I'm excited. It should be a great season!
It feels like the start of any other season.
Meh, I just can't get totally into it right now.
Last year's disappointment is too fresh. I need more time.
I'm done being a hardcore Spurs fan.
It seems like all the Spurs fans I personally know haven't gotten over last season's disappointment. Tbh, I've never felt this sense of apathy heading into the Spurs preseason. It's like Spurs nation is still hungover from the heartbreak of the 2012 WCF.
Personally, that ending still hurts but I'm slowly but surely getting excited again. I'm looking forward to what promises to be a fun year of Spurs basketball.
Does that Thunder series still bother you? What are you feeling as a Spurs fan? I'm curious.
Thanks in advance.
P.S.
I'll make the poll private so we can get the most honest of answers.
I started last season with no hope to win the championship and decided to enjoy the ride. The team played well, it was fun, too bad it ended like that.
I'm starting this season with the same feeling: enjoy the ride and hope for a miracle. For me the top players win championships, we had that player for 10-11 years, but we don't have it anymore.
I want to have fun with the big 3, Jax, Kawhi and the other young kids. Let's hope for a good finish
I'm for the most part over it, but there are still times when I shake my head and realize how close we got. We had a great chance of winning it all last year. I still can't watch the WCF from last season even the two games we won. I think it would have hurt more if the Thunder ended up winning the championship because it shows we could have beaten Miami. I had the Heat winning the le last year even with the 20 win streak.
What keeps me excited is that the team still knows they messed up and knows they were close. It's definitely going to be tougher this year to get out of the West with the Lakers back in the mix, the Clippers evolving, and of course the Thunder. Tbh, I'm not so sure we can make it too far this year, but this team surprised me last year. Either way, it's going to be a fun ride.
The loss to OKC doesn't bother me. The Lakers and Heat bother me. Unlike the NFL, the hardcore fans of the other teams have no reason to invest their emotions or their time into the NBA. The Lakers and Heat will be in the finals barring severe injury issues, period. There's zero suspense, it's kind of sad really.
The Spurs now are just competing to lose in the conference finals. But at least they're still a joy to watch, especially towards the end of last season. Getting to watch Manu suit up alongside Tim and Tony for this year should be entertaining. But I'm not foolish enough to think they have a legit chance to win. But watching a team that's fun to watch with De Colo added in and no more Jefferson, that's worth following. It'd be better without Bonner, but it is what it is.
I think I'd be bothered a lot more if I was a Thunder fan. As a franchise, they've done almost everything right to be a contender. Sure, some moves around the edges like Cole Aldrich or BJ Mullens didn't work out, but when they had good fortune, they capitalized on it. But even being as well managed as can be, they just didn't have enough time before the realities of the NBA landscape closed the window for them.
I think the lack of off-season moves/additions is contributing to it. Once the season starts I think everyone will get back into it but at this moment their really isn't much to talk about regarding this team. We all know what needs to be done and how this team is going to play.
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I'm still a bit disappointed beacause the team had a a good chance to win the fitfh ring. But I'm happy to see the preseason coming. This team is not done and can still improve its game on both ends of the floor. Thats why I'm really getting excited by this newcoming season.
I don't see why the Spurs would collapse this year. The roster could be a bit improved (what to do with Blair or Neal for example) but I think that we have a lot of room to improve our game. Kawhi, Danny and some other guys could really bring this team higher than it's already the case.
I don't like to remember the end of the series against OKC. Particulary the game 6, rigged IMO... But the team have played the best basketball of the entire league and has brought us a lot of fun. I'm also proud of the players and mind of this team. To see the Big 3 still on the track with Pop and a magnificent mind is just amazing.
IMO, I still think 2011 against Memphis hurt more, simply because our team didn't play hard and we had a better chance of beating them if we just played to our potential.
We still played great against the Thunder. They just played better. Can't do much about that.
it's funny you wrote this timvp. last night i was re-reading an article on Kawhi when the Spurs were up 2-0 against OKC. The overall tone was overflowing with this sense that the Spurs would win, how they were going to accomplish something glorious and beautiful, how Kawhi was a big part of that etc...Reading that article brought back some really bad feelings, since I remember how upbeat everyone was during that time. It was the reason i joined this site after lurking for a couple years, just wanted to be part of the party. So a massive hangover is to be expected, we got too high only to have it crash down.
I think part of that hangover went away seeing the Thunder get a taste of their own medicine, and I was happy for Lebron to finally get a ring. Plus I still have some faith in the Spurs, in their grit, their chemistry, Kawhi's growth (who I think could be a special player) that I have a reason to enjoy it.
The truth is its hard to get your hopes too high in the NBA. Objective nailed the situation better than I could.
