Media Session 4/29/09 [Archive] - SpursTalk.com Forums

spursdotcom

04-29-2009, 03:24 PM

Here are the interviews from today's media session at the practice facility. :toast

Pop - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090429_pop.html

Bruce - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090429_bowen.html

Finley - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090429_finley.html

Gooden - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090429_gooden.html

Mason Jr. - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090429_mason.html

duncan228

04-29-2009, 03:27 PM

Thanks. Anything on Duncan?

Bruno

04-29-2009, 03:29 PM

:wow
Finley isn't saying he will be back.

spursdotcom

04-29-2009, 03:32 PM

Thanks. Anything on Duncan?

TD spoke with us for the final time this season last night during postgame.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090428_duncan_pg.html

and that also goes for Tony, - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090428_parker_pg.html

George, - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090428_hill_pg.html

and Ime - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090428_udoka_pg.html

:toast

SA210

04-29-2009, 03:37 PM

Thank you very much for the vids :tu

Now PLEASE, Tell Pop to admit to his mistakes and to keep Bruce Bowen.

FromWayDowntown

04-29-2009, 03:42 PM

:wow
Finley isn't saying he will be back.

If you were inclined to read between the lines, Finley's interview seems detached from the Spurs -- no "we need . . . " or "us," but lots of "the Spurs organization" and "them."

duncan228

04-29-2009, 03:45 PM

TD spoke with us for the final time this season last night during postgame.

I thought so. Just hoping to get one last piece. Thanks.

1Parker1

04-29-2009, 03:45 PM

If you were inclined to read between the lines, Finley's interview seems detached from the Spurs -- no "we need . . . " or "us," but lots of "the Spurs organization" and "them."

:lol Yea, that's exactly what I thought. He kept saying "The Spurs organization" as if he were already on a different team.

Finally. I wouldn't mind Finley as a 10th option on the bench. But as long as he's on the team, he's going to continue to average big minutes despite not being productive since Pop seems intent on it for whatever reason.

Spurs Brazil

04-29-2009, 03:49 PM

Good interview with Pop

timvp

04-29-2009, 03:50 PM

Finley might be the most professional player in Spurs history. Wouldn't mind him at all sticking with the Spurs organization.

But for the Spurs to have a shot of becoming a championship team next year, they need to find a way to get him off the team. Either him not picking up his option, him retiring, the Spurs buying him out or the Spurs trading him. I have no confidence in Pop to limit Finley's minutes so the only solution is for Finley to leave.

Sorry Fin, you gave a good effort. But that video gave me hope that he won't be back.

spursdotcom

04-29-2009, 03:51 PM

I thought so. Just hoping to get one last piece. Thanks.

No prob. my pleasure :toast

Good interview with Pop

Most at length interview I can remember in recent history.

:toast

Mal

04-29-2009, 03:53 PM

Is it working ? I try to play the move, but it is 3 sec long and reset...

024

04-29-2009, 03:57 PM

finley is a great player and full of clutch. he has hit plenty of clutch shots including the one in phoenix during the first game of the first round in 2008. but popovich should not have made him the spurs' primary stopper. i think he definitely played his heart out this year but his age is catching up to him. i would like to see him come back but not as a starter who gets 30 minutes each night. but knowing popovich's fascination with finley, bowen aging, and the spurs' reliance of having ginobili come off the bench, it seems unlikely finley would be delegated to the bench.

completely deck

04-29-2009, 04:00 PM

No doubt Finley's gone. You can see it in his face, the way he shifts his eyes, and the tone of his voice.

SA210

04-29-2009, 04:03 PM

Thank you very much for the vids :tu

Now PLEASE, Tell Pop to admit to his mistakes and to keep Bruce Bowen.

Bruce's and Pop's interview saddens me. They better not get rid of Bruce. He means so much to what Spurs basketball has been for a while.

Pop makes me think of this when he talks about how hard it is to tell a vet they gotta go. Was he in a way talking about Bruce? Fin? You could say he was just answering the question, but I think Don was talking about Bruce when asking this question. Pop had to have known that, when he was answering.

:pctoss

:depressed

timvp

04-29-2009, 04:04 PM

Listening to Pop, it sounds like he's ready to purge some vets and bring in some youngsters. He appears to have a good grip on reality :tu

Kori Ellis

04-29-2009, 04:05 PM

Bruce's and Pop's interview saddens me. They better not get rid of Bruce. He means so much to what Spurs basketball has been for a while.

Pop makes me think of this when he talks about how hard it is to tell a vet they gotta go. Was he in a way talking about Bruce? Fin? You could say he was just answering the question, but I think Don was talking about Bruce when asking this question. Pop had to have known that, when he was answering.

