Parade is Sunday at 6pm, Alamodome Celebration at 9pm

[Sam]

Oh dear God Bruce. Speed it up!
YES BRUCE, speed it up. Some of us on the east coast have to go to work in the morning.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

YES BRUCE, speed it up. Some of us on the east coast have to go to work in the morning.

Shit, people on the West Coast might not get good sleep tonight.

[CubanMustGo]

Thank God for DVR. I'm watching the rest tomorrow. At this rate Bruce will take 10 minutes for Tim and 20 for Tony.

[missmyzte]

I don't need to sleep tonight, he's putting me to sleep right now

[Infamous]

Bruce should get a grammy award for this, him talking spanish is funny as hell. lmao

[flame]

lol @ tony - manu sits down and he immediately goes "what'd you say?"

I love our team.

[JustSpurs]

I don't need to sleep tonight, he's putting me to sleep right now

:sleep

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

why Bruce singing alouette??

[NASpurs]

why Bruce singing alouette??It's French?

[CubanMustGo]

It's French?

Oui.

[missmyzte]

TP is up ... TD is telling him he has to rap!

[Trainwreck2100]

If he starts rapping i'm going to kill my tv

[missmyzte]

I want to hear TP rap!

[NASpurs]

Oui.Oh I wasn't really asking. I was being sarcastic. :lol

[duncanchick21]

Anyone have a count on how many times Tony has said unbelievable?

[missmyzte]

Anyone have a count on how many times Tony has said unbelievable?
At least he didn't say "Pop say be aggressive"

[Jobbs]

no rap from TP

[Trainwreck2100]

The three little pigs?

[missmyzte]

One cool dude
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/77/fullj.getty-74640371rm008_sa_champs_11_04_00_pm.jpg

[NASpurs]

How come Manu was having mic problems but Bruce's mic hasn't been "accidently" cut?

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

Step it up some, Bruce.
I'd like to make it to the bar before last call.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Bruce still drunk

[NASpurs]

:lmao @ Finley running up to hug Timmy

awww

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

The three little pigs?
He's a good Public Speaker.

[Jobbs]

lol @ tim

[AlmondJoy]

LOL at Tim tellin the crowd not to boo Bowen!

[flame]

LOL

Got played off the stage Academy style!

[missmyzte]

That's it? Really?

[NASpurs]

:lmao @ Bruce getting the Oscar cut off treatment

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Horry emotional?

[spyder]

man this is awsome...me being able to see them talk since im not in SA...thanks Spurs.com...this freakin rocks :clap :clap :downspin: :downspin:

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Tony didn't rap?

[spursgrl20]

Is that it? All they did was get introduced and hop around a little.

[Borosai]

It was great to see that... thanks to the Internets. That's a great group of guys.

[ashbeeigh]

The best part was the little thing at the end, honestly.

[aaronstampler]

This team should keep Brent just so they can have a decent MC at next year's ceremony. Bruce shouldn't quit his night job.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I don't even wanna watch Bruce on Jay Leno anymore.

[Kori Ellis]

THANK GOD

barry take it and run

I don't find Barry funny at all, so I'm glad he didn't.

[Kori Ellis]

This team should keep Brent just so they can have a decent MC at next year's ceremony. Bruce shouldn't quit his night job.

Who knows if Barry will be here :lol

[CubanMustGo]

Barry seems to think insulting ppl is cool
Bruce tends to think talking lots is cool

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Shaq should be the MC at all Championship celebrations.

[Trainwreck2100]

Barry doesn't need to tell people what jokes are.

[Kori Ellis]

...
Bruce tends to think talking lots is cool

Seems like they told him to stretch it out and fill up the TV time because they had nothing special planned :lol

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Barry doesn't need to tell people what jokes are.
Barry's a wise-ass.
So I think he's definitely AT LEAST knows how to strikes some people's senses of humor.

If anything Timmy's supposed to be a really funny guy. He should MC if they repeat.

[aaronstampler]

Who knows if Barry will be here :lol


I guess he probably won't. Of the 15 man roster we got now, what's the magic number for '08? 11? 12?

