Did the 2007 Spurs have the easiest path to a title ever?

[DeadlyDynasty]

3 of the 4 teams they played were complete garbage, and the other series was marred by a rigged Game 3 and shady ejections in Game 4.

The Warriors also took out Dallas, who would've steamrolled the Spurs.

I'm interested to see what your thoughts are.

[z0sa]

butthurt lakerfan forum

[ElNono]

tbh, the Lakers could've made some noise that season if Kobe didn't quit on the team in Game 7 against the Suns...

[cheguevara]

see 2000-2002 Los Angeles Lakers
see 2009-2010 Los Angeles Lakers

[DeadlyDynasty]

tbh, the Lakers could've made some noise that season if Kobe didn't quit on the team in Game 7 against the Suns...

wrong season.

fail :tu

[dbreiden83080]

Probably

They should hand the title back to the NBA. How dare they win a title like that??

[elbamba]

2000 Lakers*

Best player in the NBA goes down with an injury and his team then loses to the Suns in round one. With no Tim, Lakers no longer have to worry about being swept two years in a row.

[lefty]

Shame on you, Sporks

[Martin R]

3 of the 4 teams they played were complete garbage, and the other series was marred by a rigged Game 3 and shady ejections in Game 4.

The Warriors also took out Dallas, who would've steamrolled the Spurs.

I'm interested to see what your thoughts are.

I think you deserve a fart...

[jimo2305]

and how did i know this thread wasn't created by a spurs fan

[ElNono]

wrong season.

fail :tu

Oh wait, that's right. That's the season they got steamrolled by Phoenix 4-1 on the 1st round. Sorry, my mistake.

Let us proceed....

[DeadlyDynasty]

Oh wait, that's right. That's the season they got steamrolled by Phoenix 4-1 on the 1st round. Sorry, my mistake.

Let us proceed....

Let the backpedaling commence...

[ElNono]

Let the backpedaling commence...

No, you're completely right.

It went: 2005 = missed the playoffs entirely, 2006 = Kobe quit on game 7 against Phoenix, 2007 = steamrolled 4-1 by the Suns (the same Suns that went on to lose 4-2 the next series against the Spurs).

I got it. Thanks :tu

[mingus]

Haters gonna hate!

The Spurs were just that much better than everyone. Hell, LA had to steal Gasol in order to compete again. Boston had to aggregate their Big-3 just to compete. The Spurs were just too damn good for everyone. That's why they're officially the team of that decade, just ask NBA.com

[spursfan09]

lol @ asking Spur fans to admit the 2007 doesn't matter because we didn't play the right teams...

You know cause it's the Spurs fault that the Mavs lost to the Warriors. Has nothing to do with the fact the Mavs are mentally weak and chokers against everyone but the Spurs.

[Brazil]

fify

[DeadlyDynasty]

lol @ asking Spur fans to admit the 2007 doesn't matter because we didn't play the right teams...

You know cause it's the Spurs fault that the Mavs lost to the Warriors. Has nothing to do with the fact the Mavs are mentally weak and chokers against everyone but the Spurs.

Hmmm, I don't seem to remember saying that...can you help me find that post?

[CubanMustGo]

fify

or this

[cheguevara]

No, you're completely right.

It went: 2005 = missed the playoffs entirely, 2006 = Kobe quit on game 7 against Phoenix, 2007 = steamrolled 4-1 by the Suns (the same Suns that went on to lose 4-2 the next series against the Spurs).

I got it. Thanks :tu

that pretty much sums it up for the Lakers tries to get a championship without buying it. Then they had to resort to collusion, bribing rape juries, money laundering, funding riots in LA, conspiring with FBI to get referees that would not cooperate incarcerated etc, etc to get themselves back to relevancy.

and all that only got them 1 and 1/2 championships. Now, it's back to irrelevancy for them I'm afraid.

[tdunk21]

stop spending whats left of that pathetic living in mom's basement life of urs in a spurs forum....get a bf.....lol

[spurs10]

They made it look easy because they were very good. Kind of like this year.

