Sam Amick: Three questions for the San Antonio Spurs (USA TODAY Sports)

[TheDoctor]

By Sam Amick,
Meanwhile in San Antonio, some 1,700 miles away from Golden State Warriors headquarters in Oakland, Calif., it’s all rainbows and puppies so far. At least one super team is living up to expectations.
While most of the basketball world has been fixated on the first few days of the Warriors’ Kevin Durant era, coach Gregg Popovich and his Spurs have gotten off to an impressive 4-0 start. After drubbing the Warriors 129-100 in the opener, San Antonio - which faces Utah (twice) and the Clippers this week – downed Sacramento, New Orleans, and Miami while offering early answers to key questions about their group. (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/columnist/sam-amick/2016/10/31/pau-gasol-kawhi-leonard-lamarcus-aldridge-gregg-popovich-spurs/93068444/)

Nothing extremely new that we don't know in general, but it was a nice read w/ some fine quotes
including Kawhi's: "I’m a team guy. I’ll turn in all my MVPs if I get an NBA championship."

[alpha_HaZE]

Read it earlier today, and loved it. Thanks for posting. I think we are all excited with the improvements what Kawhi has made this year, and Pau said he wants to play harder on D, and Yes LMA is happy in San Antonio with the Spurs :)

[objective]

The story has a strange line:


The back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year has been his sensational self on that end so far, treating the ball like Thor does his ax while averaging a league-best 3.3 steals

Thor and his 'ax'?

What is Amick trying to say?

[spurs10]

The story has a strange line:



Thor and his 'ax'?

What is Amick trying to say? Thor is a comic book super-hero whose weapon is an axe which he uses with authority to defeat his enemies.!

[SpursIndonesia]

The story has a strange line:



Thor and his 'ax'?

What is Amick trying to say?

Well, that is some super duper dull axe, isn't it ? :lol

[DAF86]

Thor is a comic book super-hero who's weapon is an axe which he uses with authority to defeat his enemies.!

Isn't it a hammer?

[BanditHiro]

Isn't it a hammer?

http://media.comicbook.com/uploads1/2014/07/unworthy-thor-102795.jpg

[spurs10]

Isn't it a hammer? Yes you're right! I knew it was some sort of object that could inflict great bodily harm! :lol

[spurs10]

Yes you're right! I knew it was some sort of object that could inflict great bodily harm! :lol Just saw the picture above so who knows!!??

[BanditHiro]

Just saw the picture above so who knows!!??

na i'm just messing with you. It's a hammer, Mjolnir is a hammer. He uses an axe nowadays because he is unworthy (aka too white and a man). In Ultimate Thor, Mjolnir is a hybrid between an axe and a hammer

http://i.stack.imgur.com/2beyB.jpg

[spurs10]

na i'm just messing with you. It's a hammer, Mjolnir is a hammer. He uses an axe nowadays because he is unworthy (aka too white and a man). In Ultimate Thor, Mjolnir is a hybrid between an axe and a hammer

http://i.stack.imgur.com/2beyB.jpg :lol

[Fireball]

You guys crack me up, but I know my Marvel comics. Thor originally uses a hammer called Mjolnir. Everything else like the axe was because of story purposes or it was alternate reality stuff ...

[r0drig0lac]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/toast.gif

[cariocaz]

Thanks!

[BillMc]

Nice read. Thanks for posting.

[Captivus]

I thought the question was about the word "ax"..thats my question at least. Is it mispelled...regarldes of axe or hammer.

[SupremeGuy]

Thor and his might ax. :lol

Too early for this shit, tbh.

[TheDoctor]

Another curious tidbit was reading that it was Timmy who told Kawhi that he needed to draw fouls more often.

http://i.imgur.com/B7l6fCZl.jpg

[Vito Corleone]

The story has a strange line:



Thor and his 'ax'?

What is Amick trying to say?

I laughed, maybe the writer is trying to prove he isn't a nerd?

[Solid D]

The story has a strange line:



Thor and his 'ax'?

What is Amick trying to say?

http://image.slidesharecdn.com/thorax-and-lungs-learning-and-understanding-objectives1724/95/thorax-and-lungs-learning-and-understanding-objectives-36-638.jpg?cb=1422637801

[bdictjames]

^ :lol

[BillMc]

http://image.slidesharecdn.com/thorax-and-lungs-learning-and-understanding-objectives1724/95/thorax-and-lungs-learning-and-understanding-objectives-36-638.jpg?cb=1422637801
:lol

[NameLess Scrub]

Thor's hammer analogy aside, what's up with calling the Spurs a super team?

Spurs have never had a super team.

[Solid D]

Thor's hammer analogy aside, what's up with calling the Spurs a super team?

Spurs have never had a super team.

I suppose it's all relative, but I can certainly see why he views the Spurs as a "super team." More like a super franchise.

[NameLess Scrub]

I suppose it's all relative, but I can certainly see why he views the Spurs as a "super team." More like a super franchise.

Yep.. Super franchise sounds better

[Solid D]

BTW, Amick edited his article. It says "hammer" now, instead of "ax."

[wildbill2u]

Somebody ought to contact Amick and ax him what he meant.

[TheDoctor]

Thor's hammer analogy aside, what's up with calling the Spurs a super team?

Spurs have never had a super team.

#DerrickRoseSyndrome tbh

[dabom]

BTW, Amick edited his article. It says "hammer" now, instead of "ax."

But is there a citation?

[Solid D]

But is there a citation?

No, but the time stamp at the top appears to be later than the original. The time stamp now shows "10:54 a.m. EDT November 1, 2016."