10 things i HATE about detroit

[duncan2k5]

hi guys, im back online. still in st croix but i wasn't on here because my internet was down. but Neo is back in the matrix. here is 10 things i hate about detroit. what are yours?

1. That cocky, stupid smile billups does when he does something...anything...good or bad.

2. That Mason guy. 2 years ago he was a frickin nobody washin cars in the neighborhood lot for 50 cents a car. now ABC insists on showing his stupid face while he says B-B-B-Billups.

3. how they call themselves the underdogs and say they aren't respected when every media person is clinging on to their nutsacs (all teeth) for dear life. especially Screamin A**hole Smith. when we win, he credits it to detroit not playing well and he challenges them to play better. when we lose he bashes us and praises detroit.

4. How they cry for fouls when they are allowed to grab, choke, headlock, and Angle slam us as they desire. look at the replay where timmy drives to the basket and scores (he did it twice, one was an and1, i dont remember which one it was tho) one of the times he did it i think it was sheed who grabbed his jersey after he passed him until it was stretched out with no call. i was like wow.

5. The slow, boring was larry brown talks, and that annoying wave of he does to the refs during the game.

6. rasheed's patch.

7. rip boasting about how he is the most fit basketball player in the L, and how bruce isn't shutting him down.

8. lindsey hunter thinking he is bruce bowen.

9. how sheed is always oh so confident and he is usually the reason detroit loses. notice when they lose, commentators always say he has to have a big game next game.

10. how everyone thinks detroit has more heart than anyone else and they can play through adversity. BULLSHYT. they talk about how they lost players. because they were fighting. and ben wallace caused it. then they talk about the coach leaving...so what? then they claim they had a tough path to the finals. sixers...wow. pacers...they basically played the bench and an old reggie. the heat. barely won against a broken down team whose best player didnt play in a closeout gaME. we had the toughest road so dont tell us shyt about adverity. if detroit was in the west they might have been fishing in the first round.

[LilMissSPURfect]

preach on my brotha!!!!

good riddins "dddddddettttoit basketball " on tues!

[1Parker1]

Aside from the Mason thing (I actually think he's great, wish SA's announcer was that hype), I agree with almost everything. That cocky Billups smile is really starting to piss me off. I remember he smiled like that after that non-call flagarant foul on Tony Parker in Game 4 where Tony ended up on the floor with his head is his hands.

[E20]

I remember the thread "Detroit fans....what do you hate most about San Antonio" and someone asked a Detroit fan: "Why do you think of Robert Horry?" and the dude responded by: "He's just a basketball player and hasn't done anything to hurt Detroit. So I have no problem with him."

HAHA

[1Parker1]

I remember the thread "Detroit fans....what do you hate most about San Antonio" and someone asked a Detroit fan: "Why do you think of Robert Horry?" and the dude responded by: "He's just a basketball player and hasn't done anything to hurt Detroit. So I have no problem with him."

HAHA


:lmao, I remember that! Bet they feel differently now.

[boutons]

Antonio also smiles a lot, esp after he gets called for a PF.
I guess that's better than bitchin and whinin.

[Dre_7]

Aside from the Mason thing (I actually think he's great, wish SA's announcer was that hype), I agree with almost everything. That cocky Billups smile is really starting to piss me off. I remember he smiled like that after that non-call flagarant foul on Tony Parker in Game 4 where Tony ended up on the floor with his head is his hands.

I love Mason. He is very entertaining. I loved him last year in the Finals. But I am glad that the Spurs wont have to hear him again.

[Rematch+Repeat=Revenge]

Thanks for at least keeping it to basketball and the announcer, anyway!

[spur219]

Did anybody see when RIP pretended he was going to hit Bruce in the face?

[SpursWoman]

Billups' smirk will never, ever surpass Kobe's as the face I'd most like to slap with a baseball bat.

