I probably will. Refs control these games too much. Too frustrating to be a fan of a small market team these days.
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I probably will. Refs control these games too much. Too frustrating to be a fan of a small market team these days.
Nope. I will endure our semi rebuild next season. I am looking forward yo continuing to see Kawhi's growth, what team they build around him. I enjoy watching summer league the draft. I actually like to follow young project players, prospects etc. Frankly I don't watch basketball for the stars, the team aspect ans team building is more appealing.
Silver's league is infuriating but I'll watch for Kawhi. Dude's special.
It certainly will not be the same watching the Spurs without TD and Manu there anymore. I have been a fan since 91 and we will never likely see players of Drobs, TD's and Manu's dedication, loyalty and heart again wearing the silver and black. I Pray for that once in a life time lottery pick or diamond in the rough otherwise the Spurs will never ever be the same team to root for. We've been spoilt Spurs fans.
no, i'll still keep up and watch the spurs, and i do get the clippers/lakers locally so i'll still keep up with things... that said i dont know if the passion will be there with duncan/manu gone, at least initially. duncan played his first game for the spurs when i was 5 years old. i dont really know spurs basketball without him
Well said. I've been a fan since 2000, and it was a great ride. But this may be where I get off the train as a die hard fan. It was really cool to see the big 3 get that one in 2014 playing such beautiful basketball. But that era ends this year it looks kike.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skoobz
I feel like they might be holding us back at this stage in their careers tbh. They're good for short bursts, but we can't rely on them for anything anymore.
So yes, I will be a Spurs fan for life. Never going to stop loving the team.
Yes, I dont like scripted shows and idiots worshipping fake manufactured stars thats why the Spurs are so special to me, all low profile guys but Pop doing nothing about this drives me mad, he made his money and is an old man there is no need to take shit from nobody when you are almost 70 and loaded.
I dont take shit in my personal life so there is no need to watch something that is fake and manipulated Im not masochist.
Fan since 88. Nba is just ghetto ball now. Moving on to something else.
lol what a thread
wtf
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:lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::cry:cry:cry:cr y:cry
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by phxspurfan
Feels like without Timmy and Manu (who basically won for us game 6 vs OKC in 2014 and that serious) the team's spirit has lost. Too painful to keep watching this. This season is the last for me as a diehard fan.
I'm a Spurs fan. I'll keep watching even if we're awful.
That said, if we lose this series, I posted I'd ban myself from ST so I'll have to find another board. But I'll keep watching to the day I die.
If we lose this series, its gonna be really interesting to see how Spurs tweak shit this off season.
Glad the cap goes up but paying 25 odd mill to this piece of shit back court of ours doesn't help.
We ain't winning shit without some tweaks next season, especially with Tim and Manure gone.
Only if Softridge & Porker are traded. :wakeup
I might not continue to watch games live in the middle of the night, but I will remain loyal to the Spurs. Hopefully Boban stays!!
I have been a fan of the Spurs since the 70's. Got to watch (and even play a little pickup ball) with George Gervin and all that era's Spurs teams. Even had season tickets in the old Hemisphere/Convention center arena.
I pretty much only watch the Spurs now. Don't watch football, baseball, or any other NBA team. After Manu and Tim are gone, there is a good chance I'll be hanging up watching any Pro Sports. Tho, I might keep track of Kawhi, I'm not sure a Spurs team without Tim, and especially Manu (my favorite all-time NBA player) is going to hold my interest.
Watching the "Beautiful Game" in 2014, was perhaps the best basketball I've ever seen. I'm happy with that :)
WTF
So much butthurt in this thread
I didn't catch that self-imposed ban, Bill. Interesting. This series is the straw that breaks the camel's back for many, it seems. There is a real conversation to be had, for me, about fandom. The game being a rigged commercial enterprize, and me still wearing the merch. I think about it. Sometimes I just feel plain old silly. It's fun. But, I laugh at the mouth-breathing wrestling fans with an air of superiority. The NBAs inherent conflict of interest is an elephant in the room I don't want to ignore any longer. They are either plainly crooked or incompetent, neither inspires a desire to participate any longer. That last play where Kawhi's nonshooting intentional foul is ignored for a shooting foul on LMA that didn't even occur is disgusting. If this were a rare occurence one could write it off, but it just happens too often to the "wrong" teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillMc
Seeing Plumlee getting called for two screens against GSW the other night was equally disgusting. Watching what Green gets away with for GSW, and then seeing Plumlee getting called for one in particular textbook screen, it's just tiresome to watch and the game is no longer fun. Might be more fun to help coach some little leagues, etc. The NBA needs to put "entertainment" after its name. Seriously.
