Time to Panic?

[Oh, Gee!!]

I know people are panicky about the pre-season schedule. So when do we, the intelligent fans, begin to panic?

EDIT: Originally posted in pre-season.

[dknights411]

When Brent Barry does another music video.

[easjer]

Losing record halfway through the season? When Tim Duncan or Manu Ginobli or Tony Parker or Bruce Bowen get run over by the team bus?

[Oh, Gee!!]

When Tony demands a trade to the Lakers because he's "gone Hollywood."

[sa_butta]

I know people are panicky about the pre-season schedule. So when do we, the intelligent fans, begin to panic?When the Fire Pop threads start up again after a loss.:lol

[wildbill2u]

I know people are panicky about the pre-season schedule. So when do we, the intelligent fans, begin to panic?

Next April if we are ninth in the Western Conference. :rolleyes

[Oh, Gee!!]

If Manu is not named to the All-Star team

[zeleni]

When Slovenes are being traded.

[Oh, Gee!!]

When Pop tells us to do so..

[MiNuS]

Nov. has 14 games 7 home and 7 away.
Dec has 17 games 8 home & 9 away.

In Nov. after the 2nd game they go on a 5 game road trip.If the Spurs are going to contend for a 65+ game season its going to be a tough situation.In the first two months the Spurs play 15(home) & 16(road)Important road games(Mavs*,Washington,Warriors,Kings,Wolves,Pisto ns*)in the 1st 2 months.
Must win home games(Nuggets,Cavs,Rockets*,Suns*,Lakers,Heat**,Pa cers**)1st 2 months.
More than anything those are must see games on my list. If the Spurs are 25-6 in the first two months I'll be happy and surprised.If they have a better record than that they will win more than 62 games in the season.

Spurs have three long straight trips on the road: Nov.(5 games),Feb(7 games!) and March(5 games).

There's only two months where the Spurs can make up. January- 14 games with 9 home and April 7 home & 3 on the road.

I'll find these fun but it won't worry me. I rather see a tough schedule.

[lilmads]

When Tony demands a trade to the Lakers because he's "gone Hollywood."

:lol

[pache100]

Never...panic...

[spurster]

I know people are panicky about the pre-season schedule. So when do we, the intelligent fans, begin to panic?
Yesterday

[Phonzie20]

When Brent Barry does another music video.

????

[Marcus Bryant]

It's time to be concerned if both Finley and NVE do not grasp Spurs basketball. Of the two, Finley is the one who would be more likely to be a problem.

If Finley 'gets it' then the league might as well give the Spurs the Larry O'Brien in December.

[GoSpurs21]

what is this "PANIC" that you speak of?

[Phonzie20]

what is this "PANIC" that you speak of?


I was confused as well.

[Mr. Peabody]

I know people are panicky about the pre-season schedule. So when do we, the intelligent fans, begin to panic?

Saturday at noon.

But you should get there early because Brackenridge Park fills up fast.

Oh wait, I thought you said "picnic"
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[clooneyschick04]

Never...panic...

My thoughts exactly. :smokin

[samikeyp]

Intelligent fans don't panic. :p

[TOP-CHERRY]

When TPark starts a thread "promising" to leave the forum if the Spurs win the Championship.

[Duncanoypi]

spurs and panic must not be combined in one sentence...

possible if you add fans...

[cheguevara]

When TPark starts a thread "promising" to leave the forum if the Spurs win the Championship.

Actually that's when we stop panicking.

[NZHayden]

I was confused as well.
ofcourse your confused, you support the nuggets

[TOP-CHERRY]

Actually that's when we stop panicking.
My sarcasm never works here.

[Oh, Gee!!]

what is this "PANIC" that you speak of?


I don't panic when it comes to the spurs, but most people I know are upset that they've only won a single game. The average fan can't understand that this preseason is different than others because we have at least 3 new players that are going to get significant playing minutes, so we have to let them work through the system during pre-season. My question is when do we, the rational fans, start to worry?

