Thoughts About The Game

[Kori Ellis]

1. TMac went wild in the first half with Bowen not playing him. 21 points in 18 minutes or whatever is just sick. Bowen looked disgusted my the defensive (lack of) effort.

2. Stephen Graham tries hard but he's not ready for the NBA.

3. Sharrod Ford is one of the worst free throw shooters I've seen in a while.

4. Rasho hit the glass pretty hard but he was a fouling machine.

5. Manu to Sean Marks is a good thing. Marks had back-to-back dunks on passes from Manu. The second one was a sick flying dunk that was a thing of beauty in its own right. :lol

6. Eva waved to Tony on the bench .. and he waved back. At least it was during a timeout.

7. Pop really doesn't care about preseason.

8. When the Rockets' rookie is on the bench and the fans want him in the game, will they get in trouble for chanting "We want head. Give me head." ?
:)

That's all.

[Rick Von Braun]

8. When the Rockets' rookie is on the bench and the fans want him in the game, will they get in trouble for chanting "We want head. Give me head." ?
:lol

[spurs=bling]

1. TMac went wild in the first half with Bowen not playing him. 21 points in 18 minutes or whatever is just sick. Bowen looked disgusted my the defensive (lack of) effort.


3. Sharrod Ford is one of the worst free throw shooters I've seen in a while.


5. Manu to Sean Marks is a good thing. Marks had back-to-back dunks on passes from Man. The second one was a sick flying dunk that was a thing of beauty in its own right. :lol

8. When the Rockets' rookie is on the bench and the fans want him in the game, will they get in trouble for chanting "We want head. Give me head." ?
:)

That's all.

#1 was just not right. they should keep somebody on T-Mac at all times possible


# 3 I think they are players in the league that aren't that good at free throws.

# 6 Marks & Gino are a good pair when they have their nights.

# 8 Is just flat out weird. but i can picture a bunch of fans chanting that. :lol

[Kori Ellis]

they should keep somebody on T-Mac at all times possible

Oh, someone was on him -- They were just getting lit up.

[angel_luv]

Rasho started!!!!!!! :elephant

Thanks Mandy! = )



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[spurs=bling]

Oh, someone was on him -- They were just getting lit up.

then the Spurs have to come up with a strategy on how to keep him down.

[Kori Ellis]

then the Spurs have to come up with a strategy on how to keep him down.

They have one. His name is Bruce Bowen and he was getting a rest.

[spurs=bling]

They have one. His name is Bruce Bowen and he was getting a rest.

that i forgot.

sorry i haven't been thinking staight today :(

[MannyIsGod]

I wonder what chance Marks has of seeing the active roster this year. At points last year, he was the very good. I wonder how far off the wagon Rasho has to fall before they give Marks a shot at the Roster.

I'm not to optimistic about this with the kind of depth we have this year, but I love the way this guy plays and would love to see him on the court.

[King]

3. Sharrod Ford is one of the worst free throw shooters I've seen in a while.



So I guess he made the team?

[Kori Ellis]

I wonder what chance Marks has of seeing the active roster this year. At points last year, he was the very good. I wonder how far off the wagon Rasho has to fall before they give Marks a shot at the Roster.

I'm not to optimistic about this with the kind of depth we have this year, but I love the way this guy plays and would love to see him on the court.

I asked Pop in the postgame if he thought Marks would get into the rotation. He said it's too early to tell.

[MannyIsGod]

Truth be told I haven't seen a single game this preseason so everything I get is second hand from the forum. But the forum has been high on this guy, and one of the things I always loved was his hustle near the rim and his attitude in regards to finishing; Marks doesn't fuck around he goes up to dunk.

Nazr does that as well, but Marks has a much better range and I think he puts in much more effort. Nazr is more athletic and seems to be a better "raw" player but Sean makes up for a lot with his heart.

Anyway it plays out, it looks like the Spurs made the right move in bringing him back. If nothing else the Kiwi is a damn good guy to have around due to his experience in the system. In an emergency he can quickly step in and provide a stop gap.

[loveforthegame]

1. TMac went wild in the first half with Bowen not playing him. 21 points in 18 minutes or whatever is just sick. Bowen looked disgusted my the defensive (lack of) effort.

Who started out on him? Finley or Barry?

