Now you know how valuable Manu is

[nkdlunch]

Manu would have never let us get embarrassed this way.

He is the balls of the team

[SequSpur]

fuck manu

[TheProfessor]

Yeah, not too happy about Manu facebooking on the end of the bench when he should have taken the summer off. Pride in your country and all that, but he let us down big-time.

[ducks]

Manu would have never let us get embarrassed this way.

He is the balls of the team

yes he embarrassed the spurs fans by playing for his country when hurt
this offseason

[Mugen]

and people still wanna trade him, bunch of f'n idiots.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Outside of Timmy, Spurs played like fucking pussies in elimination game. Too much whining...no focus on D, no guts.

Manu is the reason why we've had long post-seasons. Most series would have been 4-1 , or 4-2 or whatever..

[ducks]

I trade him for bosh

[Capt Bringdown]

Thanks for playing in the Olympics Manu.

I hope he's gone next year.

[Mugen]

I trade him for bosh

good luck with that

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

yes he embarrassed the spurs fans by playing for his country when hurt
this offseason

Yeah, he should be racking up double digit turnovers and leaving Kidd wide open for threes all night instead. Guess we'll have to leave that to Tony though...

[TheProfessor]

and people still wanna trade him, bunch of f'n idiots.
If I'm the front office, I give him first half of next season, but if his ass is injured again, his expiring contract is outta here.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

If I'm the front office, I give him first half of next season, but if his ass is injured again, his expiring contract is outta here.

That's reasonable.

[ducks]

Yeah, he should be racking up double digit turnovers and leaving Kidd wide open for threes all night instead. Guess we'll have to leave that to Tony though...

no spur has double digit turnovers

[DAF86]

Still with no Manu, we shouldn't have lost to fucking Mavs in five games. I really thought we'd make it to the WCF even without Manu.

[jacobdrj]

IMHO all 3 of the Spurs big 3 are equally valuable at this point. Manu was the defacto Spurs MVP a couple seasons back, and TP took the reigns the last 2 seasons. Timmay allows them to do what they do, but he needs them as much as they need him.

[mexicanjunior]

Still with no Manu, we shouldn't have lost to fucking Mavs in five games. I really thought we'd make it to the WCF even without Manu.

You must have been watching a different team for the past 2 months...

[45 bank shot]

man i just feel so bad for timmy

[Scola]

Timmy deserves better than this :|

[Emeyin]

fuck manu

Thats how I feel right now unfortunately.

[TDMVPDPOY]

fuck manu

yeh that

[TDMVPDPOY]

Thanks for playing in the Olympics Manu.

I hope he's gone next year.

fuck him and his commitment to his national team....his already done everything with the ARG national team, wat else is there to fukn prove? fuck that shit, where is your loyalty to the spurs....and plz the spurs better not offer a loyalty contract end of next season......

[Mugen]

"fuck you manu for helping us win three championships"

[Horry For 3!]

role players are shit :pctoss

[TDMVPDPOY]

"fuck you manu for helping us win three championships"

well he did costs us 2 championships in between those 3 championships, now do the maths? we couldve won 5 fukn straight titles

[DAF86]

fuck him and his commitment to his national team....his already done everything with the ARG national team, wat else is there to fukn prove? fuck that shit, where is your loyalty to the spurs....and plz the spurs better not offer a loyalty contract end of next season......

In accepting less money that he should get to stay in SA.

[DMX7]

:lobt2:

Manu would have never let us get embarrassed this way.

Except he did. He was too stupid to keep himself healthy.

[TDMVPDPOY]

In accepting less money that he should get to stay in SA.

td did accept 2m lesser on his last contract to leave enough space for the spurs to sign gino on what he is earning now....

[Arrowch4]

fuck manu
u r a dumb ass

[Borosai]

I'm sure everyone already knew his importance. However, a championship team needs to have depth to make up for health issues, and the backups should be enough to get past the first round. The Spurs just didn't have it. They really never got anything going this year, and weren't better than the other 7 teams below the Lakers. Hopefully that'll be resolved next year.

