Couple of Heat player comments on the Spurs from today...

[Amuseddaysleeper]

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[DisAsTerBot]

what were Tim's comments?

[myhc]

what were Tim's comments?

He said they were happy they got the Heat and that this time they would win. Wow, is that suddenly bulletin board material for the Heat? :lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

what were Tim's comments?

Tim Duncan: "We're happy that it's the Heat again. ... We've got that bad taste in our mouth still."

Tim Duncan: "We got 4 more to win. We'll do it this time."

[barakz21]

Something along the lines of we'll get it this time. Been hearing/reading he lines and oddly I can't recall what they were exactly, but Tim said it post game.

[Mugen]

Any little bit of extra motivation helps, even if it's drummed up. Lebron is one of the most sensitive athletes in the game so his comments are no surprise tbh.

[Spur|n|Austin]

He said they were happy they got the Heat and that this time they would win. Wow, is that suddenly bulletin board material for the Heat? :lol

I had a feeling that comment was going to go directly on the bulletin board in the Heat's locker room..

Good, I like the confidence from our leader.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I just can't see LeBron shooting as poorly from midrange as he did last year or Green being on fire like he was.

Still, no Mike Miller will help, and I think the Spurs are better this year than last.

[TheyCallMePro]

What does a training camp like practice mean? That they went hard, or not hard at all? Sounds like the former but I'm not sure.

[DesignatedT]

This series is going to be very interesting in regards to what happens matchup wise. Bosh is pretty much a SF at this point.

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Any little bit of extra motivation helps, even if it's drummed up. Lebron is one of the most sensitive athletes in the game so his comments are no surprise tbh.

Heat are scared of the Spurs. Seriously, they know they lucked out last year. And this Spurs team is going to play with a Vengeance. That is the worst opponent to go against. I still remember that game in March when most here said the streak would end and the Spurs annihilated the Heat. I expect to see that same Spurs team to show up in this series.

As the last game showed, no more playing Chamlers or Cole on Diaw.

[Strategic]

What does a training camp like practice mean? That they went hard, or not hard at all? Sounds like the former but I'm not sure.It's when you hold your two year olds on the crapper til they explode.

[phxspurfan]

This series is going to be very interesting in regards to what happens matchup wise. Bosh is pretty much a SF at this point.

Exactly. If they have no 100% Birdman, then we will dominate them in the post. More Diaw, more Manu-Splitter PnR, more 4down in critical situations. We'll do what the Pacers stumbled upon last year but didn't have the discipline to continue. The Heat get bullied to death against talented bigs.

[DesignatedT]

Well see what kind of job Battier can do guarding Boris. If they go with Shane at the 4 and go small that will be an interesting matchup. Lebron could even be forced to guard Boris if Boris keeps exploiting the mismatch.

[Pako]

Heat are scared of the Spurs. Seriously, they know they lucked out last year. And this Spurs team is going to play with a Vengeance. That is the worst opponent to go against. I still remember that game in March when most here said the streak would end and the Spurs annihilated the Heat. I expect to see that same Spurs team to show up in this series.

As the last game showed, no more playing Chamlers or Cole on Diaw.

You got it there bro.. Diaw will be one of the X factor in this series again.

[Kidd K]

I predict LeBron will have a solemn look on his face with his lips clenched together tightly to hide his frown at the end of this series. Maybe even from the bench. :lmao

[tmtcsc]

The Heat may not like Tim's confidence or comments but they can't do anything about it. We are better than they are and if we are healthy, we'll win in 5 or 6. They are better than the Thunder defensively but they are weaker on offense. I'm looking forward to seeing the Spurs win it all.

[UZER]

Heat making public comments about it giving them motivation will get back to the spurs. It's actually a good thing because it means they know the heat will be ready.

But if either team isn't motivated anyway then shame on both of them

[hitmanyr2k]

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Maybe it changes this year but Lebron's jumper has abandoned him for long stretches in every single Finals series he's been in. I don't think he's shot over 30% from the perimeter in any Finals series and has lived on paint points for the most part.

[davidbowie]

this is stupid. using tim's quotes as if he joe namath'd the damn series or something. it was right after the game. he was excited to get to the finals and doesnt want to fuckin lose again and is ready to go. that's all. it doesnt matter though i'm more confident than ever we're gonna crush these ho's

[bklynspursfan]

Why is Lebron so salty? Tim is a competitor. Who wouldn't want to play a team that beat them in the finals? Has nothing to do with "not liking" them. Dude really needs to grow up. I guess he does whatever he needs to to self-motivate.

[Mr. Body]

If they have to take Duncan's confident statement to get them going then they really the hungry and motivated team they used to be. They'd better watch out.

[timtonymanu]

I'm a LeBron fan but like Mugen said, LeBron is a sensitive person. Our guys will still be ready.

[smaka]

Heat haven't even played against a good team so far in the playoffs. They can have any kind of motivation, but once they play the Spurs, they will see the west is no east. I just wanna see Spurs take them down, 5, 6, 7 games, no matter how many games it takes. Just get that ring!

