The Spurs: performance evaluation adjusted for injuries?

[Crow]

Can their performance be evaluated effectively, adjusting for injury impacts? If health returns are they the favorite or are there concerns that can't be explained away by injuries? How much decline was predicted by the age curve before the season started?

[Crow]

If one had the time and energy, one could either plug injury holes in games with avg. performance by the missing players or perhaps simulate them with the preferred player playing typical minutes.

Or just skating on surface, I don't feel much concern. They'll probably move up some in second half of season. Seeding hard to see yet, should be interesting. One of more upsets seems likely in first round our west.

[Crow]

As "bad" as it has been, I think they are better than last season on 5 factors. When Parker comes back they might get better on 2 more (though they could slip on a few too).