[DAF86]

td did accept 2m lesser on his last contract to leave enough space for the spurs to sign gino on what he is earning now....

So they're both loyal to the organization, what's your point?

[TDMVPDPOY]

So they're both loyal to the organization, what's your point?

commitment mate, you see that?

[Man Mountain]

Pop made a lot of mistakes this season. If he would have let G Hill develop, they could have survived a bit longer without Manu. But to win a title, the Spurs needed the big 3 healthy. HOpefully all three of them will be back next year.

[peskypesky]

Fuck Manu.

[mexicanjunior]

I appreciate all the positive things Manu has done for this team but he really screwed the Spurs over by not resting last off season. I had advocated since last year to trade Manu while his value was high, that time probably won't be coming again anytime soon...

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I'm bookmarking this thread. All you pieces of shit aren't welcome back on Manu's bandwagon when he comes back to play next year, sorry sons of bitches.

P.S. Manu or no Manu, we shouldn't have lost the way we did to this Mavs team. Besides, even with Manu, when your team plays as crappy as the Spurs played this series, you ain't got much of a future.

[ElNono]

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/29/stupid_thread.gif

[peskypesky]

I'm bookmarking this thread. All you pieces of shit aren't welcome back on Manu's bandwagon when he comes back to play next year, sorry sons of bitches.

P.S. Manu or no Manu, we shouldn't have lost the way we did to this Mavs team. Besides, even with Manu, when your team plays as crappy as the Spurs played this series, you ain't got much of a future.

he's cost us at least two championship opportunities now...so until he helps us win 2 more, fuck him and his bandwagon. he has a big debt to pay off in my opinion.

[peskypesky]

Really, whats he getting paid next year?

10.7 mil

[Mugen]

he's cost us at least two championship opportunities now...so until he helps us win 2 more, fuck him and his bandwagon. he has a big debt to pay off in my opinion.

manu doesnt owe shit to you or the rest of these fairweather fans.

[mexicanjunior]

I'm bookmarking this thread. All you pieces of shit aren't welcome back on Manu's bandwagon when he comes back to play next year, sorry sons of bitches.


Does being on Manu's "bandwagon" mean anything...I mean seriously?

[gregpschneid]

Yeah, not too happy about Manu facebooking on the end of the bench when he should have taken the summer off. Pride in your country and all that, but he let us down big-time.

You're a dumbass. Playing in the olympics had nothing to do with the stress fracture in the right ankle. All NBA players play in a summer league or some kind of pick up competition regardless of whether it is the olympics or not.

[Cherry]

You know how valuable Manu is when nobody else can create his own offense.




His playing the Olympics is what has the team in this position now so he HAS LET US END THIS WAY

Or 82 games of never-ending-regular season that may cause fatigue.

[gregpschneid]

he's cost us at least two championship opportunities now...so until he helps us win 2 more, fuck him and his bandwagon. he has a big debt to pay off in my opinion.

Wrong, without Manu the spurs only have one championship. The basketball IQ of this forum is terrible!!!

[TDMVPDPOY]

Wrong, without Manu the spurs only have one championship. The basketball IQ of this forum is terrible!!!

you make it sound like manu is irreplaceable on those championship teams and years in between?

[Mugen]

you make it sound like manu is irreplaceable on those championship teams and years in between?

yeah its really easy to replace a top 3 sg who was willing to come off the bench and competes like manu.

[DAF86]

you make it sound like manu is irreplaceable on those championship teams and years in between?

You were going to need a Kobe Bryant to make up for Manu in 2005 (and even then I'm not sure the Spurs woul have win it) and without 2005 you can forget of 2007 'cause the FO would have probably shipped Parker.