[thiste]

You can always count on the worst happening. I really, really wanted the Grizzlies to win so we wouldn't have to face OKC, and what happened? Well, of course we got to face OKC.

Now, who do you think the Heat wanted to face in the Finals, us or OKC? Well, what do you know? The worst (for them) happened.
They do know we're the only team who has a real shot against them, preventing them to get their so coveted threepeat. So yeah, let them get all the motivation they can gather. They'll need it.

[kidd_91]

LeBron on Spurs: "They don't like us. I can sense that from Tim's comments the past couple days."
— Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) June 2, 2014

Way to make it about you. The Spurs just want the bad taste from last year's loss gone. I really doubt any Spur sits at home thinking about how much they dislike the Heat.

I've never understood the need for this Heat team to manufacturer a chip for their shoulders, just go out and play hard every game.

[DMC]

What does a training camp like practice mean? That they went hard, or not hard at all? Sounds like the former but I'm not sure.
Scrimmage normally.

[DMC]

LeBron on Spurs: "They don't like us. I can sense that from Tim's comments the past couple days."
— Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) June 2, 2014

Way to make it about you. The Spurs just want the bad taste from last year's loss gone. I really doubt any Spur sits at home thinking about how much they dislike the Heat.

I've never understood the need for this Heat team to manufacturer a chip for their shoulders, just go out and play hard every game.

Rest assured the bad taste from last year's loss will be gone, and probably replaced with the bad taste from this year's loss.

[Chinook]

Rest assured the bad taste from last year's loss will be gone, and probably replaced with the bad taste from this year's loss.

Pragmatic take right there.

[J_Paco]

Rest assured the bad taste from last year's loss will be gone, and probably replaced with the bad taste from this year's loss.

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Way to show confidence in your team......

[eric365]

I liked this one

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[DesignatedT]

:lol

[Floyd Pacquiao]

:lol Heat trying to pump themselves up

[jARS mEsH sEt]

I liked this one

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:lmao

Wade has a good sense of humor. Honestly I don't think either team hates each other. There's secretly probably great mutual respect and mutual "appropriate fear." This is all for theater.

[EVAY]

This is all whipping it out for the measuring sticks.

Needing a ruse to get yourself psyched for the finals is a sign of a weak mind, imo.

[TE]

rofl "They don't like us". Most sensitive fucking superstar of all time. Lebron is a top 5 all time player but he's honestly one of the most sensitive players ever.

[BanditHiro]

idk what's more pathetic. the media trying to spin shit or the spurstalk fanbase that falls for it.

[heyheymymy]

just goes to show spurs are already in their heads and under their skin

[BillMc]

Jordan used to invent slights, now Lebron is doing it as well.

[Malik Hairston]

:lol this is just hype-building, neither of these teams dislike each other, tbh..

As Bosh said, some of them are friends, and there's a ton of respect..Lebron has constantly discussed his admiration for the Spurs organization and has said that Duncan is the best player of his generation..

Last year's Spurs-Heat Finals was one of the cleanest series' that I can remember, tbh..no altercations, no bad blood, no ref complaints, etc..

[Malik Hairston]

I believe Tim knew what he was doing, too..he doesn't care about his legacy nearly as much as Kobe, Shaq, Lebron, etc do, but he's not an idiot, he knows what this series would do for his legacy in the eyes of the media and casual fan, tbh..

This is all hype-building IMO..

Obviously Tim's answer to the question was reactionary, as he was still pumped from just defeating OKC, but he's had a lot more swag to him this year, tbh, probably due to the new girlfriend..he even got a different haircut for the first time in his adult life, earlier this year, with a taper fade:lol..

[CosmicCowboy]

Tim Duncan: "We're happy that it's the Heat again. ... We've got that bad taste in our mouth still."

Tim Duncan: "We got 4 more to win. We'll do it this time."

You guys don't understand Duncanese. What he really said was:

"we are going to reach down that hyperblown windbag LeBrons throat and jerk his roid shrunken dick out by the roots and feed it to that faggot Dwayne Wade (it's what butterball has always wanted anyway) and dare CroMagBosh or ParrotTurd to do anything about it."

[Skull-1]

I hope Tim and Co. can pull this off. Then we can try for a repeat next year.

[siraulo23]

personally, i was also shocked td made those comments after game 6

it was such an emotional win after beating the thunder in OKC without tp etc...

[xmas1997]

Rest assured the bad taste from last year's loss will be gone, and probably replaced with the bad taste from this year's loss.


Pragmatic take right there.

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[siraulo23]

wtf @ lebron's "they dont like us"

[BillMc]

wtf @ lebron's "they dont like us"

He's probably still pissed that only Danny Green showed up for their victory party last year...

[therealtruth]

TD is someone who can actually back up the talk. I have a feeling he's been saving the best for last. He's probably going to destroy the Heat in the paint. I don't feel he took advantage of his post scoring till later in the series. I'm going to go on a limb here but I think this could possibly be a sweep.

