Spurs fined $50,000

[Big P]

link (http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/46187/20070522/spurs_fined_$50000_for_not_making_players_availabl e_to_media/)

The San Antonio Spurs organization has been fined $50,000 for failing to make its players available for a required media session on Monday, May 21 during the NBA Western Conference Finals, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

[Extra Stout]

That money could have gone towards T-shirts.

[ducks]

they needed their rest

[MadDog73]

$50,000 would buy a lot of tickets....

[ducks]

I take the w over the free tshirt
especially since I live in az and would not be able to go to game

[01Snake]

That money could have gone towards T-shirts.

And Spurs License plates!
:lol

[LilMissSPURfect]

That money could have gone towards T-shirts.


:tu :tu

SPURS wanna throw out 50k throw it this way!!!!!! :greedy :greedy :hungry:

[ChumpDumper]

You mean they passed up an opportunity to shame poor San Antonians into forgoing next month's rent?

[Kori Ellis]

SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Spurs decided to take Monday off and made only three players available to the media.

The NBA responded on Tuesday with a $50,000 fine for failing to provide enough players for a required media session.

The fine, issued by NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson, came after Spurs coach Gregg Popovich decided to let his team rest after Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against Utah. San Antonio won Game 1, 108-100.

A year ago, in a similar scenario, the Spurs won Game 1 of the Western Conference finals, but were routed in Game 2.

"We had no energy," guard Tony Parker said in the San Antonio News-Express. "We basically just gave them the game. We lost by (22) and that's not good because you give them confidence and then they go back home."

So Popovich, looking back at history, called for a rest day. Robert Horry, Jacque Vaughn and Parker were at the team's practice facility.

Parker was there to get treatment on his sore right shoulder and knees.

ESPN.com

[Kori Ellis]

Props to Pop for giving them a rest and not worrying about the fine. Health and winning > Media Sessions.

[ChumpDumper]

You mean Free T-shirts > Health and Winning > Media Sessions

[fyatuk]

So, does that make the Spurs even more villainous? That might help ;)

[Extra Stout]

Props to Pop for giving them a rest and not worrying about the fine. Health and winning > Media Sessions.
Millionaires with a little fatigue > thousands of naked, starving Spurs fans with no gas

[angel_luv]

Kori-
Out of curiousity, How many players were they supposed to give?


And I agree- pops to prop. :) ( Look I can speak Ducks :) )

[sa_butta]

Not a bad way to spend 50 g's. The cost of rest seems a little excessive.

[Kori Ellis]

Kori-
Out of curiousity, How many players were they supposed to give?


And I agree- pops to prop. :) ( Look I can speak Ducks :) )

I don't know for sure. I think four, but I'm not positive.

[ducks]

Robert Horry, Jacque Vaughn were trying to improve?

[Extra Stout]

I don't know for sure. I think four, but I'm not positive.
What was Beno doing?

[reddog 99]

link (http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/46187/20070522/spurs_fined_$50000_for_not_making_players_availabl e_to_media/)

The San Antonio Spurs organization has been fined $50,000 for failing to make its players available for a required media session on Monday, May 21 during the NBA Western Conference Finals, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.


The Media should of just come to this board for all the insight and quotes needed to continue their conspiracy theory!

Bunch of :donkey

[ducks]

I guess that means that no other spur player is injured right now other then tp?

[ducks]

What was Beno doing?
going shopping with his purse!

[41times]

Screw Stu and Sperm and the horses they rode in on!

[ChumpDumper]

mav and sunfans should be fined for failing to leave the message board in a timely manner.

[CubanMustGo]

Next time they should provide Butler, Beno, Red Rocket, and JWhite.

[Sec24Row7]

It's all tax deductable anyway...

[ducks]

It's all tax deductable anyway...
so ?
you still have to pay it
do you think it would save them 50k in taxes?

[DarrinS]

Think about it this way,


$50,000 is about what Cuban plays Finley for each quarter of a game.

[Extra Stout]

It's all tax deductable anyway...
And besides, the $50,000 all goes to Israel.

[BreezeHillBill]

mav and sunfans should be fined for failing to leave the message board in a timely manner.
:cry They have nowhere else to go and nothing else to do except be annoying.

[carib]

Can they just pre record their interviews, and send it out for the year,

1) Defense wins games
2) It was a good team effort
3) We came out good in the first half
4) T.D is the man

[carib]

5) We did a good job closing out the game.
6) We made our shoots from the line.

[Budkin]

Pocket change.

[carib]

7) Tony would say something like this, in the last time out Pop got on me pretty bad, and he told me to be more aggressive and control the ball.

[duncan228]

I'm thrilled. Pop (and the Spurs organization) has never given in to the media pressure.
Fuck 'em. I'm glad they got to rest. Priorities are straight in the Spurs camp.

[sammy]

8) Both teams played hard!

These assholes were calling them dirty all week and treating our team horribly and we are expected to meet with them? Give me a break! Fuck the media!

[smeagol]

Clasless.

Media sessions are very important.

[carib]

9) Pop would say something like this,
Reporter to Pop, “coach there are teams around the league calling the spurs dirty”, Pop answer would be, “next question please”.

[GrandeDavid]

Think about it this way,


$50,000 is about what Cuban plays Finley for each quarter of a game.

Awesome! :clap

Thanks, Ice Cuban!

[angel_luv]

mav and sunfans should be fined for failing to leave the message board in a timely manner.

:lol :lol

[carib]

If they are not going to give the Spurs adequate time to rest, we will rest when we can, on the media expense.

[ObiwanGinobili]

8) Both teams played hard!




:lmao :lmao

[Kobulingam]

They probably didn't practice at all, so showing up for a media session would be a waste of time.

[Kobulingam]

Next time they should provide Butler, Beno, Red Rocket, and JWhite.

ely too

[NoMoneyDown]

Tax write-off.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

What was Beno doing?

Posting in the Troll Forum.

[WalterBenitez]

That money could have gone towards T-shirts.
A new notebook won't hurt me :pctoss

[WalterBenitez]

Robert Horry, Jacque Vaughn were trying to improve?

Yep ... Jacque was acting as Nash ... and Horry improving his shot on him

[GSH]

You break a rule, you pay the price. That 50K is probably less than what it cost Stoudamire for ignoring a rule. (I could do the math on the cost of 1 game without pay...but I'm too damned lazy.) I don't want to hear the Spurs players answering the same old bullshit questions. I want to watch them win another playoff game. Hats off to the organization for focusing on the game, and being willing to pay the price.

[CubanMustGo]

You break a rule, you pay the price. That 50K is probably less than what it cost Stoudamire for ignoring a rule. (I could do the math on the cost of 1 game without pay...but I'm too damned lazy.) I don't want to hear the Spurs players answering the same old bullshit questions. I want to watch them win another playoff game. Hats off to the organization for focusing on the game, and being willing to pay the price.

Fucking cheap Holt. The Spurs could have provided 0 players instead of 3 but he was too cheap to pay the resulting $200K fine. :madrun

[CubanMustGo]

oh, btw

</sarcasm>

[judaspriestess]

That money could have gone towards T-shirts.
:lol

[MannyIsGod]

Props to ESPN for calling last years 2nd round series the WCF.

[exstatic]

We laughed about this at work, and decided that next time, Pop should just call an optional practice, and have no one show up. :rollin

Fuck that shit. This is their 3rd playoff game tip in 96 hours. Glad Pop and the Spurs manned up.