The End of a Great Era

[50 cent]

We all knew it would come. I don't think many of us expected it to end losing to a #8 seed, but it did and there is no reason to be sad about it.

It's been a hell of a ride and I've enjoyed every minute of it. On his 35th birthday, it's clear it's over.

http://www.cocktailmatch.com/users/156/blog/Tim%20Duncan%20banners.jpg

[Daddy]

It's true.


Thank you for the great ride Pop and Tim.

[tim210g]

hate to say it but ur right... rebuild mode?

[beachwood]

It's sad, but all great franchises have to go through it. It's been a great, great ride. Go Spurs.

[TheChillFactor]

I remember when I thought we'd never win a single championship. It has been awesome to watch.

[Spurologist]

3-1

I will hang on for every remaining second dammit. :lol

[Mal]

3-1

I will hang on for every remaining second dammit. :lol

Spurs arent capable to win at Memphis, but that game couldnt exist

[SpurOutofTownFan]

If the worst happens in the next few days... do you guys think Tim and Pop would retire to protect their legacy?

[pjjrfan]

I remember when I thought we'd never win a single championship. It has been awesome to watch.
I figured I would never see a Title here in SA in my lifetime these guys gave me Four. And what a group, Tim, David, Bowen, Sean, Avery, Tony, Manu, Fabrisio, Elie, Rose and a guy who is hardly ever mentioned but in 99 was a real spark off the bench Jerome Kersey. thanks guys.

[peskypesky]

thank you, Tim Duncan!!! It was one of the greatest rides in NBA, make that ALL of sports history!!

:lobt::lobt::lobt::lobt:

[timtonymanu]

Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Manu Ginobili, Coach Pop, Tony Parker, Bruce Bowen, Robert Horry, Brent Barry, Sean Elliott, Fabricio Oberto, Mario Elie, Steve Kerr, Stephen Jackson, Malik Rose, even Michael Finley.

Thank you all!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

So much fan watching this team during the mini-Dynasty, and during the primes of five of the greatest ballas the world has ever seen (David, Tim, Manu, Bruce and Tony), and a bunch of other fantastic players (Horry, Barry, Jax, etc).

Now it's time to prep for losing! :lol

[realtimmyfan]

Damn! We should have started to rebuild the team 2 seasons ago.

[alchemist]

Amazing job Timmy did. If this is it I have no complaints, taking on Kobe/Shaq then Kobe/Gasol to Dirk to Nash/Amare the list goes on.

Timmy/Manu/Parker/Pop = Statues will be made in SA some day.

[Sean Cagney]

thank you, Tim Duncan!!! It was one of the greatest rides in NBA, make that ALL of sports history!!

:lobt::lobt::lobt::lobt:

AMEN!!!!!!!! What a fun time! What a great ride! What a LONNNNNG RUN TOO!

[Pauleta14]

not yet!

quiters...

[fotan2]

not that many can win it 4 times. finally it is just a game. its tough to accept the ending, but there is no reason to be sad about it.

glad i witness all 4 championship runs, though i was rooting for the Knicks in 99.

[NewcastleKEG]

Damn! We should have started to rebuild the team 2 seasons ago.
Basically but no one knew Jefferson would be such a bust and old man McDyess would be your 2nd best post player

Spurs need to deal 1 of the Big3 this off season or else they are looking at another 1st Round exit next year

[Lizard_King]

Not giving up yet. 50 Cent, when did you get your thread starting abilities back? Because you're honestly still shit.

[phxspurfan]

lol somebody plz post links to all these RIP Spurs threads over the years.


Not that this isn't the real time to post it but it's funny b/c I've seen so many.

[Harry Callahan]

Tim Duncan will never be what he was again. That being said, they are just an average to above average team next year assuming no big roster changes.

Of course, there may not even be a season next year.

[Tinystarz]

yall had a good run.

[PublicOption]

I was thinking the same thing. Must win game and TD comes up with 6pts.

Goodbye Tim.....you have been great............and we do appreciate everything you have done for San Antonio.

[50 cent]

Not giving up yet. 50 Cent, when did you get your thread starting abilities back? Because you're honestly still shit.

I've never not had posting abilities. I'm one of the originals around here.

[Sean Cagney]

yall had a good run.

YES SIR WE DID! NOBODY is gonna take that away from us! NOT One in here or outside of here.