That should be a vbookie, with the over/under at 11.5

[Kermit]

Barry doesn't need to tell people what jokes are.
i was pining for brent to mc but then he got up and made bruce look like bob hope. way to step up there barry.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Shaq is best at being a clown. He would have killed.

[CubanMustGo]

Shaq is best at being a clown. He would have killed.

Not to mentioned you wouldn"t have had to ask him twice to rap

[Kori Ellis]

Oh well, I'm not complaining. The Spurs just won their 4th championship - it's not a rule that the celebration has to be funny :lol

[CubanMustGo]

Oh well, I'm not complaining. The Spurs just won their 4th championship - it's not a rule that the celebration has to be funny :lol

4 Rings >>> funny

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Not to mentioned you wouldn"t have had to ask him twice to rap
:lol (and breakdanced)

yeah, I really wanted Tony to rap. That's why I watched it.

[Marcus Bryant]

Oh well, 3 of the 4 trophies on that stage were there in no small part thanks to Bowen, so what if hogs the mike a little at the celebration of the 4th?

So how's this team going to get better?

[Kermit]

Oh well, I'm not complaining. The Spurs just won their 4th championship - it's not a rule that the celebration has to be funny :lol
it doesn't hurt. i say next year they let beno mc.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Anyway, it's nice to see the players hang out with the crowd. Good stuff. Hope to see them do the same again next year. No matter how much of snorefest it is by the end. :lol

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Oh well, 3 of the 4 trophies on that stage were there in no small part thanks to Bowen, so what if hogs the mike a little at the celebration of the 4th?

So how's this team going to get better?
Trade for the funniest players in the league.

[duncan228]

Long, boring, whatever. I was glad to see it.
They were loose, happy.
Champions.

[Borosai]

"Wicked awesome"
Oberto's little dance
James White!

It wasn't all bad.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

"Wicked awesome"
Oberto's little dance
James White!

It wasn't all bad.
yeah it was all bruce.

The stuff in between was what we wanted, more little jigs from each of the teammates. Not Bruce the main show. :lol

[spursgrl20]

Oberto's dance was freakin' awsome. What the hell was that? :lol

[Kermit]

chicken dance.

[Kori Ellis]

yeah it was all bruce.

The stuff in between was what we wanted, more little jigs from each of the teammates. Not Bruce the main show. :lol

But I'm sure that was planned that way. It's not like any of the players wanted to talk and Bruce cut into their time. If anything, he was just filling time because there was nothing planned :lol

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Oh I'm sure the players/t.v. crew welcomed Bruce's antics, only at the expense of some of the viewers... "Don't worry Bruce will handle everything, we won't have to do much."

Though I wonder if Manu and Fabricio were wondering what the heck he was doing to the Spanish language.

[Kori Ellis]

Oh I'm sure the players/t.v. crew welcomed Bruce's antics, only at the expense of some of the viewers... "Don't worry Bruce will handle everything, we won't have to do much."

Though I wonder if Manu and Fabricio were wondering what the heck he was doing to the Spanish language.

He talks Spanish to them all the time. They say he's pretty fluent (with a poor accent). His wife is Cuban.

[Borosai]

Oh I'm sure the players/t.v. crew welcomed Bruce's antics, only at the expense of some of the viewers... "Don't worry Bruce will handle everything, we won't have to do much."

Though I wonder if Manu and Fabricio were wondering what the heck he was doing to the Spanish language.

He hand-checked the Spanish language in a bad way. Flagrant 2.

[greens]

I think you guys are being too hard on Bruce. I mean he was probably told to take his time in introducing everyone. And he had to introduce everyone, including all the other staff people...So it's not his fault that for the fans it might not have been fun to listen to him introduce the behind the scenes staff. It's the whole organization that was represented. So everyone had to be aknowledged...obviously the fans would prefer just to see their favorite players. (no the trainers...etc...)

Plus a lot of the Spurs players don't like to talk as much...So I feel like Bruce is doing a lot of players a favor by accepting to be the announcer. I know some guys would not want to do that, to have that pressure on themselves to entertain thousands and thousands of people on stage. And to try to make it look interesting.

