I think the Clippers would murder the Spurs, and that's with Pop coaching against a clipboard for LA.
(Vinny needs to be fired quickly btw)
Memphis would salivate at getting them again.
Dallas can contain them, will they is tough to say, regional rival thing
OKC would destory SA. People love to say it, Harden is Manu, well, Harden would match Manu and probably outplay him.
If LA plays them, we could roll the dice with Artest on Manu beating the crap out of him even if it costs us a few buckets here and there, plus I'd love to use Barnes on him as well. And when that's all done, go with Kobe. That's 3 guys we could switch around just to beat up on him. That leaves Parker as our biggest problem, and PG is always our problem, no diff here. Nobody on SA is going to slow Kobe if he has anything left, which may be a problem since he plays 40 a night now. If we had Phil, it would be us easy, with Brown, we still can win, but closer now.
Portland or Houston, enough youth to run the Spurs ragged, Houston has the PG but maybe not the size, Portland maybe the size, but not the PG. These would probably be the Spurs best hopes at winning a series.
Denver would murk the Spurs.
So to me, I don't see how SA could be AMP's "darkhorse" unless they manage to play Houston in the first round, and Portland in the second round.
But hey, it's not even February, maybe something changes my mind later, but as of today, naw.