[Sense]

I'll tell you when we won't panic...


When T Park predicts a loss... :lol

[Bruno]

I know people are panicky about the pre-season schedule. So when do we, the intelligent fans, begin to panic?

When suns get Jared Reiner.

[Mr. Peabody]

The average fan can't understand that this preseason is different than others because we have at least 3 new players that are going to get significant playing minutes, so we have to let them work through the system during pre-season.

Are you holding yourself out as an above-average fan?
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[Oh, Gee!!]

Are you holding yourself out as an above-average fan?

superior fan actually. :bling

[samikeyp]

Superior fans don't worry or panic.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Superior fans don't worry or panic.


I haven't

[Brutalis]

LMAO @ Intelligent fans panicing. That would be like dropping the tool during open heart surgery.

[Oh, Gee!!]

LMAO @ Intelligent fans panicing. That would be like dropping the tool during open heart surgery.


so I guess you were cool as a cucumber during the 3rd quarter of game 7 vs. the pistons?

[Brutalis]

so I guess you were cool as a cucumber during the 3rd quarter of game 7 vs. the pistons?
I was pretty drunk, pretty calm and nervous sitting with some friends. When you know what your team is capable of, you don't really lose your cool til it's over. And when it was over, I did.

I didn't know it was so easy to be cool. This is a first. So someone tell me what else to do to be cool like this.

[dbreiden83080]

We have too much talent to panic, but if we look bad and lose convincingly on opeing night against Denver following that bad pre-season we had i would be a little concerned.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I was pretty drunk, pretty calm and nervous sitting with some friends. When you know what your team is capable of, you don't really lose your cool til it's over. And when it was over, I did.

I didn't know it was so easy to be cool. This is a first. So someone tell me what else to do to be cool like this.


Well I was a wreck. I stripped down to my underwear because my clothes were jinxing the spurs.

[Vashner]

Panic because Pop is keeping Timmy out of the injury box...

Relax... all according to plan....

[Solid D]

Even Pop said at the Kick-off Luncheon that the Spurs aren't any good. I don't have the exact quote but it was something like:
We're 1-6...don't play D...and the head coach doesn't even show up for all of the games.
:lol

[Spurzn703]

What's to panic about? Tim playing 18 mins a game in the Preseason? Manu 16? Pleasee, c'mon now. Preseason means dick. Let us be 0-11, who cares? I don't even know what any of the preseason records have been the last 20 years.

:elephant

[50 cent]

Folks, we are going to lose some games at the start of the season. If you have followed the Spurs for very long, you know this is the case. We always start out 7-7 or 10-9 every year no matter the talent level.

Do not panic. It is going to take some time for the team to gel and find their rhythm for this season. I know a lot of you are hoping for a 65-70 win season, but it is just not going to happen. Pop will focus more on finding good rotations and keeping key players rested at the beginning of the season.

Around January, we will find our groove and start putting together some nice winning streaks.

Please do not panic when we drop some early games to Denver, Dallas, etc. This is to be expected with the way the Spurs always begin seasons.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

The time to panic is now! Start loading up the lifeboats so we can evacuate the bandwagon! Women and children first! Any volunteers to go down with the ship?

[SWC Bonfire]

We need to unload Rasho, get Malik and Avery and Mario and Speedy and SJax back, fire Pop, and get HoltCat to stop being so cheap.

Leave anyone out? :lol

[Marcus Bryant]

The time to panic is when Oberto looks like he's not picking up things because he's going to be starting sooner or later.

[Ishta]

geeez regular season hasn't even started..This is not the time to be worrying!

[Oh, Gee!!]

I thought I'd top this thread given the loss on Sunday to DETROIT BASKETBALL

[Taco]

Time to Panic?

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/walt_disney/chicken_little/chickenlittleteaserposterbig.jpg
:lol

[E20]

It's only December.............

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Spurs are pretty much even stevens with every other spurs team around this time in december.

