LOL @ Barkley just telling ESPN that we are the 6th best team in the West

[SpurPadre]

He initially picked his top 5 in the West and when he omitted the Spurs, Chris Berman asked him what about the Spurs and he said, at some point they have to face the fact that they're old and they blew their last best shot in the last Finals. Now I know better than to get butt hurt over the sports media hating on us but this is one guy who's always had respect for the Spurs so it surprises me he'd pick us 6th. He's all on the Clippers' nuts and said the Warriors are his #5 over us. Oh well, fuck his fat ass.

[timtonymanu]

He picked us to win the title the last two years so it may be a good thing.

Still, lets not get caught up in what analysts say.

[Skull-1]

Barkley has turned full blown troll on us.

[thunderup]

Style of play and efficiency alone makes the Spurs a top two team if everybody is healthy. Barkley is a dumbass who makes conjecture out of his ass.

[elmanutres]

Barkley said the grizzlies were gonna beat us last year soo. Not everything he says is accurate

[Clipper Nation]

He's all on the Clippers' nuts
That's a first - he was our biggest hater last year :lol

Barkley would be a great analyst if he didn't do his yearly routine of picking one team to blindly hate on every season, tbh.... looks like he's picked the Spurs this year....

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Barkley is entertaining and fun to watch but he is not really an analyst.

[ElNono]

With Chuck you have to wait. He'll be in the bandwagon by March...

[SpurPadre]

With Chuck you have to wait. He'll be in the bandwagon by March...

True and by then perennial idiots like Stephen Asshole Smith will still be consistent in their Spurs hatred.

[CitizenDwayne]

That's a first - he was our biggest hater last year :lol

Barkley would be a great analyst if he didn't do his yearly routine of picking one team to blindly hate on every season, tbh.... looks like he's picked the Spurs this year....

And blindly suck on...the Grizzlies last year?

[spurs10]

Well we did blow our "last best shot" until our next best shot.

[Poolboy5623]

He probably lost a shit load of $$ and is pissed. I'd imagine he's lost quite a bit on them, over the years.

[Sean Cagney]

LOL 6th, almost winning a title against the Heat to 6th best in the West? Oh well I could care less what he says on that end of things.

[Skull-1]

Well we did blow our "last best shot" until our next best shot.



In 2042, long after the Spurs relocate to Kansas City.

[RD2191]

In 2042, long after the Spurs relocate to Kansas City.
:lol

[Biernutz]

True and by then perennial idiots like Stephen Asshole Smith will still be consistent in their Spurs hatred.

:tu

[Skull-1]

True and by then perennial idiots like Stephen Asshole Smith will still be consistent in their Spurs hatred.


Booing Smith during a live broadcast against Detoilet in the Finals at the SBC Center was one of my proudest moments.... What a douche. "I GUARANTEE you the Spurs WILL NOT be NBA champs." Clown.

[spurraider21]

Chuck is waiting for one of timvp's epic optimism threads

[Darius Bieber]

In 2042, long after the Spurs relocate to Kansas City.

I thought relocation was to St. Louis?

[Skull-1]

I thought relocation was to St. Louis?


East St. Louis? :)

[BillMc]

True and by then perennial idiots like Stephen Asshole Smith will still be consistent in their Spurs hatred.

True. Stephen Smith bugs me with his Spurs hate, and inversely his Kobe love. He was just rambling on about how post-injury Mamba will as great as ever, and goes on to point out Kobe's offense numbers from the last few seasons. He seems completely to not notice that Kobe has given up on the defensive side of the ball...

But back to the Spurs. Stephen Smith lives to bash us (particularly poor Tiago). But, we know what he's doing, he play's to popular perceptions to boost his ratings. So touting the Spurs does nothing for him. It's just more ESPN bias.

[Clipper Nation]

And blindly suck on...the Grizzlies last year?

He split his blind fellating between the Grizzlies and Nuggets last year, tbh :lol

[tmtcsc]

Charles Barkley is talking out of his ass. People have been calling the Spurs old for years. Last Year - Finals appearance, Previous Year - West Conf. Finals. How do you move a team from 1st in the conference to 6th when they actually improved over the summer when most of the other teams took a step back ?

My Picks:

1. Spurs (Just stay healthy)
2. Clippers (Pretty record, coach is the difference in at least 8 to 10 games). Still undisciplined.
3. Memphis (Clippers edge them out here but fold like a lawn chair against them in the playoffs. Can't change low IQ over night.)
4. Houston (Still one of the stupidest teams in the league. Athletic and stupid.)
5. Oklahoma City (They didn't get better and will be w/o Westbrook for maybe a month? C'MON MAN ! NO betterh than 5th)
6. Golden State - Lost too many intangible pieces. Lost their identity over the offseason. Last season meant nothing.
7.New Orleans - Biggest improvement here.
8. Denver - In by default. Better than Mavs.

