OK, prolly been done here before...

[sandman]

But being new to the site, and supremely bored on a late holiday evening, I wondered as to everyone's defining non-game moments as Spurs fans.

I have a few:

1. 00 getting sick

2. Ice getting traded for Greenwood

3. Draft Day party when the Arena booed over picking Sean instead of DF

4. Flirting with CWebb in the Admiral's FA offseason

5. David not forgeting that and going after Timmy to re-sign

6. 2003 Finals as David walked off the floor for the last time as a champion (when was the last time a first-ballot HOFer retired as a champ?)

[LilMissSPURfect]

Monday, May 19, 1997
Spurs win draft lottery !!!!!!!!!!

[sandman]

Monday, May 19, 1997
Spurs win draft lottery !!!!!!!!!!


And I thought maybe you were going to say the '85 draft with Alfredrick Hughes! :lol

[ShoogarBear]

(when was the last time a first-ballot HOFer retired as a champ?)
Bill Russell, 1969.

Maybe Sam Jones, too, in the same game. I can't remember if he was first-ballot or not.

[LilMissSPURfect]

I JUST remember jumpin up and down and singing "we are the champions!!!!"" :spin

[sandman]

Bill Russell, 1969.

Maybe Sam Jones, too, in the same game. I can't remember if he was first-ballot or not.


As I like to remind these Rocket fans over here, it sure wasn't The Dream! :blah

But seriously, that is a heavy dose of sports symbolism to be compared to Russell for most of your career (as a defensive minded player and one of the good guys), then to go out on top like he did, other than racking up 9 in a row obviously.

btw, I love the Dahill commercials that get aired over here!

[2pac]

3. Draft Day party when the Arena booed over picking Sean instead of DF

Sean was drafted third after Never Nervous Pervis and Danny Ferry.

[Chris]

Malik Rose Taco Cabana TV ads

[sandman]

Sean was drafted third after Never Nervous Pervis and Danny Ferry.

Correct. It was the displeasure of not getting DF and settling for Sean. My apologies for making the situation seem like they had a choice between the two.

Funny how a year in Europe and all those mediocre, if not outright bad Cavs teams tempered that disappointment over the years.

[exstatic]

4. Flirting with CWebb in the Admiral's FA offseason

5. David not forgeting that and going after Timmy to re-sign


You got those two backwards. David went after Timmy to re-sign in 2000, and the CWebb flirtation was in 2001.

6. 2003 Finals as David walked off the floor for the last time as a champion (when was the last time a first-ballot HOFer retired as a champ?)

Jordan could have done it if he weren't such a dumbass. He actually had two opportunities, but I think his first retirement after the original 3-peat would have been premature. He should have stayed retired after the second 3-peat, though. His time in a Wiz uniform was just plain sad for those who remember him just wrecking the league on a nightly basis.

[sandman]

You got those two backwards. David went after Timmy to re-sign in 2000, and the CWebb flirtation was in 2001.

Where the hell was I for all that? Oh yeah, banished in South Carolina for three years. Left not long after the First Ring, and have a hell of a time trying to get back for these 6 years.


Jordan could have done it if he weren't such a dumbass. He actually had two opportunities, but I think his first retirement after the original 3-peat would have been premature. He should have stayed retired after the second 3-peat, though. His time in a Wiz uniform was just plain sad for those who remember him just wrecking the league on a nightly basis.

Do we technically have to consider the Wiz Era as part of his career?

[SoupIsGood]

David going out on top, that was great, one of the better NBA memories.