It's not surprising that some would see it as butthurt. At an astrologists convention, nonbelievers are ridiculed, as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
Spurs got the steal of the draft and a dream free agent to revitalize their team and fans be mad because they might go two whole years without making the conference finals.
If you're this butthurt shouldn't you just quit watching today and say fuck game 6?Quote:
Originally Posted by littlecoyotecoin
Shouldn't you get your Chakras aligned?Quote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
If you think the game is rigged, why do you watch? Are you that retarded?Quote:
Originally Posted by littlecoyotecoin
I'm a basketball fan, not a spurs fan. Spurs just happen to play basketball in a way I like.
So no.
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Silver's league?! The NBA is the house that Stern built. He sacrificed the sport of basketball on the altar of entertainment long ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Horry Hipcheck
Probably watch much less regular season games and just the Finals
It's always funny how it works out that the rigged games align with Spurs soul crushing losses.Quote:
Originally Posted by sasaint
I will hang with you for awhile, for the same reasons you cite. Huge off-season this. I am curious to see if the Spurs are willing to make the relatively radical moves I think are necessary to revitalize our competitiveness on the court as well as our leadership in the locker room.Quote:
Originally Posted by SAGirl
Of course. Maybe not as much but still supporting the spurs now and in future.
It is turnover time regardless of what happens tomorrow. Pop will start to ease his way out, and hand control to I believe Udoka. Tim and Manu will be gone. I would not be surprised to see West and Diaw go soon also. Honestly there is no point to keep Boban, he would be too slow in series like these. Mills will stay, DG same, Anderson is here for awhile, and even TP, but he is no where near good enough to keep this team relevant beyond a five-six seed unless the Spurs get some crazy players in. GSW, OKC, LAC top 3. After that who knows. It has been one heck of a ride...
In Vegas, the house ALWAYS wins. Cardinal rule. Does that mean that I can't put a coin in the slot machine, even if I know it's rigged? I don't, but because I'm aware that it's rigged against me, I'm not allowed to put in a coin? I may or may not watch, but your defensiveness seems more a need to convince me I'm just "butthurt" so that your belief system remains in tact. With a name like Baseline Bum, I guess you've been around a long time. I remember seeing "OBERDING" in flashing lights on the "Jumbotron" of the day at my first game. My father wasn't a sports fan. Only I was, so I was older when I went to my first game. But, I've been around a while. This is not a gut-reaction. This has been an elephant in the room for decades.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
I'm not telling you that you're retarded for believing. You go ahead.
It's difficult to quit cold turkey. It's habit, culture, and a way of life. Technology makes it easy to consume. But, a viewing, despite your attempt to connect the two, is not some sort of admission that it's NOT rigged.
No, but I'll probably stop spending a boatload of money on courtside tix to the games...
It will be hard for me if Pop is still coach, and if Parker is still on the team with him, even harder.
I am fine with losing. Even lottery losing. Hell, I watched every game the lottery year with every expectation that they would draft Foyle with the 5th pick or so. Just to watch young guys play, even though they were scrubs. Losing with talent deficits is fine.
But losing due to insane choices I don't think I could tolerate without Duncan and Manu.
It's funny, a lot of fans of other teams talked about Aldridge making a mistake here because after Duncan and Manu or the big 3 were gone it would be a stripped down roster that couldn't compete with just him and Kawhi and maybe Green. And that would be a playoff team and nothing more.
But that's how it turned out already. The reality is that right now it's Kawhi, Aldridge, and sometimes Green and that's it. Some juice from Manu, but it's barren everywhere else by Pop's choice. And it's almost enough with just them to get to conference finals.
Duncan, Diaw, West, Mills, Porker, Anderson ... Giving very little but the team is still almost winning.
But Pop can't accept that. I can't envision him leading a new look spurs team to a finals. And I can't imagine him moving on from Parker either. I don't need to watch him sit the future Bobans, Splitters, and Hills of the world and waste what he can of Kawhi and Aldridge. I don't need to see Parker act like the number one. I don't need to hope that maybe this clinching playoff game or that clinching playoff game will be the Parker food poisoning or injury game that he sits out giving the spurs a chance to win without him.
This!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by BillMc
Fuck all you half hearted pussies. Will you continue to watch! Fuck yes real fans will, the organization doesn't die with Tommy and Manu. This isn't 04 Timmy retiring, it's 2016 Timmy. This team has a great young core with Kawhi, LMA and DG. Soft pussy ass fans here.
