Spurs take step back.

[Marcus Bryant]

Well, at least we'll draft from a higher spot next June.

[Solid D]

Still staying in bed all day because Malik was traded? Welcome back, Marcus.

[angel_luv]

Well, at least we'll draft from a higher spot next June.


Well hello Mr. Optimism. :lol

[Marcus Bryant]

Nah, I've been boozing it up all summer because the Spurs got dropped by the Dallas Mavericks last spring.

At least we got Francisco. Whoever the fuck that is.

[T Park]

Would love to know who was available that was better.

[Marcus Bryant]

Nobody. We shouldn't expect anything except what we are given.

[timvp]

If Jackie Butler isn't starting over Francisco Elson by the All-Star break, it could be an even longer summer next year.

The Spurs lose in the second round and the best thing about their summer moves is that they trimmed payroll and perhaps didn't get worse.

[leemajors]

If Jackie Butler isn't starting over Francisco Elson by the All-Star break, it could be an even longer summer next year.

The Spurs lose in the second round and the best thing about their summer moves is that they trimmed payroll and perhaps didn't get worse.

believe? (in the above?)

[RON ARTEST]

alot of fans (including me) would love to have the team you guys have and your being this negative? 3 titles in 7 or 8 years as a kings fan and i would fucking throw a party everyday the whole month. i understand when your used to success you get a little spoiled but the spurs are still legitimate contenders IMO.

[BeerIsGood!]

alot of fans (including me) would love to have the team you guys have and your being this negative? 3 titles in 7 or 8 years as a kings fan and i would fucking throw a party everyday the whole month. i understand when your used to success you get a little spoiled but the spurs are still legitimate contenders IMO.
good point... success breeds unreal expectations. There were no moves to be made this summer that would do anything to improve the team. I expect a couple of moves during the season once the chips start to fall in place near the deadline.

[texlawman]

I like the optimism here. Excepting the fate that the Mavs will finish ahead of you next season will make it less painful. :king

[THE SIXTH MAN]

Well, at least we'll draft from a higher spot next June.
http://mud.mm-a8.yimg.com/image/3048433804 Is this glass half full, or half empty?

[RON ARTEST]

I like the optimism here. Excepting the fate that the Mavs will finish ahead of you next season will make it less painful. :king
:rolleyes what is with some of you mavs fans? you guys are the next team that needs its own forum around here because you guys are always trying to piss of spurs fans and it gets really old sometimes.

[Solid D]

No sense in being pessimistic about the replacements for the 1st and 2nd string Centers and some 3rd stringers until you've seen them all mesh with the rest of the team. Most fans weren't thrilled with last year's 1st and 2nd string Centers and the Spurs still won a Franchise High 63 games.

My glass is half full and it's not full of booze.

[THE SIXTH MAN]

No sense in being pessimistic about the replacements for the 1st and 2nd string Centers and some 3rd stringers until you've seen them all mesh with the rest of the team. Most fans weren't thrilled with last year's 1st and 2nd string Centers and the Spurs still won a Franchise High 63 games.

My glass is half full and it's not full of booze.
:tu Solid D your the truth man! :fro

[Dave McNulla]

alot of fans (including me) would love to have the team you guys have and your being this negative? 3 titles in 7 or 8 years as a kings fan and i would fucking throw a party everyday the whole month. i understand when your used to success you get a little spoiled but the spurs are still legitimate contenders IMO.
bunch of crybabies.

i believe one play goes differently and the spurs have another championship. no big deal, it'll happen this year.

[davi78239]

I'd say as Spurs fans, we do get a little too spoiled and expect greatness everytime. I think that some day if there's ever a dark era for the spurs, we will look back at these past 7 or 8 years and the 3 titles within those and appreciate what we did have. Enjoy it because like mentioned above, we are still contenders that can grab yet even another title. Most other teams would kill to be in the Spurs shoes and share their past success. Okay, I'm done.

[Doug Collins]

I like the optimism here. Excepting the fate that the Mavs will finish ahead of you next season will make it less painful. :king

Except that we would first need to accept the use of the correct word in that sentence. Must suck that the one time you beat us, you fuckin' blow the championship that was handed to you. Can't wait for this year :elephant

[baseline bum]

Nazr Mohammed and Rasho were both garbage. Butler and Elson may be too, but at least it's not written in stone like with Nazr and Rasho.

[ploto]

If Jackie Butler isn't starting over Francisco Elson by the All-Star break, it could be an even longer summer next year.

And what if it's Fabricio Oberto who is starting?

[50 cent]

Expectations are high when you have TD, Tony, and Manu in their primes on the same team.

The Spurs window is closing. This team should have 6 Championships with this core group. Anything less is failure.

[Extra Stout]

This team should have 6 Championships with this core group. Anything less is failure.
:lmao

[bdictjames]

Well they're going to do good this year, just as it has been with every year since DRob and Duncan came. No surprise if we get 2007 back

[ShoogarBear]

The Spurs are going to live and die with Tony, Manu, and Tim.

They won 63 games with only one of the three having a good year.

If Tim, Man, and Nine-Fingers are healthy, everything else should be window dressing.

If they aren't, nothing else really matters.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I agree with my brother Marcus.

[MrChug]

I agree with my brother Marcus.

You're all idiots...you, your brother Marcus, your dad DAmarcus, and your mom SHAmarcus and your grandma GRAmarcus...even your dog deBARKus. All morons. The Spurs will regain the glory. Go to hell :king

[dknights411]

So, if we win this year, would it still be a step back?

