“We weren’t beating the Lakers, even if we were whole,” Popovich said.

[BUMP]

all this smack talk is pointless until the season starts. spurs and lakers fans have no idea how this new and improved spurs will match up against the lakers. i do know that the spurs have plugged every major hole evident in the 2008 series. lack of youth, athelticism, bench, offense, proper bigman to play alongside duncan, and the lack of a backup pg are all solved this year.

uh since when?

[all_heart]

uh since when?

uh.. since this summer.. haven't been paying attention have we??! don't be a putz..

[Culburn369]

haven't been paying attention have we?

Not since the Mavs left you where they found ya.

[BUMP]

uh.. since this summer.. haven't been paying attention have we??! don't be a putz..

i heard they traded three players including their best defender, for a mediocre SF and a "center" who's on the verge of retirement and then they drafted an undersized fatass named Blair.

still dont see how this fixes anything

[resistanze]

What the is a "team of the decade"?

[all_heart]

i heard they traded three players including their best defender, for a mediocre SF and a "center" who's on the verge of retirement and then they drafted an undersized fatass named Blair.

still dont see how this fixes anything

because your a freakin blind jackass.. that's why.. but that makes sense cause your a Mav fan, posting on spurstalk...

Blair was rebounding machine in college.. he's gonna do fine in the NBA.

[Shastafarian]

i heard they traded three players including their best defender, for a mediocre SF and a "center" who's on the verge of retirement and then they drafted an undersized fatass named Blair.

still dont see how this fixes anything

lol Jason Kidd making $8.3 million
lol Tim Thomas

[BUMP]

lol someone making fun of tim thomas when Matt Bonner is on your team

[Shastafarian]

lol someone making fun of tim thomas when Matt Bonner is on your team

You mean the same Matt Bonner who shot 44% from 3 and 49% from inside the arc? That Matt Bonner?

lol at your big acquisitions being Drew Gooden, Shawn Marion, and Tim Thomas.

Good luck getting Josh Howard, Shawn Marion, and Tim Thomas to play nicely.

As to the subject of this thread, no- ing- . As other people have said, you could turn it into "We weren't beating the Celtics if they were whole" and it would be something Phil Jackson should be thinking.

[SpursFTW]

i heard they traded three players including their best defender, for a mediocre SF and a "center" who's on the verge of retirement and then they drafted an undersized fatass named Blair.

still dont see how this fixes anything

I know you hate the spurs, but that blair comment is pure bull , and you know it. Deep down you want blair on the mavs

[Culburn369]

What the is a "team of the decade"?

That was going to be the Spurs until KG got hurt, Lee missed those layups and Howard quit. Since then Team of the Decade has slipped badly to [What the is a "team of the decade"?]

Just shows to go ya.

[BUMP]

You mean the same Matt Bonner who shot 44% from 3 and 49% from inside the arc? That Matt Bonner?

Epic Fail.

Now your just wasting my time.

The same fanbase who wanted his head in the playoffs are now trying to act like he's a gonna be some sort of positive contribution.

Bonner in the playoffs

[Culburn369]

As to the subject of this thread, no- ing- . As other people have said, you could turn it into "We weren't beating the Celtics if they were whole" and it would be something Phil Jackson should be thinking.

Yeah, but, just because you think something doesn't require one to say it.

Pop comes off as weak & puny by opening his pie hole like that.

[Shastafarian]

Epic Fail.

Now your just wasting my time.

The same fanbase who wanted his head in the playoffs are now trying to act like he's a gonna be some sort of positive contribution.

Bonner in the playoffs

You really like moving the goal posts don't ya?

Yeah, but, just because you think something doesn't require one to say it.

Pop comes off as weak & puny by opening his pie hole like that.

In this situation it doesn't matter because he's talking about something that has already happened. He didn't go in saying, "I'm not sure we can beat them" or anything like that. If this does anything at all to the team, I guess it would make them want to strive for the chance to beat the Lakers. But I doubt the players care.

[BUMP]

You really like moving the goal posts don't ya?

Oh i forgot, Bonner totally lit up the Mavs with his sharpshooting abilities and shut down Dirk with his defensive prowess. i must've been watching a different series. my bad

[Rodriguez]

Oh i forgot, Bonner totally lit up the Mavs with his sharpshooting abilities and shut down Dirk with his defensive prowess. i must've been watching a different series. my bad

Noticeably Dirk was owned in that series, intricately it should be Bonner curbstomped the out of Dirk who only collected 19/9/2 there on average. You know you're doing a great job guarding Dirk when he is only 19/9/2.