Nope, I became a Spurs fan in '94, a kid listening to the radio for Spurs games and checking the newspaper/news to know the results of the games because a lot of the games were shown on Pay Per View here in San Antonio at the time. I'm a Spurs fan but not much of a basketball fan though so I'm out after the Spurs get bounced, until next year.
It just seems I was fortunate enough to have watched the Tim Duncan era and I basically grew up in it. TD and Manu are my favorite players ever and they should have their own statues.
The future is still bright here though, the baton was passed this year and the game goes on, life goes on.
I'll watch till 2022 when Parker retires.
If this continues to be the Lebron vs Curry star match up league, I will probably stop watching deep in the playoffs. I can really appreciate that kind of basketball. I liked the Warriors before, but this year they have changed for me.
But RS I'll probably watch to follow the Spurs and Magic. Right now I still hope they both can make the steps needed in the off-season to either become a playoff team or continue being a contender, respectively.
I think the Spurs should remain contenders if they get to replace the big 3's contribution somehow, and Pop/Kawhi/LaMarcus/Green keep their focus. I know you can't replace Timmy, or Manu. But at this point in their careers, finding big men help and a playmaker from the bench that are durable might be enough. I don't know.. youth, durability and some consistence might replace leadership/clutchness/experience.
But you don't understand. The Spurs won five titles DESPITE the cheating. It was all the other champions that the jew commissioners had their finger on the scale for.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
"These Days".Quote:
Originally Posted by phxspurfan
Lol
Yeah it was much easier in '79.
I'm sure fans of other teams are really torn up about the Spurs full hand of rings (and a real live NBA official claiming to have rigged a game in the Spur's favor).
I do think the officiating is questionable/bad, but as a fan base, relatively, we have little to complain about, and a whole damn lot to be proud of.
Not a chance. Spur's fan for life, since 75. Don't know if some of you younger Spur fans realize that, since this teams inception into the NBA, that the Spurs have only missed the playoffs 4 times. Think about that. That's pretty damn impressive imo. I'm confident that PATFO will find a way to keep this team in contention
No. I'm not a fan for them. If the team becomes like the Kings, that'll affect how much I watch them (though I'd probably go see them live a lot more often). But a competitive Spurs are fine.
Now, if we're talking about in the post-Green era...
It's always funny that having some Spurs success is overlooked as a potential international and Latin American marketing opportunity. It's always funny that people can't see that if a team is so good for so long, that the NBA can make lemonade out of lemons. And, in Vegas, they have to have some winners to hoist up for all to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obstructed_View
It won't be the same without them but I'll always be rooting for this team. Nothing is given in this league but I feel the Spurs have a bright future with Leonard and LMA. It'll be a different era but I find the possibilities promising. Especially if they have a productive off season.
If the Spurs continue to rely on one on one isolation offense i might watch less of them, because the way the Spurs play since manu became an important cog in the machine is just different, he started the passing game all by himself and then became a team effort.
Tim also was a part of this, until diaw came, Tim and Manu were the best passers on the team, and i donīt see Kawhi and LMA able to replicate that. It was a way to see the game that flown from the two leaders to the whole team, i it is ju not there anymore.
Plus those were two guys that in the clutch you knew they would demand the ball and make a play, but now we are left with players that hide in the back of Tony Parker to let the blame come to him.
So yes, i will watch, but with less enthusiasm.
I was a Spurs fan before Tim and Manu and will still be a fan after they retire. Nothing will ever be the same for Spurs fans when they are retired. :depressed
When you see me stop talking about the Spurs here you'll know I'm dead.
Deep.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
No, but I'll lose some of the passion I've had following the team.
I love basketball and the Spurs. I've only missed 1 or 2 games in the past 20 years. Heck I use to listen to them on the radio when games weren't televised. Not going to stop watching just because Duncan and Manu retire. Although the last 20 years have been pretty special.
Just realized I don't own a Tim Duncan jersey. May need to go buy one if he decides retire.
Yes, what's basketball without Manu?
Won't buy league pass anymore but I'll check the box scores to see how the team is doing.
fifyQuote:
Originally Posted by SAGirl
come on bro... nobody gives a shit about stuff like "I'll stop posting IF..." if people were to follow that, board would be empty by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillMc
stick around, it's gonna be fun to see what team they will build around Kawhi and LMA. Offseason is gonna be awesome especially with 100 pages thread about Durant
good riddance bro :lol have fun watching beiseballQuote:
Originally Posted by objective
On a side note, with Manu gone forum will feel empty without Argentinean army that were rooting for the Spurs only because of Manu... :lol
No, i'll always be a fan and continue to watch. Though it will be weird and may take some getting used to.
The last time I saw a Spurs game with no Timmy, I was 11 years old. Now i'm 30.
