SJAX headed to Miami

[ace3g]

Jeff McDonald@JMcDonald_SAEN (http://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN)


First class roll call on United flight from IAH to Miami: Stephen Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy and@Buck_SA (http://twitter.com/Buck_SA).

[davidbowie]

oh lawddd

[Dirtywhisk]

Just saw that. What's Stak5's doing, gonna keep it trill and cheer on his former teammates or is he gon' shit all over them?

[DPG21920]

He's going to wear all Heat gear.

[Anonymous Cowherd]

He's going to be their mole isn't he

[crc21209]

WTF!?! :lol. It'll be interesting to see where he stands in this Finals matchup...

[Spur|n|Austin]

:lol wow - go sit down somewhere Stack.

[Phenomanul]

Going to sit next to Stern to keep him in line...

[tesseractive]

Lots of NBA coaches and execs go to the finals. He might simply be pursuing a job for next season.

[hooperflash]

Hope he doesn't get TV time, tbh.

[DisAsTerBot]

he better be repping that silver and black!!!

[davidbowie]

Hope he doesn't get TV time, tbh.

same. kind of a lame move tbh

[SenorSpur]

JAck has got to be kicking himself by now.

He'd better be saving some of the cash, considering the fact that he may find it difficult to get a job next year.

[BatManu20]

If JAX, one of my all-time favorite Spurs, comes out waring anything resembling the color red, I'm disowning him.

[baseline bum]

Wish he was going to Miami on the team's flight instead of commercial :depressed

[freetiago]

hope hes in all Heat gear and the Spurs blow out the Heat tbh

[elemento]

Fuck him, he is not a Spur anymore

[DesignatedT]

Jack has to be rooting for Timmy.

[davidbowie]

stak is still reppin the spurs yall

http://instagram.com/p/ZQaMPGxf2z/
http://distilleryimage3.ak.instagram.com/fbbf0908bbde11e2a97322000a1fb158_7.jpg
"Still reppin for my bros #KL #GN #DB #TD #TS #CJ #ND GOSPURSGO never been a hater. Life is good no need to hate."

[BatManu20]

stak is still reppin the spurs yall

http://instagram.com/p/ZQaMPGxf2z/
http://distilleryimage3.ak.instagram.com/fbbf0908bbde11e2a97322000a1fb158_7.jpg
"Still reppin for my bros #KL #GN #DB #TD #TS #CJ #ND GOSPURSGO never been a hater. Life is good no need to hate."

Thank the Lawd.

[BatManu20]

Wish he was going to Miami on the team's flight instead of commercial :depressed

Same :(

[timtonymanu]

No support for Manu or Danny? :stirpot:

[Aztecfan03]

stak is still reppin the spurs yall

http://instagram.com/p/ZQaMPGxf2z/
http://distilleryimage3.ak.instagram.com/fbbf0908bbde11e2a97322000a1fb158_7.jpg
"Still reppin for my bros #KL #GN #DB #TD #TS #CJ #ND GOSPURSGO never been a hater. Life is good no need to hate."

No tony parker, danny green, matt bonner, boris diaw, aron baynes, manu ginobili?

or Tracy Mcgrady :lol

[PBEEZY]

No support for Manu or Danny? :stirpot:
Or Parker

[Aztecfan03]

No support for Manu or Danny? :stirpot:

i had same thought, character limit might have been why some names were left out, those two probably not though.

he had all the backup PG's in the tweet except patty mills. but no TP

[DesignatedT]

oh my gosh!!! no support for manu or danny or tony????????

big fucking deal.

[Budkin]

oh my gosh!!! no support for manu or danny or tony????????

big fucking deal.

Wow that gave something away about what happened right there. :lol

[davidbowie]

that post was from 3 weeks ago but if you read through the comments he says

http://i.imgur.com/4rYVTWn.png

so yeah guess he left the others off on purpose lol

[Darius McCrary]

We're really
Really
Really going to miss his physicality and clutch 3 shooting this series.

[gameFACE]

Dammit, Jack! Wish he was still a Spur. Dude is swallowing some serious pride. He could have skipped going all together.