[Cherry]

lol @ this thread

If Manu do something: his fault
If Manu do nothing: his fault

Just trade him and be happy :lmao

[TheProfessor]

yeah its really easy to replace a top 3 sg who was willing to come off the bench and competes like manu.
It's a difficult position to be in as an organization. When Manu is healthy, he's easily the best sixth man in the league and a top 5 SG. But if we can't get that production in the postseason, he's absolutely useless to this team.

If Manu is going through injury issues next year, do you look to move him at the trade deadline? Or, assuming you don't move him but don't have post-season success, do you re-sign him or renounce his rights and seek a healthier option? There are difficult questions the Spurs' FO has to answer here, and it has little to do with his past performance.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol @ argy fans who think ginoboli is top 3 sg in the league.....

[Cherry]

But who say that?

[TheProfessor]

lol @ argy fans who think ginoboli is top 3 sg in the league.....
Don't kid yourself, per minute statistically, when Ginobili's healthy, he's one of the best in the league. Maybe not top 3, but he's up there.

[DAF86]

lol @ argy fans who think ginoboli is top 3 sg in the league.....

I didn't see any Argie saying that.

And LOl to emo Spurs fans that want to trade Manu even after realizing that our team sucks without him.

[Mugen]

lol @ argy fans who think ginoboli is top 3 sg in the league.....

with the emergence of b roy, manu is probably 4 now.

in the clutch, theres very few people better than manu.

so yeah good job you dumbshit.

[ElNono]

It's a difficult position to be in as an organization. When Manu is healthy, he's easily the best sixth man in the league and a top 5 SG. But if we can't get that production in the postseason, he's absolutely useless to this team.

If Manu is going through injury issues next year, do you look to move him at the trade deadline? Or, assuming you don't move him but don't have post-season success, do you re-sign him or renounce his rights and seek a healthier option? There are difficult questions the Spurs' FO has to answer here, and it has little to do with his past performance.

This is the very first playoffs he misses. I think the sensible thing is to take a look at him next season and see how he's doing. It's obvious you simply can't replace the guy for what he brings to the team every night. I think this series is so clear it's not even funny. He's a one man second unit.
So I'm sure the FO will see how he recovers, and if he's healthy I don't see why they won't offer an extension. He's still young, and I think he still has a lot to play.

As a side note,I won't entertain the whole 'he costs us X championships' (we're not in a position to contend if he's not there to begin with) or all the bitching about 'Playing in the olympics screwed the Spurs' (he got injured playing his heart out for the Spurs, both times). Injuries happen. Tim also missed an entire playoffs and it ended the same way. It was an even worse injury (meniscus), and I didn't see everyone wanting to trade the franchise player back then...

[timvp]

:rolleyes The only fans happier than Mav Fan tonight are Manu Fan.

[ElNono]

lol @ argy fans who think ginoboli is top 3 sg in the league.....

On a per 48 minute basis, I believe only Kobe and Wade are better than him. And there are certain stats, like clutch shots where he is numero uno.

[ElNono]

:rolleyes The only fans happier than Mav Fan tonight are Manu Fan.

I don't think anybody is happy tonight... honestly.

[Mugen]

:rolleyes The only fans happier than Mav Fan tonight are Manu Fan.

it was really sad to see TP and TD go to war without manu.

absolutely depressing to see manu on the bench so believe me timvp, i'm not happy at all.

[DAF86]

Question: Who would all this "trade Manu" suporterts blame if we do trade him and he ends up playing the entire next season at the level he's accustomed to play?

[it's me]

:rolleyes The only fans happier than Mav Fan tonight are Manu Fan.

and this moron owns this site?????? you sure u r not ducks??????

[DAF86]

:rolleyes The only fans happier than Mav Fan tonight are Manu Fan.

timvp beign a douche, so what's new?

[NewJerSpur]

Don't think the guy's value was ever in question. The problem is he's too invaluable at this point in time, which is actually a bad thing. He'll be back though, and the bench should be that much stronger to handle his absences or any regression.