[Arcadian]

So a team that came within one rebound of winning the championship and brought back all of its primary players is supposed to get significantly worse after four months?

:lol What a fucking joke of a faggot.

[rayray2k8]

No one really cares anymore what the media says or thinks. We know what the Spurs are capable of doing and those who have been following the spurs for more than a decade know well enough not to listen to opinions or favorites.
If anything, health is the biggest concern and if the players can stay healthy, they can hang with anyone in the NBA on both ends of the floors.

[lefty]

lol not mad Barkley

Still a big fan of Chuck

[DapDaGenius]

Oh well, fuck his fat ass.

Very poor choice of words.

[mienhmario]

We might have blew our last chance back to the finals unless something change. Good thing we picked up Josh Howard and see what he could do. If he proven himself from the d-league and picked up to the Spurs and could give us a solid 5ppg as a shooting guard, we will get back to the finals and finally win a championship. The reason we lost last year was because we didn't have another playmaker, i.e STEPHEN JACKSON. IT IS STUPID TO THINK JACKSON WON'T CONTRIBUTE OR MAKE ANY IMPACT IN THE PLAYOFFS. Popovich got too emotional with Jackson and did not think it through.

[RD2191]

We might have blew our last chance back to the finals unless something change. Good thing we picked up Josh Howard and see what he could do. If he proven himself from the d-league and picked up to the Spurs and could give us a solid 5ppg as a shooting guard, we will get back to the finals and finally win a championship. The reason we lost last year was because we didn't have another playmaker, i.e STEPHEN JACKSON. IT IS STUPID TO THINK JACKSON WON'T CONTRIBUTE OR MAKE ANY IMPACT IN THE PLAYOFFS. Popovich got too emotional with Jackson and did not think it through.
Good lord, I am regarded as the worst poster on ST but wtf is this shit? I don't even....

[cd021]

From Parker not being an All star worthy player over Steph Curry to having him as the leagues most valuable player in less than a 3 week span....This guy...

[Chinook]

I like Chuck. his opinion is just as valid as anyone else's. I don't agree with him, but I usually find him to be a fine analyst.

[Fireball]

Everything as expected ... I still think we are at least 2nd best in the West, but in the regular season we could wind up in a lot of trouble ... if fate gives us more injuries than e.g. the Warriors a Top 4 seeding place is not given ...

[Texas_Ranger]

who cares. If the media says the Spurs wouldn't make the playoffs I still wouldnt care. Just face it already, they all hate us.

[romain.star]

He initially picked his top 5 in the West and when he omitted the Spurs, Chris Berman asked him what about the Spurs and he said, at some point they have to face the fact that they're old and they blew their last best shot in the last Finals. Now I know better than to get butt hurt over the sports media hating on us but this is one guy who's always had respect for the Spurs so it surprises me he'd pick us 6th. He's all on the Clippers' nuts and said the Warriors are his #5 over us. Oh well, fuck his fat ass.

Most of the medias think 37 years old Duncan and 35 years old Manu are too old now. There's nothing hateful about that. Let's just hope that they're wrong one last time

[Uriel]

Barkley is a contrarian. The last 2 years, he was hopping on the Spurs' bandwagon while the rest of the media was proclaiming us dead. Now that our Finals run has returned us to prominence, he feels inclined to pick against us, simply by virtue of the fact that more and more people are believing in us again.

[Raven]

he probably forgot and had to say something daring not to expose it.

[urunobili]

he's got a point. the wheels will fall off eventually...

[mienhmario]

Good lord, I am regarded as the worst poster on ST but wtf is this shit? I don't even....

Wow, you suck

[houston spurs fan]

Barkley also proclaimed the Grizz were going to their first Finals last year and we swept their ass.

[houston spurs fan]

Barkley is a contrarian. The last 2 years, he was hopping on the Spurs' bandwagon while the rest of the media was proclaiming us dead. Now that our Finals run has returned us to prominence, he feels inclined to pick against us, simply by virtue of the fact that more and more people are believing in us again.
+1. Most folks on this site won't know what a contrarian is but it describes Barkley perfectly.

[rjv]

and then in 3 months he'll be saying "don't count out the spurs" and will pick some obscure team as the new darling. same modus operandi for sir dumb ass.

[Darius Bieber]

I agree, at some point age will get to them. The Spurs can't maintain having tremendous seasons year in and year out. Eventually the Spurs will have to come to a point just like the Lakers are now. I'm just praying it doesn't happen too soon, people like Mills and McGrady deserved their rings, players like Duncan and Parker deserved another one.

[Skull-1]

he's got a point. the wheels will fall off eventually...

[DJR210]

He also said San Antonio is a gold mine for Weight Watchers.