[4>0rings]

Slowly disappearing into the shit hole that is losing to an 8th seed is not the end ot a graet era.

fuck everything

[lowdown]

I just finished watching the game and this is exactly what I'm now thinking. I hope they can come back but this game was embarrassing. It's funny. I hated how the Gervin years were always predictable. The Spurs would lose to better teams - the one year they maybe could have won was the Washington Bullets championship - but these last few years have been tough. Injuries & bad coaching decisions have pissed me off. What's stupid is that this is the first round, the Spurs are the #1 seed and they are being outplayed & OUTCOACHED. But you know what? No one can take the 4 - yes Phil Jackson, 4 - championships away. I just hope they can achieve another one at some point in the future.

[ecksrobecks]

the spurs had the best record in the nba. so they finally choked in the playoffs. doesn't mean you blow up a team that finished with the best record

[NewcastleKEG]

the spurs had the best record in the nba. so they finally choked in the playoffs. doesn't mean you blow up a team that finished with the best record
This team has been on a steady decline since the Title 4 years ago

Realistically the end of the era was after getting swept by the Suns last year and returning this season with essentially the same team. While it seemed during the season that Duncan was saving himself, really he's out of gas

IF Grizz make a run to the WCF then maybe you can sugar coat it another way

[peskypesky]

the spurs had the best record in the nba. so they finally choked in the playoffs. doesn't mean you blow up a team that finished with the best record

Spurs didn't choke. They got exposed as frauds.

[PublicOption]

If the Spurs losing game 5, I hope the fans give TD a great big standing "o".

It would be great to be there for that.

[baseline bum]

The era has been far greater than anything I could have hoped for when the Spurs won the 97 lottery.

VastXQ_hPb0

It looks like it's coming time to put that in the past though.

[FkLA]

it had to end some day :cry:cry:cry

:flag:

[ynh]

God damn you guys over react. Yeah gut it up.. trust me it's the best thing to do.. hell we gutted a team that was going to confrence final after confrence final and look how great it worked for us! Back to back number 7 picks baby!

[baseline bum]

God damn you guys over react. Yeah gut it up.. trust me it's the best thing to do.. hell we gutted a team that was going to confrence final after confrence final and look how great it worked for us! Back to back number 7 picks baby!

Detroit traded Billups for capspace; I would be mad as hell if Ginobili ends up getting moved for the same.

[FkLA]

I will turn my back on the Spurs if Manu and Tim dont retire in silver and black.

[Fpoonsie]

[shrug]

[024]

honestly, i expected the end of the spurs this season but did not think it would come so early, especially against this grizzlies team that has been mouthing off at the spurs. it's sad really, i wanted the spurs to go down swinging against the thunder or have one last chance at the lakers. now all the spurs can do is win their next home game and face their executioner back at memphis in game 6. spurs better not go down on their home court or it will be even more depressing.

[SenorSpur]

The run, the era, lasted far longer than anything I could've ever expected. 22 years of winning seasons (starting with the D-Rob era in 1989), 14 years of championship contention (starting with Duncan's arrival in 1997).

Now there's no denying it any longer. The end has been on the horizon for some time. It actually came last spring, in devasting fashion, with the unexpected playoff ouster by the Suns.

The FO has done a decent job trying to stave off the invevitable. However, what we've all feared has finally arrived. The end has clearly arrived. There's absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. There's no sense trying to stave it off any further.

Embrace the mediocrity that is forthcoming and let the rebuilding begin.

Memo to the FO: Corporate knowledge be dammed. Go young, go with length and go with athleticism.

[baseline bum]

The FO has done a decent job trying to stave off the invevitable.

No way; the Scola trade was the death blow this team hasn't been able to get up from.

[SenorSpur]

No way; the Scola trade was the death blow this team hasn't been able to get up from.

True, but that was because they fell in love with Splitter. It's clear to me that even adding Scola would've just been a band-aid. He would've likely enabled them to pry the window open for another year or two. However, look at him now. He's still productive, but he's no defender and he's also an older player. The Spurs are better off without him and instead having Splitter as a future building block.

This roster needs to be gutted. The Spurs should quickly seek to rid themselves of the contracts of RJ and Bonner. Hill and Blair should be packaged for a younger, talented (if possible) or future draft picks.