[jjktkk]

3 of the 4 teams they played were complete garbage, and the other series was marred by a rigged Game 3 and shady ejections in Game 4.

The Warriors also took out Dallas, who would've steamrolled the Spurs.

I'm interested to see what your thoughts are.

Your trolling skills need some work.

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4895/trollingfordummies.jpg

[DeadlyDynasty]

They made it look easy because they were very good. Kind of like this year.

http://www.mutr.co.uk/images/iron_pyrite.jpg

[ohmwrecker]

Won the title as a 3 seed. Beat a good Denver team. Beat a better Suns (4-1 vs the Lakers:wow) team and would have regardless of the suspensions. Beat a very good Sloan coached Jazz squad.

The only team that was a pushover was the Cavs, but being a Lakers fan you should know all about pushover eastern conference finalists, right?
Pacers, 76ers, Nets . . . Spurs beat them the following year.
Lost to the Pistons . . . Spurs beat them the following year.

lol garbage
lol rigged
lol shady
lol steamrolled

Chris Webber says hi.

[jjktkk]

http://www.mutr.co.uk/images/iron_pyrite.jpg

Is this Laker llama poop?

[Blake]

in 07, the Nugs had won 10 of their last 11 heading into the playoffs, including a 23 point beatdown of the Spurs in San Antonio on the last day of the reg season.

The Spurs ended on a 3 game losing streak and then lost game 1 to the Nuggets.

There was much doom and gloom until the Spurs backdoor swept them.

Next round, the Suns were a higher seed and had the HCA.

The Jazz and Cavs apparently had no business being the next two rounds though.

Was it an easier path than some? Yeah. Was it the easiest path ever? No.

Usually the easiest paths are laid out for the teams with the best record in the NBA so I'm betting there are several other out there that had easier paths......namely the 99-00 Lakers.

[DMC]

http://shavarross.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Kobe-Bryant-Pictrures-Model-L-A-Times-Magazine.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Czestochowska.jpg/200px-Czestochowska.jpg

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[DeadlyDynasty]

in 07, the Nugs had won 10 of their last 11 heading into the playoffs, including a 23 point beatdown of the Spurs in San Antonio on the last day of the reg season.

The Spurs ended on a 3 game losing streak and then lost game 1 to the Nuggets.

There was much doom and gloom until the Spurs backdoor swept them.

Next round, the Suns were a higher seed and had the HCA.

The Jazz and Cavs apparently had no business being the next two rounds though.

Was it an easier path than some? Yeah. Was it the easiest path ever? No.

Usually the easiest paths are laid out for the teams with the best record in the NBA so I'm betting there are several other out there that had easier paths......namely the 99-00 Lakers.

justification...check.

[ohmwrecker]

The Jazz and Cavs apparently had no business being the next two rounds though.

Bullshit. Jazz were 4th seed and had a tough 1st round with Houston. They got lucky in the 2nd and drew the cinderella Warriors. By the time the WCF started the Spurs were rolling. The Jazz didn't stand a chance, but they weren't a bad team.

[Blake]

Bullshit. Jazz were 4th seed and had a tough 1st round with Houston. They got lucky in the 2nd and drew the cinderella Warriors. By the time the WCF started the Spurs were rolling. The Jazz didn't stand a chance, but they weren't a bad team.

Didn't say they were a bad team. I said they had no business being in the WCF.

Thanks to the stupid NBA playoff bracket, the two best teams left in the NBA, #2 seed Suns and the #3 seed Spurs, had to play in the semis at the same time the #4 seed Jazz got to play the #8 seed Warriors.

RIF.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Bullshit. Jazz were 4th seed and had a tough 1st round with Houston. They got lucky in the 2nd and drew the cinderella Warriors. By the time the WCF started the Spurs were rolling. The Jazz didn't stand a chance, but they weren't a bad team.

They were over their heads, which would've been the case had they played PHX or DAL as well.

CLE has got to be the saddest excuse for a finals team ever...that 2007 pistons team they beat was the equivalent of a sick animal that should've been put down.

[ohmwrecker]

CLE has got to be the saddest excuse for a finals team ever...that 2007 pistons team they beat was the equivalent of a sick animal that should've been put down.