[houston spurs fan]

He also said San Antonio is a gold mine for Weight Watchers.
Well, you really can't argue with that. Just walk into a Wal-Mart or shopping mall...

[cheguevara]

Barkley speaks the truth.

[Hoops Czar]

What? Barkley doesn't think the additions of Ayres and Belinelli are enough to put the Spurs over the top? That settles it!!! Barkley is officially on crack!

[Kidd K]

I like Chuck. his opinion is just as valid as anyone else's. I don't agree with him, but I usually find him to be a fine analyst.

I don't agree. Definition of valid (copy and paste): sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.

If an astro physicist tells me that in his opinion, the next comet will easily miss the earth based on the data he's viewed and his education and experience, and some random dipshit on a forum says it will hit us based on nothing whatsoever besides what he just pulled from his asshole, his opinion is not "as valid" as the scientist's.

I don't know who started that terrible mentality that all opinions are somehow valid and equal, but that simply isn't true and never has been at any point in the history of the universe. Spurs were moments away from winning the title. . .now they're somehow a scrub ass team who won't even get home court and have been magically surpassed by five other teams (almost all of which they've beaten in the playoffs recently) after 0 games into the season? Opinions not based upon facts, reality, or common sense are not "valid" by definition.

[DJR210]

Well, you really can't argue with that. Just walk into a Wal-Mart or shopping mall...

Yeah, no argument here. His assessment is spot-on tbh. San Antonio is also a gold mine for Jalisco (insert spanish word(s) and number 1-99 here).

[SpurSpurSpurs]

Nothing new here. Every damn year we are nothing for them.

EVERY DAMN YEAR

[Thebesteva]

Barkley is an effing moron

[lefty]

:cry " Kleyber is mean "
:cry " he didnt pick us "
:cry " Kleyber stop pls "

[Darkwaters]

Who cares about Barkley. Everyone knows the true analysis comes from Skip and Stephen A. Smith.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Barkley is such a joke. I wouldn't listen to any of his ideas

[NickiRasgo]

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/584/445/JgidcY9_crop_north.jpg?w=759&h=506&q=75

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1830921-charles-barkley-is-brutally-honest-with-his-western-conference-playoff-picks?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1830921-charles-barkley-is-brutally-honest-with-his-western-conference-playoff-picks?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national)

[GrandeDavid]

If he really did pick the Spurs sixth, then he is not a credible basketball analyst and, in fact, pretty....um...unintelligent.

[GrandeDavid]

So regarded the picks by Smith. Obviously he'll pick the Rockets #1. Dumb as dumb can be to place OKC above San Antonio as well.

[heyheymymy]

why do people think the thunder are going to be so good? they'll lose some games early on without wb and that alone will cost them some seeding. Plus they look pretty weak, kd couldn't do it on his own last year, and ibaka and sef are not elite enough help to tip the scales. perk is slowing down, and after that you're relying on guys like collison, gomes, thabeet, jackson, and lamb.

you think kd, a returning from injury wb, sef, and perk can be elite enough to get a higher seed than sas, hou, gsw, lac, mem, and maybe even den? hmmmmm

[Libri]

Didn't hear a lot of what he was saying but he is now putting the Spurs in the top three.

Chuck :lol

[HarlemHeat37]

Barkley is one of the shittiest sports analysts in history of TV, and I say this as a big fan of Barkley the entertainer, tbh:lol..

His explanations for his picks and his arguments are terrible, and he admits to only watching the TNT games:lol..I don't know why SpursTalk always melts down as the opinions of the media, tbh..

[PlayNando]

:lol Chuck :lol

[Robz4000]

Barkley is one of the shittiest sports analysts in history of TV, and I say this as a big fan of Barkley the entertainer, tbh:lol..

His explanations for his picks and his arguments are terrible, and he admits to only watching the TNT games:lol..I don't know why SpursTalk always melts down as the opinions of the media, tbh..

It's Spurstalk, everyone's looking for a reason to meltdown or to cause one. One giant dramafest tbh.

[scanry]

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/584/445/JgidcY9_crop_north.jpg?w=759&h=506&q=75

Shaq actually picked em right.

[Sean Cagney]

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/584/445/JgidcY9_crop_north.jpg?w=759&h=506&q=75

Shaq actually picked em right.
I would say SHAQ is ahead of both of them there. He always respected Tim and the Spurs though.

[Sean Cagney]

Didn't hear a lot of what he was saying but he is now putting the Spurs in the top three.

Chuck :lol
He even said probably #2 in there, I heard that.

[elmanutres]

he's on and off in making predictions. He predicted the mavs would win in 2011 way before playoffs started. At the same time, he predicted the grizz would manhandle the spurs last year.

[CubanMustGo]

What a homer, Kenny. LOL at the Rox being #1 with The Cancer at C.