:fro

[SAtown]

I hate how they act like brats. Everything from B-b-b-b-b-billup's cocky ass to Guaransheed's to everyone feeling sorry for them to Hamilton's mask to Mason to Wallace's Fro. BRATS

[duncan2k5]

I hate how they act like brats. Everything from B-b-b-b-b-billup's cocky ass to Guaransheed's to everyone feeling sorry for them to Hamilton's mask to Mason to Wallace's Fro. BRATS
lolololololol. seriously. they have so many gimmicks. thats probably why the media loves them so much and wants them to win.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Amen to that brother!!!!

LOL That mason dude is the biggest chode in michigan.

[SAtown]

lolololololol. seriously. they have so many gimmicks. thats probably why the media loves them so much and wants them to win.

You're exactly right. I mean, isn't the media playing the role of feeding the public shit so they root for Detroit? I mean, the halftime show last night, how they show Mason on the corner of the screen, etc, all indicate that ABC wants the public to loooooooooooooove the Pistons.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Did anyone ever consider the fact that the Pistons colors are Red White and Blue?


Patriots won football, what were their colors?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[danyel]

I hate McDyess smile even more than Billups

[Gatita]

I hate McDyess smile even more than Billups

Agreed. :tu His smile is just so irritating. :cuss

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I think my biggest peeve about them is how they want to be seen as underdogs, even when the media was split about 50-50 on their picks. You're the fucking defending champs! How the hell are they supposed to be underdogs. The translation I hear everytime they talk about that line, "Well this way if we lose people don't consider us failures." Complete and utter bullshit.

[duncan2k5]

Dice (antonio) only makes me wanna slap his smile off, billups' smile makes me wanna punch him in the face.

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Thanks for at least keeping it to basketball and the announcer, anyway!

We could comment on the city, but the Pistons don't really play there, do they? I guess I can't blame them. The only nice part of Detroit is Windsor, Ontario. I guess even the armpit of Canada is nicer than Motown.

[duncan2k5]

I think my biggest peeve about them is how they want to be seen as underdogs, even when the media was split about 50-50 on their picks. You're the fucking defending champs! How the hell are they supposed to be underdogs. The translation I hear everytime they talk about that line, "Well this way if we lose people don't consider us failures." Complete and utter bullshit.
EXACTLY!!!!! and all this (good under pressure...good with back against the wall...good through anymousity...) oh PLEASE. it was all self inflicted. all those teams they "fought back" from last year and this year were teams that were supposed to be swept, under the circumstances.

[samikeyp]

Did anyone ever consider the fact that the Pistons colors are Red White and Blue?


Patriots won football, what were their colors?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

so..you want the Spurs to lose?

[ObiwanGinobili]

Billups' smirk will never, ever surpass Kobe's as the face I'd most like to slap with a baseball bat.

:fro

:tu

[SpursChampsIII]

Just like the Earth is covered with 2/3 water...Billups head is covered with 2/3 mouth/teeth.

[Rematch+Repeat=Revenge]

We could comment on the city, but the Pistons don't really play there, do they? I guess I can't blame them. The only nice part of Detroit is Windsor, Ontario. I guess even the armpit of Canada is nicer than Motown.

Why is there ALWAYS at least one in every crowd?

[duncan_21]

1.The flops (mainly rip and ben)
2. mason, dude is just annoying
3. rip and his bitch ass holding pushing on offense
4. fro's head
5. The way ben gets away w/shit
6.hearing how sheed has to show up for the pistons to win and he hasn't yet
7. billups rabbit toothed smile
8. ethiopian, somone please feed that dude
9. mcdyess's fade away
10. lb, the biggest traitor in the nba

[ForestBrain]

Man, you guys suck. We haven't said anything like this on the Detroit boards. Chauncey doesn't have a cocky smile, either, that's just the way his mouth is. Ben doesn't flop. RIP doesn't flop. There are a lot of things I don't like about SA (msotly their holier-than-thou fans) but I don't voice them like this.

[samikeyp]

Man, you guys suck. We haven't said anything like this on the Detroit boards. Chauncey doesn't have a cocky smile, either, that's just the way his mouth is. Ben doesn't flop. RIP doesn't flop. There are a lot of things I don't like about SA (msotly their holier-than-thou fans) but I don't voice them like this.

nice to see you lack the brain power to realize not all Spurs fans think alike. :rolleyes


he was responding to a thread on this board by a Pistons fan.