[boutons_deux]

We're really
Really
Really going to miss his physicality and clutch 3 shooting this series.

we got plenty 3pt shoots, who shoot a lot higher ALL GAME than SJ

[Libri]

No support for Manu or Danny? :stirpot:

Or Pop

oh wait...

[Aztecfan03]

that post was from 3 weeks ago but if you read through the comments he says

http://i.imgur.com/4rYVTWn.png

so yeah guess he left the others off on purpose lol

if he didn't have tiago, corey, and nando in their you would think he hates foreigners. He left out two frenchies, two australians, and an argentinian.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

we got plenty 3pt shoots, who shoot a lot higher ALL GAME than SJ

Do people forget that he shot very poorly last year, to shoot 68% from three last post season?

[milkyway21]

:lol no love for TP, MG, & DG?


Bonner as a locker-room favorite, is confirmed.

[KaiRMD1]

I highly doubt he'd do that to Timmy & Manu. I'm sure he's cool with the rest of the boys too so I doubt he'd turn his back on them. He's a Spur at heart, he's ego just got the better of him. He's black & silver

[ColinB]

Danny Green was one of the guys I was surprised to not see at Jackson's SXSW show. Seems like all the other young guys were there, aside from Kawhi which is kind of expected.

[ace3g]

He is heading to Miami in case Bieber tries anything.

[DJR210]

stak is still reppin the spurs yall

http://instagram.com/p/ZQaMPGxf2z/
http://distilleryimage3.ak.instagram.com/fbbf0908bbde11e2a97322000a1fb158_7.jpg
"Still reppin for my bros #KL #GN #DB #TD #TS #CJ #ND GOSPURSGO never been a hater. Life is good no need to hate."

That's real talk right there. Too bad the mu'fucker is so stubborn, having him over Neal would have been much better.

[LkrFan]

Or Pop

oh wait...

:lmao

[Chinook]

After the way Green played in the WCSF, there's no way I'd want Jack to have been on the team. The Heat are literally the only team against whom he could have been useful, and I'd rather Pop just go big instead of trying to match Miami's small ball, anyway.

[DAF86]

"Do you think you're better than Manu Ginobili or Danny Green?" :lol

[MannyIsGod]

Fuck all of you haters. Dude definitely fucked up but some of you are just ridiculous. SJax will always be one of my favorite Spurs. What made him lethal at times - his outstanding belief in himself - was sadly what doomed him as well.

[MannyIsGod]

"Do you think you're better than Manu Ginobili or Danny Green?" :lol

If Jax didn't believe in himself like that he would never have made it beyond New Jersey.

[chrhawk]

In spite of Jackson being statistically one of the worst players in the NBA this year and there being a strong chance that he wouldn't been in the playoff rotation; it still would've been nice if he had remained on the team for nothing more than to be apart of this special ride. It would've been nice to see Jack potentially win another ring with Duncan.

Opportunities like this are far and few between and there is a strong likelyhood that Jack is kicking himself over the way he handled things.

[Kidd K]

i had same thought, character limit might have been why some names were left out, those two probably not though.

he had all the backup PG's in the tweet except patty mills. but no TP

Seems like he left out the best backcourt scorers on the team, which was supposed to be his role. I'm not sure about the Parker thing though since it isn't like he could've ever gotten Parker's job. But him not being friendly with Green or Manu makes sense if he wanted a job there and thought of them as rivals/obstacles. I don't fault him for that part tbh.

[DarrinS]

One of my favorite Spurs of all time. Love SJax, no homo.

[Budkin]

Fuck all of you haters. Dude definitely fucked up but some of you are just ridiculous. SJax will always be one of my favorite Spurs. What made him lethal at times - his outstanding belief in himself - was sadly what doomed him as well.

This. This. This. I wish he was still here.

[weebo]

Fuck SJackson. He had his chance. Move on.

[JMGpp]

Maybe he is just naming the players that have Instagram accounts.

[k_nguyen93]

Maybe he is just naming the players that have Instagram accounts.
Because Duncan has social media.

[SA210]

Fuck all of you haters. Dude definitely fucked up but some of you are just ridiculous. SJax will always be one of my favorite Spurs. What made him lethal at times - his outstanding belief in himself - was sadly what doomed him as well.




If Jax didn't believe in himself like that he would never have made it beyond New Jersey.

