He started to make them somewhat this year. I remember one game he hit like 3 or 4Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
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He started to make them somewhat this year. I remember one game he hit like 3 or 4Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
I just checked his stats, he was 2-2 from 3 pt range against the Heat Jan 20. Then against the Jazz on April 4th, he was 3-4 from 3 pt range.Quote:
Originally Posted by Horry For 3!
you guys needed Ben Wallace this year.
The day after I am kinda OK.
This was the best series ever and Duncan showed he's the biggest warrior in professional sports.
We got a great core here with TMT.
We didn't use Nazr and the Rash so I want them gone during the summer.
Like I said every season since The Admiral retired, we need to get Theo Ratliff in here.
We may never adjust to any opponent.
We ARE the mighty Spurs.
We ARE the best.
Oh yeah, a type of player like Mario Elie/Kevin Willis would have come in handy too....but for some reason we got Nick for that........................
Well Spurs fans it was a great season to be here with y'all in the ever growing best sports forum on the net.
Hat of too Kori and LJ and all of y'all up in here.
See you Spurs in Paris!!!
:clap
Pop should be fired immediately. He took the basketball out of playoff basketball.
Good-Bye, farewell...
The sad thing is everyone in Detroit wanted the Spurs to win last night so that WE could be the ones to send them fishing. Oh well. We'll have to settle for Mark Cuban. Maybe next year we'll get the rematch. But, I have to say I see the era of the Spurs diminishing. On top of that, I hear the trade rumors around the league are that Labron will not get enough money in Cleveland and his options are open to the Pistons.. Look out.. Bad news for everybody.
Well, at this point, I can direct you to the ECF. Watch our Pistons roll the Heat at the Palace tonight. DETROIT ROCK CITY!!!
I just wanna say I am proud like many of you to be a Spurs fan.
Bring on the 2006/2007 season.
Time to tank and get Greg Oden
j/k
Spurs need to lose a couple of pieces and find a couple of pieces but they still have a good core. Now e'll find out what Pop, RC and Preti are mad of. I think Pop may have to rthink his approach to the game. Not sure, with the changes to the way you are allowed to play D, that preventing middle penetration and channeling baseline is going to work that well.
The Spurs gave us a great season with many more to come and a title or two more along the way.
It's a great time to be a Spurs fan.
I agree. Losing always sucks, period, but this team left everything out on the floor and just came up a little bit short this time. This was nothing like watching the team roll over and die against the Lakers. I've never seen a more resilient Spurs team and I like our chances next season with a little better luck in the health department and some new roleplayers to shore up our weaknesses.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
What gets me through the day?
The spurs can improve, the Mavericks MAY improve, but don't know who they would get.
The PIstons are due for a down year. The Heat will really stink next year thanks to Sahq being just about finished.
The Nets are nothing
The only team that is a slight threat next year is Phoenix.
Thats it, thats all.
To my Spurs Family....I am from Thailand, live in Michigan and have been a Spurs fan since 1999. Tim Duncan is a reason why I love this team.
I found this website approx 10 months ago and am so glad to be able to read all the posts. Even though I don't know any of you, but I feel like knowing you for a long time.....Spur bond (I guess). I also feel like you guys are my Spurs family, rooting for the same team, etc. (It is pretty hard being a Spur fan in Detroit...haha).
I have been a reader, never posted because there is always someone out there that shares my opinion. But today, after our team lost last night and read this thread by timvp. I feel like I need a closure for the season to be able to move on to the next bright seasons to come for the Spurs. BTW, timvp, I always like reading your posts.
The Mavs played really good last night, give them credit. But at the same time, consider all adversity the Spurs had to go thru all season (see below), I couldn't be more proud of them.
1. The season long of nagging injury (TD, and Manu) - TD is the man, he delivered big in the playoff, but I think that the injury had a big impact on Manu's consistency.
2. The tough series with the Kings - I don't know how the Mavs would have reacted to the Kings if they ended up with #1 seed.
3. 36-hour between game #6 with the Kings and game #1 with the Mavs - I know that we won game #1, but it caught up to us in game #2 (Pop and Magic even said that after game #2 loss)
4. The questioning ref calls in game #3 and #4 that impacted the game results – the Spurs could have won at least one of those games and we wouldn't even need game #7
5. Half a bench against a full bench - half a bench due to the small line up because the Spurs weren't built that way comparing to the Mavs team that always play small.
6. Older supporting casts - admit it a 30+ year old can't run with a 20+ year old night in and night out.
After all these adversity - the Spurs had a franchise record of 63-19, won a tough series with the Kings, and fought back from 3-1 down to force game 7, and fought hard to get back to the game after 20 deficit.
We couldn't be more proud of our Spurs
We just need a few adjustments to be ready for next year.
1. Get Tim and Manu healthy during summer
2. Tony will step up and be more consistent and dominate in the playoff like he did during the regular season
3. Sign up younger and athletics players.
Believe.
Kind of pathetic if you ask me. Mavs make one adjustment and they beat the Spurs on their homecourt twice. Why can't the Spurs PLAYERS make the Mavs adjust? Either it's poor logic or poor coaching.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
Heck of a game...Ginobili & Duncan played their butts off...