[TDMVPDPOY]

all the bitching about 'Playing in the olympics screwed the Spurs' (he got injured playing his heart out for the Spurs, both times). Injuries happen. Tim also missed an entire playoffs and it ended the same way. It was an even worse injury (meniscus), and I didn't see everyone wanting to trade the franchise player back then...

Cmon now man, he has done alot for the ARGY team for the last few years now, world championships, olympics....his won all that, so what is there to fkn prove? over commit urself to some bs in the summer so you head into the upcomming nba season fatigue or risks missing it cause of sustain injury you got in the summer?

you are comparing a young tim duncan franchise player 99/00 season where he got a knee injury to ginoboli? the same duncan that came back and won b2b mvps, championships?

[Kori Ellis]

I don't think they'll consider trading Manu this offseason, unless there's medical reasons why he won't be able to compete.

I do like the idea of seeing lots of Tony/Manu/GHill on the court together next year causing havoc for other teams.

[Borosai]

Reading comprehension, guys.

[TheProfessor]

I don't think they'll consider trading Manu this offseason, unless there's medical reasons why he won't be able to compete.

I do like the idea of seeing lots of Tony/Manu/GHill on the court together next year causing havoc for other teams.
If Manu rests this off-season, I'm content with having him healthy and heading into a contract year. It will be an interesting crossroads for this team.

[NewJerSpur]

I don't think they'll consider trading Manu this offseason, unless there's medical reasons why he won't be able to compete.

I do like the idea of seeing lots of Tony/Manu/GHill on the court together next year causing havoc for other teams.

Sure would make a badass backcourt....if you'll excuse my language. Strengthen the bench and you can still have TP or Manu play minutes with the second unit IMO.

[Josh810]

First of all, people that blame our '06 loss solely on Manu are tards. Sure, he had the foul on Dirk that ended up letting them tie the ballgame. It was a play on the ball, ONE play. One play doesn't determine an entire series, it was not just Manu that dug us in the 3-1 hole in the first place, we should not have even been in the position to need a game 7 at home to take the series. I know that it's perfectly natural to try to place blame on somebody so that it's easier to swallow, I mean I even do it by calling Bonner a worthless piece of crap. But blaming Manu for getting injured is going overboard, IMO. It's easy to look BACK and see that he should not have played, but it was his decision, and Manu has earned enough in my book in taking less money, in happily going to the bench, in his play in the Finals '05, that I'm not just gonna throw him under the bus for a series he didn't even play in.

Be angry at Manu if you want, but saying "Fuck Manu" is just stupid after everything he's done for the Spurs and San Antonio.

[vander]

we wouldn't have won the championship with manu either,
and Grant Hill would have been valuable to his various teams as well, but he wasn't, he was injured, it's part of the deal, some players stay healthy, some don't, manu won't stay healthy

[MrChug]

fuck manu

Fuck you're mom...even if she's shorter than you.
FUCK IT-I'll just hire a 5 dollar midget. Considering she might look like you it might cost 10 but it's worth the investment to kill you and shut you up.

Come to think of it? I don't think even a midget would fuck your ugly ass mom. Nevermind.

[DAF86]

we wouldn't have won the championship with manu either,
and Grant Hill would have been valuable to his various teams as well, but he wasn't, he was injured, it's part of the deal, some players stay healthy, some don't, manu won't stay healthy

Look is pretty simple wait till next season if Manu does get injured or his level of play decreases, trade him. Remember he's an expiring contract next year, moving him won't be too hard, even if injured. But to trade him not knowing how good he'll be is just stupid.

[ElNono]

Cmon now man, he has done alot for the ARGY team for the last few years now, world championships, olympics....his won all that, so what is there to fkn prove? over commit urself to some bs in the summer so you head into the upcomming nba season fatigue or risks missing it cause of sustain injury you got in the summer?