[Kori Ellis]

One thing about Marks though is he's super fragile. He has a sleeve on his calf (I'm assuming some kind of pulled muscled). He was holding his knee. And he fell hard and I thought he wasn't going to get up. He's ALWAYS injured/banged up. That's why I think he'll never be a rotation player.

[Kori Ellis]

Who started out on him? Finley or Barry?

Finley.

[MannyIsGod]

And another thing. The Tmac situation is one where unless Finley plays way higher than expected we are actually going to miss Devin Brown. When Bruce went to the bench Devin came in and at least provided a decent defensive effort. Now, the drop off in perimeter defense when Bowen leaves the floor is much greater. I think in the end what Finley adds will be more than he subtracts by far but this is something to consider now.

[Kori Ellis]

Well Manu will usually get the defensive assignment when Bowen is out if it's one of the elite players. At most, Finley/Barry will need to hang in for just a few minutes a game against players of TMac's caliber.

[Ginofan]

I thought Rasho looked pretty good and active out there. That Gino to Marks dunk was absolutely SICK, I hope ESPN has that on SC later! Coach Don was saying after the game how they played alot more zone than they normally would, and well I thought their overall defensive effort sucked ass. But I had a good time, especially sitting so close (Thanks again Melissa!!!). It felt really good to be back in the SBC watching the Spurs play, I can't wait to go again! :)

It's kind of funny how we are so close to winning in the 4th quarter with our scrubs in, but so far it's just slipped through our fingers. I'm not counting on an 0-9 preseason as it seems some people are lol. Coach Don says that in the coming week the minutes will be solidified and everyone will start getting their shit together basically.

My Game Pics:
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[Manu20]

Nice Pics Ginofan!!

[Ginofan]

More pics:

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[texasqb2]

My favorite thing about the game is going to box score on espn and seeing everyone's name and then their position next to their name, check out Sean Marks' position.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=251015024

[Kori Ellis]

Postgame video

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/051015.wmv

[angel_luv]

Postgame video

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/051015.wmv


I just watched it on Spurs.com. :tu :tu

[Kori Ellis]

I don't know why they didn't put up the Stephen Graham and Finley interviews too. Maybe I can put it up on WOAI.com tomorrow.

[Mavs<Spurs]

1. TMac went wild in the first half with Bowen not playing him. 21 points in 18 minutes or whatever is just sick. Bowen looked disgusted my the defensive (lack of) effort.

2. Stephen Graham tries hard but he's not ready for the NBA.

3. Sharrod Ford is one of the worst free throw shooters I've seen in a while.

4. Rasho hit the glass pretty hard but he was a fouling machine.

5. Manu to Sean Marks is a good thing. Marks had back-to-back dunks on passes from Manu. The second one was a sick flying dunk that was a thing of beauty in its own right. :lol

6. Eva waved to Tony on the bench .. and he waved back. At least it was during a timeout.

7. Pop really doesn't care about preseason.

8. When the Rockets' rookie is on the bench and the fans want him in the game, will they get in trouble for chanting "We want head. Give me head." ?
:)

That's all.


Interesting. We had a bad preseason record last year also, didn't we?
What is happening with Big Dog? I sure would like to keep him.

This is how I would rotate our players

starters
Nazr
Tim
Bowen
Manu
Tony

Serious time (in both senses)

Finley
Horry
Oberto
NVE

Other contributors
Barry
Rasho
Beno
Marks


Someone will get mad at me but in important close games, late in the fourth

I would play

NVE, Horry, Tim, Manu and probably sub Bruce and Michael on defense/offense substitutions.

I would play Finley 20 minutes a game, NVE 10 to 15 minutes, Manu 30 minutes, Tim 36 minutes, Nazr 30 minutes, Oberto 15 minutes, horry 15 minutes (definitely during crunch time) Bruce 25 minutes... Barry 20 minutes
Tony 30 minutes.

I strongly believe that NVE should play in place of Tony at the end of the game for several reasons (1) NVE is a much better offensive player who can get hot, (2) I think he will make better decisions and turn the ball over less (although Tony did not turn the ball over at the end of game 7 and (3) I think NVE has a lot to offer our team in an area where we are not super strong and (4) It is important to show our confidence in NVE.

It looks like Rasho is going to stay here from what the posters here say. That could turn out to be a help since we might play the Heat in the finals (poor Oberto).


What do you all think?

