D Rob on First Take

[lefty]

God damn if that tomato faced got McCombs didn't kill the Spurs chances to trade for Barkley in 1992. In hindsight I'd obviously rather have had Duncan, but god could you imagine a starting lineup of

Rod Strickland
Dale Ellis
Sean Elliott
Charles Barkley
David Robinson.

Instead no Barkley, no Strickland, and that got completely wasted Robinson's prime. On top of that McCombs almost traded David for Ewing to get out of paying him too.

Strickland was good

[Silver&Black Warrior]

God damn if that tomato faced got McCombs didn't kill the Spurs chances to trade for Barkley in 1992. In hindsight I'd obviously rather have had Duncan, but god could you imagine a starting lineup of

Rod Strickland
Dale Ellis
Sean Elliott
Charles Barkley
David Robinson.

Instead no Barkley, no Strickland, and that got completely wasted Robinson's prime. On top of that McCombs almost traded David for Ewing to get out of paying him too.

When was David almost traded for Ewing???!!! Never heard about this!!!

[Budkin]

doesn't ESPN know that if they really want to know what is going on with the spurs they need to interview an ST poster?

Holy how hilarious would that be!

[YGWHI]

Yeah, nothing says structure like allowing your PG to a teammate's wife and not get reprimanded...

Or that means all Pop's structure doesn't prevent PGs f*cking teammates' wives, PFs asking for their touches...

Pop won't change but the whole game has changed.

[Gagnrath]

Salute to Stephen A the GOAT, tbh, he's correct about the Spurs "culture"..this is their first taste of the real NBA, not the utopia that Duncan/Ginobili created..

Coaches like Pop, Carlisle and Thibodeau are going the Phil Jackson route, the game is passing them by, it happens to everybody..these old habits and coaching methods need to be altered for the the current generation of players..

I disagree I think that Jackson and to a lesser extent Parker both brought with and bought into the posse lifestyle and mentality but both of them were more easily tempered by Tim being around. I just think that this is a case of an "agent" in kawhi's uncle who doesn't know how to actually do the role and the media not getting solid answers from anyone.

[SpursforSix]

God damn if that tomato faced got McCombs didn't kill the Spurs chances to trade for Barkley in 1992. In hindsight I'd obviously rather have had Duncan, but god could you imagine a starting lineup of

Rod Strickland
Dale Ellis
Sean Elliott
Charles Barkley
David Robinson.

Instead no Barkley, no Strickland, and that got completely wasted Robinson's prime. On top of that McCombs almost traded David for Ewing to get out of paying him too.

Strickland was good

Word. Prime Strickland was one of the best passers of his time (except for that one pass) and could get to the rim almost as frequently as Parker.

[BillMc]

[BillMc]