Never said otherwise, but the Spurs would've whipped the ass of any team that came out of the east that year so, it hardly matters.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Never said otherwise, but the Spurs would've whipped the ass of any team that came out of the east that year so, it hardly matters.

I think the nuggets or lakers would've whipped any of the trash in the east that year too, tbh.

[ohmwrecker]

I think the nuggets or lakers would've whipped any of the trash in the east that year too, tbh.

True . . . but they would've had to get out of the 1st round to do it.

[DeadlyDynasty]

True . . . but they would've had to get out of the 1st round to do it.

Yeah, we were staaaacked that year with Luke Walton, Kwame Brown, and Smush Parker in the starting line-up...biggest chokejob ever, imo.


Btw, Tom Waits inducted into the R&R HOF :toast

[ohmwrecker]

Btw, Tom Waits inducted into the R&R HOF :toast

:toast every once in a while they get it right.

[ElNono]

Yeah, we were staaaacked that year with Luke Walton, Kwame Brown, and Smush Parker in the starting line-up...biggest chokejob ever, imo.

Btw, Tom Waits inducted into the R&R HOF :toast

Now, you're the one that's confused. Farmar was the starter in the Phoenix series, along with Odom... Bynum was coming off the bench.

[rascal]

Where is the No option.

[z0sa]

Now, you're the one that's confused. Farmar was the starter in the Phoenix series, along with Odom... Bynum was coming off the bench.

Check the join date. Dude most likely never watched an entire Lakers game once between July 2004 and January 2008.

[baseline bum]

CLE has got to be the saddest excuse for a finals team ever...that 2007 pistons team they beat was the equivalent of a sick animal that should've been put down.

Huh? What about these guys?

http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/81343606.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA54836E41060D6DFEAE5 7BA853D0BB62595A251EB39BE9206AC5

I can't even imagine what Sacramento would have done to them.

[crc21209]

:lol At the answer choices being "Yes" and "I think so"....They see me trollin', they hatin'.....

[DeadlyDynasty]

Huh? What about these guys?

http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/81343606.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA54836E41060D6DFEAE5 7BA853D0BB62595A251EB39BE9206AC5

I can't even imagine what Sacramento would have done to them.

lol jpg fail

[jag]

DeadlyDynasty just trolling the fans he's supposed to troll.

[baseline bum]

lol jpg fail

The Finals team led by Keith Van Horn

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5964/02nets.jpg

[DMC]

They were over their heads, which would've been the case had they played PHX or DAL as well.

CLE has got to be the saddest excuse for a finals team ever...that 2007 pistons team they beat was the equivalent of a sick animal that should've been put down.

Wasn't that pretty much the same Pistons team that anally probed Kobe, Shaq, Karl, Gary and whomever that 5th person was? Yeah I think so... big dog needs the bone, they gave it to all of them. LOL...

[TiMMeH*faN*frOmNY]

http://warriorwriters.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/troll.jpg

[TD 21]

No, the '09 Lakers did. You know, the season where anyone with even a modicum of a chance of beating them had one of, if not their best player, injured.

[Sean Cagney]

People make me laugh with that suspensions shit doing the series in! They were 2-2, Spurs won the next one handily when Amare came back! Spurs blew that game four when they were up by alot, should have been 3-1 but they blew that damn game 4. Suns were not a lock to win, where do idiots get this from? Nash don't act like you got shot outta a cannon and teammates don't get up! He acted too much and the idiots got onto the floor (Not the Spurs fault with the rules).

[Pelicans78]

2000 Lakers*

Best player in the NBA goes down with an injury and his team then loses to the Suns in round one. With no Tim, Lakers no longer have to worry about being swept two years in a row.

Suns had way more injuries than the Spurs that season. Guggs was out, Kidd missed the first two games, and I believe Penny Hardaway was battling an injury as well.

[Pelicans78]

People make me laugh with that suspensions shit doing the series in! They were 2-2, Spurs won the next one handily when Amare came back! Spurs blew that game four when they were up by alot, should have been 3-1 but they blew that damn game 4. Suns were not a lock to win, where do idiots get this from? Nash don't act like you got shot outta a cannon and teammates don't get up! He acted too much and the idiots got onto the floor (Not the Spurs fault with the rules).