[Culburn369]

You really like moving the goal posts don't ya?

In this situation it doesn't matter because he's talking about something that has already happened.

[moving the goal posts] is part & parcel to any Board.

& Pop gave it away there. Never give anything away. He's probably slipping. The Pop of 3 years ago woulda never yelped "uncle" like that.

I'm genuinely embarrassed for you Spurs fellows.

[ginobili's bald spot]

See...I told you selective blindness.
6 straight years of not winning the LOB and then the justification of the losses by saying, it was a finals appearance. HA! Please Lakerfan, you're embarrassing yourself. You got your asses handed to you by YOUR HATED CELTICS in what is a NBA Finals record for largest point differential and you want to call that an accomplishment?

Only in the mind of a mouth breathing spurfan is a finals appearance somehow worse than not making the finals at all. You inbreeds really are pathetic. Lets see you can't brag about being champions because we are. You can't play the 4 rings card because wre have 15 so... umm... quick spurfan think! "Oh yea we are 4 for 4 in the finals! zomg lulz pwnd" Talk about grasping at straws.

[Dunc n Dave]

Yeah, but, just because you think something doesn't require one to say it.

Pop comes off as weak & puny by opening his pie hole like that.

So how does that make Phil Jackson look when he cries "UNCLE!" by effectively saying "My team can't win this series on it's own unless I complain to the media about the refs in the post game interviews to get some more calls to go our way. Fine be DAMNED!" I'm just sayin... Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black.

[Culburn369]

So how does that make Phil Jackson look when he cries "UNCLE!" by effectively saying "My team can't win this series on it's own unless I complain to the media about the refs in the post game interviews to get some more calls to go our way. Fine be DAMNED!" I'm just sayin... Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black.

Your regrets are your own, Dunc. Pop said "uncle" out loud.

How you perceive Phil is your own lookout.

[Dunc n Dave]

Your regrets are your own, Dunc. Pop said "uncle" out loud.

How you perceive Phil is your own lookout.

Hurts don't it. 10 rings and he still acts like a little every time his team goes down ONE game. Pathetic... Where's his pride?

[Culburn369]

Hurts don't it. 10 rings and he still acts like a little every time his team goes down ONE game.

Boston did it for years to great affect. I stood there, peter in my hand, everybody laughin' their ass off,,,I finally figured it out: make the playoffs, win the last game you play. There is nothing else. How you get there, and what you have to do is of no consequence whatsoever.

[Dunc n Dave]

Boston did it for years to great affect. I stood there, peter in my hand, everybody laughin' their ass off,,,I finally figured it out: make the playoffs, win the last game you play. There is nothing else. How you get there, and what you have to do is of no consequence whatsoever.

I'm embarrassed for you Cul. Kinda makes him look weak and puny when he does that. He should take his lumps like a man. No excuses!

[Man In Black]

Boston did it for years to great affect. I stood there, peter in my hand, everybody laughin' their ass off,,,I finally figured it out: make the playoffs, win the last game you play. There is nothing else. How you get there, and what you have to do is of no consequence whatsoever.

Another LAL fan who "beated" it!
If Pop cried uncle in an online article, then what does one call a tell-all book by Phil in which he chronicles the failures of his own team? You know Phil was thinking, at this time...MY TEAM SUCKS!

And Bump...if Gooden was as awesome as you think he is, then...please tell us, WHY did he only get a 1 year deal? Shawn Marion hasn't been relevant since he was a Sun, and J Ho,when he isn't saying tht recreational marijuana is ok, has been healthy since when?

[Culburn369]

I'm embarrassed for you Cul. Kinda makes him look weak and puny when he does that. He should take his lumps like a man. No excuses!

Poppy . What's good for the goose, is sauce for the gander. West never could get it. Riley had gotten it years earlier and it seared him. He bided his time and when his time came he got after it right quick. All that "Showtime" "laid back LA", et al was nothing but racist code outta New York and the East Coast. "They" were "lunchbox" & "blue collar." It kept us where they wanted us...down. But, Buss got there and he knew precisely where the bear in the buckwheat. Magic saw thru it as well. He'd had a strong family, a positive father figure in his life and he knew better.

So, we followed the template that New York had struck for the Celtics. And, daddy-O, we ain't ever looked back.