I don't think the Spurs are going to win this year. The Lakers, Jazz, and the Hornets are better. So are the Celtics.

I think it was Matthew Yglesias who made the point that, in trying to get someone to match up with Duncan, the Suns traded away their best perimeter defender. In other words, the Suns didn't really solve their main problem (i.e., defense against the Spurs) they merely shifted the weakness from the inside to the outside. As a result, they've gotten killed in the last two games by Parker and Ginobili.

The aforementioned teams offer much better matchups. Indeed, if memory serves the Hornets owned the Spurs in the regular season. I seem to recall a 20+ point smackdown in SA.