:lol We agree on something. Yup, idc that he sucked in the reg season. This dude is a playoff player. Woulda really been a help in this series coming up.

[pgardn]

Tracy McGrady sends his regards.

He wil pick up the check as well.

[DMX7]

LOL, he throws us a bone and Spurs fans are back in love with him. I like SJax, but obviously he did something wrong to get himself cut. Too bad.

If he wants to rep the Silver and Black still, then I'm all for that though.

[Seventyniner]

One of my favorite Spurs of all time. Love SJax, no homo.

Your total is seventy-five thousand dollars and zero cents. Please make checks payable to the National Basketball Association in care of David Stern. Pull up to the first window, and have a nice day!

[DarrinS]

Your total is seventy-five thousand dollars and zero cents. Please make checks payable to the National Basketball Association in care of David Stern. Pull up to the first window, and have a nice day!

:lol

[DMX7]

Sjax sitting next to Bieber would be a sight to see.

[ThePop]

Stephen Jackson = Roose Bolton
Pat Riley = Walder Frey

shit something's not right

[exstatic]

No support for Manu or Danny? :stirpot:

Why would there be?

[exstatic]

Danny Green was one of the guys I was surprised to not see at Jackson's SXSW show. Seems like all the other young guys were there, aside from Kawhi which is kind of expected.

Even after everything that's come out, you're surprised? He had a problem playing behind Danny AND Manu.

[DarrinS]

Sjax sitting next to Bieber would be a sight to see.

Dear God, no!

[exstatic]

Dammit, Jack! Wish he was still a Spur. Dude is swallowing some serious pride. He could have skipped going all together.

His inability to do that before is why he is flying commercial instead of charter.

[DAF86]

Even after everything that's come out, you're surprised? He had a problem playing behind Danny AND Manu.

That's no reason to be a bitch. It isn't Manu and Danny's fault that Stephen isn't as good as them at playing basketball, tbh.

[Legacy]

:rollin I love this fool. Still one of my favorite Spurs ever. He fucked up, but the past is the past. No reason to continue with the hate, IMO. ... He better be going there to keep Stern and the refs in line, tbh. :makemyday LOL

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

same. kind of a lame move tbh

???

[FkLA]

Why do people assume hes going to the games?Hes a trill ass nigga so he could just be going for the parties imo. It definitely is female like on his part to exclude manu, tony, and danny though.

[50 cent]

Dammit, why did SJax have to go and fuck things up?

[The Reckoning]

he looks like a simpsons character

[ColinB]

Even after everything that's come out, you're surprised? He had a problem playing behind Danny AND Manu.

His show was before all that happened, so yeah, I was surprised.

[JRHernandez88]

One of my favorites SPURS hate it had to be him...

[m33p0]

i hope he ain't too pissed at what happened.

[Yuixafun]

he looks like a simpsons character

lol that's on point

[dg7md]

Fuck him, he is not a Spur anymore

He is always a Spur.

[weeks]

you can't hate the guy because he's not letting the bitterness of what happened get to him at all. he's acting with class and confidence. how can you not miss him? it's not like tmac is doing better for us than he was.

but if he was being a locker room cancer, then sorry bro, it had to be this way

[DOS CHAINZ]

TP, DG & MG weren't keepin it TRILL!!!

[cheguevara]

only been a few weeks and nigga already starting to look like Stevie Franchise :lol

[100%duncan]

Reppin dat team.

[Beaverfuzz]

He realizes what he did and is trying to get a job next year with someone.

[exstatic]

He realizes what he did and is trying to get a job next year with someone.

I'd be shocked if anyone signed him after "the only coach that could manage Stephen Jackson" gave him the boot for being a problem.

[-21-]

As long as he doesn't cheer for the Heat.

[Reck]

Damn we will ever truely know why he got tossed out of the Spurs? I sure do miss him.

He was pretty bad this season tbh but his no bullshit stance did good things for the Spurs even when he was garbage out there.

[Juggity]

Jackson just didn't know when or how to stop pushing buttons. Damn shame. He brought the goods in game 6 last year. If not for poor officiating, he would have won that game for the Spurs. Sigh.

[Sean Cagney]

No #MG or#DG

Thats weird on Manu since in 03 he said they were like brothers then and hung out all the time IF I remember correct?