:pctoss

:depressed

I think Don might have been talking about Bruce, but I think Pop's answer was about things in general (maybe more so guys like Vaughn/Fin).

spursdotcom

04-29-2009, 04:08 PM

I think Pop's answer was about things in general.

Exactly Don even prefaced the question with "I know you don't talk about specific or individual players."

:toast

urunobili

04-29-2009, 04:09 PM

plz bring Gist and Splitter :depressed

SA210

04-29-2009, 04:12 PM

I think Don might have been talking about Bruce, but I think Pop's answer was about things in general (maybe more so guys like Vaughn/Fin).

Yea, it just saddens me if Bruce happens to be one of them that he could be talking about. For me, I admire Bruce the way I did DRob. It will effect me the same way if they cut him loose.

I mean, he didn't play him much most of the season, he very well could be talking about him too. I hope and pray Not.

:(

SA210

04-29-2009, 04:12 PM

Listening to Pop, it sounds like he's ready to purge some vets and bring in some youngsters. He appears to have a good grip on reality :tu

That's great, but let's hope that doesn't include Bruce in that purging.

024

04-29-2009, 04:21 PM

popovich made the correct decision in letting horry and barry walk last year. he does have the ability to say no to his veterans.

timvp

04-29-2009, 04:21 PM

Thanks to spursdotcom for great work with the interviews, practice footage and other advancements on Spurs.com this year. Great improvement and made the season much funner as a Spurs fan.

Any thought of you guys going out on the road during the regular season next year like you did during the playoffs? That'd be the ultimate.

:tu

alchemist

04-29-2009, 04:21 PM

wonderful job, the Pop interview was great, leaves me with a sense that they know they cannot just keep relying on old vets to get the job done.

DubMcDub

04-29-2009, 04:29 PM

It's staggering how much more I like Duncan off the court than on it. That guy gives one of the 4 or 5 best interviews in the entire NBA, even in defeat.

Yuixafun

04-29-2009, 04:29 PM

Spurs Brazil

04-29-2009, 04:32 PM

Just saw the Bruce interview

Some guy asked him about the division title and the great run this season and Bruce said he look for bigger things :lol

ploto

04-29-2009, 04:35 PM

It will be interesting for Finley. He probably knows that if he picks up his option, then the Spurs will trade him and he will have no control over where he ends up. If he does not, then he may be foregoing some cash to sign possibly a vet min contract elsewhere, but it would be his choice and be somewhere he really wants to be.

SA210

04-29-2009, 04:45 PM

Just saw the Bruce interview

Some guy asked him about the division title and the great run this season and Bruce said he look for bigger things :lol

:tu

Yuixafun

04-29-2009, 04:47 PM

When Tim Duncan says "such is life" in his interview look at his eyes.

They don't blink, unwavering, I wonder what flashed through his awareness.

Whatever it was it makes me feel like I failed to celebrate each championship enough.

Grow from defeat to savor the fruits of victory.

I missed this, right after he says, "hopefully we can do a better job next year," his cheek contorts as he fights for control, and even still you can't deny the pain that slips past on to his weary visage.

It's the look of a man measuring just how many years he has left.

Spursmania

04-29-2009, 04:53 PM

Finley's interview made me think Finley was not coming back. Finley had a great career, and I'm glad he was part of the 2007 Championship run. But, I think his days are over with the Spurs.

Bruce looked and sounded depressed but professional. The number of minutes Pop played him this year, I think Pop gets rid of Bowen. I don't think he should for various reasons that have been stated on this board, but we don't matter.:depressed

mingus

04-29-2009, 05:07 PM

xtremesteven33

04-29-2009, 05:09 PM

I want to see at least one time a defensive lineup of

Sheed
Duncan
Bowen
Ginobili
Parker

Damn that would be Effin awesome

rayray2k8

04-29-2009, 05:10 PM

plz bring Gist and Splitter :depressed

That would make my summer.. :wow
Along with Hill coming back and Ian hopefully gets some playing time and I REALLY hope
the spurs didn't lose Malik Hairston number and that Hairston would be willing
to come back.
Build for the future.
Build around Parker.

rayray2k8

04-29-2009, 05:12 PM

I want to see at least one time a defensive lineup of

Sheed
Duncan
Bowen
Ginobili
Parker

Damn that would be Effin awesome

You do know that the players in that starting line up you just named are over 30, with the exception of Parker.
Having Sheed would be nice, but only for the right price.

xtremesteven33

04-29-2009, 05:16 PM

You do know that the players in that starting line up you just named are over 30, with the exception of Parker.
Having Sheed would be nice, but only for the right price.

Shaq is slow
Yao is slow
Bynum is slow
Oden is slow

Most centers in the league arent very athletic and having Sheed (who is arguably the best post defender) would be a tremendous help for the team and Duncan....

ducks

04-29-2009, 05:16 PM

duncan228

04-29-2009, 05:28 PM

It's staggering how much more I like Duncan off the court than on it. That guy gives one of the 4 or 5 best interviews in the entire NBA, even in defeat.

