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LnGrrrR
07-23-2009, 10:35 AM
What was it?

My vote goes to the hoopla surrounding Boston picking up Marbury. He was invisible for most of the season and playoffs, catching fire for one game.

What other stories looked like they might have an impact but ultimately fizzled?
DAF86
07-23-2009, 10:46 AM
The development of Andrew Bynum.
urunobili
07-23-2009, 11:04 AM
Greg Oden finally playing...
weebo
07-23-2009, 11:06 AM
lebron
LnGrrrR
07-23-2009, 11:12 AM
Greg Oden finally playing...

That was pretty anticlimactic.

I'm looking forward to Greg Oden touting Viagra and adult diapers in 5 years. :lol
nkdlunch
07-23-2009, 12:03 PM
The Dallas Mavericks
spursfan1000
07-23-2009, 12:12 PM
Greg Oden.
Ghazi
07-23-2009, 12:35 PM
Ginobili's injury
BlackSwordsMan
07-23-2009, 12:54 PM
dallas went past the 1st round
23LeBronJames23
07-23-2009, 12:59 PM
LeBron James earned MVP, KD won Rookie MVP and won Horse, Derrick Rose was named ROY and Nate won slam dunk again......
ffadicted
07-23-2009, 06:49 PM
All of the clippers roster moves
baseline bum
07-23-2009, 06:52 PM
Portland's threats to other NBA GMs not to sign Darius Miles and destroy their max capspace. :lol
anonoftheinternets
07-23-2009, 07:13 PM
lamar odom to resign with lakers ... oh wait thats next year ....
Hornets1
07-23-2009, 07:17 PM
Gotta agree w/ the OP on this one. Marbury may still have some left in the tank, but he only showed it in spirts that were few and far between. He just never looked comfortable. He hadn't played on a contender in some time.
Bob Lanier
07-23-2009, 07:20 PM
The Iverson-Billups trade.
lefty
07-23-2009, 07:38 PM
The 2008-2009 season
Kai
07-23-2009, 07:52 PM
The Rockets acquiring Ron Artest to produce a potent "Big 3" that instantly made them a contender. :depressed
Gino
07-23-2009, 07:55 PM
DUNCANOwnsKobe finally got pubes.
KSeal
07-23-2009, 07:58 PM
How the Spurs were coming, and they were going to give the Lakers so much trouble, and look out for the Spurs, they added Bonner and Mason, Mason is the new Horry, they always win the title in odd years, the Spurs are so quiet but they're coming, watch out Lakers, they got Drew Gooden, that's all they need, one more big and they'll take out the Lakers, Spurs are the Lakers biggest competition. Turns out Duncan and Parker couldn't even get more then one win against the Mavs with HCA, even with Manu they weren't doing shit.
iggypop123
07-23-2009, 09:07 PM
the spurs as a superpower in the west
024
07-23-2009, 09:35 PM
elton brand bolting to the sixers. remember that?
BUMP
07-23-2009, 10:31 PM
DUNCANOwnsKobe finally got pubes.

Sorry, he's off limits now :nope
DUNCANownsKOBE2
07-23-2009, 10:44 PM
DUNCANOwnsKobe finally got pubes.


Your wife prefers me to shave it all off.
cobbler
07-23-2009, 10:47 PM
That _________ (fill in team) will contend in the west against the Lakers.
LnGrrrR
07-23-2009, 10:53 PM
Ha, I forgot about all the Elton Brand hype. Poor Sixers heh. Maybe they can pull it together this year...
resistanze
07-23-2009, 11:06 PM
Mo Williams being snubbed for the All-Star game.



:lmao
underdawg
07-23-2009, 11:38 PM
How the Spurs were coming, and they were going to give the Lakers so much trouble, and look out for the Spurs, they added Bonner and Mason, Mason is the new Horry, they always win the title in odd years, the Spurs are so quiet but they're coming, watch out Lakers, they got Drew Gooden, that's all they need, one more big and they'll take out the Lakers, Spurs are the Lakers biggest competition. Turns out Duncan and Parker couldn't even get more then one win against the Mavs with HCA, even with Manu they weren't doing shit.

