SPURS 2010-2011 SEASON REVIEW

During the 2010-2011 season in the NBA the San Antonio Spurs have proved to be the best team, they got off to their best starting record 25-4 proving to be a contender for the NBA championship  it’s not just their record, but more importantly the way they play. The team is built around veterans, Tim Duncan a two time MVP considered to be one of the greatest power-forwards to play in the NBA, he was even given the name MR Fundamentals due to his style of play and is also the team leader. Tony Parker, Manu Ginoblli are the other two star veterans to play for the spurs winning 3 out of the 4 titles with Tim Duncan. They also have back-ups that play with unmatched cohesion, players such as George Hill and Dejuan Blair. The team is lead by veteran coach Greg Popovich who led the Spurs to 4 championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2007. Critics are putting a lot of pressure on the San-Antonio Spurs this 2010-2011 season claiming that it is going to be the Spurs last run to win a championship because of the team star players are ageing and their careers may come to an end. Even Though the spurs are the number one team in the NBA, they face some major challenges going in to the playoffs where they have to face the NBA champions the Los Angeles Lakers and also the Spurs play in the western conference which is the hardest conference in the NBA.

Injury Update

Parker, in his 10th season with the Spurs, is averaging 17.1 points, 6.6 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.24 steals per game while shooting .518 from the field. Parker is one of two players in the NBA to average at least 15.0 points, 5.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds and shoot at least .500 from the field. After going MRI earlier this week he is expected to miss Two to Four weeks after diagnosed with a strained left Soleus, which is a smaller muscle at the back of the lower human leg and under Gastrocnemius which is the big portion of muscle on the calf. Though it’s a major loss to the Spurs, they still have managed to win two out of their last three games and they are the first team to reach 50 wins this season. Tony Paker is expected to travel with the team to Cleveland where the Spurs start their 4 games road streak in the eastern conference. The former NBA finals MVP is expected to make his return against the LA Lakers on March, 6, 2011 which happens to be one the San Antonio Spurs biggest rivals where both teams are in the same conference and considered as championship caliber teams and dominate in the western conference, and a history of winning back to back championship in the early 2000’s lead by Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan. Tim Duncan came runners up for the award of the player of the decade after losing to Kobe Bryant who has now won 5 championships with the La Lakers.