LolQuote:
Originally Posted by SASdynasty!
Nope. Kawhi and LMA can and will lead us to a title. We just need to re-tool the roster at PG and Center positions.
:tuQuote:
Originally Posted by RD2191
and add Durant
If Green is traded you can still watch his new team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chinook
If Anderson is traded I'll watch his new team and the Spurs.
I actually liked our team when Timmy and Manu were injured. I got to watch players we don't see often and younger guys in new roles. Our ceiling might have been lowered but we still won games, a lot. I don't think Pop is done, personally.
I have been a spurs fan since the spring of '94 which was before Duncan. I became a spurs fan after watching an NBC game way back in '94 which was Magic vs Spurs. Back then Michael had retired so just like every other kid in elementary school I was looking for a new team to root for. For some odd reason even as a kid I hated Shaq. I remember watching David Robinson dominate him in that game and make him look silly. I also liked Rodman's hair colors as a kid along with the way he played the game. Robinson and Rodman got me hooked on being a spurs fan. Ever since that game I have been a fan. During the pre-Duncan years of '94-'97 I experience a lot of lows and very a few highs being a fan. The Spurs lost 3 straight years in a row in the playoffs despite having HCA against the opponent they were facing. The only high during that time was Robinson winning the MVP but that was immediately taken away once Olajuwon obliterated him in the WCF. Then the lowest of the lows happened which was the '96-'97 season where the Spurs became a lottery team due to Robinson and Elliotts injuries. Obviously I can remember a time when the Spurs were playoff chokers whereas most of the people on this forum became fans once Duncan was on the team. I think it will be hard for those new age fans to stay fans but I will still watch the Spurs. Even with the big 3 being finished the way the Spurs are set up they are still a team that can win 50 games which is still pretty good in this league but most fans will take that for granted because they have been spoiled with the recent championship success of the spurs.
:lol what a fake fan, tbh..Quote:
Originally Posted by houston spurs fan
Naahh, FO can still bring Campazzo and they,re always be a Scola thread bumped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brazil
I get paid to watch basketball + daily betting, so nothing will change for me..I'll still watch the Spurs the same way, nothing will really change, but it's natural to not care as much as you get older, regardless of the players on the team, tbh..
I still get annoyed when the Spurs lose, especially the way they did last night, but you get over it in a few hours after you're out of your entertainment zone, especially compared to when you're younger and you're oblivious to the fact that these players wouldn't look at you if you were on fire in front of them:lol
Kawhi and DG are 2 of my 3 favorite Spurs of all-time, but it's tough to stomach cheering for Lamarcus Anthony..
Yes, it was the refs who caused Tony Parker to miss wide open jump shots in the final minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by phxspurfan
:lol ... :tuQuote:
Originally Posted by Pocho La Pantera
I don't really watch the NBA these days. Only the Spurs. I'll still be a fan though. Kawhi and Green have become 2 of my favorite Spurs so I still want to see them do well.
of course not, lol.
After all the F ups and ThundeRef we still had a chance to have the ball down two or down three when Mutant Turtle drove to the hole after the non call. Did you catch LMAs version of an intentional foul?Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
He looked like Waylon Smithers going "sssstttthhop it" as he waved his hand down and didn't even bother to hack Westbrook and assure a miss. :lol
For the love of.....:depressed
Ya it was probably the refs who caused Durant to brick the key shot when the score was tied 90 -90 with :54 to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by da_suns_fan
Great play by Adams and Durant, just clutch. :rolleyes
It's also funny how everyone thinks the refs are rigging the game for the opposing team. I was watching the game with an OKC fan last night and she was convinced the refs were paid off by the Spurs last night :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
I'll keep watching
Westbrook and Fraymond are awesome tbh
uh, no.
That's what you get for luring strippers to your house with free meth.Quote:
Originally Posted by 313
Spurs4Life
Nope, not fake. Spend thousands each year going to the ATT center. You are such some fat Canuck troll that makes takes simply to antagonize. Obvious closet Laker supporter. Tbh....Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
I didn't have a lot of options, I was low on cash.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
I'll still be a fan of the team and follow the Spurs throughout the season. Will probably ease up on my superfandom though after Timmy/Manu hang 'em up, not great for the health and I'm getting too old for this shit :lol
Maybe I'll change my mind if they trade Porky away though........
