Competence?

When will the Spurs play a real NBA ball club?

Ian Mahinmi, Ime Udoka, and Darius Washington hope the answer is
simple: not any time soon.

We finally got to see Udoka get some action last night (over 24
minutes), and Mahinmi blocked 2 shots in 5 minutes. At that rate,
he’ll be at a paltry 16 blocks per contest if he plays 40 minutes a
night. Do with that information what you please.

After the ridiculous opening week of Portland, Memphis, and depleted
Sacramento team, the Spurs get a much needed 4 days off and a trip to
actual competition, in Houston, a team they’ve struggled with in years
past. I believe we all remember the Tracy McGrady 1:30 explosion in
2004.

Am I crazy, or does Ginobili look as if he’s playing for his job? He
isn’t, that’s for sure. But, he is damn sure playing great ball.

Finally, I know it’s a week in, and late as of now, but I will be
posting my NBA predictions for the season, so that at the very least,
I’ll have visual proof of how awfully wrong I was.