Spurs added Bonner in '08? If your going to be stupid, at least be factually correct in your stupidity.
sabar
07-24-2009, 12:24 AM
Who reports that the Spurs are coming and going to give anyone trouble? They fly under the radar every year. There's like 4 articles on ESPN.com about the Spurs in the past 6 years. At least make your lies realistic.
BUMP
07-24-2009, 12:31 AM
Drew Gooden, the balance of power in the West didn't budge at all :lol
KSeal
07-24-2009, 12:49 AM
Who reports that the Spurs are coming and going to give anyone trouble? They fly under the radar every year. There's like 4 articles on ESPN.com about the Spurs in the past 6 years. At least make your lies realistic.

That's what you all like to believe but the guys on ESPN were talking about the Spurs being a major factor all year and being the team that could knock off the Lakers. That "Nobody talks about us" thing is way overrated. Everyone always mentions the Spurs as a team nobody is talking about which in turn makes them a team that is talked about quite a bit.
KSeal
07-24-2009, 12:54 AM
Spurs added Bonner in '08? If your going to be stupid, at least be factually correct in your stupidity.

I meant meant they added him as a legit rotation guy and starter, before he was just a complete nobody for the most part.
Cry Havoc
07-24-2009, 01:26 AM
That's what you all like to believe but the guys on ESPN were talking about the Spurs being a major factor all year and being the team that could knock off the Lakers. That "Nobody talks about us" thing is way overrated. Everyone always mentions the Spurs as a team nobody is talking about which in turn makes them a team that is talked about quite a bit.

OH come on. Normally you're a pretty unbiased poster, but NO Spurs fans here at Spurstalk (the realistic ones, I mean) were saying we were going to challenge L.A. after losing Ginobili. The WCF was a best-case scenario before that team was outed.

The day Ginobili went down, there were tons of "well next season will be fun" threads started. Most Spurs fans knew we weren't going anywhere.

But hey, if you think Ginobili wouldn't make a difference... I guess removing Gasol OR Odom from your team wouldn't make a difference either... except you'd have lost in the 2nd round to the Rockets.
KSeal
07-24-2009, 04:13 AM
OH come on. Normally you're a pretty unbiased poster, but NO Spurs fans here at Spurstalk (the realistic ones, I mean) were saying we were going to challenge L.A. after losing Ginobili. The WCF was a best-case scenario before that team was outed.

The day Ginobili went down, there were tons of "well next season will be fun" threads started. Most Spurs fans knew we weren't going anywhere.

But hey, if you think Ginobili wouldn't make a difference... I guess removing Gasol OR Odom from your team wouldn't make a difference either... except you'd have lost in the 2nd round to the Rockets.

I'm talking about all season before Manu officially went down, a ton of people were saying the Spurs were going to challenge LA. It didn't end up happening cause of injury, but that isn't the point. The point is that story of the Spurs knocking out the Lakers never mattered in the end, and that's what the threads about.

In saying the Spurs weren't doing shit without Manu I'm not talking about winning a couple of rounds, I'm talking about the whole thing. Even with Manu the Spurs were not getting past the Lakers, not because the Lakers were playing so amazing in the western playoffs but that the Spurs simply didn't have enough talent around the big three and I think the Spurs management agrees with me by all the moves they've made this off season.
ambchang
07-24-2009, 11:16 AM
There was talk about the Spurs not making the playoffs I remember. All the talk about Spurs being contenders in the West was because there were no other team that was even close, at least on paper.

Who knew a Rockets team with no McGrady and Yao Ming for half a series, and a dumb as a rock Nuggets team would pose that many problems for the Lakers?
jacobdrj
07-24-2009, 12:06 PM
elton brand bolting to the sixers. Remember that?

+1
024
07-24-2009, 04:17 PM
How the Spurs were coming, and they were going to give the Lakers so much trouble, and look out for the Spurs, they added Bonner and Mason, Mason is the new Horry, they always win the title in odd years, the Spurs are so quiet but they're coming, watch out Lakers, they got Drew Gooden, that's all they need, one more big and they'll take out the Lakers, Spurs are the Lakers biggest competition. Turns out Duncan and Parker couldn't even get more then one win against the Mavs with HCA, even with Manu they weren't doing shit.

the spurs as a superpower in the west

That _________ (fill in team) will contend in the west against the Lakers.
:lol at the pathetic attempts of troll baiting. poor laker fans barely got any bite.