Bullshit. Refs rigged game 3, Suns won game 4 and would have won Game 5 if not for the suspensions.

[TheSpursFNRule]

Won the title as a 3 seed. Beat a good Denver team. Beat a better Suns (4-1 vs the Lakers:wow) team and would have regardless of the suspensions. Beat a very good Sloan coached Jazz squad.

The only team that was a pushover was the Cavs, but being a Lakers fan you should know all about pushover eastern conference finalists, right?
Pacers, 76ers, Nets . . . Spurs beat them the following year.
Lost to the Pistons . . . Spurs beat them the following year.

lol garbage
lol rigged
lol shady
lol steamrolled

Chris Webber says hi.
:flag:

[Pelicans78]

Wasn't that pretty much the same Pistons team that anally probed Kobe, Shaq, Karl, Gary and whomever that 5th person was? Yeah I think so... big dog needs the bone, they gave it to all of them. LOL...

Not really. Ben Wallace was replaced with Chris Webber. Big difference.

[TE]

piss poor troll attempt.

[KaiRMD1]

Why does everybody jump on the laker fans. They really have one more year left before it all goes to hell. I say let them enjoy it now because after this season, if they can come close to winning, that's pretty much it for them.

[DMC]

Not really. Ben Wallace was replaced with Chris Webber. Big difference.

:rollin

Yeah, Ben was a monster in Cleveland.

[DMC]

Why does everybody jump on the laker fans. They really have one more year left before it all goes to hell. I say let them enjoy it now because after this season, if they can come close to winning, that's pretty much it for them.
No fucking way. These fucking annoying bastards deserve all the shit you can fling at them.

[DeadlyDynasty]

No fucking way. These fucking annoying bastards deserve all the shit you can fling at them.

Hi.

[DeadlyDynasty]

piss poor troll attempt.

agreed, 3 pages and counting...

[Mel_13]

agreed, 3 pages and counting...

Well, about 20% of the posts are yours....

Still, you're nowhere near as obnoxious as the typical Laker fan here and this thread is far from the worst troll job ST has ever seen.

I'd like to give you more than back-handed compliments, but you are, after all, a Laker fan...

[DeadlyDynasty]

Well, about 20% of the posts are yours....

Still, you're nowhere near as obnoxious as the typical Laker fan here and this thread is far from the worst troll job ST has ever seen.

I'd like to give you more than back-handed compliments, but you are, after all, a Laker fan...

Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

[Mel_13]

Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
:lol

I've been called many things, but never Louis.

Even still, as Laker fans, you're good people.

[Spur_Fanatic]

Noticed how the Lakers fans kinda disappeared after last Spurs-Lakers game?

[sonic21]

Lakers 2009 tbh

Utah, Houston, Denver, Orlando.

[bus driver]

yes, it is usually what the best teams do.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Noticed how the Lakers fans kinda disappeared after last Spurs-Lakers game?

Nope, kinda didn't.

[Budkin]

A title's a title.

[Spur_Fanatic]

Nope, kinda didn't.

Sorry, ment the good trolls.

[ATXSPUR]

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u234/DarthKiljoy/boxxy-trolling.jpg

[TP2150]

Go here Please. http://forums.lakersground.net/viewforum.php?f=1

[Darrin]

They were over their heads, which would've been the case had they played PHX or DAL as well.

CLE has got to be the saddest excuse for a finals team ever...that 2007 pistons team they beat was the equivalent of a sick animal that should've been put down.

The Pistons weren't that bad. They started 7-0 in the postseason that year and had a 2-0 series lead against the Cavaliers before choking away that series. The Cavs defended Chauncey very well. Webber wasn't as quick with his hands and there was very little chemistry to know where to pass the ball. They relied on Rasheed Wallace to carry the offense and got a stellar performance from Jason Maxiell in Game 2. They had a lack of size and a lack of ball-handling.

[ClingingMars]

lol pathetic troll is pathetic