[TheSanityAnnex]

How the fuck does this dude have 1,000,000 posts?

[Marcus Bryant]

1,007,952

[TheSanityAnnex]

how the fuck does this dude have 7,952 more posts than 1,000,000?

[T Park]

Probobly because hes been posting since 2003.

[braeden0613]

so does this guy really have 1 million posts?

[Kori Ellis]

Marcus Bryant and Ghost Writer have been posting on message boards with timvp since 1996 or so.

Therefore when we opened this board a few years ago and were transferring over everyone's post counts, we just estimated them at a million and started from there.

[Phenomanul]

Marcus Bryant and Ghost Writer have been posting on message boards with timvp since 1996 or so.

Therefore when we opened this board a few years ago and were transferring over everyone's post counts, we just estimated them at a million and started from there.

:lol :lol :lol

[THE SIXTH MAN]

Marcus Bryant and Ghost Writer have been posting on message boards with timvp since 1996 or so.

Therefore when we opened this board a few years ago and were transferring over everyone's post counts, we just estimated them at a million and started from there.
You just took the mystery out of it. So in all actuality he has 7,952 post's. I just have one question though, what do you have to do to become an original spurstalk member?

[braeden0613]

Marcus Bryant and Ghost Writer have been posting on message boards with timvp since 1996 or so.

Therefore when we opened this board a few years ago and were transferring over everyone's post counts, we just estimated them at a million and started from there.
haha ok

[Kori Ellis]

You just took the mystery out of it. So in all actuality he has 7,952 post's.

No in all actuality he has over 100K posts for sure .. maybe more. I transferred everyone's post counts when we transferred to this software. I just rounded up to 1 million for him :spin

[Kori Ellis]

I just have one question though, what do you have to do to become an original spurstalk member?

Not sure if that's possible. LJ did that in the beginning for people.

[THE SIXTH MAN]

Not sure if that's possible. LJ did that in the beginning for people.
Oh, thanks.

[LilMissSPURfect]

:flag:

win or looze or conspiracies

SPURS STILL ROCK@@@@@@

[LilMissSPURfect]

how the fuck does this dude have 7,952 more posts than 1,000,000?


things that make u go HMMMMMMM..

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

And what if it's Fabricio Oberto who is starting?
Then we win the championship. :smokin

[JMarkJohns]

http://mud.mm-a8.yimg.com/image/3048433804 Is this glass half full, or half empty?

Whenever I see a glass that's half emtpy, I always proclaim it to be half full...

[GrandeDavid]

So it might appear to some, but don't sell them short. They're gonna be ready. Besides, Pop is my parents' new next door neighbor and after talking with my step father about some tax sh!t and Kentucky hoops, Pop said that Tim got lots of rest and is expecting a huge season from him, not to mention Parker and a few other unknowns. He seemed upbeat and looking forward to next season, according to my peeps. Then again, he could just be blowing smoke. Nonetheless, I think the Spurs will sort of fly under the radar and kick ass come playoff time. Revenge time.

[CosmicCowboy]

Having been a Spurs fan since the "old" days and remembering trying to convince myself that Dwayne Shintzius as our big off season acquisition didn't TOTALLY suck I have to say that these are still the glory days to be a Spurs fan even if they don't win the championship year after year. Sorry you can't enjoy it Marcus. You've been a real downer ever since the Aggie bonfire fell over. Have you considered counseling?

[AdmiralMVP]

I think one of the things we're missing here is that the Spurs had no choice but to take a step back this summer, or risk putting ourselves in cap hell. Over the last few years our teams were stacked. Our bench could have been the starting lineup for some teams. As such, there was no place to go but down. With that said, however, we're still a title contender.

[BERSERK]

I think one of the things we're missing here is that the Spurs had no choice but to take a step back this summer, or risk putting ourselves in cap hell. Over the last few years our teams were stacked. Our bench could have been the starting lineup for some teams. As such, there was no place to go but down. With that said, however, we're still a title contender.

I agree. The Spurs should watch their money carefully if they're waiting for the next best players. Next summer could be the biggest Free Agency the League has ever seen. Not to mention, The Spurs have some draft picks for a pretty good Lottery this upcoming season.

[ShoogarBear]

Having been a Spurs fan since the "old" days and remembering trying to convince myself that Dwayne Shintzius as our big off season acquisition didn't TOTALLY suck I have to say that these are still the glory days to be a Spurs fan even if they don't win the championship year after year. Sorry you can't enjoy it Marcus. You've been a real downer ever since the Aggie bonfire fell over. Have you considered counseling?Schintzius is a joke now, but at the time, it wasn't a completely harebrained idea. He was a big man with supposedly hard-to-find skilz (or, "skills", as we called them), like mobility and passing. Not a bad gamble for a late 1st-round pick.

[CosmicCowboy]

Schintzius is a joke now, but at the time, it wasn't a completely harebrained idea. He was a big man with supposedly hard-to-find skilz (or, "skills", as we called them), like mobility and passing. Not a bad gamble for a late 1st-round pick.

yeah, if he hadn't been such a lazy fuck he might have lived up to his potential.

[ChumpDumper]

Yeah, but imagine if we had drafted Elden Campbell instead. Or Tony Kukoc.

[ShoogarBear]

I think Chump is making fun of us.

If he had grown any pubes out yet, I'd give a shit.