Value of Larry O'Brien Trophy diminishing?

[SpursDynasty]

What is up with "the Spurs played bad in the Finals so it's hard to call them a dynasty" or "the Spurs in the Finals is not good for the league"? "Tim Duncan is no Karl Malone" or "Poppovich is no Red Aueberbach or Pat Riley". NO SHIT those guys can't be compared to Jordan, Bird, Magic, Riley, etc. The Spurs Dynasty has taken on a life of its own. Just like Jordan said there can't be another Jordan, but there can be a Wade or LeBron, don't take away from the Spurs just because they don't have the same entertainment value, ratings, etc. as previous dynasties. We have heard that after they won the 2003, 2005, and now 2007 championship. RATINGS and ENTERTAINMENT do not determine an NBA Championship.

And there's always an excuse. "Well without the Phoenix suspensions they wouldn't be in the Finals". Or how about "Well Dallas didn't have Dirk and Lakers didn't have Rick Fox in 2003". Do us a favor and SHADDUP. The same trend has continued since the last Lakers championship run in 2002 ended: No respect for the NBA champions just because they're not the team that was "supposed to be there". Dallas was there last year, right? They lost, so people make excuses about the "upset" and rant about referees/NBA wanting to make Wade into the new Jordan, so they give him all the calls.

So let's rewrite NBA history here so the O'Brien trophy gets its value back:

THE 2003 NBA CHAMPIONS, THE LA LAKERS!
THE 2004 NBA CHAMPIONS, THE LA LAKERS WITH THEIR HALL OF FAME FAB 4 OF SHAQ, KOBE, MALONE, AND PAYTON!
THE 2005 NBA BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS, THE DETROIT PISTONS!
THE 2006 NBA CHAMPIONS, THE YOUNG, ATHLETIC, ENTERTAINING DALLAS MAVERICKS, TO WHOM THE SPURS HAVE PASSED THE TORCH!
THE 2007 NBA CHAMPIONS, THE DALLAS MAVERICKS, WINNERS OF 67 GAMES IN THE REGULAR SEASON!

Where has the value/respect for the NBA champions gone?!?! Thank the stupid entertainment-minded glitz-and-glamour-minded NBA media for wanting certain teams year after year to make it, and then they don't make it, so instead of focusing on who did/was supposed to/has real talent to make it, we call it "boring" and "bad for the league". STFU.

Congrats Spurs on the dynasty.

[pooh]

I had heard on FSR last night that supposedly Robert Horry said that this Spurs team could beat Magic's Lakers and Bird's Celtics teams easily. Now if he said that, then the man has lost all sense of reality.

[LEONARD]

Everyone here hates you, Jeff...

[AnkleBreaker21]

i think the spurs could beat those teams, shit put bowen on jordan,bird or magic. see what happens

[smeagol]

I had heard on FSR last night that supposedly Robert Horry said that this Spurs team could beat Magic's Lakers and Bird's Celtics teams easily. Now if he said that, then the man has lost all sense of reality.
You used to be a Spurs fan in the 90s that switched teams because you thought they were never going to win anything?

Interesting . . .

[Fo'ring]

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[smeagol]

Everyone here hates you, Jeff...
Hey Leo, ready to root for a real team? :lol

[ChumpDumper]

You used to be a Spurs fan in the 90s that switched teams because you thought they were never going to win anything?

Interesting . . .:lmao

How's that pacerfandom working out for ya, poo?

[pooh]

You used to be a Spurs fan in the 90s that switched teams because you thought they were never going to win anything?

Interesting . . .

You're close...i was a fan during their "heyday" in the 70's and 80's. But everyone here knows the story so I'm not going to re-hash it today cause this is for the Spurs fans.

As for what Horry "supposedely" said, I think he's nuts. They wouldn't stand a chance.

[ChumpDumper]

But everyone here knows the story so I'm not going to re-hash it today cause this is for the Spurs fans.We want you to tell us about your bandwagon-jumping BECAUSE this is a day for spurfans.

C'mon poo, you're a writer -- tell us your story of heartbreak and disappointment as a spurfan and ultimate vindication and complete fulfillment as a pacerfan.

[Fo'ring]

You're close...i was a fan during their "heyday" in the 70's and 80's. But everyone here knows the story so I'm not going to re-hash it today cause this is for the Spurs fans.

As for what Horry "supposedely" said, I think he's nuts. They wouldn't stand a chance.

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Sucks to be you dude.