It's time to rebuild this franchise around young players. These players should be saved, installed and given the majority of playing time.

[Borosai]

If the team isn't restructured to properly compete for championships, then I guess the run is over (although in that case it ended a few years ago). However, Tim, Manu, and especially Tony can still be part of a championship team, but they would need major help and not the typical role players they've had previously. Can --and will-- the Spurs get those players? That's the question.

[NewcastleKEG]

If the team isn't restructured to properly compete for championships, then I guess the run is over (although in that case it ended a few years ago). However, Tim, Manu, and especially Tony can still be part of a championship team, but they would need major help and not the typical role players they've had previously. Can --and will-- the Spurs get those players? That's the question.
You have to choose

Continue to steadily decline with the BIG3 and watch them fade into the sunset (another 1st Round exit next year)
vs
Trade 1 or 2 of the BIG3 and make one final run with Duncan in the next couple years



You can't have both. Spurs are too good to get a worthwhile draft pick and already have cash invested in guys that people aren't going to take off your hands (No more Knicks around).
Spurs are also not as attractable of a destination for a Last Hurrah title run like Miami or LA is for an aging vet

This core is and has been DONE. You have 3 seasons (Tops) left with Duncan and he's still a valuable post player if surrounded with other POST talent

Honestly, with the current scene of the league and all the Super Teams; Duncan will retire with 4 rings. So do you trade a Parker/Manu for more dreams at the price of a messy/bitter exit? I say you do, hell Pippen returned to Chicago eventually.

Spur fan should expect more. Some of you are acting like Parker/Manu are once in a generation players and once they are traded or even Duncan retires (Gasp) your going to pack up the franchise and move. Life goes on and so does the franchise. You've waited long enough and now are no longer the best team in your own DIVISION.

You trade Parker and his friendly contract because down the stretch Manu controls the ball anyway. The league is full of serviceable Point Guards, we are in the middle of the PG era.

[Proxy]

You have to choose

Continue to steadily decline with the BIG3 and watch them fade into the sunset (another 1st Round exit next year)
vs
Trade 1 or 2 of the BIG3 and make one final run with Duncan in the next couple years



You can't have both. Spurs are too good to get a worthwhile draft pick and already have cash invested in guys that people aren't going to take off your hands (No more Knicks around).
Spurs are also not as attractable of a destination for a Last Hurrah title run like Miami or LA is for an aging vet

This core is and has been DONE. You have 3 seasons (Tops) left with Duncan and he's still a valuable post player if surrounded with other POST talent

Honestly, with the current scene of the league and all the Super Teams; Duncan will retire with 4 rings. So do you trade a Parker/Manu for more dreams at the price of a messy/bitter exit? I say you do, hell Pippen returned to Chicago eventually.

Spur fan should expect more. Some of you are acting like Parker/Manu are once in a generation players and once they are traded or even Duncan retires (Gasp) your going to pack up the franchise and move. Life goes on and so does the franchise. You've waited long enough and now are no longer the best team in your own DIVISION.

You trade Parker and his friendly contract because down the stretch Manu controls the ball anyway. The league is full of serviceable Point Guards, we are in the middle of the PG era.

I agree with trading Parker, but you overestimate TD's value at this point in his career.

[SenorSpur]

I agree with trading Parker too. There's absolutely zero reason to keep him chained to this team for the future. He's probably the team's best and biggest asset. His value could possibly net a future 1st round pick and a young player.

[ynh]

What exactly do you hope to get back for Parker? I'm curious because as someone mentioned this is a very very heavy PG era and there are plenty out there and plenty that I would take over Parker for a number or reasons. Just curious what you guys think you would get.

[ynh]

I agree with trading Parker too. There's absolutely zero reason to keep him chained to this team for the future. He's probably the team's best and biggest asset. His value could possibly net a future 1st round pick and a young player.

Not sure you get both of these unless one is of significantly less value than the other.

[analyzed]

So just how do you rebuild, knowing next year is probably Tim's last and the year after Manu's ? This is probably dice last year as well

Who can we trade and get good value in return ? Hill, blair , Anderson , tony and Splitter are possiblities.

No one is touching bonners and RJ's contract , while Neal is just to much of a bargain to let go.

