Where does Ayres getting a ring...

[ElNono]

ranks in the most undeserved moments in basketball history, tbh?

Is it high up there with Mengke Bateer's 2003 championship? Wade getting 482384329482 freethrows to win the 2006 title? The Lakeshow reaching the 2002 NBA Finals?

[Mikeanaro]

Come on, Matt Bonner´s 2007 ring was equally undeserved...

[Brazil]

Turiaf with the heat

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[100%duncan]

A fmvp should never be in the list tbh.

[Mikeanaro]

A fmvp should never be in the list tbh.
It was rigged= undeserved.
Thats it D-Wheelchair 2006 is the most undeserved ring ever, worst than dirty sex being dirty because the couple never took a shower in 3 weeks.

[spursparker9]

Juwan Howard with the Heat.

in 2006? 2012 or 2013. definitely one of those years or all of them

[100%duncan]

It was rigged= undeserved.

:lol up by double digits with 5 mins remaining to gain a 3-0 lead.

A choke is a choke.

[anakha]

Turtlehead Terry getting a ring with the Mavs.

[spursparker9]

Darko Miliic getting a ring in his rookie year and before Lebron, Wade, Melo, Bosh etc

[spursparker9]

Turtlehead Terry getting a ring with the Mavs.

Terry is a dick but he sure did his job and attack Lebron in that finals.

[Mikeanaro]

:lol up by double digits with 5 mins remaining to gain a 3-0 lead.

A choke is a choke.
Game Five

Dwyane Wade shot 25 free throws --- as many free throws as all the Mavericks combined (a fact that did not sit well with Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals#cite_note-5)), leading the Heat to their third straight win over Dallas after being down 0–2 in the series.

Officiating Controversies: With 9.1 seconds left in overtime and the Heat trailing by 1 point, they inbounded the ball to Wade, who caught the ball in the air and then landed in the backcourt. Mavericks' team owner Mark Cuban felt Wade had therefore committed a backcourt violation after receiving the ball.

Dallas was then penalized with an incredibly controversial foul call (known later as "the phantom foul") that sent Wade to the line to shoot the game-tying and game-winning free throws with 1.9 seconds left on the overtime game clock. Wade hit the first free throw when Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson signaled to Josh Howard to call a timeout after Wade's second attempt. Howard mimicked Johnson, in order to clarify the coach's orders, and Josh Howard was mistakenly awarded the Mavericks' last remaining time-out, which prevented them from advancing the ball should Wade convert on the second attempt. Wade eventually made the second free throw to give his team a one-point lead after which Devin Harris attempted and missed a hail-mary half-court shot as time expired. Wade set an NBA Finals record for most made free throws in a game with 21.

After the game, a frustrated Dirk Nowitzki kicked a ball into the stands and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban caused many "acts of misconduct" resulting in fines of $5,000 and $250,000, respectively, for the two men.

This year Clips choked too, but OKC winning was undeserving they had special powers ´till the other team broke and falled apart, refs gave them 15 points in game 5 so in the end they made a basket and won the game thats pathetic, same with Memphis.

[100%duncan]

That doesn't negate that they had a double digit lead with 5 mins remaining doesn't it?

Sure OKC-Clips was rigged, but that ain't the finals so I don't know what it's doing in this thread.

[Fireball]

Spurs are a team ... everybody contributed ... every minute saved regarding Tim, Tiago and Diaw in the regular season was important. So Ayres deserves his ring ...

[Mikeanaro]

That doesn't negate that they had a double digit lead with 5 mins remaining doesn't it?

Sure OKC-Clips was rigged, but that ain't the finals so I don't know what it's doing in this thread.
Cheating is cheating always not just in the finals, are you sure you are a Spurs fan? because OKC did the same to San Antonio in 2012.
This time they got to the Conference Finals, lets say hypothetically they crushed San Antonio with Heliflopters Dragon Punchs and Hadoukens and win the ring you could say it was legitimate? we are talking about a team that had a free pass for at least 2 rounds, fair game and they eat shit. Cheating is Cheating pure and simple.
Regarding 2006 Wheelchair had the same amount of freethrows than the whole Dallas team. And Cheat got 86 FTA combined in the last 2 games.
Cheat is Cheat they used Game Genie Im sure.

