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It's amazing to see these basketball commentators slowly but surely jumping on the Spurs bandwagon. Point of reference: I'm watching The TNT Postgame show with Charles, Kenny, and Ernie Johnson...And they are reviewing the mistakes of the defensive breakdown of Phoenix. Of course Charles goes on this rant about how Phoenix will never win any significant games because they have too many mental breakdowns.
Any way after he finishes. Ernie Johnson sites what he indicates as a key statistic for the ball game. I'm paraphrasing but he says "this is a key statistic, I mean this is Vintage San Antonio. San Antonio leads the league in turnovers with 12.5 a game." Then he asks out loud, "Do you know how many turnovers San Antonio had today? Charles is silent...Then Kenny says simultaneously with Ernie "6"! Then Ernie looks at Charles and says "that is an impressive stat!" Then Ernie and Kenny fist bump that fact with a smile.
Charles acknowledges this fact and goes on to say that the key statistics to look at when determining who the "Championship" caliber teams are would be: Turnovers, rebounding, and defense. But, I got the impression that these guys are quietly rooting for San Antonio as they promote LA and Boston.
What exactly are they saying about the Spurs? Are they saying that this team has the statistical data to be placed in the championship conversation in spite of their record? I say that because "Vintage San Antonio" is a sign of respect which indicates that this organization's consistency is a known quality. But at the same we are once again faced with a syndrome where we are consistently getting back handed compliments but not being endorsed as formal contenders. The Spurs, the one team nobody likes to talk about but the one team all are afraid to play against. "Vintage San Antonio!"
Last edited by Tbiggums47; 12-26-2008 at 11:19 AM.
You Not Using The Enter Key Is Just As Annoying As Me Typing In All Caps.
oops.
i guess spurstalk automatically corrected that.
Corrected for all you english majors.
You have to capitalize the E in English man!
I know that! But I'm not taking a test. Just entertain the message if it interest you.You have to capitalize the E in English man!
i was being sarcastic.
Anyway... I think the TNT crew make their own agenda. They're not being coached to hype up Boston-LA; I think they genuinely were looking forward to seeing that game. They've always given the Spurs their due respect ("Ginobili!") so I don't see it as bandwagoning or secretly rooting for anyone. They usually call it like they see it.
Your Not Using The Enter Key Is Just As Annoying As My Using le Case.
There are no closet Spurs fans in the media.
besides Skip Bayless of course.
OK OK OK!
why does the media bother Spurs fan so much?????
I just don't like it when Magic comes on the show because he is a total Laker homer, of course it is understandable.
did anyone upload somewhere the whole review of the game on TNT?
It was a key stat, however, when you combine the lowest turnover team with a team that is one of the lowest at creating turnovers (PHX 28th), you will likely see a low TO game.
Because out of the awesome games yesterday...
Celtics LA Hornets Orlando PHX Spurs
All the above teams got nice highlights for the previews and the Spurs were NO WHERE. Or when they finally do show them it's just a foul highlight LOL
Or when I watch Sportscenter to catch up on games I missed, never miss Spurs games, I have to wait until the very end for them to finally include Spurs replays. It's ridiculous.
The Spurs get plenty of respect. They were on a Christmas Day game at 1:30 PM Central (2:30 PM Eastern) after most of the nation had already had their Christmas morning experiences.
The game was on ABC in game 1 of a much-advertised double-header on ABC. The most important plays of the Spurs/Suns game were down the stretch, after the 4 PM start time of the Lakers-Celtics (Finals) rematch with a 19-game streak on the line. So everyone just turning on the TV for the rematch got to see the final 4 minutes or so and Mason's dagger three. Maximum exposure.
Because they do not broadcast enough games nationaly?
National televised = good chance to see it in good quality for foreign fans.
Otherwise, I can't care less about what they think of my team...
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/tn...t=insidethenba
around the 14th minute mark...
What I think is that Spurs put SA on the map. If something is said negatively about the Spurs, than maybe it puts a very neg light on SA as a city since it's our only pro team.
I respectfully disagree with that but I can see where your coming from..
F--- the media. Spurs won 4 Championships without their support, so who needs them?
Kill yourself!!
Fixed it for you!
Wow. You really have nothing to do with your sad pathetic life then to come on a Spurs board and spew your ignorant, immature, and childish hate. Instead of wasting your energy here how about spending your time trying to figure out why the Suns choke in the playoffs.
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