People like you like to yap yap yap and forget that he had his best playoffs during a season where he played for Argentina the summer before (2005). We also won in 2007, he played just fine, and he also balled the previous summer. The summer before last, he didn't play any ball, and he still got injured at the end of last season. And what did he have to prove? The guy simply wanted to defend the title they obtained the previous olympics. He had to have surgery either way, which he did and then he recovered perfectly fine. Then he suffered another injury on the other leg. Tough. Injuries happen. They happen to everybody. Sometimes they happen at inopportune times. Just ask Boston, who are in pretty much the same boat.


you are comparing a young tim duncan franchise player 99/00 season where he got a knee injury to ginoboli? the same duncan that came back and won b2b mvps, championships?

What I'm trying to point out is that people are bagging on him like he has aids. The guy is 31 and has not missed a postseason in 7 years. He played half of this season. But now he's injury prone, his body is breaking down, and we should trade a guy that was the Spurs top scorer, 6th man of the year, and 3rd team All-NBA just last season for pennies on the dollar because "he'll never be the same". The least you can do is give the guy a chance. If he gets injured next season again and the FO decides to trade him, then so be it. But some people here are acting like he lost games on purpose, or took a hammer to the fibula and injured himself. Truly a pathetic display.

[Kori Ellis]

Bashing Manu is really out of hand. You don't think he would have given anything to be out on the floor? Injuries happen. Whatever the circumstances, it's grossly unfair to trash him for being injured, considering how much of his heart, soul and guts he's poured into this franchise over the years.

[Mugen]

manu misses a playoff game for the first time + spurs get destroyed without him = Trade Manu.

good logic.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Bashing Manu is really out of hand. You don't think he would have given anything to be out on the floor? Injuries happen. Whatever the circumstances, it's grossly unfair to trash him for being injured, considering how much of his heart, soul and guts he's poured into this franchise over the years.

its really easy to play the blame game and point the finger at players when the team is out of the playoffs......with all the crap that happen this season...no one is escaping the wrath of spursfans hahahahhaa



ps. dont worry kori, you will have to stick up with the majority of us for the next 5 long months hahahhahahahaha damn it be a boring off-season once again.....

[MaNuMaNiAc]

:rolleyes The only fans happier than Mav Fan tonight are Manu Fan.

ridiculously unfair to say that. I'm a Manu fan, and this series has got me so depressed I haven't posted for like a week...

Having to see the Spurs going down to the Mavs and then coming in here and reading all the bullshit that that creates is sometimes too much.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

bashing manu is really out of hand. You don't think he would have given anything to be out on the floor? Injuries happen. Whatever the circumstances, it's grossly unfair to trash him for being injured, considering how much of his heart, soul and guts he's poured into this franchise over the years.

+ 1

[Kori Ellis]

ridiculously unfair to say that. I'm a Manu fan, and this series has got me so depressed I haven't posted for like 2 weeks...

For clarity, when timvp says "Manu fan" he isn't refer to everyone who likes Manu. He's talking about people who aren't fans of the Spurs and whose only goal is to praise Manu and bash all others along the way to make Manu look better. You know what type of Manu fans, I'm talking about.

[it's me]

For clarity, when timvp says "Manu fan" he isn't refer to everyone who likes Manu. He's talking about people who aren't fans of the Spurs and whose only goal is to praise Manu and bash all others along the way to make Manu look better. You know what type of Manu fans, I'm talking about.


still moronic..... he's better than that.

[Kori Ellis]

still moronic..... he's better than that.

Not exactly moronic. I'm sure those type of Manu fans are pretty happy right now.

[Capt Bringdown]

Of course Manu wanted to be out on the floor. Nobody's questioning his desire, but rather his judgement.

And yes, injuries happen - that's why playing in the Olympics was an unneccesary and foolish risk.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Not exactly moronic. I'm sure those type of Manu fans are pretty happy right now.

no player is bigger than the club

in this case...only timmay is the exception hehe

[peskypesky]

of course manu wanted to be out on the floor. Nobody's questioning his desire, but rather his judgement.

And yes, injuries happen - that's why playing in the olympics was an unneccesary and foolish risk.