[mookie2001]

Ayres deserves his. He played well, total pro

[hommeaetage]

You guys totally to forgot that Eddie Curry won a championship

[100%duncan]

Cheating is cheating always not just in the finals, are you sure you are a Spurs fan? because OKC did the same to San Antonio in 2012.
This time they got to the Conference Finals, lets say hypothetically they crushed San Antonio with Heliflopters Dragon Punchs and Hadoukens and win the ring you could say it was legitimate? we are talking about a team that had a free pass for at least 2 rounds, fair game and they eat shit. Cheating is Cheating pure and simple.
Regarding 2006 Wheelchair had the same amount of freethrows than the whole Dallas team. And Cheat got 86 FTA combined in the last 2 games.
Cheat is Cheat they used Game Genie Im sure.

Nah im a heat fan.

[FireMicoHalili]

Terry is a dick but he sure did his job and attack Lebron in that finals.
true. Made crucial shots, totally deserved that ring.

[dabom]

2006 was rigged

[baseline bum]

Juwan Howard with the Heat.

in 2006? 2012 or 2013. definitely one of those years or all of them

:lol Juwan Howard talking big about how he won the 2012 ring for the Fab Five. Motherfucker, Miami got it's ass beat by Dallas in 2011 because your sorry ass was playing. LOL talking shit about winning a ring while sitting on the bench the entire time.

[baseline bum]

I still think the worst coattail championship in league history is Mitch Richmond on the 02 Lakers. The guy played 4 minutes the entire playoffs.

[Dre_7]

Duncan would not have been able to lead the Spurs in MPG in the playoffs if it weren't for the likes of Matt Bonner and Jeff Ayers in the regular season. I know it wouldn't be SpursTalk with out the haters, but Ayers deserves his ring.

[Old School 44]

I still think the worst coattail championship in league history is Mitch Richmond on the 02 Lakers. The guy played 4 minutes the entire playoffs.
I don't have any issues with Ayres getting a ring. My expectations for him aren't that high and he's not an old star trying to coattail his way to a title. He did his job as a third/fourth big off the bench on this great TEAM. It's guys like Richmond and Tmac, if the Spurs had won last year, are the ones we should look at as undeserving.

[will_spurs]

May I humbly remind everybody here that Ian Mahinmi is a NBA champion?

[Dex]

Terry is a dick but he sure did his job and attack Lebron in that finals.

This right here.

Terry annoys the ever-living shit out of me...but it was pretty glorious watching him get hot and take out the defending-champ Lakers, as well as a great Game 5 against Miami.

[Chinook]

Hell, what did Daye do besides scream in a pillow? At least Ayres filled in.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Spurs are a team ... everybody contributed ... every minute saved regarding Tim, Tiago and Diaw in the regular season was important. So Ayres deserves his ring ...

Agreed, Fireball.

Also, John Salley says hi. He had the Raptors buy out his contract in 96 so he could chase a ring with the Bulls. Dude averaged like 2 points. There was also Gary Payton snatching one with the Heat in 06.

[baseline bum]

May I humbly remind everybody here that Ian Mahinmi is a NBA champion?

Mahinimi actually gave Dallas some good minutes in the Finals when Brenda got injured.

[ChumpDumper]

Eh, Ayres played 952 minutes. If only for taking those minutes from the playoff rotation bigs during the regular season, that's enough.

[FromWayDowntown]

There was also Gary Payton snatching one with the Heat in 06.

Payton hit big late shots in Games 3 and 5 of that Finals on his way to that ring.

Oh, and he played 24 minutes per game for that Heat team in the playoffs. Hard to be just along for the ride when you're on the court for half of every game.

By 2006, he wasn't the player he had been, but it's not like he was just a garbage time player for that team.