[Xolotl]

Ben doesn't flop. .

That right there just made your whole argument useless

[Jdspur20]

hey 2k5, good to hear from you, how are things on that beautiful island?

[Bwin]

Things I hate about San Antonio...

1.There awful announcer...
2.Manu's flopping...
3.Bruce Bowen "Does play dirty"
4.Robert Horry's mouth is so big, his smile is way more annoying then Billups
5.Spurs fans think they played tougher teams then we did...
6.Spurs are jealous because we have better fans then they do...
7.The media talks about us always argueing with the refs then Duncan and Popavich get tech's.
8.Bruce Bowen thinks hes Lindsey Hunter...
9.Spurs horrible nicknames...
10.Parkers girlfriend...

Okay theres my 10 things I'll tell you it was really hard for me to think of 10 things because I actually like the Spurs. To let you guys know the Pistons actually respect the Spurs alot more then they did Miami. PS:It aint over yet its only 2-3 and we play better with our backs against the wall :hat

[DetroitFolly]

Just to clarify about Mason...

he has been the most successful Morning DJ in Detroit for a LONG time. He was the morning voice for "Strong songs" WJLB, one of the real groundbreaking stations in the "urban" market. (not my term, that's an actual radio term) He was number one in a top ten market for probably ten years.

So...he was not "washing cars." He was pulling down more than a million bucks a year, and still does.

He truly was a groundbreaker in getting funk and rap to the top of the heap in Motown radio. He crossed racial lines, and had a very loyal audience. He will be in the Michigan broadcast hall of fame quite soon.

The rest of the stuff just comes with a series. You start to dislike the guys that give you trouble. But lay off Mason. He's a pro's pro.

[E20]

Mason is pretty cool. I wish he was the announcer for the Spurs. Most Spurs fans are jealous because the Detroit intro is pretty cool. Even though they are smashing a Spurs logo, it's pretty cool when the starters say: It's time Detroit.

[Mr. Peabody]

lolololololol. seriously. they have so many gimmicks. thats probably why the media loves them so much and wants them to win.

Are you the guy that trolls on Pistonsnation.com and keeps posting links over there to your own threads at Spurstalk?
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[spyder]

You dont need an announcer to get hyped up..i can do that myself

[GrandeDavid]

duncan2K5, please post this on every sports forum across the net. Hilarious! :lmao

[GrandeDavid]

nice to see you lack the brain power to realize not all Spurs fans think alike. :rolleyes


he was responding to a thread on this board by a Pistons fan.

Mikey, actually it was I who created the "Pistons fans, what do you dislike most about the Spurs" thread.

[GrandeDavid]

Just like the Earth is covered with 2/3 water...Billups head is covered with 2/3 mouth/teeth.

:lmao :lmao :lmao

[1Parker1]

I got it. The THING that I hate most about Detroit. Their stupid, fucking motto that they kept screaming after winning against the Heat:

"THIS IS HOW WE DO, BABY!"


WTF is that?

[1Parker1]

Things I hate about San Antonio...

1.There awful announcer...
2.Manu's flopping...
3.Bruce Bowen "Does play dirty"
4.Robert Horry's mouth is so big, his smile is way more annoying then Billups
5.Spurs fans think they played tougher teams then we did...
6.Spurs are jealous because we have better fans then they do...
7.The media talks about us always argueing with the refs then Duncan and Popavich get tech's.
8.Bruce Bowen thinks hes Lindsey Hunter...
9.Spurs horrible nicknames...
10.Parkers girlfriend...

Okay theres my 10 things I'll tell you it was really hard for me to think of 10 things because I actually like the Spurs. To let you guys know the Pistons actually respect the Spurs alot more then they did Miami. PS:It aint over yet its only 2-3 and we play better with our backs against the wall :hat


Ok, those 2 are a little crazy. I think Hunter thinks he's Bowen, not the other way around. And:

Spurs:

Denver-Lost only 3 or 4 games after AS break, hottest team in the NBA in the opening round

Seattle-Suprise team in the West, although with the injuries they had, we should have taken them better, I'll admit

Suns-Best record in the NBA

Detroit:

76ERS-I know I'm from Philly, but honestly, this round was a Gimme.

