A Good Description Of Duncan's Approach To The Regular Season

[duncan228]

A piece from the Weekly Countdown by Ian Thomsen on SI.com.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/ian_thomsen/01/11/weekly.countdown/index.html

4 Stars with presidential traits

4. Kevin Garnett as Barack Obama. Like Obama, KG is a unifier and a preacher of hope as well as The Story of this NBA season. But can he finish what he has started?

3. Tim Duncan as John McCain. You know what Duncan stands for and he's going to stick to his principles regardless of what anybody thinks. Like McCain over the previous year, Duncan tends to withdraw during much of the regular season before gathering momentum for the big postseason run.

2. Steve Nash as John Edwards. Nash carries a populist message -- he plays with passion in the name of team play, and he wasn't afraid to speak out against the war in Iraq. He has a hardcore following, but will he ever get over the top?

1. Kobe Bryant as Hilary Clinton. Kobe is a polarizing figure with high positives and negatives. He is trying to revive his championship legacy of a few years ago, but a return to the NBA Finals no longer seems inevitable.

[Cry Havoc]

I love your articles typically, Duncan228, but that is seriously one of the most pointless, worthless articles I've ever seen.

For what purpose do we need to compare basketball to politics? And how could you possibly compare Duncan, who has ascended to the top of his career 4 seperate times, with McCain, who has never reached the Oval Office?

Articles like this are a waste of time, keystrokes, paper, and reader's money.

[hater]

Mar Cuban as George Bush

[Supergirl]

Actually I thought he made some pretty interesting comparisons.

[duncan228]

I love your articles typically, Duncan228, but that is seriously one of the most pointless, worthless articles I've ever seen.

For what purpose do we need to compare basketball to politics? And how could you possibly compare Duncan, who has ascended to the top of his career 4 seperate times, with McCain, who has never reached the Oval Office?

Articles like this are a waste of time, keystrokes, paper, and reader's money.

I didn't write it, or do the comparison.

I simply thought it was a good description of Duncan's approach to the regular season.

The politics did make me pause, I decided (obviously) to post it.

With all the conversation about the team's slump after last night's loss I thought another reminder of how Duncan, and therefore the Spurs, operates would be a good thing.

I've been wrong before. :)

(Oh...Just an fyi...It's a piece of an article, it wasn't a stand alone article. If that matters...)

[ludda]

I think Thomsen's All star picks already certified that he's an idiot.

[ThomasGranger]

TP as Dennis Kucinich. Little guy who attacks the bigger players on the inside relentlessly, but pretty much all the media attention goes to his wife.

[MONTENEGRINO]

Mar Cuban as George Bush
How? Stupid and uninteligent? Bad politics and solutions? Wasted money? :spin :elephant :lol :drunk :donkey

[FromWayDowntown]

I will say that there was a stretch of last night's second half where you could see that Playoff Tim Duncan had been awakened -- there was a distinct uptick in Timmy's aggressiveness.

If only he had been able to find Playoff Manu Ginobili and brought him along . . . .

[BonnerDynasty]

McCain bends in the breeze. Duncan does not.

[bdictjames]

Dirk Nowitzki as Ron Paul.

[SouthernFried]

Oh christ...Comparing Duncan to the blowing in the wind media-hyped McCain is almost too much to bear!

Lord, gimme strength!

Comparing Nash to Edwards...the Hairsprayed coiffed trial lawyer? Nash at least brings it to the court. Edwards can't get past the freakin' split ends.

Kobe's is ok tho. :)

[spurms]

hah i actually know the reason why kobe gets compared to clinton.

[Sec24Row7]

Funny... I hear Hillary rapes white girls too.

[Hemotivo]

Funny... I hear Hillary rapes white girls too.
:madrun

[ClingingMars]

1. Kobe Bryant as Hilary Clinton. Kobe is a polarizing figure with high positives and negatives. He is trying to revive his championship legacy of a few years ago, but a return to the NBA Finals no longer seems inevitable.

it's true...i hate them both

huckabee 08!

-Mars