I still see us making the playoffs at least before Timmy retires

[analyzed]

If all your getting from Parker is being outplayed by a non all star. you might as well trade him for a border line all star with athleticim and decent length

[analyzed]

The Spurs just had a quick start ( due to corporate knowledge of the bonner's etc) that took advantage of teams still getting into the groove of things.

But as Mchale pointed out after Jan 1 . Memphis record and probably half of the teams in the playoffs had better or equal records compared to the Spurs.

So really the Spurs peak level only translates to a mid level playoff team. certainly not a contender as their record seems to indicate



the spurs had the best record in the nba. so they finally choked in the playoffs. doesn't mean you blow up a team that finished with the best record

[analyzed]

I would trade Parker for a PG of Conleys level and a young athletic big like Arthur. Don't laugh but I can see how that could benefit Memphis with Parker leading the ship with quality bigs zibo and Marc around

[Chomag]

I have not one regret when I became a Spurs fan in 1990. Spurs legacy may be over for while but you bet I'll be cheering them on every year in the future. I have no doubt some where down the Line Spurs will be back to create a new legacy. It's such a joy to be a fan of this franchise.

[TDMVPDPOY]

last 4 seasons all i can say is....pop and FO wasted tim duncans prime with shit build around him and a change of game style that made us win 4 rings playing big to small ball horseshit and continu to do so while other teams out there are putting big lineup back into their lineups

[SpurOutofTownFan]

The main problem I see with restructuring is that it will take some money and I'm not sure the FO wants to spend that kind of cash. They've been poaching around, getting 2nd rounders that end up playing great basketball during the season but crash out when it counts. The FO are specialists in finding good talent don't get me wrong but it needs to count for something.

All the other teams execute blockbuster deals bringing in the most expensive contracts and players, etc. They add right pieces in free agency, etc.

That's the problem. The only player the Spurs have added in a similar capacity was RJ and they tried and it doesn't look like it worked at all.

[Whisky Dog]

The Spurs are going to be mediocre for a while. Too much money tied up in old players and in a market no NBA big time FA wants to go to. The only chance for the Spurs to win a championship again is to lose about 60 games a few seasons and hit on another superstar in the lotto. It's happened twice but will it happen again?

[50 cent]

Well, mediocrity is the worst place to be in this league so I would just rather see them blow it up. You don't want to become Houston trying to fight for the 8th seed every year and finishing with the best lottery record. If you aren't a top 5 team, you're better off being a bottom 5 team. We haven't experienced that around here, but I'd rather just suck it up for a couple of years and get some great quality young guys through the lottery.

[Spurtacus]

I was in mourning last night. It is indeed the end. We still have a talented team but Duncan can't do it alone. We needed youth and size; we got some youth injected in the lienup but lack size. Unfortunately the youth didn't step up in the playoffs. I welcome the lottery in a couple of years.

[G-Nob]

If there is anyone I want in charge of a rebuilding process, it would be RC. I have full confidence in his decision making ability. I don't know if he intends to work beyond the Pop and Tim era but I hope he does.

[DesignatedT]

last 4 seasons all i can say is....pop and FO wasted tim duncans prime with shit build around him and a change of game style that made us win 4 rings playing big to small ball horseshit and continu to do so while other teams out there are putting big lineup back into their lineups

We didn't waste anything in 2008 (made WCF, ran out of gas) Injuries didn't help in 2009 (manu out for year). 2010 and 2011 you can dog Pop and the FO but by no means is Duncan in his prime during these years.

[JR3]

I know a lot of threads have been started like this one in past years.. but this is the one I agree with. This group of guys were great to watch over the years. Great memories! Thank you! No small market will do what you did. Maybe okc, but they will do it using the Spurs model for small market success. I beleive sam is running the show over there.

[SnakeBoy]

I will turn my back on the Spurs if Manu and Tim dont retire in silver and black.

Yeah me too! I'll take a couple bad years over seeing them in another uniform.

That said, I'll wait until the series is actually over before writing their obituary. Hopefully the players don't give up as easily as so many "fans".

[dbreiden83080]

If the worst happens in the next few days... do you guys think Tim and Pop would retire to protect their legacy?