+1

[Dawkins]

Well, the Olympics are more important than an NBA season and they are only every four years, so it was an udnerstandable risk. Guys, Argentina could also have been angry with the Spurs for letting him being injured in the Playoffs last year.
Or they could be angry now as he planned to to play this summer for his NT in order to focus on the Spurs.

And yes, he's won a lot with Argentina NT, but he also won three rings with the Spurs, so why should a fourth title be more valuable to him than defending Olympic Gold?

Parker will play for France every summer at least till 2012, he could get injured. Will then everybody bash him for letting the Spurs down, too?

[sammy]

For all of you bitches blaming Manu, fuck you! :bangIf anything, this shows how valuable Manu is to the team and how much having him covered up alot of the weaknesses this team have. Without him showed those weaknesses! I didn't hear anyone say that to Timmy or Parker when they played in the Olympics! Nobody got on them for representing their country! Anyway, we have to get rid of alot of the dead weight Bonner, Finley, Vaughn to name a few!

[timvp]

For clarity, when timvp says "Manu fan" he isn't refer to everyone who likes Manu. He's talking about people who aren't fans of the Spurs and whose only goal is to praise Manu and bash all others along the way to make Manu look better. You know what type of Manu fans, I'm talking about.

:tu I'm a fan of Manu but not a Manu Fan. To figure out if you are a Manu fan, it's pretty simple. If you are happy right now because the Spurs got eliminated and "proved how vital Manu is", then you are a Manu Fan. If not, you aren't.

[timvp]

And yes, it's extremely lame to blame anything on Manu. There's no doubt that he would have been out there if possible. There's no doubt he'll try his hardest the rest of his career to bring a fifth championship to San Antonio. The guy is a warrior and one of the top winners in basketball history.

[vincent]

That Glassy Bitch!

[roGerM]

well he did costs us 2 championships in between those 3 championships, now do the maths? we couldve won 5 fukn straight titles
Yeah, and fuck him, he was born in 1977 and he landed in SA en 2002, too late. We lost 25 straight titles because he did not get here before.
Screw him! Fuck him!:bang

[peskypesky]

For all of you bitches blaming Manu, fuck you! :bangIf anything, this shows how valuable Manu is to the team and how much having him covered up alot of the weaknesses this team have. Without him showed those weaknesses! I didn't hear anyone say that to Timmy or Parker when they played in the Olympics! Nobody got on them for representing their country! Anyway, we have to get rid of alot of the dead weight Bonner, Finley, Vaughn to name a few!

It's not so much that Manu played in the Olympics...it's that he was injured and should have taken the summer off to heal. Instead, he just made his injury worse.

[dav4463]

Manu Ginobili will come back strong. So will Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. I would like to see Drew Gooden get a chance to be in the rotation next year. The future is bright. The Mavs will still have no titles. The Suns will still have no titles and we can start over fresh next year. The season is over. Let the league have their Cleveland/LA final which will be a media lovefest for LeBron and Kobe. I may watch if I don't throw up after hearing how this is the greatest final since Bird vs Magic and all the "who is the real MVP?" talk.

It would be so funny if the finals ended up being Orlando vs Denver ! Stern can't let that happen though.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Fairweather fans. The only positive thing about this season is that it'll hopefully drive all the whining bandwaggoners away.

[peskypesky]

Manu Ginobili will come back strong. So will Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. I would like to see Drew Gooden get a chance to be in the rotation next year. The future is bright.

Manu's body is broken down. He's got not one, but two, bad ankles. His game is built on slashing and reckless play. He's almost 32 years old. The chances of him making it all the way to the playoffs are slim.

Duncan is past his prime and has tendenosis. You really think he's gong to go through another whole season without that flaring up again? I don't.

And Drew Gooden is gone. After the way Pop dicked him around? GONE.

[TJastal]

Manu's body is broken down. He's got not one, but two, bad ankles. His game is built on slashing and reckless play. He's almost 32 years old. The chances of him making it all the way to the playoffs are slim.

