I like the story.
It would seem that he followed the as REQUIRED LABEL THEM BORING storyline before his VALIANT attempt to counter that label.
IDGAF about why they cry about ratings when in actuality, it's their own DAMN FAULT for not promoting just how good a team the Spurs are until the team gives them all a Capital F U Style We're here!!!
I used to think it was primarily because the Spurs play in small market San Antonio, but OKC is an even SMALLER market than San Antonio. Now I think, the media(especially the 4-letter) hates the Spurs, besides that they play in San Antonio, it's also because their STARS aren't what they consider AMERICAN enough. I guess if TP would have chosen to go to UCLA instead of declare for the draft, then maybe he gets as much pub as Westbrook. I guess they hate Manu because his National Team was the 1st team to beat a team with NBA players in the 02 Worlds or that his Golden Generation ARG team won the 04 Olympics didn't make those Q ratings people happy. I mean, for every bounce pass Rubio makes that they call spectacular, I can say, I've seen Manu do it better, and BEFORE Ricky ever came Stateside.
I guess Tim isn't American enough either. If you ever look at the NBA list of International players, you would see Tim Duncan listed as an International.
American Citizen yes, International according to the NBA.
Whatevs....We're Spurs Fans and we've been treated to 4 les that say FU to the rest of the NBA and it's Media World partners and I'm expecting a 5th le for the first even year le and a shortened NBA season REPEAT!