Pacers-Injured team, much like Seattle, you should have taken them better

Heat-Injured Shaq, Injured Wade last 2 games, honestly. Best record in the EAST where the only competition is between Heat and Pistons.


Whatever though. Past is in the Past. The fact that both teams got here in the first place says a lot.

[bonesinaz]

I remember the thread "Detroit fans....what do you hate most about San Antonio" and someone asked a Detroit fan: "Why do you think of Robert Horry?" and the dude responded by: "He's just a basketball player and hasn't done anything to hurt Detroit. So I have no problem with him."

HAHA

That was me who asked that question. The piston fan said that RoHo was a clutch player but that it didn't bother him.

Gee, I wonder what they think of him now??? :lol

[SoundTheToll]

I guess smiling while you play a game is a bad thing to do :rolleyes

You guys need to lighten up. Pretty hypocritical of you to complain about our players smiling when Robert Horry was grabbing his balls last night. Take off the blinders: the Spurs aren't saints either.

As for the Rip mask: He is required for medical reasons to wear it. If he breaks his nose again he's done, and risks permanant breathing complications. So yeah, some gimmick :rolleyes

Too bad the majority of posters here (who are great basketball fans) have to put up with some of you morons.

[1Parker1]

I guess smiling while you play a game is a bad thing to do :rolleyes

You guys need to lighten up. Pretty hypocritical of you to complain about our players smiling when Robert Horry was grabbing his balls last night. Take off the blinders: the Spurs aren't saints either.

As for the Rip mask: He is required for medical reasons to wear it. If he breaks his nose again he's done, and risks permanant breathing complications. So yeah, some gimmick :rolleyes

Too bad the majority of posters here (who are great basketball fans) have to put up with some of you morons.


Actually, a lot of us were just joking around in good jest. Just because I find Billups' cocky smile annoying doesn't negate the fact that he is a great PG.

[Gatita]

As for the Rip mask: He is required for medical reasons to wear it. If he breaks his nose again he's done, and risks permanant breathing complications. So yeah, some gimmick :rolleyes



True, the guy has no cartilage left.

[Marklar MM]

Parker's smile looks funny. Or is that just me. It sort of makes him look like a little teddy bear.

[Gatita]

Parker's smile looks funny. Or is that just me. It sort of makes him look like a little teddy bear.

The guy is funny looking period.

[Marklar MM]

I guess you have a point. But you know who is really funny looking.

This guy. Popeye Jones

http://www.ourtinyworld.com/kiko/topten/images/toptenuglyNBA/popeye_jones.jpg

[td4mvp21]

Ok, those 2 are a little crazy. I think Hunter thinks he's Bowen, not the other way around. And:

Spurs:

Denver-Lost only 3 or 4 games after AS break, hottest team in the NBA in the opening round

Seattle-Suprise team in the West, although with the injuries they had, we should have taken them better, I'll admit

Suns-Best record in the NBA

Detroit:

76ERS-I know I'm from Philly, but honestly, this round was a Gimme.

Pacers-Injured team, much like Seattle, you should have taken them better

Heat-Injured Shaq, Injured Wade last 2 games, honestly. Best record in the EAST where the only competition is between Heat and Pistons.


Whatever though. Past is in the Past. The fact that both teams got here in the first place says a lot.

I think we played teams tougher for ourselves. The Pistons would have swept Denver and Phoenix. Seattle was a darn good fighting team, they just stepped it up really. We would have swept Philly, Indiana would have given us a little trouble, Miami would have gone to Six. Both teams deserve to be hear, but I know that is what you are saying, too.

[iflyabeech]

I hate how they act like brats. Everything from B-b-b-b-b-billup's cocky ass to Guaransheed's to everyone feeling sorry for them to Hamilton's mask to Mason to Wallace's Fro. BRATS

Exactly!! Ditto, and how they hacked the hell out of the Spurs and then whine when the get a little bump from the Spurs!