He is my favorite player of all time and i am saying this with a tear in my eye but i think Tim should retire. He is just a shell of the once great player he was. I was watching game 1 of the 2007 finals the other day and even then Tim at 31 was still a great great player. He could dominate on both ends and command so much attention. Tim was amazing that post-season especially against the Suns. His body has failed him now at age 35. He can still play good D and rebound but his offensive game is just gone. In 2007 he'd be abusing Gasol on the block and Randolph would be getting abused even worse since he is undersized. Maybe they'd be putting up some nice numbers but Tim would be sporting 25 and 15 a game in this series on 50%.. Spurs can't win big with Tim not being great anymore. Tim has done all he is going to do in the NBA and to play on sadly to me doesn't make much sense.

[LongtimeSpursFan]

We didn't waste anything in 2008 (made WCF, ran out of gas) Injuries didn't help in 2009 (manu out for year). 2010 and 2011 you can dog Pop and the FO but by no means is Duncan in his prime during these years.

I agree 100 percent. There are so many things that need to go right for a team to win a championship. If talent were enough then the Lakers would win every year. Injuries, coaching, and some luck are also needed. The Celtics probably would have won last year if not for Perkins injury. The 2002 Lakers would not have repeated if not for Horrys big shot against Kings. Heck the Spurs may have not won in 99 if not for Sean's three against the Blazers or the 2003 heroics of Steve Kerr.

To call this the end of an era is a bit premature. The Spurs still have the talent and coaching we just need a some luck to change this series around. If not this year then we can try again. Hopefully, Splitter can work during the offseason to improve his game and become the big that we have coveted since 2007. I'd also like to see the Spurs somehow acquire a true back up point guard. Someone that can run a team when Parker is out. The Spurs have lacked a true backup point guard since 2003.

[NewcastleKEG]

What exactly do you hope to get back for Parker? I'm curious because as someone mentioned this is a very very heavy PG era and there are plenty out there and plenty that I would take over Parker for a number or reasons. Just curious what you guys think you would get.
Knicks would have been the perfect trade partner but they have no pieces left now.

I would deal with Pacers. They have size and young PG


Honestly though, what is the point of dealing Parker and getting young players in return if it just declines the Spurs next year and by the time you start seeing the benefits of younger players (2012,2013) Duncan might retire by then

Spurs should just return everyone, not like they have much room for moves anyway
OR
Trade off everyone for young talent and draft picks for a serious run in 2013/2014

Like some on here have mentioned the way Spurs are headed towards two more years of steady decline followed by lottery picks. So basically 4 to 5 years before Spurs are even on track to be a contender again

Why not make the moves NOW and be a contender in 2 or so years?

[SpursDynasty]

A Battier three pointer and Randolph three pointer don't equal the end of Tim, Tony, and Manu.

This forum is full of crybabies.

Wait until one of the teams wins 4 games.

[NewcastleKEG]

A Battier three pointer and Randolph three pointer don't equal the end of Tim, Tony, and Manu.

This forum is full of crybabies.

Wait until one of the teams wins 4 games.
Cry babies = Realists

- First of all, your the #1 seed. Games shouldn't be coming down to the wire in the 1st Round, like this
- The real issue here is lack of respect and fear when it comes to the Spurs. An 8th seed and perennial loser franchise with 0 experienced players except for Battier, tanked to face you in the 1st Round
- They've now won 3 of 4 games against you

They talked the talk and have come in and walked the walk. They have 2 post players that are playing at a higher level than any post player on your roster. AND their PG is outplaying yours.

Haven't the Spurs been outed in the 1st Round 2 of the last 3 years?

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

yup, man no joke i'll admit it here im having a hard time dealing with it, and i didnt think i would cause im not an emotional person lol im a mean person lol.
i feel like all the years of me going to high school/college/my ups and downs with dumb women i had the spurs to go out and have a beer and see em kick ass and hang on to them as we won those championships, i live downtown and would feel so immature but i would go downtown and celebrate with random ppl during playoffs like a fool !!

it was so crazy/surreal and now it s hitting me cause it really feels like its over. and theres no words to match the appreciation and love i have for those guys that put us fans/city on their back and gave us so much.

THANNK YOU!!
:worthy: TIMMY/pop/MANU/DAVID/SEAN/brent/BOWEN/PARKER/horry/finley

i think with R.c buford here we can get back to rings faster than ppl think, but we need to say goodbye to pop its time. and clean out pops brwn nosers

[Marco]

Who knows? If there will be a 2012 shortened season (50 games or so) we may have another run. 30+ less games could just well be the best cure for old bodies.