[slayermin]

8. When the Rockets' rookie is on the bench and the fans want him in the game, will they get in trouble for chanting "We want head. Give me head." ?

:rollin

[ploto]

Rasho got gipped on a couple of calls. Motombo was elbowing him more than Karl Malone last night.

Ad no offense but it's time for Nazr to re-join his team. It's not like he's the one who gave birth.

[smeagol]

Nazr is observing Ramadan

[xcoriate]

^ eh?

Its pre season!

It makes a lot of sense for him to not play at the moment anyway, gives Rasho confidence and a chance to fight for his minutes.

Secondly who the hell are you to question it? Fuck there are some insensitive people this is almost as insensitive as calling Big Dog out for not playing when his mum died.

[xcoriate]

Nazr is observing Ramadan

Yeah so his fasting, not having babies.

[spurschick]

One other thing I noticed occurred when the players came out to warm up. It was obviously the first time they had been on their home court in front of their home crowd since Game 7. I noticed some of them looking around a bit, almost waxing nostalgic. You could tell they were happy to be home again.

The other thing I noticed is that the banner area has maxed out. They have a space ready for the new championship banner, but they are officially out of room on that side after that. It would make sense to keep the championship banners and the black conference banners together, so I wonder if they are going to move the retired jerseys to the adjacent side.

[Summers]

3. Sharrod Ford is one of the worst free throw shooters I've seen in a while.



And that's saying something.

Sorry, I know I'm late, but I just now read this. :)

[ALVAREZ6]

I liked that oop from Manu to Marks...Marks is the man.

[spurschick]

I liked that oop from Manu to Marks...Marks is the man.

It was truly sick and really got the crowd going. You could tell Manu was having some fun. "Dude, let's do this now 'cause Pop will kick my ass if I do it during the regular season."

[Solid D]

Oh, someone was on him -- They were just getting lit up.

I didn't get to go to the game but I did hear the majority of the radio PBP while multi-tasking last night. PJ Carlesimo said in the pre-game interview with Bill S. that the Spurs were going to practice their zone for this game.

Schoening repeatedly commented throughout the game, particularly the 1st half, that the Spurs were zoning and McGrady was more than happy to shoot over the zone. Bill didn't say whether it was a 2-3 matchup or not but I suspect if it looked like Finley was defending T-Mac, that may have been when they were in "man", or who he matched with in transition.

[Kori Ellis]

Schoening repeatedly commented throughout the game, particularly the 1st half, that the Spurs were zoning and McGrady was more than happy to shoot over the zone. Bill didn't say whether it was a 2-3 matchup or not but I suspect if it looked like Finley was defending T-Mac, that may have been when they were in "man", or who he matched with in transition.

They were only playing zone on about 40% of the possessions. McGrady was lighting it up no matter what was happening, zone or man.

[totalspurshomer]

1. TMac went wild in the first half with Bowen not playing him. 21 points in 18 minutes or whatever is just sick. Bowen looked disgusted my the defensive (lack of) effort.

Got to go to the game unexpectedly last night. TMac was TMac...absolutely sick. And if Bowen was on him, Bruce could've held him to 19 in 18 minutes rather than 21 in 18. :lol

I love Bruce, but I gotta call it as it really is. TMac is one of the very, very few (perhaps the only) players, that Bruce doesn't frustrate much at all, either phyically or mentally. The guy is just sick, that's all. Sure would look good in silver and black, no?

[Solid D]

Thanks, Kori. T-Mac has a way of lighting up whoever is defending him. If Finley was the guy when they were in "man" it's understandable why T-Mac scored the first 11 Rockets points.

During the season, the Spurs never come close to running zone even 10% of the time. In the Finals, Game 7 they used it some in the 2nd and 3rd periods but probably only 7 trips total.

[boutons]

Tracy is about all Houston has, unless Yao stops being overrated. I was expecting Tracy to beat Dallas in the playoffs pretty much by himself, since the games were pretty close, a few late shots would have done it, but he mostly choked. A huge, entertaining, dangerous talent, like Vince Carter, but so far not a winner.

[totalspurshomer]

Heard some of the coach's comments on post game radio.

He was talking about how the Spurs were trying different things, looks, and players, etc. But he managed to slip in a comment about how the Rockets wanted to make a statement in this game. :lol I guess the guy was trying to disguise the game a little for people who weren't there, but when Yao and Alston play zero minutes, TMac sits the 2nd half while Moochie plays the second half :lol ...I'm sorry coach, but that is NOT a team trying to make a statement.