Amen to that brother!!!!

LOL That mason dude is the biggest chode in michigan.

Geez, Glad we don't have to put up with his stupid ass anymore! What an annnoying idiot!

[Uncle_Rico]

only have a TOP 7

1. the saying Deeetroit baaasketball
2. the champ belts One Word: GAY
3. rasheed's 12yr old baby attitude
4. rip thinking he is miller and media acting like he is
5. ben wallace flops
6. larry brown whinning about the calls
7. push offs the guards get away with (a lot more than the spurs)

[theMUHMEshow]

2. That Mason guy. 2 years ago he was a frickin nobody washin cars in the neighborhood lot for 50 cents a car. now ABC insists on showing his stupid face while he says B-B-B-Billups.




Its too bad you dont know John Masons real story. He was the first african american to have a #1 rated morning show in Detroit, and he has set standards in todays radio that are almost untouchable for anyone to achieve. He is an icon in Detroit and has been for years. He took a primarly urban station and made it mainstream to a metro area that is made up of upper class primarly white people.

I can see where you are coming from on everything on your list, accept for that.

[WayDowntownBang]

I'm just glad there are some good Spurs fans to counteract the idiot that trashes Detroit like this, completely blinded by anything not even remotely related to truth.

The guys have already defended John Mason. What a stupid, stupid, stupid thing to say.

I'm going to bed, so go ahead and trash away. I'm embarassed for some of you, and very disappointed.

[JustSpurs]

I hope somebody at ABC gave Walton the wrong ticket and he's now landing someplace in the Siberia...it would take him 6 hours to realize it isn't SA...

[jochhejaam]

I hate how they act like brats. Everything from B-b-b-b-b-billup's cocky ass to Guaransheed's to everyone feeling sorry for them to Hamilton's mask to Mason to Wallace's Fro. BRATS

Yeah, wouldn't it be great if everyone played the game with no emotion, no excitement? I'd love to watch basketball where no one either smiled or frowned,where everyone had their hair cut "high and tight", where they never uttered a word or pumped a fist or let out a yell after a dunk...dude, you need to go back to your sports....curling and the world thumb wrestling championships!!!

:lol :elephant :elephant :lol

[jochhejaam]

I hate McDyess smile even more than Billups

Your teams up 3-2 and all you can do is post this hateful nonsense?

Pathetic and shallow.

[HULKAROCK]

Such anger and aggresion from the folks of Pleasentville,San Antonio.
So afraid to lose.

[nkdlunch]

It is kind of dumb to hate Dice or Billups 'cause they smile a lot :rolleyes

[samikeyp]

This is why, IMO, the word "hate" should never be used in reference to sports. Sports are just games, in the grand scheme of things not as important as we make them out to be.

To be fair though, WDB and Joche....you call out Spurs fans who make generalizations about Pistons fans and Detroit (which you should) but your boy Hulkarock has done the same about Spurs fans and SA since his first post, yet you say nothing. Why is it wrong for some and not others?

[mookie2001]

the worst thing is youd actually think they were glad when they lost they just say over and over again how "we've been here before" "this is nothing new" "we like our backs to the wall" "we've dealt with adversity"
yes pistons we got it-you actually have the advantage when you lose, good for you
and also that the fans just think magically theyll win bc theyre the pistons and they beat up on the east all the time
plus most of the time their game plan is to dribble around until they get fouled, over and over again, can you imagine larry brown designing their plays?

anyway theyve played better than i expected but i still think they suck

glad youre back 2k5
dam i hate the pistons

[duncan2k5]

hey 2k5, good to hear from you, how are things on that beautiful island?
things are good. i went to the biggest sports bar on the island for game 1 and it was CRAZY. there was this piston fan wearing a wallace jersey and he just stood out. when we forced a shotclock violation i screamed at him "thats defence!!!!!!" i was hyped. and there are a lit of hispanic ppl on st croix, most of puerto rican origin. many of them liked detroit because of carlos arroyo, but when they saw manu go off...needless to say there were some converts. the whole bar was going crazy for everythin gino did. good times

[SPURS21]

We could comment on the city, but the Pistons don't really play there, do they? I guess I can't blame them. The only nice part of Detroit is Windsor, Ontario. I guess even the armpit of Canada is nicer than Motown.

haha windsor is a shit hole, you can here the gunshots from detroit travel cross the river

[ObiwanGinobili]

Too bad the majority of posters here (who are great basketball fans) have to put up with some of you morons.


actually we like our "morons". they add color and variety.
They're like Corky... retarded and loveable.