Welcome to the club. :)

He's incredible. His game reflects his personality. Brilliant, low-key, understated. On and off the court there's not another one like him.

Grow from defeat to savor the fruits of victory.

You've got to lose to know how to win.

Duncan is known to be quiet, soft spoken. But he says a lot without having to open his mouth.

alamo50

04-29-2009, 05:29 PM

DAMN, how much I miss the Pop show..............

:depressed

duncan228

04-29-2009, 05:29 PM

no tp?

TD spoke with us for the final time this season last night during postgame.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090428_duncan_pg.html

and that also goes for Tony, - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090428_parker_pg.html

George, - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090428_hill_pg.html

and Ime - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/090428_udoka_pg.html

crc21209

04-29-2009, 05:42 PM

From the look and sounds of it...Fin wont be back. I loved him while he was here....but at some point it's time to go. I also like Mason saying that the young guys are going to get together and work on their games over the summer...him, Hill, and Ian. Bruce I cant really tell from him whether he's coming back or not. But like some people say here....I want to see Bruce, Tim, Tony, and Manu go at it together one more time. With those 4...and Hill, Mason, Mahinmi and maybe add some pieces in Sheed, Dice, Ariza (pipedream), or some other younger blood who can help...I think the Spurs can do it one more time.

Bukefal

04-29-2009, 06:04 PM

What will the players do now? Stick around a while or heading on vacation?

thanks spursdotcom!

Morg1411

04-29-2009, 06:04 PM

Those were some very good interviews. I can't wait for next season. :toast

duncan228

04-29-2009, 06:39 PM

What will the players do now? Stick around a while or heading on vacation?

I'm pretty sure the exit interviews are the end of their season. They're off, they can do whatever they want.

I know Duncan takes some real time off, then he starts working again. He usually doesn't start real heavy work until August. He also does a players only meeting in August, gets the team together and runs through stuff.

Parker is playing for his National Team, I think he said that starts in a few weeks and he was going to rest up for it.

scanry

04-29-2009, 06:59 PM

It's sad to see Duncan so down beat. It's more of helplessness than down beat. I think someone needs to be more vocal to Pop & the front office.

The Spurs certainly need more money to attract free agents and we ought to spend now more than ever (considering Duncan's age). We need more role players and not players like Vaughn, Oberto, Udoka & Finley to compliment Duncan, Tony & Manu.

Getting Tim help down low should be our number one priority this offseason. It's sickening to see Bonner with Tim. We've been spoiled by Horry's defense in the past. Horry in the years past was one of the best defenders in the NBA.

pad300

04-29-2009, 09:49 PM

popovich made the correct decision in letting horry and barry walk last year. he does have the ability to say no to his veterans.

Fail - he made the wrong decision keeping Finley over Barry, because he has a mancrush on Finley. Barry was much more productive per minute, and more efficient overall. He was also much more versatile (playing 1, 2, or 3, and able to handle coming off the bench, unlike Finley). Barry was more fragile, and could support less minutes, but we didn't want our old men eating tons of minutes in the regular season -we wanted to develop the younger guys. What Pop should have done last season was release Vaughn and keep Barry as 3ed PG (this would have cost a little more). He should have released Finley and gotten Renaldo Balkman, who was traded for a TE (of which we had one of appropriate size from the Beno trade, which was expiring anyway). This season's team would have been much improved...

SouthTexasRancher

04-29-2009, 10:03 PM

Bowen has still got it ... i hope they bring him back for at least one more year ...

i'd like to see the Big Four (assuming Manu , Tony and Tim stay healthy for all of next year) go at it again once more . i think all four of them can lead this team to a championship like they have in years past with the right pieces around them .

Finley , Vaughn , and Udoka need to go. i'm not sure how useful Oberto is these days either . i just don't see how any of these guys figure into the Spurs' future , at least as rotation guys , if the Spurs expect to contend .
it's time to add new pieces if we want another :lobt2:

Personally I hope Pop, Manu, Fab's family....someone, anyone will talk him into retirement. He has already climbed to the top of the mountain both for the Spurs and for Argentina. The last thing anyone of us Spurs fans want to see is him grabbing an important rebound and collapsing on the floor with a massive heart attack. He has nothing else to prove so Fab, sit back and enjoy the finer things in life.

loveforthegame

04-29-2009, 10:39 PM

Great interviews.

I'm surprised by the Finley one. I really thought he'd be back by using his player option but the way he looked and sounded I'd bet the bank he won't. I couldn't tell if he was thinking retirement or playing elsewhere.

It's a bummer to see Duncan so down.

Bowen too. I got the feeling he wouldn't be back either.