To anyone not there, it was simply preseason with both teams using different rotations. Lots of scrubs throughout the game, regardless of situation. This game meant nothing except to Pop, JVG and their assessments(plus the scrubs they're assessing).

[angel_luv]

One other thing I noticed occurred when the players came out to warm up. It was obviously the first time they had been on their home court in front of their home crowd since Game 7. I noticed some of them looking around a bit, almost waxing nostalgic. You could tell they were happy to be home again.

Aww! Me too! My friends were teasing me because I wanted to see all the guys, the court, the coyote, everything! I felt like a little kid at Christmas.
Opening night is going to be so magical!


I didn't get to go to the game but I did hear the majority of the radio PBP while multi-tasking last night. PJ Carlesimo said in the pre-game interview with Bill S. that the Spurs were going to practice their zone for this game.

Schoening repeatedly commented throughout the game, particularly the 1st half, that the Spurs were zoning and McGrady was more than happy to shoot over the zone. Bill didn't say whether it was a 2-3 matchup or not but I suspect if it looked like Finley was defending T-Mac, that may have been when they were in "man", or who he matched with in transition.


You listened to the pre game show. Did you hear Rasho's talk with Bill?
What did he say?
I could see Rasho being interviewed from the Terrace Club but missed it since I was working.

[lilmads]

Ginofan, awesome pictures! :)

[GoSpurs21]

1. TMac went wild in the first half with Bowen not playing him. 21 points in 18 minutes or whatever is just sick. Bowen looked disgusted my the defensive (lack of) effort.Anyone else think that TMac would have gotten these numbers against Devin????

Devin >>> Fin
said it before and I'll say it again

[Ginofan]

Ginofan, awesome pictures! :)

Thanks! :D

[lilmads]

Aww! Me too! My friends were teasing me because I wanted to see all the guys, the court, the coyote, everything! I felt like a little kid at Christmas.
Opening night is going to be so magical!




You listened to the pre game show. Did you hear Rasho's talk with Bill?
What did he say?
I could see Rasho being interviewed from the Terrace Club but missed it since I was working.

Where do you work exactly Angel_luv? Just curious to know:)

[ChumpDumper]

Beno looked very comfortable out there with the exception of getting his shorts pulled down by a Moochie steal late and a couple of passes to the stands.

Nick was sleepwalking out there, but he does spread the ball around -- defintiely knows where Finley likes the ball and looks like he's learning about the others too.

Tony would've gotten a triple-double had he played his regular minutes, but his jumper still looks like ass.

Rasho was pretty aggro out there, so much that it got him into foul trouble. He showed very hard on pick and rolls and had to run his ass off to get back in the post when no one rotated to cover his man. One off the better ball-movement sequences was keyed when Rasho backed Houston down into a double team under the basket and whipped the ball out to NVE around the horn to I believe Manu for a three.

Yes, Ford has sub-Rasho form at the line, but his meager stat line doesn't show the kind of impact he had on the game. He was very involved on both ends of the floor causing deflections, a steal here, a block there. Keyed a couple of mini-runs, had a dunk stifled by cookie monster that would've ended the half well. Even though he'll be limited by his size (small frame, doesn't seem he could ever get much over 230), he will find a place in the league soon enough. Might as well be here.

Graham played a surprising amount of minutes. I agree he's not ready, but he didn't make too many mistakes, has good transition instincts and is overflowing with athleticism. A year or two in the D-League and he could make it.

Finley looked like he was getting the flow of the offense though he took a couple of ill-advised shots. He does give effort on D --it really didn't matter against TMac -- but I remember a sequence where he chased Wesley through and around multiple screens to bother his shot. He's trying, so I can't complain.

Marks looked good again. He's supremely confident with his shot and has no hesitation putting it up. Had one dunk on a textbook upfake that Nazr should watch on a video loop for two hours, and another on a sick alley-oop from Manu that was the highlight of the evening. His D is still spotty (better suited for the weakside, nice timing on blocks for the game though) and his rebounding numbers don't match his effort (mostly put into jumping and not positioning). I think with the new inactive list rules, Marks could be a key to preserving Horry during the season while keeping the offensive spacing Rob brings to the table.