[UZER]

He's probably still pissed that only Danny Green showed up for their victory party last year...

:lol

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Pragmatic take right there.

:lmao

There's nothing "pragmatic" about that take. It's just a blind guess based on presumably tenuous reasons (possibly "eyeball tests" but I don't really care to speculate). How do I know that? Because every reasonable unbiased, stat-based prediction has the Spurs as favorites from point differential to playoff performance-based predictors and beyond.

[timmy2003]

This series is going to be very interesting in regards to what happens matchup wise. Bosh is pretty much a SF at this point.
Agree. Spurs need to find a way to keep Splitter on the court.

[ezau]

Heat are scared of the Spurs. Seriously, they know they lucked out last year. And this Spurs team is going to play with a Vengeance. That is the worst opponent to go against. I still remember that game in March when most here said the streak would end and the Spurs annihilated the Heat. I expect to see that same Spurs team to show up in this series.

As the last game showed, no more playing Chamlers or Cole on Diaw.

This. I think even if the Spurs shoot bad in any of the games in the series, they will be 100% locked in that I don't see anyone of them quitting. Spurs got this.

[Tuddy]

All you have to do is look at LeBron's form on his jumper to know it's never going to be a consistent shot. Spurs will let him shoot from the outside all day

[Tuddy]

Birdman & Bosh are garbage as post defenders so im backing TD to punish them as well

[Chinook]

:lmao

There's nothing "pragmatic" about that take. It's just a blind guess based on presumably tenuous reasons (possibly "eyeball tests" but I don't really care to speculate). How do I know that? Because every reasonable unbiased, stat-based prediction has the Spurs as favorites from point differential to playoff performance-based predictors and beyond.

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[spurs10]

Jordan used to invent slights, now Lebron is doing it as well. Who the hell is this girl Bill? Jeez Louise!

[BillMc]

Who the hell is this girl Bill? Jeez Louise!

If you mean the girl in the black bikini in my sig, it's Michelle Keegan, British actress.

Spurs are undefeated since I added this picture to my sig. They're also 2-0 since starting Bonner. Not that I'm the superstitious type, of course, but who would you rather trust? Bonner or her? :)

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[Venti Quattro]

I hope someone ends up bloodied before the series ends. Would make for a classic series

[Splits]

If you mean the girl in the black bikini in my sig, it's Michelle Keegan, British actress.

Spurs are undefeated since I added this picture to my sig. They're also 2-0 since starting Bonner. Not that I'm the superstitious type, of course, but who would you rather trust? Bonner or her? :)

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WTF is wrong with her hips? Nasty

[koriwhat]

i don't even know why "fans" like dmc are here if nothing more than to troll. fuck fake fair weather fans like dmc and the bunch! gtfo!

[BillMc]

WTF is wrong with her hips? Nasty

Look ok to me.

[spurs10]

If you mean the girl in the black bikini in my sig, it's Michelle Keegan, British actress.

Spurs are undefeated since I added this picture to my sig. They're also 2-0 since starting Bonner. Not that I'm the superstitious type, of course, but who would you rather trust? Bonner or her? :)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t1.0-9/577386_10151896426005004_1672097351_n.jpg Surely this is a different girl than the black bikini in your other sig? They both are winners, so great work!!

[dg7md]

I just can't see LeBron shooting as poorly from midrange as he did last year or Green being on fire like he was.

Still, no Mike Miller will help, and I think the Spurs are better this year than last.

No way Danny Green catches fire like he did last year, but he's a great shooter nonetheless, especially at home. I don't see him shooting poorly in this series at all. A few a game is all we might need from him.

And yeah, the Heat lost Miller which is a big plus for our end because he's usually a clutch shooter. We got better and we're definitely hungrier.

[spursparker9]

:lol lebron "They don't like us"

look like he is still bothered by Pacers "They don't like us" antics.

[benefactor]

Obviously Tim's answer to the question was reactionary, as he was still pumped from just defeating OKC, but he's had a lot more swag to him this year, tbh, probably due to the new girlfriend..he even got a different haircut for the first time in his adult life, earlier this year, with a taper fade:lol..
:lol...I said the same thing to my wife about the haircut. It's pretty clear that she is servicing that pipe in a way he's never experienced before.

[travis2]

You guys don't understand Duncanese. What he really said was:

"we are going to reach down that hyperblown windbag LeBrons throat and jerk his roid shrunken dick out by the roots and feed it to that faggot Dwayne Wade (it's what butterball has always wanted anyway) and dare CroMagBosh or ParrotTurd to do anything about it."

Geez, CC...don't mince words, tell us what you really think. :lol

[BillMc]

Surely this is a different girl than the black bikini in your other sig? They both are winners, so great work!!

Same girl, just very different poses. Changes the body a bit, I guess.

[spurspokesman]

Lebron just trying to get himself pumped against a team that gives you know bulletin board material. Hope the spurs win and put an end to this hype job/superfriends fiasco