[nkdlunch]

the worst thing is youd actually think they were glad when they lost they just say over and over again how "we've been here before" "this is nothing new" "we like our backs to the wall" "we've dealt with adversity"

Yes!!! that's the only thing I hate about the Pistons. Don't they realize that one day their luck will run out???

Like Bob Marley said: Every day the bucket a-go a well/ One day the bottom a-go drop out

[Obi wan Ginobili]

If you don't think Ben Wallace flops you are crazy.

He has had several very good ones in this series.

I'm not knocking on flopping, I just think you need to take your homer glasses off.


Hopefully our crowd doesn't let the officials get away with the same no calls that we got in Detroit on hacks in the paint.

Here's hopeing.

[HULKAROCK]

This is why, IMO, the word "hate" should never be used in reference to sports. Sports are just games, in the grand scheme of things not as important as we make them out to be.

To be fair though, WDB and Joche....you call out Spurs fans who make generalizations about Pistons fans and Detroit (which you should) but your boy Hulkarock has done the same about Spurs fans and SA since his first post, yet you say nothing. Why is it wrong for some and not others?

Sensitive.. My "jokes" about the fans are very harmless and when I get somebody that's going to throw F bombs at nme for no good reason, I'll fire back in my own way. All in all, I've been pretty tame. Look how many people piled on this post. Then again, who really cares?? It's all in fun, mostly.
I'll send Dr. Phill in to see you, samikey..

[samikeyp]

actually we like our "morons". they add color and variety.
They're like Corky... retarded and loveable.

http://studentclubs.winona.edu/winonan/images/Photos/1corky.jpg

[samikeyp]

Sensitive.. My "jokes" about the fans are very harmless and when I get somebody that's going to throw F bombs at nme for no good reason, I'll fire back in my own way. All in all, I've been pretty tame. Look how many people piled on this post. Then again, who really cares?? It's all in fun, mostly.
I'll send Dr. Phill in to see you, samikey..

:lol

Too funny.......When I say something about it, I am "sensitive" when you do "its all in fun" classic.

[WayDowntownBang]

To be fair though, WDB and Joche....you call out Spurs fans who make generalizations about Pistons fans and Detroit (which you should) but your boy Hulkarock has done the same about Spurs fans and SA since his first post, yet you say nothing. Why is it wrong for some and not others?

I can't argue with that. I tuned Hulkarock out a long, long time ago. After games 3-4, I started trying to come down on Piston fans that were crapping on the city of San Antonio, but those two days weren't exactly proud ones for the Detroit fans that were just here to talk basketball. I kind of gave up on that.

[Sportcamper]

Mason is the bomb...He makes me laugh...I make sure I don’t miss the Detroit introductions....How can you not enjoy watching a muscle bound hulk skipping to bu bu bu bu bu Ben Wallace..... :lol

Detroit’s rough play has brought out the best in Tony parker....

[HULKAROCK]

I can't argue with that. I tuned Hulkarock out a long, long time ago. After games 3-4, I started trying to come down on Piston fans that were crapping on the city of San Antonio, but those two days weren't exactly proud ones for the Detroit fans that were just here to talk basketball. I kind of gave up on that.

Listen brother. I've been here from the start, talking mostly about basketball, having fun with some other "fun threads", but I've taken enough beatings after the loss's for everybody because certain Pistons fans only come back when the times are good. I've given tons of props to the Spurs. Have you been here all series? Probably not.

