The unsung hero - Fabricio Oberto

[nkdlunch]

His help defense, his great passes.

He was crucial piece to this championship. :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

[smeagol]

Fabs :tu

[AnotherArgie]

:toast

[Jelly]

yes! He's pretty impressive! He'll be very famous in a year or two.

[Darkwaters]

:toast

[nkdlunch]

OMG I was screaming for Horry for Oberto.

But Oberto proved me wrong!!!!

FRABRICIOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[smeagol]

And 1!

[Typhoon]

YAY Oberto!!!!

[T Park]

Wow was Oberto a stud tonight or what...

[Tippecanoe]

we would not have won it if it werent for fabs

[chaco]

:toast :toast :toast Thanks Fabri !!! :toast :toast :toast

[Solid D]

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/66/fullj.getty-74165826cc122_nba_finals_ga_11_55_09_pm.jpg

[SpursIndonesia]

Great job man, simply fantastic !! The ugliest bball styled player in the league is the champ of the world -Olympic, and now the NBA. He's a winner, no argument.

[xfycox]

Oberto did extremely well...I have so much more respect for him now...he kicked ass out there

[Got2bHilikus]

OBBBEEEEERTTTOOOOO, he did great tonight

[Spurs Brazil]

Thank you OBERTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Solid D]

The cool thing was that number 7 was out there in crunch time screening, rebounding, hustling, scoring and winning!

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/aa/fullj.getty-74165826ab156_nba_finals_12_20_46_am.jpg

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

The And -1, was what I loved. He never gives up and continues to compete. He makes the team that much stronger at the 5 spot.
We have an opportunity to be a stronger team in the next season.

[samikeyp]

He really showed up this post-season. :toast

[Fabricio Oberto]

Mvp

[spursaretheone]

OBERTO!!!!!!! He was the man in late in the 4th.

[TDMVPDPOY]

dude was gold though...gettin into the right positions at the right time

even t hough i disliike his 1inch verticle leap......

looks like his lookn for a payrise

[manubili]

I couldn't be happier for him. This guy is all hard work. He deserves this and more.

[The Red Hood]

the Argentinian connection was AWSOME Faberto is what I like to call him was AMAZING and how about manu in the end PLAYS WITH PASSION NUFF SAID!!!!!!!!!!

[jmard5]

He earned his spot, his name. First time Spurs players usually take at least 2 seasons to gain their confindence. Look at Horry, Finley... heck, even Manu.

Spurs will be older next year as Horry, Finley and probably Oberto will be back. Now they need to develop Butler and White.

[nkdlunch]

fabs got gold medal and nba ring. what a winner

[makedamnsure]

FABBY! I was hater but he's converted me :]

[RogerIsEatingASandwich]

Fabricio was great. AMAZING.

[GrandeDavid]

I'm elated for Fabricio. He did such a great job for us. Money man.

[MI21]

Something about those Argentinian players coming up big when it matters...

No matter what happens from here on out, I will always love Fab as a player. Like I love Stephen Jackson, Malik Rose etc for being big parts in a Spurs championship.

[Solid D]

Peter Vecsey said after the game that he knew Pop would go to the Argentines in the 4th quarter. They just win the Olympics. Team Argentina (Manu and Oberto) scored 18 of the final 23 points in the game for the Spurs. "Immediately after the game, England gave back the Falklands to Argentina."

[baseline bum]

Let me start signing then...

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/72/fullj.getty-74165826cg014_nba_finals_ga_11_41_23_pm.jpg

This play was so badass, it made me bust in my pants!

[Solid D]

Ah, the culmination of the full 1 minute and 34 seconds Spurs' possession.

[UV Ray]

FABBY! I was hater but he's converted me :]

I like Oberto. He reminds me of Kurt Rambus.

[ploto]

Wish the search function worked so I could show how I told you so and demonstrate all those who discredited me in the summer.

[makedamnsure]

Ah, the culmination of the full 1 minute and 34 seconds Spurs' possession.

was that how long it was? jesusss

[T Park]

i thought you said the Spurs would go small and the Spurs would fail.

[Admidave50]

Fabricio was Fabulous in the playoffs!

[timvp]

Wish the search function worked so I could show how I told you so and demonstrate all those who discredited me in the summer.

What happened to Oberto starting for one game in the playoffs and then Horry getting the starts after that?

You are trying to say you voted for Oberto before you voted against him? :smokin






P.S.

Congrats, ploto. You gotta still be a Spurs fan somewhere deep down inside :)

[ChumpDumper]

Was Rasho starting for us?

[ploto]

What happened to Oberto starting for one game in the playoffs and then Horry getting the starts after that?

You are trying to say you voted for Oberto before you voted against him? :smokin

P.S.

Congrats, ploto. You gotta still be a Spurs fan somewhere deep down inside :)
Horry screwed it up by getting suspened. :lol

[ploto]

Honestly, I am a fan of certain players and personally very happy for a couple of them, but I am not a fan of the organizational "entity" known as the Spurs. One of those things - like making sausage- I was better off when I knew less about it.

[ChumpDumper]

:lol

Go to sleep, hater.

[T Park]

but I am not a fan of the organizational "entity" known as the Spurs.

christ go away

[timvp]

Honestly, I am a fan of certain players and personally very happy for a couple of them, but I am not a fan of the organizational "entity" known as the Spurs. One of those things - like making sausage- I was better off when I knew less about it.

Maybe the sausage can come back from Toronto after his contract runs its course.

:hat

[Creation88]

release The Secret Weeeeeeeeeeapon!

[ploto]

Maybe the sausage can come back from Toronto after his contract runs its course.