The problems and causes of bad play are different, but the result is the same.

We're not going to get 70 wins, so just stop comparing this team to the Bulls.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I bet the pistons ain't panicking

[bdubya]

I bet the pistons ain't panicking

Are you KIDDING? We only got half a bench, shrimps like Parker are getting to the rim on our vaunted frontline almost at WILL, our legendary domination of the boards is down to a statistical TIE (41.4 RPG for Pistons AND for opponents, and that's AFTER the xmas game), we're giving up over 90 points per game....

Okay, maybe some of us fans are panicking, but I guess the Pistons themselves aren't.

[Vashner]

They need to put up a bandwagon icon under anyone who post doop like this. We loose a road game.. B F D ...

Panic is whimps...

True Spurs fans stay with the team in ups and downs. And I get tired of all the crying and "panic" when we are FRIGGIN 1st in WEST!!

How the BEEP is that Panic time?

[5ToolMan]

I know people are panicky about the pre-season schedule. So when do we, the intelligent fans, begin to panic?

EDIT: Originally posted in pre-season.

If you have to ask, you already flunked the class.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Bumped after last night's meltdown

[boutons_]

Panic? No.

Resignation that this season may be slipping away on Tim's bad heel, yes.

If Tim can't achor the help defense, alter/block shots, get RBs, then the defense is very mediocre. No Tim, no defense, no Spurs.

[leemajors]

detroit only scored 83 points.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

detroit only scored 83 points.

Which isn't bad considering they only went to the line 3 times in the first 46 minutes...

[wildbill2u]

If you give any team that big an edge in rebounds, you are going to lose. Both games demonstrated our rebounding problem.

Perhaps Tim's injury makes him less mobile and Nazr hasn't been getting as many minutes as late last year, but we've lost rebounding for sure with this current rotation and squad.

Right now, Detroit is simply better than we are. If we don't improve we will not win the title this year.

[Oh, Gee!!]

detroit only scored 83 points.

you have got to be kidding, the spurs couldn't score even 70 last night at home!!!

[boutons_]

"detroit only scored 83 points."

Enough to blow out the Spurs' risible 68.

It was that pace of game, walk it across mid-court, and half-court at both ends.

They outshot the Spurs 44% to 38%,
they took 14 more shots,
they got 16 ORB vs 4 ORB.

The Spurs got beat thoroughly, on both ends, like they were the worst team in the NBA. Last night, they were.

[Pistons_In_Four]

Well said boutons. Rember Spurs fans all good things must come to an end eventually.

The good news is that you guys have the ability to get better before the playoffs, the bad news is that the Pistons are out for blood and they will only continue to get better as well.

Tim Duncan's injured/ineffectiveness ='s the Spurs demise.

[BigVee]

Well said boutons. Rember Spurs fans all good things must come to an end eventually.

The good news is that you guys have the ability to get better before the playoffs, the bad news is that the Pistons are out for blood and they will only continue to get better as well.

Tim Duncan's injured/ineffectiveness ='s the Spurs demise.

Still a little early for the obituary. Pistons are only one key injury from being in the same boat. It is a long season. Hard for me to imagine the Pistons getting better. We shall see. The Pistons sure look unbeatable now.

[leemajors]

defense wasn't the problem last night. the pistons were shooting 70% at one point and were down to 44% by the end of the game.

[Oh, Gee!!]

defense wasn't the problem last night. the pistons were shooting 70% at one point and were down to 44% by the end of the game.


defense was the problem, detroit's defense was too good

[Oh, Gee!!]

I'm gonna bump this thread for every Spurs' loss.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

we're incredibly fucked this season

and frankly anything less than a championship is an absolute bust for us

at this rate we may not even win our own division let alone the nba finals!! and for all the folks who knock on dallas, granted they are a shitty playoff team and love to choke when it matters, during the season they mostly do take care of business and blow out teams they're supposed to, while the chances of the spurs beating anyone seems to diminish by the week. we only seem to get worse and worse. after a bright spot in the miami win, we've come back to shitty uninspired basketball

[leemajors]

repeating is not easy, and rarely occurs - especially if your key players are hurting. ours are, and i for one am still happy that we won last season.