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

He is my favorite player of all time and i am saying this with a tear in my eye but i think Tim should retire. He is just a shell of the once great player he was. I was watching game 1 of the 2007 finals the other day and even then Tim at 31 was still a great great player. He could dominate on both ends and command so much attention. Tim was amazing that post-season especially against the Suns. His body has failed him now at age 35. He can still play good D and rebound but his offensive game is just gone. In 2007 he'd be abusing Gasol on the block and Randolph would be getting abused even worse since he is undersized. Maybe they'd be putting up some nice numbers but Tim would be sporting 25 and 15 a game in this series on 50%.. Spurs can't win big with Tim not being great anymore. Tim has done all he is going to do in the NBA and to play on sadly to me doesn't make much sense.

i believe you have a point and am right there with you ive been feeling super depressed all day and i think alot of us real fans realize the time has come.
we have done great as far as setting up for this day, as far as im concerned timmy can help this team just having his presence/rebounding and MOST OF ALL MENTORING TIAGO ALL NEXT YEAR!!! can you imagine how good tiago can get with timmy being his idole and mentor??? he wont be tim duncan of prime but all he really needs to do is learn offensive moves from timmy d and we got ourselves a starter center.

i say we package bonner/dejuan blair/jefferson and get a good player or move really high on the draft and picka dominate Pf we also have ryan richards and pops dumb ass better get his ass over here asap. his methods and system of develping players are utter shit. we need youth and talent not the bonner system

[50 cent]

I just don't think Tiago is anywhere near the answer for our future. Scola wasn't either, but he would have been a better option for our aging players at the time.

At this point, I think we just got to hope somebody overpays for Tony and maybe Timmy decides he is ready to hang it up before he totally falls apart.

Then we can suck ass next year and gear up for the 2013 NBA draft.

[NewcastleKEG]

Who knows? If there will be a 2012 shortened season (50 games or so) we may have another run. 30+ less games could just well be the best cure for old bodies.
I think it's obvious at this point it's not a case of aging legs but the Spurs roster just isn't that good. Spurs are built for regular season basketball NOT slow n pound playoff basketball

When Spurs had D.Rob and Duncan or Bowen, they were perfect for that.

[Russ]

We all knew it would come. I don't think many of us expected it to end losing to a #8 seed, but it did and there is no reason to be sad about it.

It's been a hell of a ride and I've enjoyed every minute of it. On his 35th birthday, it's clear it's over.

http://www.cocktailmatch.com/users/156/blog/Tim%20Duncan%20banners.jpg

Is it just me, or is this the same post every year the last four years at this time? :)

At some point, some NBA "historian" will pinpoint the end of the Spurs' "run." But it can't be determined without the luxury of time. Maybe it was '08. Or maybe (somehow) the Spurs win again and the end is actually '13.

But it can't be '08, '09, '10, and '11. It just can't.

[NewcastleKEG]

Russ, If they are to lose in the 1st Round again that would make 3 outta 4 years. At that point you have to call the Lakers 4-1 WCF lose the end. That exploited just how large the gap between the Spurs & Lakers was.

Lakers in the following years added Artest (elite defender) while the Spurs lost their elite defender.

[milkyway21]

Those Spurs fans who followed the era of the twin towers, Duncan, and with the big 3 and experience the feeling of how fulfilling it was, and the triumph of winning a championship 4 times, you almost cry watching your favorite team the last standing there on the court, hugging their supporters and their families, should thank this team and most of all the catalyst of ALL THOSE TROPHIES-the GREAT TIM DUNCAN,who embodies the true NBA player inside and out, a role model. He raises his hands in winning and bows down and accept defeat gracefully & those times of not making it in June.
No matter what happens we experience it all and we are proud of our favorite team.
4 titles....What a great feeling.

Thank you.

Still good luck for game 5 Spurs. 2 more HOME GAMES, 1 game at a time, who knows?

[TDMVPDPOY]

if we going to rebuild? we must make the move now or end of next season, reason being whether theres a lockout or not...duncan 21m and gino will be off the books, then you have ghill and i think blair also up for new contracts...who both will probably be gettin above MLE

[ItsOnlyDecember]

Bump

[100%duncan]

Thank God I didnt post in this thread tbh

[will_spurs]

Or maybe (somehow) the Spurs win again and the end is actually '13.