Houston can really move the ball now -- they can field lineups with good passers 1-5. The emergence of Head (ha) and the Moochie's finding his game again will make for a pretty deep point corps. DA owned Sanders, who seemed a little distracted trying to read the offenses and deciding where to be -- DA drew two fouls running by Sanders while he was looking toward the weakside. The refs and Spurs have bitten into the hype surrounding Stromile. Both paid him too much respect.

JVG called time the second the Spurs pulled out the zone, then TMac prompty busted it every conceivable way.

Parker fouled Wesley during halftime shootaround.

The Express-News flying blunt dropped none of it's precious cargo of Spurs wristbands before it crashed into our section a la Black Sunday. Oh, the humanity.

The halftime "All-Star" entertainment proved the statistic that 1/3 of all American teen and preteen dancers are overweight. Fortunately the fat, uncoordinated chicks were overshadowed by the supremely fit male dancer, who hadn't lost a step since his run as Jonathan on "Who's the Boss."

Stan Kelly sounds like he's over his bout with bronchitis or whatever made him sound like an old woman with emphysema during the finals.

Props to my brother for scoring the decent seats. This kidney donation thing is finally paying off....

[ALVAREZ6]

It was truly sick and really got the crowd going. You could tell Manu was having some fun. "Dude, let's do this now 'cause Pop will kick my ass if I do it during the regular season."
Nah, he'll do it anyway :)

[ploto]

My comments about Nazr have to do with the fact that he has been away from the team for an entire week and is not even in San Antonio. I know he had a baby, but most men don't get to take an entire week off work when a child is born. It is time for him to get back to basketball. He has ALOT to learn and looked very poor in the scrimmage in the VI and against Miami. And please, for anyone who has lost a parent, don't compare this to the DEATH of someone. If he wants to be around his baby, she should have had it here. They can surely afford to fly in all the famiy to SA to help that they want. And for the record, I HAVE A CHILD. He was born on a Sunday night at 9:00 PM and his father was at work the next day.

[ploto]

Rasho was pretty aggro out there, so much that it got him into foul trouble. He showed very hard on pick and rolls and had to run his ass off to get back in the post when no one rotated to cover his man.


I swear there were possessions when 3 guys on Houston touched the ball and Rasho ran around covering all three of them :lol

[angel_luv]

Where do you work exactly Angel_luv? Just curious to know:)


I work in the Terrace Club Restaurant for VIP ticket holders. I'm a hostess. = )

[angel_luv]

Rasho is picking up a lot of fouls lately. Do you think it is because he just got back from playing international ball and the calls there are different?

[loveforthegame]

Finley looked like he was getting the flow of the offense though he took a couple of ill-advised shots. He does give effort on D --it really didn't matter against TMac -- but I remember a sequence where he chased Wesley through and around multiple screens to bother his shot. He's trying, so I can't complain.

Finley can keep a guy in front of him and force him into a difficult jump shot but it doesn't always matter with guys like McGrady. They make those shots and make them look easy at that.

He'll give the effort, he'll get a hand in front of a guys face, he'll chase them around, try to deny them the ball, but he will never be a stopper like Bowen.

[ploto]

Pre-season you can take more chances because you don't have to worry about being available for the whole game. Some of those chances he would never take in the regular season. As for last night, he was SICK of Motombo's elbows. He and Dikembe went toe-to-toe at one point.

[angel_luv]

Pre-season you can take more chances because you don't have to worry about being available for the whole game. Some of those chances he would never take in the regular season. As for last night, he was SICK of Motombo's elbows. He and Dikembe went toe-to-toe at one point.


You talking about Rasho right?

I saw Dikembe slap him... :nope

[T Park]

My comments about Nazr have to do with the fact that he has been away from the team for an entire week and is not even in San Antonio. I know he had a baby, but most men don't get to take an entire week off work when a child is born. It is time for him to get back to basketball. He has ALOT to learn and looked very poor in the scrimmage in the VI and against Miami. And please, for anyone who has lost a parent, don't compare this to the DEATH of someone. If he wants to be around his baby, she should have had it here. They can surely afford to fly in all the famiy to SA to help that they want. And for the record, I HAVE A CHILD. He was born on a Sunday night at 9:00 PM and his father was at work the next day.


