Have the Suns replaced the Mavericks as the Spurs' nemesis?

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Originally Posted by J.T.

Please. The media is only over-hyping this because the Suns keep whining about us beating them up and stealing their lunch money.

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Agreed. I really point all of this hype toward Amare's big mouth and the fact that he is scared of Bowen and the Spurs. My God, and just because the Spursin unwilling to roll over, actually plays defense, and has a strategy to beat a one-dimensional team like Phoenix. It's one of the more ridiculous things I've ever seen in sports.

Mavs, on the other hand, are a true, in-state rivalry. AJ and Finley are interesting pieces of the puzzle here. Cuban's insults of the Riverwalk. My general hatred of the malaise that is Dallas (despite the fact that I was born there). As I've said all along, Phoenix is just another NBA fad. Keep moving folks...nothing to see here.

Let's bounce these fools tonight.

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Originally Posted by zocool16

I think so. What about other Spurs' fans?

...and to Mavs' fans, are the Spurs still ur No. 1 nemesis?

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I think there is a difference betweens fans "nemesis" and how the Spurs actually view their opponents.

Spurs have been a contender for so long that they no longer have that "underdog" attitude with the goal of just assembling a team with the best individual pieces they can find and always thinking that "missing piece" will put them over the top.

Spurs management has made decisions in the past that I sometimes haven't understood until a couple of years later. Popular player have been allowed to walk for more money elsewhere and are replaced by players with different skill sets.

They literally seem to look ahead and try to project who the "teams to beat' will be for the next couple of years and literallly try to create a matchup team to counter them.

Every year they go into the season with the unified goal of winning the O'Brien...the goal is not beating Dallas,Phoenix, Lakers etc. specifically, but they try to assemble a team that will matchup with the team they think will be the biggest threat and "go with what they got" against the rest.

Sometimes they guess wrong. The hand-check changed the game and Spurs had to be tweaked. Who could have ever predicted that
Shaq would leave the Lakers and move East? That left the Spurs with a toolbag that needed to be tweaked again.

Spurs just keep the same core group and keep evolving. Thats why the Spurs may be viewed as the main rival by several other teams (notably Dallas and Phoenix now) but they seem to just keep the common thread of playing good solid defense and trying to tweak to match the evolving offensive game with the goal of ultimately winning the championship every year...

no wonder everyone else likes to hate the Spurs LOL.

No. There is still more venom and hatred toward the Mavs. Besides, the Spurs have not yet settled the score with the Mavs for last years WCSF series loss.

1a) Dallas
1b) LA
2) Utah

OK, people are talking about too different things here.

There are historical rivalries and current rivalries.

The Jazz, Lakers, and even the Suns can be considered historic rivalries.

But currently, the only team that have eliminated us in the Playoffs are the Mavericks. Until the Suns beat us in a series, they can not be considered "rivals", although I suppose that Suns fans would see if differently...

Otherwise, the Nuggets would have to be considered rivals, because we have consistently beaten them in recent playoffs as well.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel ll No

No.

Nope.

Sorry, Sun Fans, you're way out of our league. :spin

Are you kidding? A better question to ask is if the Suns have replaced the Spurs as the #1 threat to Dallas.

Dallas Mavericks own the NBA, except for the refs who have screwed us in our last two playoff series. Once Cuban buys the commissioner's office from Stern, we'll have that covered too.

Yeah, y'all sure owned the Warriors...

:lmao

You own the NBA???????? :drunk :downspin: :elephant :sleep :wakeup

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Originally Posted by CosmicCowboy

Yeah, y'all sure owned the Warriors...

:lmao

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The refs owned us unfortunately. In a fairly officiated game, Golden State has no chance.

No. The Suns are like the annoying little buffalo gnats (we have them bad here) hovering over your left ear, or the sweat bee parading around on your hand in the middle of summer. Maaaaaaaybe the stupid insect has malaria, maaaaaaaaaaybe it has Ebola. Other than that, you're pretty skippy, and just more annoyed than anything else.

The Suns have not shown even the potential to be a championship caliber team. If they get knocked off tonight, they will never have pushed a team to even game 7 in the WCF. They like the Buffalo Bills light edition. 4-1, 4-2, and 4-2 losses (if it happens tonight) would pretty well write the Suns off as contenders until they retool. And since the Spurs are close to winning a title every year, the Suns aren't that big of a deal.

Now if they force a game 7 tonight, things will begin to change in that respect. But I don't think it's gonna happen.

people still take MavericksDynasty seriously?

Everything he says is with tongue inserted fully in cheek.

The Mavericks' biggest nemesis is the Mavericks. After that it's the Spurs.

To be a "nemesis" the Spurs actually have had to lose a recent playoff series to the opponent, so that naturally precludes the Suns from consideration.

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Originally Posted by CosmicCowboy

MavsDynasty, did you see this today?

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No, but I did see this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1OmE3B-s8...related&search

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Originally Posted by MavericksDynasty

No, but I did see this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1OmE3B-s8...related&search

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God Almighty, that drives me insane more than it makes me happy...seeing Dirk just going right at Duncan and attacking the basket and laying it in time after time....WHERE THE FUCK WAS THAT THIS YEAR?!?!?!?!!

...it is fun to see replays of Duncan, Parker, and Finley going SPURS PALMS UP! after the Manu foul though.

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Originally Posted by zocool16

I think so. What about other Spurs' fans?

...and to Mavs' fans, are the Spurs still ur No. 1 nemesis?

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HELLLLLLL NO! I still hate the MAVS.

Honestly, I don't even hate the Mavs. What, they eked out a win against the Spurs, but then lost 4 in a row to the Heat (who didn't even make it out of the 1st round this year).

Come back to me after the Mavs have won a title, or at least have beaten the Spurs again...

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Originally Posted by BeerIsGood!

Suns are the flavor of the moment. Due to the geographical closeness of SA and Dallas, the Mavs will be the biggest rival until one or both goes to completely sucking again.

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When you don't have Duncan you both will be sucking again. The West hasn't really been a threat since Shaq left LA. The East domination will continue.

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Originally Posted by J.T.

Please. The media is only over-hyping this because the Suns keep whining about us beating them up and stealing their lunch money.

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:lol

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Originally Posted by suns in 7

When you don't have Duncan you both will be sucking again. The West hasn't really been a threat since Shaq left LA. The East domination will continue.

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East domination?? do you even watch the NBA? :lol

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Originally Posted by suns in 7

When we don't have Nash we will be sucking again. The West hasn't really been a threat since Shaq left LA. The East domination will continue.

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