[duncan2k5]

for the guy who said we whouldnt want to watch sports where players show no emition, if your detroit players need mason to get them to show emotion, you all have serious problems

[jochhejaam]

This is why, IMO, the word "hate" should never be used in reference to sports. Sports are just games, in the grand scheme of things not as important as we make them out to be.

To be fair though, WDB and Joche....you call out Spurs fans who make generalizations about Pistons fans and Detroit (which you should) but your boy Hulkarock has done the same about Spurs fans and SA since his first post, yet you say nothing. Why is it wrong for some and not others?

Good afternoon and I must make this brief because my wife is making me go get some groceries (We have lots of potato chips, what more do we need :) ), I'm not calling out "Spurs fans", if I comment on a post it is meant for that person and if anyone feels my comments apply to them so be it.

IMHO anyone regardless of who they root for, whose central theme in a post is to espouse hate, senselessy ridicule, or talk trash isn't much of a fan.

Respectfully,
Christian Marlowe

p.s. If you want to call out hulkarock go for it, I have bigger wars to fight, like my wife glaring at me as I continue to interact on this board instead of going to the store. :lol

[samikeyp]

I have bigger wars to fight, like my wife glaring at me as I continue to interact on this board instead of going to the store.

Dude....you better get goin'! :)

[caspian]

Aside from the Mason thing (I actually think he's great, wish SA's announcer was that hype), I agree with almost everything. That cocky Billups smile is really starting to piss me off. I remember he smiled like that after that non-call flagarant foul on Tony Parker in Game 4 where Tony ended up on the floor with his head is his hands.

The Spurs need a whole makeover when it comes to game-time music and announcing. I actually really dislike our guy's voice. Sounds like a tax accountant.

[JustSpurs]

Dude....you better get goin'! :)
Don't forget to pick-up beer. Gotta have something to wash down those chips :drunk

[nkdlunch]

Don't forget to pick-up beer. Gotta have something to wash down those chips :drunk

forget the chips, he'll need them to wash down his sorrows after Pistons lose

[jochhejaam]

forget the chips, he'll need them to wash down his sorrows after Pistons lose

Nah, if we lose it will be to a classy coach, organization and a great Spurs team.

I'll wash 'em down with the usual, BigK diet orange. :)

[samikeyp]

I'll wash 'em down with the usual, BigK diet orange

I remember Big K. damn...that's been a while.

[GrandeDavid]

Detroit fan:

http://naruto.ucdavis.edu/images/20041120/owned.jpg

[samikeyp]

Hey...its not Piston Fan's fault that Artest is psycho.

[HULKAROCK]

Detroit fan:

http://naruto.ucdavis.edu/images/20041120/owned.jpg

They interviewed that guy after that picture came out and he said he was sitting there watching it all unfold and before he knew it, Artest was coming at him looking for anyone to pound on.

[ambchang]

You're exactly right. I mean, isn't the media playing the role of feeding the public shit so they root for Detroit? I mean, the halftime show last night, how they show Mason on the corner of the screen, etc, all indicate that ABC wants the public to loooooooooooooove the Pistons.

The media is building themselves up for failure.
I'd say 80% of the audience are bandwaggoners, and when they kept hearing how Phoenix vs. Miami would be so much more entertaining, they will think that's really the case. This is self-actualizing prophecy. And now that Spurs and Pistons actually made it, they kept saying how the Pistons are better and should win. What is the casual fan who can't tell a box-out from take-out? THey are going to think that the NBA is a total joke, they are going to think that the inferior team have a great chance in winning because luck has more to do with winning than skills. These things turn people off. Instead, teach them about the game, educate them about the beauty of a well-time pick (vs. a moving screen), teach them about the importance of swinging the basketball to the opposite side, teach them about how Bowen is harrassing his man into missing shots rather than having them think that it's just coincidence that Bowen's man happen to miss shots for the 7th game in a row.
I am just shocked that they haven't figured this out yet.

