable. I hope the players (stars, and role players) we are recruiting are team-first guys.
4. The Spurs are balanced. Defense and offense are both excellent. Plus, they are deep. Their bench led the league in scoring.
5. It took time. Popovich has been their coach for 18 years. Our teams have young coaches who are going to be very, very good-somewhere. I personally hope it's at the University of Memphis.

Our basketball coach already mention that he and his players were watching and studying the Spurs and how they played in the Finals

I mean, just about every team any where can learn from the Spurs, right?

The spurs play in this years finals was some of the best "team" basketball ive ever seen, along with best production of bench players. It really was a thing of beauty, I remember seeing mills at one point had 14 points in 11 minutes, that's just crazy good. One can only hope the tigers could learn from a team like that.

(06-20-2014 07:38 AM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  Our Tigers basketball coach already mention that he and his players were watching and studying the Spurs and how they played in the Finals

The spurs have Tim Duncan, Manu ginobli, Kwami brown, and tony Parker. You can't learn that type of talent. You can try to run that system all you want. Pastner should just develop his own system based on what he has available. That's what good coaches do.


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(06-20-2014 07:05 AM)holyterror Wrote:  As the Spurs have won the NBA championship (again), I think there are a number of things our Basketball and football Tigers can learn from them.

1. The Spurs built a team of good players, not superstars. Then they coached em up and pointed them in the same direction. It's not necessary, or perhaps even preferable, to send nothing but 5 star players out on the field or court.
2. The Spurs were motivated by their loss to the Heat last season in the finals. As Lombardi said, "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a frequent loser." FB and BB both have reasons to be motivated toward "noticeable improvement".
3. The Spurs focus on teamwork. They encourage each other. They are unselfish. They are coachable. I hope the players (stars, and role players) we are recruiting are team-first guys.
4. The Spurs are balanced. Defense and offense are both excellent. Plus, they are deep. Their bench led the league in scoring.
5. It took time. Popovich has been their coach for 18 years. Our teams have young coaches who are going to be very, very good-somewhere. I personally hope it's at the University of Memphis.

Spurs have no superstars except for 3 guys that will probably be in the Hall of Fame.

If the Tigers can get a guy like Tim Duncan and keep him for 17 years and then get Parker and Ginobli and keep them for 12 years while adding role players around them they can be the Spurs.

There is only one pro team like the Spurs. Not sure how a college team could be like the Spurs.

(06-20-2014 07:41 AM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  I mean, just about every team any where can learn from the Spurs, right?

Of course...

Probably couldn't find a NBA, College or HS Coach that didn't watch the Spurs put on a clinic in the NBA Finals.

PS. AAU Coaches stopped watching after Spurs took a 2-1 series lead.

countdown till the usual suspects whose only intent is to bash the coach start telling everyone how pastner is stupid compared to pop.

figured I'd just get a head start on the idiocy...

Preemptive defensiveness. What a fanbase.

Not defensive. Just confitioned how the know it alls on this board think.
hows your sarwar obsession treating you these days?

(06-20-2014 09:04 AM)Willie Becton Wrote:  Not defensive. Just confitioned how the know it alls on this board think.
hows your sarwar obsession treating you these days?

Yep, you don't sound defensive at all.

(06-20-2014 08:15 AM)mairving Wrote:  

(06-20-2014 07:05 AM)holyterror Wrote:  As the Spurs have won the NBA championship (again), I think there are a number of things our Basketball and football Tigers can learn from them.

1. The Spurs built a team of good players, not superstars. Then they coached em up and pointed them in the same direction. It's not necessary, or perhaps even preferable, to send nothing but 5 star players out on the field or court.
2. The Spurs were motivated by their loss to the Heat last season in the finals. As Lombardi said, "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a frequent loser." FB and BB both have reasons to be motivated toward "noticeable improvement".
3. The Spurs focus on teamwork. They encourage each other. They are unselfish. They are coachable. I hope the players (stars, and role players) we are recruiting are team-first guys.
4. The Spurs are balanced. Defense and offense are both excellent. Plus, they are deep. Their bench led the league in scoring.
5. It took time. Popovich has been their coach for 18 years. Our teams have young coaches who are going to be very, very good-somewhere. I personally hope it's at the University of Memphis.

Spurs have no superstars except for 3 guys that will probably be in the Hall of Fame.

If the Tigers can get a guy like Tim Duncan and keep him for 17 years and then get Parker and Ginobli and keep them for 12 years while adding role players around them they can be the Spurs.

There is only one pro team like the Spurs. Not sure how a college team could be like the Spurs.

Pretty much this.

Tim Duncan is not a superstar?

EVERY college team can learn from ANY other successful team- especially one that won the playoffs.

Be it SA this season, Miami last year, Miami the year before, Dallas before that...etc...

The real thing to garner from SA's run this season, is when a really good team plays really well, they can win it all. And when role players like Patty Mills? make a ton of threes- it helps. Or Shane Battier. Or Mike Miller. Etc. When they do not- it is more difficult.

The bigger picture is- getting good. When you are good- you have the opportunity to win big. San Antonio has been good for quite some time. So has Memphis. Step one- complete. Overreactions? Complete too.

(06-20-2014 08:15 AM)Mtyler Wrote:  The spurs have Tim Duncan, Manu ginobli, Kwami brown, and tony Parker. You can't learn that type of talent. You can try to run that system all you want. Pastner should just develop his own system based on what he has available. That's what good coaches do.


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That has to be the first time in a long time that "talent" and "Kwami Brown" appeared in the same comment.

(06-20-2014 10:16 AM)Trapper John Wrote:  

(06-20-2014 08:15 AM)Mtyler Wrote:  The spurs have Tim Duncan, Manu ginobli, Kwami brown, and tony Parker. You can't learn that type of talent. You can try to run that system all you want. Pastner should just develop his own system based on what he has available. That's what good coaches do.


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That has to be the first time in a long time that "talent" and "Kwami Brown" appeared in the same comment.

Lulz. I'm sure he means Kawhi (sp?) Leonard, right?

(06-20-2014 09:10 AM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  

(06-20-2014 09:04 AM)Willie Becton Wrote:  Not defensive. Just confitioned how the know it alls on this board think.
hows your sarwar obsession treating you these days?

Yep, you don't sound defensive at all.

Great response

(06-20-2014 09:01 AM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  Preemptive defensiveness. What a fanbase.

Actually this is better than the second response. Good for you.

Of course the Tigers or any team for that matter can learn something from the Spurs. It won't be a carbon copy of the World Champs and their great players but any coach and players can learn from watching them how to play more effectively. Even josh alluded to this specifically. Anyone knocking this down don't know what they are talking about as usual

All we need to do is get the greatest power forward of all time then find a way for him to stay in school 17 years while we dump this AAU style ball and recruit the best international players to play for free.