Which fanbase endured the most suffering this decade?

[JMarkJohns]

Why do people keep mentioning the Queens? Im serious, can someone fill me in besides the atrocious Game 6 against the Lakers in 2002?

They suffered many a injury... Webber, Peja... they had tons of talent, but injury and BS calls in game 6 if 2002 cost them from advancing to the Finals. Webber went down vs. the Mavs in 2003. The one time they were all three healthy they were screwed.

I can see it, but sucking for the better half of the decade isn't enough to make up the ground they trail other teams like Phoenix, Dallas, Portland, etc. by.

[ChrisRichards]

They suffered many a injury... Webber, Peja... they had tons of talent, but injury and BS calls in game 6 if 2002 cost them from advancing to the Finals. Webber went down vs. the Mavs in 2003, then I believe Bibby missed the next season's playoffs. The one time they were healthy they were screwed.

I can see it, but sucking for the better half of the decade isn't enough to make up the ground they trail other teams like Phoenix, Dallas, Portland, etc. by.

Thanks. And that's why I was wondering. They had 2-3 yrs of peak basketball but no one reallt expected them to do much more after that time frame.

[ChrisRichards]

I changed my mind. Its definitely the Mavs lol.

[Strike]

Every single non-laker fan with a friend/relative who is a laker fan. Everyone out there who has a real life lakaluva/culburn/dazedandconfused in their life has to listen to the same oral bowel movements every time the topic of basketball comes up.

[Bob Lanier]

Tee hee.

[Mavs_man_41]

mav fans run away with this in a land slide

[Bukefal]

I changed my mind. Its definitely the Mavs lol.

[admiralsnackbar]

Easily Mavs fans. Who else acts so en led?

[Giuseppe]

Webber, Peja... they had tons of talent

Horse . They had a hard-on for us for a finite span of time. Once we quashed their uprising they went quietly, into the night.

[Biggems]

Even with all the success, the Spurs have had their fair share of heartbreak.

We win the le in 99, then just before the playoffs in 00, Duncan gets injured and we get ousted in the first round.

Then the following two seasons, we get ousted by the Lakers....one of those years, we had a legit shot at beating them. Unfortunately, during the Dallas series, Anderson was injured on a cheap shot, and was never really healthy for the Lakers. It would have been tough to win the series anyway, but take away our best perimeter player at the time and forget about it.

04, we are the defending Champs....and here we are in San Antonio. Duncan makes a miraculous shot over Shaq to give us the lead with 0.4 seconds left in the game. We all figure we have this game and will close it out in LA. But no. Fisher makes the most heartbreaking shot in the history of the Spurs franchise. We lose that game, and the next....then we watch the Lakers simply lay down and quit against the Pistons....just horrible.

In 06, we are once again the defending champs.....and we are playing the Mavs. The Series is super even. Any team can take it. Well we go up 3 late in game 7. Dirk drives, minimal contact by Manu....Hoop and the harm. He makes the FT, and ties it. We take it down and Duncan misses a layup, Manu misses a putback. We go into OT and lose. The Mavs go onto the Finals and choke away a 2 game lead, as well as a double digit lead in game 3 and lose the finals 4-2 to the Heat. HORRIBLE.

In 08, we are once again the champs. we make it to the WCF. However, Manu is injured. Pop refuses to give Barry extra minutes. We blow two huge 2nd half leads. Barry gets raped by Fisher at the end of game 5, no call. Lakers go on to the Finals.....and get beat down by the Celtics. HORRIBLE.

09, we are the 3 seed. We are playing the Mavs, and once again Manu is hurt. We have a rookie named Hill, but Pop is stubborn and simply wont put him in until it is too late. The Mavs upset us in 5 games.


So while the Spurs have tasted a lot of success, they have also been crushed in ways that very few have. I think the reason 04, 06, and 08 are so tough to deal with is because when the Lakers and Mavs beat us, they went on to the Finals and basically bent over and took it up the ass with zero lube to ease the pain. I mean, they fought so hard and gave every ounce of what they had to eliminate the Spurs, but didn't bring the same effort in the Finals.....just frustrates me to no end. IMO, we beat the Heat and Celtics.....not sure if we beat the Pistons in 04 though.