[Emperor]

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[Malice]

The hate for this guys is hilarious. Did DJ Mbanga get this much hate?

[Dverde]

Adam Morrison has two rings and I don't think he ever played a meaningful minute during either season.

[Obstructed_View]

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Thank you. I was wondering how this thread got so far without someone mentioning DA. He and Juwan Howard are easily 1 and 1a.

Funny how the 2006 Mavs weren't worried about the officiating when they were benefiting from it prior to the finals.

[DJR210]

Liberius Booker deserves a ring before this fool

[will_spurs]

Mahinimi actually gave Dallas some good minutes in the Finals when Brenda got injured.

That's true. I was just trolling :)

[will_spurs]

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Gold medal olympian? :wtf

[Vic Petro]

Dickey Simpkins, Randy Brown, Jack Haley

[will_spurs]

Rodrigue Beaubois apparently got a ring from Dallas in 2011 while playing 0 games in the playoffs.

[Drom John]

Rick "Couldn't make it to Sweet 16 even with Kevin Durant" Barnes
had two NBA Champions on the 2007 team.
2012 Dexter Pittman
2014 Damion James

[baseline bum]

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:cry The inspirational true story about shooting .336 in the playoffs :cry

[benefactor]

No mention of Dennis Hopson? Dude was a complete bust as a #3 overall pick by the Nets in '87 and hit the jackpot by getting dumped on the Bulls in '90-91...the year of their first title. During the Bulls playoff run he played a whopping 18 total minute over the 17 games. He was traded to the Sacramento early the next season, which would be his last in the NBA. He was stuck looking for a job in Europe for the rest of his career.

[Leetonidas]

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[timtonymanu]

http://www.trbimg.com/img-4fe78c95/turbine/sfl-bphotosb-heat-players-hug-the-trophy-20120-003/500/500x500

:lol I forgot about this nigga.

[skulls138]

Wow talk about a glass-half-empty thread.

[ElNono]

I'm actually on the boat that there's much worse cases... Eddy Curry certainly is up there...

[TheyCallMePro]

The 3 biggest travesties in NBA history:

The Heat winning the 2006 Championship with Wade at the FT line.

The Lakers/Kings playoff controversy with corrupt refs.

Spurs/OKC game 6 in 2012.

[Behrooz24]

http://a0.att.hudong.com/32/69/01300000709298126059699557056.jpg

[spurs10]

I think Ayres and everybody on the roster deserves one. Just as every little thing contributes to a loss, the same goes for winning. Will Nando get one is the question? When did he leave?

[TheyCallMePro]

I think Ayres and everybody on the roster deserves one. Just as every little thing contributes to a loss, the same goes for winning. Will Nando get one is the question? When did he leave?

Funny thing is Nando actually doesn't get one...but Damion James does.

[Knoxxx]

ranks in the most undeserved moments in basketball history, tbh?

Is it high up there with Mengke Bateer's 2003 championship? Wade getting 482384329482 freethrows to win the 2006 title? The Lakeshow reaching the 2002 NBA Finals?

Come on man, picking on and calling out the 12th or 13th guy on our roster? Reallly?!?! I know it's a a long boring offseason (or at least until real football starts) but your better than (I would hope).

[$pursDynasty]

John Salley with the Lakers, they were talking about his being on their championship teams and I didn't recall it, obviously the folks on the best damn sports show didn't either till they found some footage of him on the bench. Now Salley did work for the Pistons but I can't ever remember him on the court for the Lakers. Bad part is now Tim has to share that ring in 3 different decades honor with Salley when TD was a major factor in all of his championships, I can't recall Salley playing on that Laker team.

[jeebus]

Ayres' mother should've aborted him or swallowed him.

[ElNono]

Come on man, picking on and calling out the 12th or 13th guy on our roster? Reallly?!?! I know it's a a long boring offseason (or at least until real football starts) but your better than (I would hope).

it's been pretty boring, tbh... and even though it's supposed to be short, these Spurs just leave you wanting more....

[AFBlue]

Yeah, Darko ftw tbqh.