Its preseason, get off your high horse, no one cares about him missing this game, hes got more than enough games left, and the guy when the team runs the system is a hell of a player who will only get better.

Just because YOUR husband had to be at work the next day doesn't mean the Spurs aren't letting Nazr.

How do you know, there might be something wrong with his wife or child, how do you know whats going on??

Give me a break.

[totalspurshomer]

Parker fouled Wesley during halftime shootaround.

The Express-News flying blunt dropped none of it's precious cargo of Spurs wristbands before it crashed into our section a la Black Sunday. Oh, the humanity.

the supremely fit male dancer, who hadn't lost a step since his run as Jonathan on "Who's the Boss."

Good stuff CD. :lol

On a side note, why does the coyote only shoot T-Shirts to patrons in the lower bowl...the ones who can obviously afford to BUY T-Shirts from SBC vendors without taking out a second mortgage on their home. Are the Spurs worried people in the balcony level will reach out over the edge and take a nosedive from way on high? :spin

[ChumpDumper]

On a side note, why does the coyote only shoot T-Shirts to patrons in the lower bowl...the ones who can obviously afford to BUY T-Shirts from SBC vendors without taking out a second mortgage on their home.No shit - the weak fat chicks were throwing the free pizza frisbees to folks in the third row courtside for chrissakes.

Those crackers have worse hands than Nazr, btw.

[ChumpDumper]

Oh, one more thing.

Sharrod Ford should make the team because he was the only guy who could stop TMac.

Ford took him out of the game with a leading knee to the gut on a fastbreak drive.

Somewhere, on his bulldozer, Karl Malone is smiling.

[Solid D]

Great summary and humor Chump!

Oh, and you're not a totalspurshomer, totalspurshomer. Great take about the so-called "statement". Their collection of guys beat the Spurs' collection of guys.

[ploto]

Oh, one more thing.

Sharrod Ford should make the team because he was the only guy who could stop TMac.

Ford took him out of the game with a leading knee to the gut on a fastbreak drive.

Somewhere, on his bulldozer, Karl Malone is smiling.

I don't think that was his gut!! :lol

[ChumpDumper]

Looked too high to be the nards, but maybe his jersey was out.

[sanman53]

Postgame video

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/051015.wmv

Nice Iviews.
Pop still cracks me up in Iviews.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Tracy is about all Houston has, unless Yao stops being overrated. I was expecting Tracy to beat Dallas in the playoffs pretty much by himself, since the games were pretty close, a few late shots would have done it, but he mostly choked. A huge, entertaining, dangerous talent, like Vince Carter, but so far not a winner.


So, I wasn't the only one!
Yao keeps getting in too much foul trouble. He does not play at a high enough level consistently. He also has stamina issues which are based on conditioning probably.

He has skills, but...
T-Mac really stepped it up in the playoffs, becoming more than just a shooter/scorer, he deed up against Dirk and did an excellent job. He was a tremendous leader. My opinion is not worth the paper its printed on but his stock went up in my book.
If only he got more support from Yao.

In my opinion, the only teams that will be really great and successful in the playoffs are those who have a consistent low post scoring threat at either center or power forward. Houston is right on the edge of that.

[GoSpurs21]

Its preseason, get off your high horse, no one cares about him missing this game, hes got more than enough games left, and the guy when the team runs the system is a hell of a player who will only get better.

Just because YOUR husband had to be at work the next day doesn't mean the Spurs aren't letting Nazr.

How do you know, there might be something wrong with his wife or child, how do you know whats going on??

Give me a break.gotta agree with you (for once) T Park, who gives a shit for some nobody that cares more about their job than their family, guess what jackass (Ploto) the Spurs put family first that's what's make them 1st class. Unlike your husband my employer puts family first, they value their employees. Maybe your husband should get an education so that he doesnt have to work at McDonalds the night you next child is born. Or maybe you husband used work as an excuse to get away from you.

[ploto]

Maybe your husband should get an education so that he doesnt have to work at McDonalds the night you next child is born. Or maybe you husband used work as an excuse to get away from you.

Or maybe he had obligations to his own patients. And I understood.

[Despot]

This thread has turned into something that is just not right....

[xcoriate]

ploto point being its not your place to call someone out on behalf of the Spurs managment and the policy they have with babies etc.

Secondly he was recently fasting for Radaman. Someone can confirm if thats still happening I dont know but I think thats going to make basketball difficult for a while.