So I think Bruce did an excellent job. (with what was given at the moment)

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Oh ok, I remember him giving a shout out to his wife on the post-conference, but I wasn't sure if he was doing it for kicks. (his accent or pronunciation did seem clumsy)

thanks for clarifying.

[Borosai]

I didn't have a single objection to any of it personally. I'm just too happy to care about the insignificant details.

It was a championship celebration after all.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I think you guys are being too hard on Bruce. I mean he was probably told to take his time in introducing everyone. And he had to introduce everyone, including all the other staff people...So it's not his fault that for the fans it might not have been fun to listen to him introduce the behind the scenes staff. It's the whole organization that was represented. So everyone had to be aknowledged...obviously the fans would prefer just to see their favorite players. (no the trainers...etc...)

Plus a lot of the Spurs players don't like to talk as much...So I feel like Bruce is doing a lot of players a favor by accepting to be the announcer. I know some guys would not want to do that, to have that pressure on themselves to entertain thousands and thousands of people on stage. And to try to make it look interesting.

So I think Bruce did an excellent job. (with what was given at the moment)


Well, anyway I can't speak for the other comments on here, but I just want to make clear, that I'm just poking fun at Bruce's MC skills in a good way, no one expects these guys to be professional MC's :lol

IMO, he was badddddddd...but in the end, I really don't care that he was, my favorite part, "See Tim, they're saying Brucee" when I think they really were booing that time when he was pretending to wrap it up before introducing the big 3.

[olemanu]

I miss the alamodome

[rob5]

Not enough everyone else. Was hoping to hear from ALL the Spurs tonight but I thought Bruce got a little too greedy with the mic between introductions. Other than that, pretty good show.

[toosmallshoes]

Shoulda been Barry. I felt sorry for Bruce. He came across as the kind of person who is very comfortable with his close friends, but doesn't feel comfortable around groups of people he hasn't met. I can relate. I was very impressed with how many names he remembered of people deep within the Spurs organization. But, he fell in love with the mic, and that was his downfall.

[olemanu]

anyone know wear the Admiral was I thought he was part owner?

[leemajors]

we randomly asked a guy next to us after the parade at a stoplight the best way to get the the alamodome(my friends and i live in austin, and i hadn't been to the alamodome since the 94 final 4 championship game), and he gave us floor passes to the celebration at the alamodome in the dome seating section. it kicked ass, but all my pics turned out blurry for the most part except some of the coyote. bruce was glib, but awesome, and barry's eva joke panned but was actually pretty damn funny.

[Kori Ellis]

Shoulda been Barry. I felt sorry for Bruce. He came across as the kind of person who is very comfortable with his close friends, but doesn't feel comfortable around groups of people he hasn't met. I can relate. I was very impressed with how many names he remembered of people deep within the Spurs organization. But, he fell in love with the mic, and that was his downfall.

:lol He's actually very good at public speaking if you have heard him at any other Spurs events/church stuff. He just had a lot of time to occupy and not much material or stuff to talk about besides the introductions. It's not like the other Spurs had something to say but didn't have time because Bruce hogged the mic. They should have just had more stuff planned.

Oh well, I'm shocked at the complainers here.

The Spurs just won a title. If they were just reading the dictionary, people should have enjoyed it:lol

[greens]

Honestly, each player kinda gave short speeches. That was not Bruce's fault. He let everyone talk...it's just that they had little to say.

I'm also surprised at people complaining so much about Bowen! I mean they all just won the championship.

Plus, didn't Bruce major in public speaking? I think he's very good at it. And I also love listening to his interviews...

It's funny how people think he took the mic from others...when everyone had their turn to speak, it is just that they chose to say a few words rather than long speeches...lol.

If you notice that whenever there is some sort of a ceremony, Bruce is always chosen by his team to speak. He also spoke when they all arrived back from Cleveland at the airport. The team wants him to do the speaking...all the time. It's not like he craves the spotlight...

[toosmallshoes]

Sorry. He just didn't cut it. Great defender. Bad emcee.