:tu

Keep believing...

[TampaDude]

Yes! Keep digging up these old "Spurs are done" threads. There's gotta be a million of 'em. :lol

[Budkin]

:lol

[RD2191]

Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Manu Ginobili, Coach Pop, Tony Parker, Bruce Bowen, Robert Horry, Brent Barry, Sean Elliott, Fabricio Oberto, Mario Elie, Steve Kerr, Stephen Jackson, Malik Rose, even Michael Finley.

Thank you all!
:lolI knew you had a lil bit of robdiaz in you. No homo, tbh.

[Ron Swanson]

http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jump-off-cliff.jpg

[spurraider21]

when i saw this thread bumped i thought timmy retired :cry

[Robz4000]

Holy shit NewcastleKEG was such a godawful poster...

[weeks]

we need to say goodbye to pop its time. and clean out pops brwn nosers
:nope

[timtonymanu]

:lolI knew you had a lil bit of robdiaz in you. No homo, tbh.

Tough times tbh. :lol

[RD2191]

Tough times tbh. :lol
:lol

[Spurs 4 The Win]

I just don't think Tiago is anywhere near the answer for our future. Scola wasn't either, but he would have been a better option for our aging players at the time.

At this point, I think we just got to hope somebody overpays for Tony and maybe Timmy decides he is ready to hang it up before he totally falls apart.

Then we can suck ass next year and gear up for the 2013 NBA draft.

Quality Take tbh

[Prose]

People acted like our best player manu was not injuried. Also this is what sparked the hill for leonard trade

[Obi Juan Kenobi]

when i saw this thread bumped i thought timmy retired :cry

I thought the same thing too, thankfully that is not the case!!!

[Godbama]

Quality Take tbh
Hahaha, yeah, the great 2013 draft.

[timtonymanu]

People can scoff at this years later, but it really was an ugly time for the Spurs in the Duncan era.

Duncan looked done. Parker said the Spurs were no longer contenders. Jefferson was still on the team. Bonner and Blair.

It's great that PATFO bounced back from that awful roster. :lol

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

People can scoff at this years later, but it really was an ugly time for the Spurs in the Duncan era.

Duncan looked done. Parker said the Spurs were no longer contenders. Jefferson was still on the team. Bonner and Blair.

It's great that PATFO bounced back from that awful roster. :lol

Totally. I thought the Spurs' Era of Greatness was over, that we should celebrate how wonderful it was, but that it was time to blow up the team and look to the next generation. Timmy looked like he'd fallen off a cliff (it was after that season that he lost 25lbs, changed his offensive game and came back a rejuvenated player at both ends), Manu was starting to decline, horrible Richard Jefferson was clogging up the court and the cap (I HATED his re-signing), and Bonner was playing waaaay too much. It looked like the end of the era, and only arseholes with 20/20 hindsight pretend that it didn't. In fact, it was at the tail-end of a tough transition for the team into the modern style of NBA ball.

Having said that, what do we fans know about what's going on inside the organisation? Spurs management obviously trusted in their system and their personnel to make the changes necessary to reinvigorate the franchise, and that's exactly what Pop and Tim did. If only Manu had gotten the memo and not played for Argentina in the summer of 2012, we'd probably be celebrating a repeat right now!

[dbreiden83080]

People can scoff at this years later, but it really was an ugly time for the Spurs in the Duncan era.

Duncan looked done. Parker said the Spurs were no longer contenders. Jefferson was still on the team. Bonner and Blair.

It's great that PATFO bounced back from that awful roster. :lol

It's a testament to Duncan's greatness that he went back to work in the gym and made changes to get in the best shape of his life. He knew without making changes it was over.. While the likes of Shaq and Barkley just got fat and lazy in the twilight Tim dug in and refused to admit to himself it was over.. He was rewarded justly indeed..

[50 cent]

I just don't think Tiago is anywhere near the answer for our future. Scola wasn't either, but he would have been a better option for our aging players at the time.

At this point, I think we just got to hope somebody overpays for Tony and maybe Timmy decides he is ready to hang it up before he totally falls apart.

Then we can suck ass next year and gear up for the 2013 NBA draft.
My anti-jinx worked like a motherfucking charm. :lmao

[ViceCity84]

Tim Duncan is a warrior