[ace3g]

Tuesday he revealed who he was talking about: Danny Green and Manu Ginobili.

Jackson insists Popovich wanted him to admit Green and Ginobili were better. More than likely, Popovich simply told Jackson they were better. That's why they were playing instead of him.

Pride wouldn't let Jackson accept that, and he admitted as much Tuesday. After showing the initial flash of anger when talking about Popovich, he later said Popovich knows him well, and that the release “was best for me so I wouldn't go crazy.”

Or, as Jackson said Tuesday, again smiling, “I wouldn't want me on the team, either.”

http://www.expressnews.com/sports/columnists/buck_harvey/article/Here-for-fun-Jackson-flies-from-reality-4577343.php?t=ed0bae410f927fc3fb

[313]

RT @JMcDonald_SAEN: So, uh, we ran into Stephen Jackson en route to Miami. "I wouldn't want me on the team either," he tells Buck_SA http://t.co/C2GNIf8AUs …

[exstatic]

Thats weird on Manu since in 03 he said they were like brothers then and hung out all the time IF I remember correct?

I hate to belabor the obvious, but that was ten years ago. They also shared the podium, and both said they didn't care who started. One of them was telling the truth.

[The Reckoning]

either he's being a pouty bitch or that time off made him realize the error of his ways and he wants to be a good sport about it.

[Sean Cagney]

I hate to belabor the obvious, but that was ten years ago. They also shared the podium, and both said they didn't care who started. One of them was telling the truth.

Yes but if one of your last years you were on the team we hung out alot I always have some love for you! I don't hang out with you alot a year and then hate you later or despise you! He came back here saying all the right things, then left saying all the wrong things! Thats on Jax IMO!
either he's being a pouty bitch or that time off made him realize the error of his ways and he wants to be a good sport about it.

He wants to be here, me and you know this FULLY!

[exstatic]

Yes but if one of your last years you were on the team we hung out alot I always have some love for you! I don't hang out with you alot a year and then hate you later or despise you! He came back here saying all the right things, then left saying all the wrong things! Thats on Jax IMO!
Yes.

He wants to be here, me and you know this FULLY!
No. He did probably the only thing that would get you cut by the Spurs. He wanted to be "right" more than he wanted to be here.

[exstatic]

Tuesday he revealed who he was talking about: Danny Green and Manu Ginobili.

Jackson insists Popovich wanted him to admit Green and Ginobili were better. More than likely, Popovich simply told Jackson they were better. That's why they were playing instead of him.

Pride wouldn't let Jackson accept that, and he admitted as much Tuesday. After showing the initial flash of anger when talking about Popovich, he later said Popovich knows him well, and that the release “was best for me so I wouldn't go crazy.”

Or, as Jackson said Tuesday, again smiling, “I wouldn't want me on the team, either.”

http://www.expressnews.com/sports/columnists/buck_harvey/article/Here-for-fun-Jackson-flies-from-reality-4577343.php?t=ed0bae410f927fc3fb

Hey, SBM, you little bitch....

[elemento]

He is always a Spur.

Nah, he is what the money tells him to be. He will struggle to get a team next season, especially if he is not willing to make the minimum.

D-Rob is a forever Spur. Jackson ain't one. He will realize how bad his decision to question Pop's PT was when he tries to find a new team.

[Duncanforthree]

I would love to see SJAX make a big scene at AAA if the refs start acting like Stern's hired stooges.

"We are seeing a commotion on the court....a fan has apparently just walked onto the court and clocked Joey Crawford in the face.And we are hearing someone today gave David Stern an atomic wedgie!"

[Calispursfan11]

Props to SJax for his support.

[King]

I loved him while he was here, but like Manny said, the same thing that made him an NBA player is the same thing that lead to him being out of the NBA. There are some guys who offer enough basketball wise that you put up with their occasional crap (Latrell Sprewell, JR Smith, Carmelo) but Jack isn't in that category anymore. They let him go before he poisoned the locker room. Good riddance.

Nice spin job, too. "I'm happy, I got my money." Well, if you weren't such a childish malcontent, you could have had your money and a title shot.

