Kenny Smith has made the same misinformed comment twice now: Spurs don't sweep.
C'mon Man! Spurs love them brooms!
2012: Utah & Clippers
2013: Lakers & Grizzlies
2014: Blazers
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Kenny Smith has made the same misinformed comment twice now: Spurs don't sweep.
C'mon Man! Spurs love them brooms!
2012: Utah & Clippers
2013: Lakers & Grizzlies
2014: Blazers
Spurs didn't sweep the Blazers last year. And you have the Jazz 2013 and Lakers 2012 mixed up.
My mistake on the Blazers last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seventyniner
we didn't sweep the blazers dude. 4-1Quote:
Originally Posted by tmtcsc
If the Spurs don't sweep, no one sweeps. I'm pretty sure the Spurs have more sweeps than the Lakers since the end of the Jordan era.
I stand corrected. Thanks. My other stuff checks out though.
i'm glad i'm not the only one who thought Kenny sounded wrong, about the Spurs and sweeps. i totally thought about fact checking the blazers series from last year. and the year we lost to okc.
Kenny Smith is an idiot who just says the same thing over and over, gradually getting louder and louder.
Instead of thinking about Kenny Smith, I recommended spending some quality time looking at OP's avatar which has long provided joy to the SpursTalk masses.
The Spurs swept the Cavs in the 07 Finals but hey, they don't sweep. Ever.
He also said some cliche BS about how the Spurs always play at level 8, rarely a 9 and if you want to beat them you just need to play at level 9 or 10...and that most teams simply can't do that for four games.
Kinda dumb since last year's Spurs in the Finals were like a level 15 on a 10 point scale tbh. :lol
he's kinda right thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by FkLA
He is but in the finals the Spurs did play way above any team, very few past teams would have been able to compete against that. Usually the Spurs are constant, but recently the Spurs have lost because they drop below that constant number not because teams play at a 9 or 10.Quote:
Originally Posted by testies
Nah. I would've agreed if he said the team rarely goes lower than an 8 but he also said they rarely go higher. That's just not true, the Spurs have a gear that only another 1-2 teams have.
As mentioned, Kenny is an idiot.
The Spurs have peaks that are borderline unrivalled. You know, the quarters they have where they shoot 80% and hit 6 threes and hold the opposition below 20. This has yet to happen in this series, but it will.
Tim Duncan Era:
1999: Lakers, Blazers
2004: Grizzlies
2007: Cavs
2012: Jazz, Clippers
2013: Lakers, Grizzlies
Spurs also backdoor swept the Nuggets in 2005, 2007.
99 Lakers and Blazers as well, two in the same playoffs once again.Quote:
Originally Posted by will_spurs
Last years playoffs were proof of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by FkLA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcXfKjByQN0&app=desktopQuote:
Originally Posted by MI21
:lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by FkLA
Didn't you make a thread basically comparing Kenny to dumbjohn?
probably :lol
I do feel the Spurs sometimes sort off toss games, or give up pride games, when a series is in hand. But maybe not more than any others. It's easy to let a team get that one and then let momentum peter out.
His bigger point is that the Spurs don't panic even when down a game, etc. Trite point, but the point nonetheless.
Kenny is actually the one on that show worth listening to.
Do we have a comparison of other teams/players that have swept their opponents post-Jordan? Would be interesting to compare to LeBron, Kobe, Shaq, Wade, and Dirk.
The monkeys at TNT blurt anything that comes to their head. Why is this even threadworthy?
He's neither right nor wrong. Are we taking reality as fact? Then false. We have sweeped. Are we talking metaphorically? Then true. 2012 was redacted, stolen by ibaka. Lakers? Not an nba team therefore not applicable.
Some sweeps are not sweeps. The spurs are classy enough to lose at least once every series, but like Monty last night it takes two to tango and just because a team loses it doesn't mean the spurs win. Even if we do sweep, it's a win because it's a teaching. Like a good spank, the spurs both show the right way while punishing the wrong way.