[smeagol]

You're close...i was a fan during their "heyday" in the 70's and 80's. But everyone here knows the story so I'm not going to re-hash it today cause this is for the Spurs fans.

So it is true . . .

I must really suck to be you :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[ShoogarBear]

C'mon poo, you're a writer -- tell us your story of heartbreak and disappointment as a spurfan and ultimate vindication and complete fulfillment as a pacerfan.Owwweee-woweeee!

[Extra Stout]

pooh, please stop rooting for the Pacers, so we can win a championship.

[pooh]

We want you to tell us about your bandwagon-jumping BECAUSE this is a day for spurfans.

C'mon poo, you're a writer -- tell us your story of heartbreak and disappointment as a spurfan and ultimate vindication and complete fulfillment as a pacerfan.

Nope, if you don't know it by now chimpdumper, then you're the loser everyone says that you are. :)

[ChumpDumper]

I know the story, but it's important we hear it from you.

I don't want to come of as biased against whiny turncoat fans with laughably horrible judgment.

[word]

i think the spurs could beat those teams, shit put bowen on jordan,bird or magic. see what happens

Dennis Rodman on Duncan ?

[pooh]

I know the story, but it's important we hear it from you.

I don't want to come of as biased against whiny turncoat fans with laughably horrible judgment.

You just did...but thank you for playing, we have some lovely parting gifts for you.

[ChumpDumper]

You just did...but thank you for playing, we have some lovely parting gifts for you.
So you are admitting to being a whiny turncoat fan with laughably horrible judgment.

Thank you!

[pooh]

So you are admitting to being a whiny turncoat fan with laughably horrible judgment.

Thank you!

I think you need to read (try it somet time) you said YOU didn't want to come off as being biased, etc. I just confirmed that you already did.

[ChumpDumper]

I think you need to read (try it somet time) you said YOU didn't want to come off as being biased, etc. I just confirmed that you already did.If you weren't what I am biased against, how could I come off as biased?

I think we all need to read your story, poo.

Set the record straight.

[smeagol]

The good old days when Pooh and chump used to fight and MFD used to post crazy threads in the political forum!

[pooh]

chump has nothing better to do, so he likes to re-open wounds...

[ShoogarBear]

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

[ChumpDumper]

Why is it a wound, poo?

Elaborate.

[BeerIsGood!]

Bandwagoners suck.

[smeagol]

Fuck it Pooh, we'll take you back!

[BeerIsGood!]

Fuck it Pooh, we'll take you back!

Fuck that. This place already has enough pooh flying around.

[pooh]

Who said I would come back? I don't have any regrets about not being on board when the Spurs were "good". I'm sure as hell not going to "flip-flop" around.

[ChumpDumper]

Why would you not jump around, poo? If a team disappoints you, leave it and find another one. You've done it before.

It's the way of the poo.

If it isn't, please explain why you left the Spurs and haven't left the Pacers.

[pooh]

Well why don't YOU tell everyone. Apparently YOU know the story better than I do. And why does it bother you so much about why I changed teams? When last I looked it IS America.

[T Park]

someones mad someone has another riiiiinnngggg :lmao

[thispego]

hmmm, well now i want to hear the story... while you're at it, lets get the story about why mouse jumped ship, too.

[UV Ray]

i think the spurs could beat those teams, shit put bowen on jordan,bird or magic. see what happens


MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Anklebiter, you are a MAJOR dipshit. Good for laughs though! :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[monosylab1k]

THE 2004 NBA CHAMPIONS, THE LA LAKERS WITH THEIR HALL OF FAME FAB 4 OF SHAQ, KOBE, MALONE, AND PAYTON!
THE 2005 NBA BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS, THE DETROIT PISTONS!

WTF????

You can't even rewrite history without looking like a dumbass.

[FromWayDowntown]

If I were a Pacer fan, I'd be stoked about the short-term future. They were so good last year, that in April, an Indianapolis sportscaster began his segment on the Pacers by saying "And now, on to the Pacers, though I'm not exactly sure why anyone cares." I guess they did have a highlight when they rallied to beat the Spurs on April 1, but it was hard to tell from the indifference expressed by Pacers fans that night. It was as electric as a Spurs pre-season game.

I honestly forget the Einsteinian reasoning that led to Pooh's choice, but whatever its logic, that choice has clearly proven to have been an excellent one.

[FromWayDowntown]

WTF????

You can't even rewrite history without looking like a dumbass.