Duncan is past his prime and has tendenosis. You really think he's gong to go through another whole season without that flaring up again? I don't.

And Drew Gooden is gone. After the way Pop dicked him around? GONE.

lol +1

the brutal cold hard facts have blinded the homers once again.

[InK]

manu misses a playoff game for the first time + spurs get destroyed without him = Trade Manu.

good logic.

:lol

Whining little (spineless) bitches, that goes for most of you.

[Bukefal]

Manu would have never let us get embarrassed this way.

He is the balls of the team

Come on man, thats so easy to say. It isnt all about manu's loss man, there are many factors why spurs lost, and did not have a great series. Get over it, get over manu. Even with Manu, would it be any different? Maybe a bit more points and all, but I dont think it would.

[Extra Stout]

:lol at people who think that a healthy Manu would carry a team with Matt Bonner and Michael Finley in its starting lineup to the Finals.

[ElNono]

Manu's body is broken down. He's got not one, but two, bad ankles. His game is built on slashing and reckless play. He's almost 32 years old. The chances of him making it all the way to the playoffs are slim.

Duncan is past his prime and has tendenosis. You really think he's gong to go through another whole season without that flaring up again? I don't.

And Drew Gooden is gone. After the way Pop dicked him around? GONE.

LOL @ this junk of a post. Why do you even bother?

[TheManFromAcme]

Amazing. Simply amazing with all this Manu hate. The man didn't get up one morning and told himself, "Hmm, How can I screw my U.S. team (Spurs) over"?. Come on folks. Nobody in here will ever feel the commitment one feels for his country. Not one of us. I doubt any of the posters in here are ex-NBA players much less national team players. Give the guy a break. Turn the clock back 2.5 years to 2007 and some folks in here that are bashing Manu right now wanted to bear his children. Hypocrites. What's done is done. Water under the bridge.

I've been following Manu for several years now and the guy is a GEM. Go ahead, trade him and get rid of him. You'll have pie in your face so fast it won't be funny. Get him healthy. Purge some guys out of your roster and add some decent role players and the Spurs are right back in it. I don't buy the "Spurs run is over" theory. It's Horse-Dung.

Lay off Manu guys. He deserves it.

[Phenomanul]

Bashing Manu is really out of hand. You don't think he would have given anything to be out on the floor? Injuries happen. Whatever the circumstances, it's grossly unfair to trash him for being injured, considering how much of his heart, soul and guts he's poured into this franchise over the years.

+1000

Odd how the bitterness of this 1st round exit has transformed itself into fan ungratefulness...

If you want to 'blame' something:
Blame Pop's strategies...
Bonner's disappearance...
Mason's sudden lack of confidence...
The Spurs' defensive rotations...

[Bosell]

Manu would have never let us get embarrassed this way.

He is the balls of the team

You are an idiot. Manu did let down the entire team more than anyone else.

[Manu-of-steel]

You are an idiot. Manu did let down the entire team more than anyone else.

you're a genius to have that idea that it was manu's fault the spurs got beat in the first round. your post is a gem. i don't know, but you must have an IQ above 140.:bang

[Manu-of-steel]

And yes, it's extremely lame to blame anything on Manu. There's no doubt that he would have been out there if possible. There's no doubt he'll try his hardest the rest of his career to bring a fifth championship to San Antonio. The guy is a warrior and one of the top winners in basketball history.

agreed. that's the reason i'm a fan of manu. but i'm not happy with how the season ended, because i'm a spurs fan. i hope manu returns healthy next year, i know he'll be a beast again.
as for timmy, he has shown he still has gas in the tank. and with the superstar plays of tony, we can have another run for the 5th ring next year.

[ElNono]

You are an idiot. Manu did let down the entire team more than anyone else.

I know... especially when he intentionally played so hard for the Spurs he ended up breaking a leg... premeditated I say.

GAFB. This thread needs to be bumped next season...