Ćevapčići :hungry:

[Axl Van Dam]

Let me start signing then...

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/72/fullj.getty-74165826cg014_nba_finals_ga_11_41_23_pm.jpg

This play was so badass, it made me bust in my pants!

:toast AWESOME PIC!! :toast

[ChumpDumper]

Wish the search function worked so I could show how I told you so and demonstrate all those who discredited me in the summer.Yeah we could also look up the post where you said Illgauskas was going to kill us with his scoring in the Finals because we didn't have Rasho anymore.

[ploto]

Actually Big Z should have played more in the fourth quarter of games 3 and 4. Maybe the Cavs would have gotten a rebound.

[carina_gino20]

The way Fabricio has been steady for us this postseason is just mindblowing. Heck, he wasn't half the player he is now during the regular season. He was really very solid and it was a very welcome surprise considering that our greatest concern coming into this season was our bigs.

[ChumpDumper]

Actually Big Z should have played more in the fourth quarter of games 3 and 4. Maybe the Cavs would have gotten a rebound.Actually, you were specifically posting about his scoring.

[cheguevara]

Let me start signing then...

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/72/fullj.getty-74165826cg014_nba_finals_ga_11_41_23_pm.jpg

This play was so badass, it made me bust in my pants!

LOL at varejao the flopper

[ArgSpursFan]

Peter Vecsey said after the game that he knew Pop would go to the Argentines in the 4th quarter. They just win the Olympics. Team Argentina (Manu and Oberto) scored 18 of the final 23 points in the game for the Spurs. "Immediately after the game, England gave back the Falklands to Argentina."

If that shit ever happens before I die.I promess to all the presents here that I´ll run butt naked around my block and will have my wife record it and them upload it on youtube. :p:

[smeagol]

The way Fabricio has been steady for us this postseason is just mindblowing. Heck, he wasn't half the player he is now during the regular season. He was really very solid and it was a very welcome surprise considering that our greatest concern coming into this season was our bigs.
Argies show up in big games!

[ArgSpursFan]

yeah,they don´t pay him enough to show up in EVERY GAME.
that´s why He only shows up in big ones only.
Lets see he made $2.5 M this season,and he earned his money in about 10 playoffs games, so He is making about $250,000 a game.Not bad Fabri.

[WalterBenitez]

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/66/fullj.getty-74165826cc122_nba_finals_ga_11_55_09_pm.jpg


"got this ball""No please got it""this is your time" "not is yours" :lmao

[raspsa]

I like the nickname "Little Fundamental" for Oberto. He really plays well with Duncan.

[Dartherus]

To the fans who doubt about Scola's potential NBA impact....Remember Oberto....and think of Scola as an Oberto (same or perhaps even better level of Basketball IQ and fundamentals) with better mid range shoot, better post moves, younger, faster and more athletic, with more vertical (remember the huge Block against Jermaine O'Neal in '02 World Cup if you think he can't jump or he's slow).....

In short, I like Oberto, he's great IMO, just think Scola is an improved version of him.

I truly don't undeerstand why could there be people having doubts about Scola.

[cheguevara]

no doubt Scola is about 3x better than oberto.

Oberto and manu need to go into Pops office and tell him "sign Scola and we shall repeat"

[Mavs<Spurs]

Oberto really played great basketball during the whole playoffs.
He was fantastic for us and he definitely earned the acclaim of unsung hero!!!


We would not have advanced in the playoffs without him (think of how big he came up against Utah with all of his rebounding- plus his great court awareness, cutting to the basket at the right time, his spot on rotations (unlike Elson)).

[MoSpur]

He always seems to be at the right place at the right time.

[boutons_]

In other Argie aggressiveness:



BBC NEWS

Argentina vows Falklands return



Argentine President Nestor Kirchner has said Britain won a "colonial victory" in the Falklands War that was unacceptable in the eyes of the world.

Mr Kirchner was speaking on the 25th anniversary of the end of the conflict over the islands in the south Atlantic, that Argentina calls the Malvinas.

Britain retook the islands on 14 June 1982, two and half months after the UK territory was invaded by Argentina.

Mr Kirchner vowed the islands would return by "peaceful means".

Some 255 British servicemen, more than 650 Argentines and three islanders were killed during the war.

No commemorations

"The Malvinas are Argentine and they will return to Argentina by peaceful means," President Kirchner said in Buenos Aires.

He said that Britain "may have won the battle because it's a world power but they will never win by reason or justice".

Unlike in Britain, no major commemorations were held in Argentina on 14 June.

The ceremonies in the UK centred at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel in Pangbourne, near London.

War veterans were joined by the Queen, Prime Minister Tony Blair and Baroness Thatcher, who as the then prime minister dispatched a British naval task force to the Falklands.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6755039.stm

Published: 2007/06/14 22:56:11 GMT

© BBC MMVII

[Taco]

Let me start signing then...

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/72/fullj.getty-74165826cg014_nba_finals_ga_11_41_23_pm.jpg

This play was so badass, it made me bust in my pants!


http://www.obertoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/tim-y-fabri.jpg





http://www.obertoblog.com/

[smeagol]

In other Argie aggressiveness:



Mr Kirchner vowed the islands would return by "peaceful means".



"The Malvinas are Argentine and they will return to Argentina by peaceful means," President Kirchner said in Buenos Aires.

Ahh . . . boutons does not need to post in the political forum to make an ass of himself . . . :rolleyes

[ArgSpursFan]

yeah,I saw him on T.V saying that.He is so full of shit,do you think He really cares about that and the kids who died in that war?He is just trying to be reelected.
Fucking Politics.