Fox Sports: Spurs No Longer Duncan's Team

[poeticism707]

Greetings everyone.

I've been reading this site for many months now, and would have been content to never post, until I saw this thread. As a Tim Duncan fan and Spurs fan for long years (Lakers, Lakers, More Lakers, Pistons, Suns, Cavs, and even more regular season and playoff battles), I am well equipped to respond to this article.

But I don't have to go far back in the decade to answer this groundless position: it's unbelievable what short term memory fans, or maybe people, have. Does anyone know which of the big three as missed the fewest games by far this season, and had to carry the load without his other 2 stars for about 25% of the season? Tim Duncan. Who has had to carry the team ALL SEASON LONG, having inarguably one of his 3 best years as a a professional? Tim Duncan. Who also carried the Spurs when Tony Parker was going through a near two month offensive AND defensive slump? Tim Duncan.

And that's without even bringing up the four championships he's led the team to, 2 of them through the Shaq-Kobe Lakers. If there is one man on the Spurs who has NOTHING to prove in a basketball sense, it's Duncan. Certainly not Parker or Ginobili, great players though they be. Tm isn't superhuman, and will decline physically like any other human being, but jumping ship after a week or two of knee pain is disloyalty at it's worst.

In closing people, please do not listen to liars in the media, who's only function is to lead people astray, just as they themselves are astray.

Farewell.

[Manu-of-steel]

i'm a manu fan, obviously. but i do know that without tim and tony, this team is going nowhere.. i'm happy to have all of them in our team, and they are all selfless, they don't care who get the points or the highlight plays. they only care about winning as a team, and that's what makes our team a three-headed monster-which is great for us but scary for the opposing teams.

[Thomas82]

i agree with daf86.

+1

[mystargtr34]

Why are there so many bleeding vaginas in regards to comparing the big 3. Im sure they wont read it or have their feelings hurt either way.

Theres nothing wrong with making comparisons.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Duncan, because he affects both sidesof the ball.
If Tony's jumper isn't falling and the lane is closed then he's gonna have a real tough night.


Come playoff time, if we're down one I want the ball in Ginobili's hands since he's got th ebest combination of an an inside/outside game.

Exactly. We get to a matchup with LA and we'll see how good Tony is when Phyllis has the lane packed in and makes us beat them from outside.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Exactly. We get to a matchup with LA and we'll see how good Tony is when Phyllis has the lane packed in and makes us beat them from outside.

I'm still waiting for Tony to have a good complete series against LA. Its been all downhill for him after game 2 of the 2004 series.

[DAF86]

I'm still waiting for Tony to have a good complete series against LA. Its been all downhill for him after game 2 of the 2004 series.

He will have a great series against LA book it.

[Thomas82]

One thing that this article failed to mention was that Tony and Manu wouldn't be the players they are today if Tim wasn't so unselfish and willing to sacrifice some stats for their development.