GrandeDavid
02-15-2007, 09:11 PM
They deserve it because of several reasons, the foremost of all being:
Tim Duncan.
Also:
Manu, Bruce and Tony.
Finally:
Until this team ACTUALLY gets a 5-8 seed and ACTUALLY goes out in the first round, they have earned our trust and respect via 3 championships and several deep playoff runs. Nobody and no team in any walk of life is perfect (ask the Celtics), and while fans reserve any right whatsoever to either support or diss their team, or both, I am just making the point that we should take a deep breath, have faith that the team is well aware of their shortcomings and that they are doing everything humanly possible to correct them. Maybe they simply are not as good as Dallas or Phoenix, for example, right now, but this franchise has treated us to glory and good times. They've risen from small market anonymity to the world stage and have shone brightly.
In true summary, championship or not, trust that they are doing what they believe is best to become champions again. Perhaps this is not their year, but perhaps a surprise is in store.
And if they don't win the championship this year? Well, at least they are not Dallas or Phoenix, who have exactly zero championships to date. And should one of those franchises win one, well, we've got freaking 3 to embrace.
Success is fleeting, and its oh so hard to reach the cusp of greatness in one's profession, and the Spurs have done it three times. You've also gotta have luck and an improbable stroke of fate. I bet countless Spurs fans were stunned and sickened over a decade ago when David Robinson took a wrong step and landed on the IR for an entire season. Little would they know that that disaster would instantly transform into a bud of hope and steely resilience which would actually lead this franchise toward a path of greatness, a greatness which would mark this team a decade later as the winningest professional sports franchise in America.
No, I'm not writing them off and burying them, I'm just putting this season into its proper perspective.
Yes, I'm going to continue to get flustered at Barry or Finley's defensive lapses, at Bruce's missed open shots and I will grit my teeth at Tim getting his shot stuffed. I will also temporarily put a take like this on the backburner and opt to curse this team for blowing a late lead at home against an Eastern Conference lottery team. I will get pissed off. But moment's like that are also fleeting. This franchise has already proven itself to me, and its hard to hate on champions.
Now, I'm not giving them license to tank from here on out and never win another championship again, but I'm willing to give these champions like Tim, Manu, Tony and Bruce some space to trip over their own two feet from time to time.
Don't cross them out just yet!
Tim Duncan.
Also:
Manu, Bruce and Tony.
Finally:
Until this team ACTUALLY gets a 5-8 seed and ACTUALLY goes out in the first round, they have earned our trust and respect via 3 championships and several deep playoff runs. Nobody and no team in any walk of life is perfect (ask the Celtics), and while fans reserve any right whatsoever to either support or diss their team, or both, I am just making the point that we should take a deep breath, have faith that the team is well aware of their shortcomings and that they are doing everything humanly possible to correct them. Maybe they simply are not as good as Dallas or Phoenix, for example, right now, but this franchise has treated us to glory and good times. They've risen from small market anonymity to the world stage and have shone brightly.
In true summary, championship or not, trust that they are doing what they believe is best to become champions again. Perhaps this is not their year, but perhaps a surprise is in store.
And if they don't win the championship this year? Well, at least they are not Dallas or Phoenix, who have exactly zero championships to date. And should one of those franchises win one, well, we've got freaking 3 to embrace.
Success is fleeting, and its oh so hard to reach the cusp of greatness in one's profession, and the Spurs have done it three times. You've also gotta have luck and an improbable stroke of fate. I bet countless Spurs fans were stunned and sickened over a decade ago when David Robinson took a wrong step and landed on the IR for an entire season. Little would they know that that disaster would instantly transform into a bud of hope and steely resilience which would actually lead this franchise toward a path of greatness, a greatness which would mark this team a decade later as the winningest professional sports franchise in America.
No, I'm not writing them off and burying them, I'm just putting this season into its proper perspective.
Yes, I'm going to continue to get flustered at Barry or Finley's defensive lapses, at Bruce's missed open shots and I will grit my teeth at Tim getting his shot stuffed. I will also temporarily put a take like this on the backburner and opt to curse this team for blowing a late lead at home against an Eastern Conference lottery team. I will get pissed off. But moment's like that are also fleeting. This franchise has already proven itself to me, and its hard to hate on champions.
Now, I'm not giving them license to tank from here on out and never win another championship again, but I'm willing to give these champions like Tim, Manu, Tony and Bruce some space to trip over their own two feet from time to time.
Don't cross them out just yet!