[Mario1976]

I would love to c jack on lebron for just few minutes a game i dont care about his O struggle

[Gagnrath]

I loved him while he was here, but like Manny said, the same thing that made him an NBA player is the same thing that lead to him being out of the NBA. There are some guys who offer enough basketball wise that you put up with their occasional crap (Latrell Sprewell, JR Smith, Carmelo) but Jack isn't in that category anymore. They let him go before he poisoned the locker room. Good riddance.

Nice spin job, too. "I'm happy, I got my money." Well, if you weren't such a childish malcontent, you could have had your money and a title shot.

I think that the spurs will give him a win share and ring. Not a huge one but part of the team this year and as a part of the organization and spurs family.

[George Gervin's Afro]

dude get's a ring if they win..

[BillMc]

I just hope he doesn't pull some B.S. even if his heart is in the right place. Like showing up at Timmy's hotel room at 3 AM drunk the night before the game, just to wish him well...

[King]

I understand that he'll get a ring, but it's probably more about being a contributing factor to it, than the tangible ring itself. I don't know how someone could take pride in being a part of something when a team paid you to go away.

For most people, anyway.

[exstatic]

No ring. The organization decides who gets that. They paid him to go away.

He'll probably get at least a half playoff share for playing most of the regular season. The players decide that.

[timtonymanu]

The chances of Stephen Jackson getting a ring is the same as James Anderson's.

[ace3g]

San Antonio Spurs (http://sulia.com/channel/san-antonio-spurs)
Ric Bucher (http://sulia.com/ricbucher/)
+ Trust Stephen Jackson believes the Spurs released him when they did so they could assure themselves of not facing him in
the playoffs. Jackson came on my radio show today @957TheGame to talk about his departure as well as his concern about a comment he made earlier this week being misconstrued. Asked elsewhere about his departure from the Spurs, Jackson was subsequently quoted in several places that he was not upset because "I got my money," as if that's ALL he cared about. (The entire interview can be heard here: http://media.957thegam... (http://media.957thegame.com/a/75888512/stephen-jackson-gives-his-thoughts-on-the-nba-finals.htm)). Knowing Jack as I do -- going back to his first turn with the Spurs when Tim Duncan first anointed him as his favorite teammate -- I believe there were two reasons he answered as he did. The first is that getting released didn't cost him any money and he was simply stating that fact; the second is that it very much bothered him that coach Gregg Popovich cut him out of the postseason, a time Jackson has traditionally excelled, especially as he's looking to land another contract. Apparently there were issues for several months, because Jackson asked that he be dealt before the trade deadline. When Pop later wanted him to concede that Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green were better, Jackson refused. Popovich, concerned about the team's chemistry, then decided the risk of a fractured lockerroom was too great with Jackson mad-dogging his competition for minutes. Jackson suggested on the radio that he did challenge the younger wing players in practice and that that may have indeed led to his ouster, but he maintains that any player who wants to cut it in the league needs to be able to face and overcome those battles. To be fair, Jackson, statistically, was having one of his worst years, but he said the drop had less to do with a decline in his game and more to do with learning, for the first time, how to be an efficient bit player. There is some merit to that -- players who have consistently played 35 or more minutes and have that sliced in half are like starting pitchers going to the bullpen: it requires a different approach. Also to be fair: Jackson's career is one long testimony to believing in yourself when no one else does. Refusing to concede, no matter what the circumstances, is how a second-round pick who played in a half-dozen countries before he broke into the NBA has carved out a 13-year and counting career, including six trips to the playoffs. That he wouldn't to Pop is hardly surprising. For me, it's also admirable.

[timtonymanu]

Whatever. The Spurs are 3 wins away from another NBA title. And Jack continues to be a drama queen. It's obvious who's winning right now.

[Chinook]

Boy my respect and understanding for Jack just keeps flowing out. The fact that he antagonized younger players under the guise of "toughening them up" is absurd. He may well still be the hungry player who believed in himself and did everything he could to get his chance, but he's definitely no longer the "ultimate teammate" Duncan described him as. I don't know what Jack has going for him if the doesn't have his fierce loyalty to his teammates anymore.

[in2deep]

Danny green just shit on this idiot

[DesignatedT]

lol dude just needs to quit it.

[Budkin]

Still love Jack but he needs to shut his trap now.