LJ, great post as always, you are pure class. And Kori, of course - thanks to both of you for building this wonderful community in 3 short years. :D
To the Spurs - it was a tough, at times rewarding, at times frustrating season that never really felt like a run to the championship to me, despite the 63 wins. This team never quite gelled like the 03 or 05 Spurs... but I'm still proud of their grit. Tim is the truest of champions, and there's more brilliance to come from Tony and Manu (I can't believe that some people are counting them out! They are in the prime of their careers! :lol ).
Anyway, I have to say that the Mavs beat us fair and square, but I still have no idea why we played them at THEIR GAME!? Even if you don't trust Nazr, Rasho plays bloody good Spur's zone D, and I can't see why we didn't play that against the Mavs. Hell, give Dirk 40 a night but stop the layups and make them shoot. Yes, I know they can shoot, but I still reckon we could have won 4/7 playing our D and not giving up the layups and boards that we did, even though they would have made more 3s. It's a moot point now. We WILL BE BACK.
Peace Love Unity Respect.
Ruffy
PS Thought these two posts absolutely spoke the truth:
Spurs are good at exactly two things: Winning championships and losing in the most gut-wrenching, brutal ways possible. Hopefully next year we get a championship. :oops - Winnipeg Spur
I'm a fan of basketball but Spurs have already accomplished something more than just championships as a team, which is why I'll always be a fan. I've always admired their humility, consistent classiness, just like someone described that Bear Hug that Duncan gave Dirk and their utter respect surfaced with no bitterness or animosity. It's spreading the league by their example. I hope to see Timmy bring more championships with his teammates by this decade's end. But I guess 06' is just someone else's time to prove themselves...and use them lucky bounces that go their way. - Fweindz
I wish I could take the coward's way out and bitch about the officiating but I can't. Games 3 and 4 are done and we had a great chance to win the series. We didn't.
It still hurts right now, probably because it had already sunk in. when the game was over, i was in disbelief and couldn't feel anything.
but i can honestly say that i am very proud of my Spurs. They did a great job tying the series and had a lot of heart to claw their way out of that 20-pt Mavs lead. I guess it just wasn't for us. Now, the sooner I accept that, the sooner I can move on.
I love the San Antonio Spurs.
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Kind of pathetic if you ask me. Mavs make one adjustment and they beat the Spurs on their homecourt twice. Why can't the Spurs PLAYERS make the Mavs adjust? Either it's poor logic or poor coaching
You really have zero concept of basketball don't you.
Go ahead and go swing from the shower curtain no one will miss you.
First of all, I think anyone who doesn't respect the effort the Spurs gave in this series and in Game 7 is out of touch with reality. Many teams -- most teams -- would have rolled over and died down 1-3 after those 2 losses in Dallas. Whatever else is true of the Spurs, they died this season the best way a champion can; they fought to the bitter, bitter end and went down swinging.
I'm with the group that thinks this gang is a couple of tweaks away from salting that series early. I respect and appreciate Nick Van Exel for all that he has done and accomplished as an NBA player, but I can't help but think that if the Spurs had gotten even a net zero from their backup point in this series, they likely win it.
Get another athletic wing. Get a big who is willing to mix it up and athletic enough to stay on the floor against smaller, more athletic teams. I realize those guys don't grow on trees, but they're out there and some creative use of resources can fill those needs.
In the meantime, I'll respect the effort this team gave, even if I'm disappointed in the final result. It was a heck of a ride.
The Spurs played their hearts out, and they came within a play or two of beating a team that they had some bad matchups with. They deserve a ton of respect for the fight they put on.
They have a terrific core of players that are still in their prime, and it's a lot easier to take a good core and improve the supporting pieces than it is to take a good supporting cast and find an all star to lead them.
They got 2 bench points in Game 7. One more solid bench player at any position, and we're breaking down the matchups against Phoenix today. I trust in Pop and RC to go out and find some guys who can help us next year.
It is a great time to be a Spurs fan. We still have the big three under contract. Even though they didn't make it to the finals this time, there is no shame in losing to a Mavericks team that might win the championship this year. All it takes for the Spurs to remain competitive in the playoffs next season will be to get rid of the slopokes and bring in several younger, long, athletic players to keep up with the Mavs, the Suns, the Nuggets, and the other running teams. But I certainly hope that the Spurs return to the principle that has been successful in the past----DEFENSE.
...after all, you could be a Blazer fan.
:bang
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Originally Posted by timvp
Well, I was fine 'til I read this - bring on the Kleenex! :depressed
Seriously, great post. I'm gonna save it. Thanks.
someone on the woai radio sad last night that the spurs or unable to win in even years. If that is true I don't see how the spurs will ever be able to repeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnipeg_Spur
Very well said LJ! Next year will be an awesome ride, better than this year's ride was....Believe It!
i don't mind tony looking for his own shot, i just don't like it when he dribbles down the court and settles for an outside jumper when we can work for something better. maybe that was van exel rubbing off on him, but it's not something he can't work past. tony's ceiling is practically unlimited. hopefully javtokas can come in and mix it up immediately without getting in too much foul trouble, and viktor can make a contribution. backup pg is definitely a need that needs to be addressed, we lost so much momentum whenever tony left the floor the whole playoffs.