[toosmallshoes]

:lol He's actually very good at public speaking
Show me, don't tell me.
But who cares???????
Go Spurs!!!!!

[MannyIsGod]

:lol He's actually very good at public speaking if you have heard him at any other Spurs events/church stuff. He just had a lot of time to occupy and not much material or stuff to talk about besides the introductions. It's not like the other Spurs had something to say but didn't have time because Bruce hogged the mic. They should have just had more stuff planned.

Oh well, I'm shocked at the complainers here.

The Spurs just won a title. If they were just reading the dictionary, people should have enjoyed it:lolBruce came across to me as someone who would do well giving corporate motivational speaches or speaking as a college graduation but not as someone who should be leading a ceremony that demands a level of humor.

The poor guy had to keep telling people when he was telling jokes.

However, I think he did well at the very end getting the crowd pumped up, but all in all I am dissapointed we didn't see Barry. Bruce's presentation was long as things were a bit dry and on the boring side. Thats not to take away from the title or anything else but a simple review of his performance last night.

[greens]

Honestly, I don't find Brent Barry funny at all...but that might just be me. I see people saying that Brent should have done the announcements...However, listening to his boat speech about French people jumping off the boats wasn't too funny, in my own humble opinion. I dont know if Tony thought it was funny, either...

[toosmallshoes]

Pump up the crowd! Bowen found it was his job to first subdue the crowd and then raise them back up. Didn't work. Damn. He's a great defender. But he sucked tonight. He can't be good at everything, can he?

[greens]

Pump up the crowd! Bowen found it was his job to first subdue the crowd and then raise them back up. Didn't work. Damn. He's a great defender. But he sucked tonight. He can't be good at everything, can he?


LOL! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion...so you think he sucked...

I thought he did great. I didn't think he was boring at all...

[Dirk Nowitzki]

:clap :clap The parade and Dome celebration kicked so much ass. I was so happy for Finley. I screamed so loud and go so trashed! Yes Spurs fans, I am jealous of your success. I wish my team could have the class and greatness like your spurs have had. It is why I hate them so damn much is because I am envious of them and their fans. But I do respect the fuck out of them. Oh well at least we are going to have our 67-15 parade! :elephant :elephant

[duncan228]

:clap :clap The parade and Dome celebration kicked so much ass. I was so happy for Finley. I screamed so loud and go so trashed! Yes Spurs fans, I am jealous of your success. I wish my team could have the class and greatness like your spurs have had. It is why I hate them so damn much is because I am envious of them and their fans. But I do respect the fuck out of them. Oh well at least we are going to have our 67-15 parade! :elephant :elephant

Glad you had a good time Dirk.

Good to see your Mavs back as your team.

The Spurs are classy. And you've turned into a classy "troll"! :spin

I'm glad you stuck around.

[boutons_]

Bruce had a hard row to hoe,and I don't think he'd hoed very well. In spite of the enormous good will most of us have towards Bruce, he was really wrong-footed and off-key at the Alamodome.

Brent, Tony, and Sean were extremely professional and entertaining at the Tip0-Off luncheons, and Tony did a superb job at the 2005 Alamodome.

Pained to see Bruce struggling last night, I was thinking Sean, as professional announcer and extreme popular ex-Spurs, could have pulled it off a lot better, and it would have taken pressure off any player to carry the entire evening.

[spursintpe]

Were any of the families at the celebration? I was there and saw Brent Barry's family and Amy Duncan, but no one else.

[greens]

Were any of the families at the celebration? I was there and saw Brent Barry's family and Amy Duncan, but no one else.


Eva was there and so were Tony's brothers. I also saw Bruce's wife and son too in the audience. I think I also saw Manu's brother and wife at the boat parade, as well as Oberto's wife too.

I think all the families were at the celebration.

[makedamnsure]

Well sitting there since 4pm, I was expecting a little more out of the celebration inside the Dome but doing the wave was too much fun.

I took some pictures but they're kind of bad but I do have some videos of inside the Dome (doing the wave and such). I'll post them once they all get loaded onto my photobucket.

I wish i could've seen some of you there!!