[HULKAROCK]

The media is building themselves up for failure.
I'd say 80% of the audience are bandwaggoners, and when they kept hearing how Phoenix vs. Miami would be so much more entertaining, they will think that's really the case. This is self-actualizing prophecy. And now that Spurs and Pistons actually made it, they kept saying how the Pistons are better and should win. What is the casual fan who can't tell a box-out from take-out? THey are going to think that the NBA is a total joke, they are going to think that the inferior team have a great chance in winning because luck has more to do with winning than skills. These things turn people off. Instead, teach them about the game, educate them about the beauty of a well-time pick (vs. a moving screen), teach them about the importance of swinging the basketball to the opposite side, teach them about how Bowen is harrassing his man into missing shots rather than having them think that it's just coincidence that Bowen's man happen to miss shots for the 7th game in a row.
I am just shocked that they haven't figured this out yet.

They would have loved to see the Heast play the Spurs and they would also loved to see Shaq's prediction come true and beat the Spurs. The ratings are down this year.

[ambchang]

Man, you guys suck. We haven't said anything like this on the Detroit boards. Chauncey doesn't have a cocky smile, either, that's just the way his mouth is. Ben doesn't flop. RIP doesn't flop. There are a lot of things I don't like about SA (msotly their holier-than-thou fans) but I don't voice them like this.

Ben and RIP doesn't flop? This is good.
BTW, I do think Ginobili flops, but who doesn't.
And I like Billups, I would love to have him on my team.

[jochhejaam]

Ben and RIP doesn't flop? This is good.
BTW, I do think Ginobili flops, but who doesn't.
And I like Billups, I would love to have him on my team.

Although I don't respect "the flop" it's a players obligation to do anything he can get away with while helping his team win, be it flopping, grabbing, illegal picking, etc.

The most blatant one I've seen in these playoffs was when Tayshaun barely bumped Wade and Wade looked like he got shot out of a cannon, dude must have been in theatre and gymnastics! :lol

[samikeyp]

They would have loved to see the Heast play the Spurs and they would also loved to see Shaq's prediction come true and beat the Spurs. The ratings are down this year.

I think their ultimate hope was Miami and Phoenix since those two teams aren't "boring".

[HULKAROCK]

I think their ultimate hope was Miami and Phoenix since those two teams aren't "boring".

Yeah, agreed. It backfired when the Spurs wrapped it up early.

[ObiwanGinobili]

Detroit fan:

http://naruto.ucdavis.edu/images/20041120/owned.jpg


artest is a F*ing douche bag.
and the bastard had the nerve to say his nba suspension was too harsh?
:rolleyes
I really really hope he gets some type of actual jail time - 30 days 60 days whatever - although I'm sure he won't. most likely fine, comunity service or someother bullshit.

and Stephon jackson... god I'm so ashamed to say he ever played in SA. If he pulled that crap under pop he would've been traded by the end of the day. garaunteed. :fro

[samikeyp]

and Stephon jackson... god I'm so ashamed to say he ever played in SA. If he pulled that crap under pop he would've been traded by the end of the day. garaunteed

yup....to a Serbian high school JV team for three pairs of socks and an air pump.

[acidsmoke86]

i hate bruce bowen thinking he is the best guard defender (Lidsey Hunter)

[WayDowntownBang]

Listen brother. I've been here from the start, talking mostly about basketball, having fun with some other "fun threads", but I've taken enough beatings after the loss's for everybody because certain Pistons fans only come back when the times are good. I've given tons of props to the Spurs. Have you been here all series? Probably not.

With the name Hulkarock, and the first two words of your post, "Listen Brother", I really.. really.. REALLY wanted to eat my vegetables, drink my milk and watch a little Wrestlemania III with all the other Hulk Hogan "Hulkamaniacs".

I'm not going to fight with you. You've said some pretty stupid things during the series, and to answer your insinuation, yes.. I *HAVE* been here the entire series.

As for that 'owned' pic, that's freaking hilarious. Unfortunately, that wasn't the guy that threw the cup.

[msufan420]

I hate the fact that everybody forgets about Bob Segar and Motown because of Kid Rock and Eminem...please America...it's not Detroit's fault.

[FreshPrince22]

1. They're just too D@MN good! :lol :lol

See you on thursday :fro
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