I noticed that as well.

[SpursWoman]

WTF????

You can't even rewrite history without looking like a dumbass.


What the hell? :lmao

[ChumpDumper]

Well why don't YOU tell everyone.I'm not a writer; I figured you would do a better job of explaining yourself.
Apparently YOU know the story better than I do.I specifically asked you to explain yourself because you know the story best.

Is this not true?
And why does it bother you so much about why I changed teams? When last I looked it IS America.It is America. I want to hear your great American story. More and more people want to hear it with every post you make.

[Marcus Bryant]

Serves the bastard right for bailing on his team. I lived through the 70s and 80s. Never once did that lead me astray. In addition, all the more better it is that someone should stop being a Spurs fan in favor of a Pacers team which seemed closer to a championship at the time, only to miss out on 4 Spurs championships.

Fuck you.

[ShoogarBear]

When did the Pacers ever seem closer to a championship than the Spurs?

I'm talking about NBA-only, of course.

[T Park]

Serves the bastard right for bailing on his team. I lived through the 70s and 80s. Never once did that lead me astray. In addition, all the more better it is that someone should stop being a Spurs fan in favor of a Pacers team which seemed closer to a championship at the time, only to miss out on 4 Spurs championships.

amen

[pooh]

4 titles...2 earned, 1 (shortened season) the other (handed to them by the commissioner for a stupid rule)

[smeagol]

4 titles...2 earned, 1 (shortened season) the other (handed to them by the commissioner for a stupid rule)
Even though you were a Spur Fan once, you truly sound like a Laker/Suns/Idiot Fan.

"Handed by the commissioner"

Sure he did :rolleyes

Rules do not apply to stars or during playoffs.

[smeagol]

WTF????

You can't even rewrite history without looking like a dumbass.
It's SpursDynasty, remember?

[smeagol]

Fuck it Pooh, we'll take you back!
I take that back!

You should suffer ringless for your stupid * comment

[UV Ray]

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[Sec24Row7]

If the Pacers could take Jordan's bulls to a game 7... we could have beaten them.

[FromWayDowntown]

4 titles...2 earned, 1 (shortened season) the other (handed to them by the commissioner for a stupid rule)

It's really too bad that the Commissioner didn't make the first exception in the history of that rule for two idiots who couldn't maintain their poise.

You know, though, I'm going to start bitching about how the Spurs were robbed. After all, if Joey Crawford doesn't toss Tim on April 15 at Dallas, the Spurs might have won that game. Had they won that game, they likely would have secured HCA for a second round matchup with the Suns -- after all, when the Spurs lost on 4/15, Pop just mailed in the remaining games; meanwhile, the Suns were busting their humps to win and lost consecutive games in that last week of the season. Three Spurs wins and two Suns losses = HCA for the Spurs. So, really, it was the Spurs who were screwed -- not by the Commissioner, but by Joey Crawford!!

For the Spurs to have overcome that adversity to win this championship is truly remarkable. I mean, they had to win 2 road games in Phoenix when they should have had HCA in that series!! What other team had to deal with that sort of nonsense? No team in these playoffs, then, persevered more than the Spurs.

[UV Ray]

For the Spurs to have overcome that adversity to win this championship is truly remarkable. I mean, they had to win 2 road games in Phoenix when they should have had HCA in that series!! What other team had to deal with that sort of nonsense? No team in these playoffs, then, persevered more than the Spurs.

Congratulations Spurs!
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[Marcus Bryant]

When did the Pacers ever seem closer to a championship than the Spurs?

I'm talking about NBA-only, of course.

Well, the Pacers probably seemed closer than the Spurs to young pooh bear in the early 90s when they made a couple of Eastern Conference Finals.

[Marcus Bryant]

4 titles...2 earned, 1 (shortened season) the other (handed to them by the commissioner for a stupid rule)

...and 4 more than the Indiana Pacers, despite the hopes of South San Antonio's second best amateur science fiction author.

[whottt]

When did the Pacers ever seem closer to a championship than the Spurs?

I'm talking about NBA-only, of course.


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[ChumpDumper]

4 titles...2 earned, 1 (shortened season) the other (handed to them by the commissioner for a stupid rule)That's not your story, poo.

Tell us your story.

[J.T.]

WTF????

You can't even rewrite history without looking like a dumbass.

It's okay because he believes he's the only fan who thought the Spurs could go all the way this year. That must give him some kind of credit on the dumbass scale.