[Kori Ellis]

This thread has turned into something that is just not right....

I agree. And it needs to get back on track. The Spurs usually tell players to take as long as they need in regard to family matters. So, I don't think anyone should judge whatever is going on with Nazr.

Anyway, let's get back on track ...

Start thinking about the Houston fans needing Head.

[Despot]

I agree. And it needs to get back on track. The Spurs usually tell players to take as long as they need in regard to family matters. So, I don't think anyone should judge whatever is going on with Nazr.

Anyway, let's get back on track ...

Start thinking about the Houston fans needing Head.

Aww man, I was sooo hoping San Antonio would get him, not for the talent, Fans coulda had so much fun with that name, and when he would walk into the locker room, he would instantly cheer up the other Spurs players.

But of course we got mahinmi, I actually had to replay a Dr. Pepper commercial a few times, could have sworn that they were saying his name.
Ma hum ma nah!

[GoSpurs21]

Or maybe he had obligations to his own patients. And I understood.no reason to criticise, Dr Crosby, prehaps Narz is not a Dr that needs to be at work. Either way you are going way to orderboard to say that Spurs (or any other employer) make employees perfessional work more important than family duty. While I doubt your husbands duty you caused him to cross the line (work more important than family). Go back to your normal duty Mc Carthy I am sure your race would approve. All of my doctor friends have said that family comes first. And for the good ones the company is willing to comply.

Maybe Bush's medican does work that way?

[ploto]

no reason to criticise, Dr Crosby, prehaps Narz is not a Dr that needs to be at work. Either way you are going way to orderboard to say that Spurs (or any other employer) make employees perfessional work more important than family duty. While I doubt your husbands duty you caused him to cross the line (work more important than family). Go back to your normal duty Mc Carthy I am sure your race would approve. All of my doctor friends have said that family comes first. And for the good ones the company is willing to comply.

Maybe Bush's medican does work that way?

Could someone translate this, please.

For someone who claimed someone else should get an education, your spelling and grammar are atrocious.

I am amazed with all the crap posters have said about other Spurs players that a simple statement that a week is enough time for paternity leave would incur such ire. As for putting family first, then why don't all the players who had babies just take the whole year off. Why don't they refuse to go to away games because they don't want to leave their wife and kids? There has to be a limit.

[easjer]

I am amazed with all the crap posters have said about other Spurs players that a simple statement that a week is enough time for paternity leave would incur such ire. As for putting family first, then why don't all the players who had babies just take the whole year off. Why don't they refuse to go to away games because they don't want to leave their wife and kids? There has to be a limit.

Ummmmmm, ok. During preseason and a holy time for his faith? Got it. :rolleyes


Anyhow, the game. I was sad to miss it - of course, I was in NB, while they are airing the Houston preseason locally . . .

I think Head was a great pick up for the Rockets, and Kori, you have just convinced me it would be worthwhile to go to a Rocket/Spurs game for that alone.


Every time I think about it, I giggle.

As for Yao - well, he has improved. He has nights when he is unstoppable. Unfortunately he also has some really, really bag nights, and last year's playoff showed that he is not capable of carrying or leading his team. So, yeah, he's a marshmallowey soft center.

I still have much respect for TMac, earned by his play and behaviour last year, and I think the Rockets are one of our biggest threats this year (with seeding placement alone - the 7 or 8 seed is much easier to beat than the 5 seed).

[angel_luv]

Did I mention Rasho started? :elephant


;)

[easjer]

It's a happy thing, isn't it?

[angel_luv]

It is a wonderful, hopefully soon to be permanent thing! = )

[easjer]

Well, I'm a bigger fan of Rasho's than of Nazr's, so I hope so too. But I'd hope so for your sake, anyway.

[angel_luv]

Well, I'm a bigger fan of Rasho's than of Nazr's, so I hope so too. But I'd hope so for your sake, anyway.


Thanks! :D You are good people!

[ploto]

Ummmmmm, ok. During preseason and a holy time for his faith? Got it. :rolleyes

So, just to clear, all the Christian players can take Holy Week off, or maybe give up basketball for Lent? How about all those players who play on Christmas Day or on the Sabbath? Nazr, as well as many others, has never missed basketball for religious reasons, so to act as if I am somehow insensitive to his religious beliefs is ridiculous.