San Antonio Spurs Preseason Presser 96'

[Bowser]

San Antonio Spurs  Preseason Presser 
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Eazy P:

     I would like welcome everyone to the San Antonio Spurs Preseason Press Conference sponsored by Beef O'Brady and Super Nintendo. We will get to your questions in a minute but I would like to thank the Spurs Nation for supporting us through the injury plagued season this past year. Our goal for this Season is to compete and make a playoff run.  Hopefully we can achieve this goal with the roster I put together this off season. Coach Pop and I were not pleased with the way last season went and we decided to let go some of our training staff due to all of the player injuries sustained last season. We feel everyone has a important roll in this organization all the way down to the custodians. With that said I think our future is bright  and i think this season will finally be a positive one. Coach do have any words?

Gregg Popovich:

    I would like to thank everyone for coming out here and joining us today. First off I was not pleased with the way last season went even though there were injuries to key players. I expect every member of this team to play at a high level when their number is called and felt like we didn't do that. I blame myself as a coach for that and vow to do better this year for the organization and especially the fans who pay their hard earned money to watch the Spurs play. I know last season had to be more frustrating for you than it was for us. I don't like losing at all. I wasn't brought here last season to lose and be the laughing stock of the league. We have a goal and I believe in due time we will achieve it. I think the front office did a good job bringing in a good mix players who I feel came compliment each other. We will see what this season have in store for us and hopefully it's a playoff spot or more.


Any Questions for me or EAZY? 

[WigNosy]

How quickly do you expect your new backcourt of Ray Allen and Sherman Douglas to mesh with each other and with the rest of the team? What do you feel it will take to wrest control of the Midwest division from Dallas?

[J2]

The acquisition of Shareef Abdur-Rahim came rather quickly, and was a bit of a shock (well, at least it was to me). What led to that move? What kind of role do you have planned for him?

[rpf]

Rancy Pants The New Jersey Net: Is this a playoffs or bust season after an injury plagued year?

[coltsguy510]

Go do you expect to be the "star" of your team?

[NOLa.]

Do you think Ray Allen was the missing piece from your team? You have one of the most talented youth team around the league, so do you think this season is just the first step to a dynasty?

[TrayWithAnA]

What does the RPF/EAZY rivalry have in store for us this year?

[Bowser]

Aug 28, 2014 11:18:27 GMT -6 WigNosy said:

How quickly do you expect your new backcourt of Ray Allen and Sherman Douglas to mesh with each other and with the rest of the team? What do you feel it will take to wrest control of the Midwest division from Dallas?

Gregg Popovich:


Great question. I think they can mesh well together. Sherman has been good at the point for a while and I think he can help Allen grow into a good player. When the draft ended we thought we could use a proven PG to help Ray and other players out, get them the ball and put them in position to do what they do best. I really think the addition of Douglas will make this team better as a whole. We now have 2 PGs who can come in produce and quarterback this team with little drop in production.


Taking out the midwest division is a tall task because the Mavs are always getting better. You think you might have the upper one year and they just end up in thrashing the division. Don't forget there are other talented teams like the T-Wolves, Nuggets, Girzz and Rockets who all has the same goal in mind winning the Midwest. Shaq will be the new Beast Incarnate and is a tall task for us to handle. With that said we are going to compete and if it gets us a midwest title I will be happy. That means we are moving in the right direction.

[Bowser]

Aug 28, 2014 11:46:53 GMT -6 J2 said:

The acquisition of Shareef Abdur-Rahim came rather quickly, and was a bit of a shock (well, at least it was to me). What led to that move? What kind of role do you have planned for him?

    I am sure no one thought we were going to move up in grab him but when there is talent that call contribute now available you have to go and get it. We initially were targeting another player to fill our biggest need, tried to trade up to get him but end up not working out. We went to plan B which was Shareef and did what we had to do to move up to get him. His roll on this team is 6th man. He will backup the SF and PF positions on this team so there is not any drop off of production at those positions when the 2nd team is on the floor. I think his roll on this team is key for us if we are planning on going to the next level. With our history of injuries we can use a player like him to come in and start some games if we need him to fill in.

[Bowser]

Aug 28, 2014 12:32:08 GMT -6 rpf said:

Rancy Pants The New Jersey Net: Is this a playoffs or bust season after an injury plagued year?

Good Question Rancy but I wouldn't say playoff or bust because this team is still fairly young. We do expect this team to be better than last year and make a playoff run even if it's for a 8th seed. This team shouldn't be a lotto team this year and I would be disappointed if we are. Ask me this same question next season and the answer would be yes Playoff or bust.

[Bowser]

Aug 28, 2014 12:33:40 GMT -6 coltsguy510 said:

Go do you expect to be the "star" of your team?

Well we have a number of players who could be a star but we want the players to play as a team. We talked about having a team mentality during meeting and helping each other become better players on the court together. If I had to say who the Star of the team would be it would be......

  

[Bowser]

Aug 28, 2014 12:53:32 GMT -6 NOLa. said:

Do you think Ray Allen was the missing piece from your team? You have one of the most talented youth team around the league, so do you think this season is just the first step to a dynasty?

    Yes I feel Ray was one of the missing pieces on this team. He's a raw talent and has a lot to learn. He now has to adjust to a faster pro game. We felt that we needed some youth at the 2 position. I think we had a fairly good team last year but quality depth was our problem. The injury bug hit us hard and we had no answer for it. So we looked for a proven PG to help too. I feel Sherman too is one of the missing pieces of the team. As far as a dynasty we hope that this team can become a dynasty but right now this team needs to win on a consistent basis to even be put in the category of contender. Everything looks good on paper but the game ins't played on paper.

[Bowser]

Aug 28, 2014 13:41:08 GMT -6 TrayWithAnA said:

What does the RPF/EAZY rivalry have in store for us this year?

Our beef would never end  it's like the bloods and crips. So we have something for him. He got the injury plague season started off by taking out Dale Davis early last year. We haven't forgot that. I understand we worked together on the sloespys and all but he is still a asshole. I got my 2 pistols ready for him if he come at me in the wrong way. 

[IamQuailman]

Awarded 5 points (towards preseason presser 5pt cap).