[1Parker1]

Why would you panic after every loss in the regular season?

Panic after losses in the postseason.

[austinfan]

we're incredibly fucked this season

and frankly anything less than a championship is an absolute bust for us

at this rate we may not even win our own division let alone the nba finals!! and for all the folks who knock on dallas, granted they are a shitty playoff team and love to choke when it matters, during the season they mostly do take care of business and blow out teams they're supposed to, while the chances of the spurs beating anyone seems to diminish by the week. we only seem to get worse and worse. after a bright spot in the miami win, we've come back to shitty uninspired basketball

That's a little extreme, don't you think? :spin I mean, we're no Detroit, that's for sure, but we're not headed for certain doom either. The truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Yeah, the Denver game was not fun, but the game against Miami was the best one we've played all year, imo. One where the Spurs showed some glimpses of the championship team they were in the finals. Pop is through with his laid back, "I just want them to go out there and play the best they can" routine, and is back to his old Serbian ways. :elephant And the role players are starting to show more integration, Tony is having a career year, and Manu is playing great when he's not injured. It's just hard when your two best players have nagging injuries and aren't able to consistently play at the top of their game.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

That's a little extreme, don't you think? :spin I mean, we're no Detroit, that's for sure, but we're not headed for certain doom either. The truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Yeah, the Denver game was not fun, but the game against Miami was the best one we've played all year, imo. One where the Spurs showed some glimpses of the championship team they were in the finals. Pop is through with his laid back, "I just want them to go out there and play the best they can" routine, and is back to his old Serbian ways. :elephant And the role players are starting to show more integration, Tony is having a career year, and Manu is playing great when he's not injured. It's just hard when your two best players have nagging injuries and aren't able to consistently play at the top of their game.

haha its VERY extreme but I'm EXTREMELY pessimistic and pissed at the injuries and lack of inspiration. but yeah that Miami game was definitely the 1st game all year where we showed that when we're clicking we're definitely up there :smokin

[TDMVPDPOY]

im walkin away.....

[Amuseddaysleeper]

repeating is not easy, and rarely occurs - especially if your key players are hurting. ours are, and i for one am still happy that we won last season.

Repeating is tough but not nearly as rare as you say


every single team had repeated since the 1984 championship except for......Ding Ding Ding! THE SPURS! no surprise there. Detroit was the only the other team since 1984 to not repeat. so repeating is not easy, but all this "dynasty" crap talk looks incredibly premature considering we havent defended our championship even once, and this year doesn't look to be the exception

[Mr. Peabody]

Is this thread only appropriate after back-to-back losses?

[Stacis_pistons_rock]

Well said boutons. Rember Spurs fans all good things must come to an end eventually.

The good news is that you guys have the ability to get better before the playoffs, the bad news is that the Pistons are out for blood and they will only continue to get better as well.

Tim Duncan's injured/ineffectiveness ='s the Spurs demise.
quit trolling the spurs board your making all piston fans look bad it's one thing to be a fan but do you need to take it to a spurs board with your how pistons will beat spurs their on a mission crap?why do spurs fans care?stupid troll.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Top.

[samikeyp]

no time to panic

[jmard5]

When Diop drains a 3.

[RON ARTEST]

when dirk suddenly develops a game in the low post.

[DarkReign]

The series is 2-2.

Count it.

[Oh, Gee!!]

nope, it's 1-3

[Mr. Peabody]

nope, it's 1-3

Or, 3-1 if you are a Mavs fan. Or, 1-3 if you are dyslexic Mavs fan.

[RON ARTEST]

The series is 2-2.

Count it.
are you sure?

[Oh, Gee!!]

BUMP. Originally posted 2005-06 season, but I think it's appropriate this season as well.