[timtonymanu]

Why do a number of posters keep thinking Nando gets a ring? :lol

[BanditHiro]

Funny how the 2006 Mavs weren't worried about the officiating when they were benefiting from it prior to the finals.

agree Mavs have nary room considering they needed officiating to get to the Finals.

[Obstructed_View]

agree Mavs have nary room considering they needed officiating to get to the Finals.

Not like it wasn't the Spurs' fault that they couldn't get past the Mavs, but Dirk was treated better by the refs against the Spurs than Wade was in the finals.

[phxspurfan]

I still think the worst coattail championship in league history is Mitch Richmond on the 02 Lakers. The guy played 4 minutes the entire playoffs.

Sure, but he deserved a ring with how loyal he was earlier in his career

[spurs10]

Why do a number of posters keep thinking Nando gets a ring? :lol He played for us until February 20, 2014.

[timtonymanu]

He played for us until February 20,2014.

It only goes to the guys that were on the playoff roster. i don't think Malik Rose got a ring in 2005.

[spurs10]

It only goes to the guys that were on the playoff roster. i don't think Malik Rose got a ring in 2005. Thanks! I thought he might be eligible since he was on the roster most of the seasons.

[will_spurs]

John Salley with the Lakers, they were talking about his being on their championship teams and I didn't recall it, obviously the folks on the best damn sports show didn't either till they found some footage of him on the bench. Now Salley did work for the Pistons but I can't ever remember him on the court for the Lakers. Bad part is now Tim has to share that ring in 3 different decades honor with Salley when TD was a major factor in all of his championships, I can't recall Salley playing on that Laker team.

In the 99-00 season, Salley played 45 games (303 minutes) for the Lakers during the reg season, and 18 games (78 minutes) in the playoffs.

For the record he played only 85 minutes in the 95-96 playoffs for Chicago, so if he was in pretty much the same situation as in LA.

[CGD]

Scotty Brooks with tthe 94 Rockets

[spurspokesman]

Ayres role was to preserve Duncan and he did just that. Did he play well while eating minutes? meh.... but he still helped on some level

[TampaDude]

John Salley with the Lakers, they were talking about his being on their championship teams and I didn't recall it, obviously the folks on the best damn sports show didn't either till they found some footage of him on the bench. Now Salley did work for the Pistons but I can't ever remember him on the court for the Lakers. Bad part is now Tim has to share that ring in 3 different decades honor with Salley when TD was a major factor in all of his championships, I can't recall Salley playing on that Laker team.

Salley's "3 different decades" thing is bogus, because he was basically a benchwarmer for the Lakers.

Timothy Theodore Duncan is the first starter in NBA history to ring in 3 different decades.

[Beaverfuzz]

ranks in the most undeserved moments in basketball history, tbh?

Is it high up there with Mengke Bateer's 2003 championship? Wade getting 482384329482 freethrows to win the 2006 title? The Lakeshow reaching the 2002 NBA Finals?

Any of Jack Haley's rings.

[Baseline]

Ayres is as deserving as K. Bryant after his 6-24 in Game 7.

[Obstructed_View]

Duncan was dunking the ball in the NBA finals. Thanks, Jeff Ayres. Here's your ring.

[Virgil]

What a piece of bad taste this thread is.

[Knoxxx]

it's been pretty boring, tbh... and even though it's supposed to be short, these Spurs just leave you wanting more....

"Errrors" kind of looks like a "mini Duncan", there is some resemblance physically. Maybe he will be more effective in year 2 in our system, I don't recall him having the rep of a "low Bball IQ" guy."

After putting up with Bonner earning $3-$4 million for 3-4 years (and the resultant chronic ST amnesty/unrealistic trade package scenario threads on him), Ayres at less than $2 million per year for 2 years seems like a very light sentence in comparison.

[Prose]

Yea ayres was so disappointing and overplayed. He couldn't catch the damn ball. However, with that said, he seems to be team player and does not have a bad attitude about being on the bench which should never be over looked with the spurs.