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kawhitstorm
to answer the original question, quite possibly i will, and it has nothing to do with last night's game. i've been a fan since 91, but i may be just about done.
i've said for a few years now i'll probably stop watching when those 2 retire. they are 2 of my 3 all time fave players. they've been a godsend to this team, and an absolute pleasure to watch over the years.
but over the years i've started to lost interest in pro sports. i used to sit and watch any NBA or NFL game that was on. but now so many things about sports just turn me off.
the term professional athlete is just about a complete oxymoron these days. it may just be perception, the minority giving the whole a bad name, but it sure seems like pro athletes are whiney babies. i don't want to play for this coach. i don't want to play for this team. i need more money, i got mouths to feed. we make more money, but we also spend more money (one of my personal faves). i eat first,twitter feuds. superteams. not 1, not 2, not 3. the endless flexing and dancing. screaming and jumping around after every routine play. the entire me first, look at me bullshit. the idiotic eating motion dance thing. (seriously, wtf?)
and there are simply too many games and the league is too watered down. not counting 2013 where i didn't have cable, this is the 1st year where i completely missed games down the stretch and didn't even care. i got so burnt out. and it REALLY pisses me off that both the NBA and NFL have games only on their networks. i'm not paying another $20 a month to watch the handful of games i want to see.
i havent bought any pro sports team memorabilia in years. no caps or shirts or trading cards, no tickets to games (which are ridiculously overpriced now). in 2013 i actually did quit watching for the 1st few months. but the team was playing so well i bit the bullet and paid for cable again (plus my fiancee needed her SVU marathons)
i love basketball, but its not basketball anymore. once it turned into entertainment, and the league started to try to regulate HOW it was played, it started turning to shit. too many teams, not enough talent, half the league tanking. its ugly, and its not basketball. the 2014 team for me was the most enjoyable basketball ive ever seen. not saying they were the best team, but it was pure basketball at both ends. no frills. no bullshit. and the officiating....either via incompetence or malice...have been absolutely awful. too many times now ive seen a game influenced if not completely decided by the refs. i'm so disgusted by the ends of games 2 and 5, not because of the outcome, but because of how obvious the missed calls were. refs right there starting at the play....and still get it wrong. its just not worth getting upset over anymore.
so....sorry NBA (and pro sports in general). this fan is just about done.
Anyone who would stop watching are player fans
or they just don't enjoy it anymore. but whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by 313
I read your earlier post, and it does sound like you lost interest in the sport, which is understandable as you get older...but for a lot of "spurs fan" here, their loss of interest coincides with their favorite players retiring. It's obvious that they were moreso fans of Tim and Manu, than a fan of the team. Which is okay.Quote:
Originally Posted by snickles
I'm going to continue to watch the Spurs and the Spurs only. Could give a rip less about the other teams. NBA has become too commercialized.
so you were the fat girl eating the churro last night with the manu jersey? It all makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Thanks my friend. :flag:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brazil
I'll still lurk on the site if we don't make the WCF and certainly find another Spurs board to post on. But I am a man of my word and don't want to become Apa9 or UNT with welching games. :lol Nor am I trying to get attention.
That said, the season isn't over yet. No reason we can't win in OKC as we did it a few games back. Tim, Manu (and me! :lol) aren't done yet!
Also, I do think it will be interesting to see how Pop and RC build around LMA/Kawhi. We've a league going small, yet it seems we need a big bruising center to gobble up rebounds against OKC. But RC will keep up his good work. Even if we fail this year, I'd bet on another ring in the next 3 or so.
While it won't be the same without Duncan (just as it was when DRob retired), I'll continue to watch the Spurs. We have a solid core for the future, and if (IF!) Durant comes to SA, look out! :hat
it has more to do with the shit coming in. I live in a nice neighborhood. upper middle class. security guard. HOAS. when we see houses for sale we always watch who buys. when the new owner, or worse yet RENTER, comes in to the area we assess and take notice. one skank isn't going to devalue the property but then when their cousins come hanging around, or other houses start bringing in similar persons we will sell. not because roy and sally moved out, but because the new less classy tenant dilutes the experience of suburbia. same thing here. trade manu for kl, sad but tolerable. lma for duncan, mccallum, green.... property value just took a nose dive. neighborhood is goneQuote:
Originally Posted by 313
Nevermind the white flight commentary, you're basically saying you're here for the good times, and not the bad. Got it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tholdren
I hope you get diarrhea.Quote:
Originally Posted by SAGirl
:lol wow. Back at you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Capster
No
Think about it bra... Pretty sad if you leaveQuote:
Originally Posted by BillMc
This team is family. Deaths happen and, being family, you have to suffer them.
I will stand. For this team, I will always stand.
I said I would quit watching the day the Spurs traded George Gervin to Chicago!:lol
I'm still here.
You are a complete retard, no reading comprehension skills at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by 313
Enlighten me, where was the misunderstanding?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeanaro