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Posted by: ublanj on Oct 25, 2009 at 03:36:47 PM

By now every major team publication or website's team previews have been out for some time (Hollinger and Dwyer are my two favorites) so other than adding a funny line (as if I had any) or rewording a particular sentence there is not much I can add you don't already know about the upcoming NBA season.

So rather than go into the usual cut and paste, blog obligatory features (positional rankings, over/underrated and power ranking) or breaking down the game of our 12th man to its most minute detail, I thought I'd flip the script and create a preview even the countless number of sports bloggers could use.

So without further ado-feel free to add and contribute to the list-here is the annual preview of NBA team fans.

Dallas Mavericks

Strengths:
Blonde hair and silicon. Lots and lots of Silicon.

Weaknesses:

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Posted by: ublanj on Oct 25, 2009 at 03:19:50 PM

By now every major team publication or website's team previews have been out for some time (Hollinger and Dwyer are my two favorites) so other than adding a funny line (as if I had any) or rewording a particular sentence there is not much I can add you don't already know about the upcoming NBA season.

So rather than go into the usual cut and paste, blog obligatory features (positional rankings, over/underrated and power ranking) or breaking down the game of our 12th man to its most minute detail, I thought I'd flip the script and create a preview even the countless number of sports bloggers could use.

So without further ado-feel free to add and contribute to the list-here is the annual preview of NBA team fans.

Golden State Warriors

Strengths:
Upside is amongst the highest in the entire league.

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Posted by: ublanj on Oct 25, 2009 at 01:00:46 PM

By now every major team publication or website's team previews have been out for some time (Hollinger and Dwyer are my two favorites) so other than adding a funny line (as if I had any) or rewording a particular sentence there is not much I can add you don't already know about the upcoming NBA season.

So rather than go into the usual cut and paste, blog obligatory features (positional rankings, over/underrated and power ranking) or breaking down the game of our 12th man to its most minute detail, I thought I'd flip the script and create a preview even the countless number of sports bloggers could use.

So without further ado-feel free to add and contribute to the list-here is the annual preview of NBA team fans.

Denver Nuggets

Strengths: Remarkable lung capacity due to yelling at extreme altitudes.

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Posted by: ublanj on Oct 25, 2009 at 12:32:20 PM

By now every major team publication or website's team previews have been out for some time (Hollinger and Dwyer are my two favorites) so other than adding a funny line (as if I had any) or rewording a particular sentence there is not much I can add you don't already know about the upcoming NBA season.

So rather than go into the usual cut and paste, blog obligatory features (positional rankings, over/underrated and power ranking) or breaking down the game of our 12th man to its most minute detail, I thought I'd flip the script and create a preview even the countless number of sports bloggers could use.

So without further ado-feel free to add and contribute to the list-here is the annual preview of NBA team fans.

Atlanta Hawks

Strengths: Having sat out the better part of the past two decades,

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Posted by: ublanj on Oct 25, 2009 at 12:04:54 PM

By now every major team publication or website's team previews have been out for some time (Hollinger and Dwyer are my two favorites) so other than adding a funny line (as if I had any) or rewording a particular sentence there is not much I can add you don't already know about the upcoming NBA season.

So rather than go into the usual cut and paste, blog obligatory features (positional rankings, over/underrated and power ranking) or breaking down the game of our 12th man to its most minute detail, I thought I'd flip the script and create a preview even the countless number of sports bloggers could use. So without further ado-feel free to add and contribute to the list-here is the annual preview of NBA team fans:

Chicago Bulls

Strengths:
They can count the friggin’ President of the United

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Posted by: ublanj on Oct 25, 2009 at 11:45:58 AM

By now every major team publication or website's team previews have been out for some time (Hollinger and Dwyer are my two favorites) so other than adding a funny line (as if I had any) or rewording a particular sentence there is not much I can add you don't already know about the upcoming NBA season.

So rather than go into the usual cut and paste, blog obligatory features (positional rankings, over/underrated and power ranking) or breaking down the game of our 12th man to its most minute detail, I thought I'd flip the script and create a preview even the countless number of sports bloggers could use.

So without further ado-feel free to add and contribute to the list-here is the annual preview of NBA team fans:

Boston Celtics

Strengths:
Experience. Years of knowledge into possibly the most

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Posted by: ublanj on Oct 25, 2009 at 11:11:17 AM

Of all the expatriate Spurs, Stephen Jackson remains my all-time favorite. The most unlikely Spurs player since Dennis Rodman, Jackson was the antithesis of "Corporate Knowledge".

Yet, Jackson played a large role in our 2003 Championship, nailing huge shots while displaying big (bravado). When he left there were no hard feelings. The Spurs had Manu Ginobili waiting in the wings and were preparing to make a push for Jason Kidd.

With the exception of a few bad decisions in Indiana (of all places) Jackson remained in relative obscurity for several years before emerging on the scene again as the Nellie-ball created Captain jack, where he endeared himself to Spurs fans all over again with his role in the dismantling of the Dallas Mavericks.

Unfortunately his new reputation deteriorated with the

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Posted by: ublanj on Oct 25, 2009 at 11:07:59 AM

DuJuan Blair is a beast. George Hill is a point guard. If Spurs fans take anything away from this year's preseason, these two stories were the most prominent throughout the exhibition season.
Sure, there were other things to glean from this year's games (if you had the opportunity to watch them), though most were simple reaffirmations of what we already knew (Tony Parker is really good) or had too small a sample size (can we take the bubble wrap off of Manu Ginobili) to draw an educated conclusion.

Not since 2003 have the Spurs had two young players with such exciting, unknown upside that were also ready to contribute heavily in the Spurs regular season rotation. Then the Spurs counted on a rookie Ginobili and a still wet behind the ears Parker as key cogs in a championship run.

This preseason

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Posted by: ublanj on Oct 25, 2009 at 11:05:28 AM

· The Austin Toros experiment, to date, is entirely dependent on Malik Hairston at this point-more so than George Hill or DuJuan Blair, I looked forward to this preseason to see what fruits the Spurs developmental league team would bare.

Mahinmi is still the biggest mystery and might be worth extending. Right now I think for player comparisons you can start at Francisco Elson as your worst case scenario though his ceiling seems to be dropping fast.

Williams appears to be an NBA player. Though I can only envision him as a point forward that neither helps nor hurts you-only he's young, still learning, and at this point does, in fact, hurt you.

The good news is Hairston seems ready now but still D-league eligible. The best thing I can say about Hairston is that no situation seems too big

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Posted by: ublanj on Oct 25, 2009 at 11:01:31 AM

Hello all. We're going to try and start anew here at Bank Shots after a rough initial outing. Just a little information on me and what to expect:

I graduated with a degree in journalism from from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio in 2006. I've worked for a few small papers and helped out in small, part-time roles at the Express-News. After seeing newsrooms across the country shred their staff I bailed on those dreams and am pursuing teaching, so this blog will serve as one of the last outlets for my writing.

Being from San Antonio I am a huge Spurs fan. I try and keep a grounded and unbiased take on all things NBA but this blog will probably be a little Spurs-centric. That being said, I want to stop short of calling this strictly a Spurs site as I often have thoughts on the entire

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