Last year was an unexpected treat. This year will be no different, Go Spurs Go!!!!
I expected the Spurs to do well in the playoffs last season and the ceiling was the champs. I was actually pretty pissed off at the way the season ended though. From winning 20 in a row to losing 4 in a row and game 6 ending the way it did with all the controversial calls it was tough. People can say all they want that offensive teams don't win championships, but then again, I haven't seen one that had won 20 in a row (including playoffs) either. This season I expect a dogfight in the playoffs and it should be one of a ride.
I am over last season because I believe the Spurs are still contenders despite what happened in the off season and the playoffs last year. GO SPURS GO!!!
I'm definitely excited to see that the new season just around the corner. I found our off-season moves to be somewhere between adequate to above average. Jackson and Diaw getting full seasons under their belt is definitely a good thing. Anyone following Dejuan Blair on twitter will know that he's been tweeting philosophical and motivation quotes all summer long. We'll if he can actually make good on his opportunities.
Ofcourse, consistent with any other Spurs fan, I'm most excited to the evolution of Kawhi Leonard.
The Thunder series is definitely still fresh on my mind. It was a very bitter way to go out, especially with the way they missed their shots against the Heat.
Feels like the start of any other season. Though, I am excited to have something to watch in the evening again.
I thought getting Jack and Diaw were great moves, and I think watching this team will be much more enjoyable than when RJ was here and the turd towers were given a good chunk of time.
I don't like this team's chances to win it all simply because they haven't played good defense in years now, and while Pop keeps saying they'll focus on it every year, it just lip service.
Despite that, I'm eager for the season to start and enjoy the ride.
This is right on the money. The loss to Memphis was just terrible. It was evident that the Spurs could do nothing to get around the inside scoring and defensive pressure that memphis had. Not to mention the underdog momentum. Watching Bonner and Jefferson fold up as predicted was bad. It seemed to confirm the idea that the Spurs were too old to make a run of it.
2011-2012 was really a renaissance. Despite the bad ending (mostly the fault of the players, with a little bit of help from the refs), it was a great season, and an exciting time to be a fan of the Spurs. May never see another 20 game win streak from this team (then again, they brought almost all the same players back, so it's possible).
Pretty much this, and for me it will be the same this season. I mean I kind of expect the Spurs to make the playoffs, but after that, I'm not expecting much.
We've had success so losing wasn't so hard tbh
Still haven't gotten over it. I was sure we'd win it all for probably the last time and I was looking forward to seeing the Big 3 get one more ring. Now with the Lakers getting Dwight, the Thunder, and the Heat being champs it's going to be tough to get that close. Not really looking forward to the season but I'm sure I'll get into it after the new year.
I'll watch every game still, but I can't get too emotionally involved until football season ends anyway, because of work.
Also, last season's playoffs kind of took the wind out of my sails. I'm convinced they were boned by the league/refs and the whole thing was rigged for an OKC/Miami final. The officiating in game 6 especially was a joke. I just feel, even if by some miracle all the main guys on the team stay healthy for the playoffs, that it'll be fixed to have a Lakers-Heat finals or at least a rematch of last year's and that the Spurs won't get a fair shake because they're ratings poison and Stern just wants that TV money.
Finally, and this needs to be mentioned, I think Pop will kill them again once the playoffs come around. He might be the best regular season coach in NBA history, but he gets his lunch handed to him in May, panics, doesn't trust his bench enough and simply refuses to work the refs through the media to get calls the way other successful coaches do. He's just too full of himself and they'll never win another one with him in charge.
Still not doing well with last year's loss. Man, that was #&*$%in' horrible. But I am very excited for the new season and think we'll grow from our failure. I also want to see as many games as possible while the Big 3 are still around. Thanks!
I just don't think the Spurs would have beaten the Heat in a 7 game series.
So that makes the pill a little easier to swallow.
I'm very optimistic, tbh... Maybe it's because I have a feeling that the Spurs are under the radar again, tbh... better that way than being overhyped then folding...
It's like any other season for me tbh. I'm over with the heartbreak.
Guys don't forget the team was like 24-0 and had that 24-0 and had that ridiculous run on the Clippers. I really believe the Spurs are competing against themselves this season. Can they get much better defensively? That determines how far they will go. Pop needs to approach the regular season thinking defense first. No matter how much you practice offense like he says shots will fall or not fall. The officiating might be bad or good. But you have to be able to rely on your defense.
While the ending of last year was incredibly disappointing, that won't stop me from being excited about the approaching season. No matter what happens this year, I'll be supporting our boys in silver and black. I'm looking forward to another fun season! GO SPURS GO!
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