"We have to be as good as the Lakers.....and we're not."

[Oh, Gee!!]

C.I.A. Pop, or realistic Pop?

[SA210]

Just Spongepop

[peskypesky]

We're not as good as the Lakers if we start the game with 3 of our starters on the bench (Manu, Bowen and Gooden).

[Cant_Be_Faded]

[Ghazi]

Pop knows the Lakers are better than the Spurs

[Oh, Gee!!]

We're not as good as the Lakers if we start the game with 3 of our starters on the bench (Manu, Bowen and Gooden).

pop's the one that can be attributed to the quote. Just wondering if he's serious or playing mind games.

[SA210]

Pop knows the Lakers are better than the Spurs

Phil wants to see Finley on Kobe.

[Obstructed_View]

It's pretty obvious to me that any team that plays Jacque Vaughn at the shooting guard position isn't as good as the Lakers.

[crc21209]

Pop just simply doesnt give a about the reg. season. If he is still pulling weird in the Playoffs, then we've got problems...

[Oh, Gee!!]

Pop just simply doesnt give a about the reg. season.

regular season matters, and hopefully pop knows it. you don't limp into the playoffs a 4 seed when you can charge into them at the 2 seed. anybody who knows anything about anything knows that.

If he is still pulling weird in the Playoffs, then we've got problems...

it'll be too late by then.

[gameFACE]

Right now the Spurs just need to be as good as the Thunder.

[poop]

yes pop, and the reason is YOU

[Obstructed_View]

Pop just simply doesnt give a about the reg. season. If he is still pulling weird in the Playoffs, then we've got problems...

See 2006. The track record is there.

[EricB]

We're not as good as the Lakers if we start the game with 3 of our starters on the bench (Manu, Bowen and Gooden).

Ginobili starts, and Gooden has never been a starter......

[spurtech09]

Yes the lakers are good but we haven't started the playoffs yet....will see what happens in the play-offs.....believe...go spurs go

[jag]

The Lakers aren't voluntarily creating matchup problems in favor of opposing teams.

[new_N_town]

and did everybody hear oscar and hubie drooling over james as the game was being played

[crc21209]

See 2006. The track record is there.

After what happened to Manu against LA last year, he clearly has to be saving his best deck for the playoffs and not before...to not risk the chance of one of the big 3 getting hurt or someone picking up his gameplan/schemes.

[Oh, Gee!!]

and did everybody hear oscar and hubie drooling over james as the game was being played

u know what? Lebron is that ing good.

[Jobbs]

2006-2007 season

Cavs swept the Spurs in the regular season

I remember those games well

It was like the 2nd game of that season @ home and the first game of the season using the old ball @ the Cavs.

As much as you think the guys have nothing left, when the playoffs start and you play the same team at least 4 times, no coach in the NBA right now can adjust as well as Pop can. Maybe PJ was helping and now since he's gone, it's taking a little more time to do. in 2 weeks, the Spurs know what they need to do to eliminate teams. If it wasn't for the Hornets taking them to 7, they had a good chance to beat the Lakers. That 1 day off between game 7 semi-finals and game 1 of the WCF didn't help much.

[peskypesky]

Ginobili starts, and Gooden has never been a starter......

hmm...you think maybe that was my point? that gooden should be a starter?