Plus, we Spurs fans have had to deal with not being able to repeat, we are dirty, we are soft, we are old, we get all the calls, we kill ratings.....etc.

I vote for Spurs fans.

[Giuseppe]

^^

[Ghazi]

lol @ Biggems typing an essay just to take subtle jabs at the Lakers and Mavs.

What a got

[MateoNeygro]

crofl Rockets never had a legit shot at a le all decade, how much suffering could you really have?

Mavs easily top this list.

your sig picture creeps me the out man. Lol.

[scanry]

The Spurs & the Lakers are exempt from any kind of suffering this past decade. The two franchises have combined to win 8 championships over the past 11 years, so go figure and try being a Mavs fan for a year and you'll understand!!!

Mavs win this in a landslide, and the Suns are a distant second...

[callo1]

Suns. If not for the Spurs, they would likely have 2 rings.

[Giuseppe]

...^Thank you, Spurs. Now, get 'er done one more time, then come out to the coast, and bring little snot nose (Shastafarian) with ya.

[MateoNeygro]

Mavs, Suns, Portland that's my 2 cents.

[Giuseppe]

The Suns have made their own misery much of the time: trading draft picks, paying multiple coaches not to coach, 7 seconds or less, putting their trust in a leaky vessel like Nash, settling for beating my Lakers, one minute macro managed///the next minute micro managed, et al.

[TampaDude]

Mavs and Suns, hands down...

[Biggems]

lol @ Biggems typing an essay just to take subtle jabs at the Lakers and Mavs.

What a got

got? no that would be your of a superstar.

there was no subtle jabs at the lakers or mavs. the lakers ended our season 4 times and the mavs 2 this decade. im sorry but .4 is one of the most heartbreaking was to lose that there is. also, it sucks when you feel that a team plays so hard and goes balls out to beat your team, then doesnt seem to give the same effort later in the playoffs.

I felt the same way about the Cardinals in baseball. They played so hard to beat the Astros, only to just lay down for the Red Sox in the World Series.

Damn why do mavs fans get so butt hurt all the time....ghazi, i expected better of you, but i guess you are like the rest of your brethren.

[Goran Dragic]

Even with all the success, the Spurs have had their fair share of heartbreak.

We win the le in 99, then just before the playoffs in 00, Duncan gets injured and we get ousted in the first round.

Then the following two seasons, we get ousted by the Lakers....one of those years, we had a legit shot at beating them. Unfortunately, during the Dallas series, Anderson was injured on a cheap shot, and was never really healthy for the Lakers. It would have been tough to win the series anyway, but take away our best perimeter player at the time and forget about it.

04, we are the defending Champs....and here we are in San Antonio. Duncan makes a miraculous shot over Shaq to give us the lead with 0.4 seconds left in the game. We all figure we have this game and will close it out in LA. But no. Fisher makes the most heartbreaking shot in the history of the Spurs franchise. We lose that game, and the next....then we watch the Lakers simply lay down and quit against the Pistons....just horrible.

In 06, we are once again the defending champs.....and we are playing the Mavs. The Series is super even. Any team can take it. Well we go up 3 late in game 7. Dirk drives, minimal contact by Manu....Hoop and the harm. He makes the FT, and ties it. We take it down and Duncan misses a layup, Manu misses a putback. We go into OT and lose. The Mavs go onto the Finals and choke away a 2 game lead, as well as a double digit lead in game 3 and lose the finals 4-2 to the Heat. HORRIBLE.

In 08, we are once again the champs. we make it to the WCF. However, Manu is injured. Pop refuses to give Barry extra minutes. We blow two huge 2nd half leads. Barry gets raped by Fisher at the end of game 5, no call. Lakers go on to the Finals.....and get beat down by the Celtics. HORRIBLE.

09, we are the 3 seed. We are playing the Mavs, and once again Manu is hurt. We have a rookie named Hill, but Pop is stubborn and simply wont put him in until it is too late. The Mavs upset us in 5 games.


So while the Spurs have tasted a lot of success, they have also been crushed in ways that very few have. I think the reason 04, 06, and 08 are so tough to deal with is because when the Lakers and Mavs beat us, they went on to the Finals and basically bent over and took it up the ass with zero lube to ease the pain. I mean, they fought so hard and gave every ounce of what they had to eliminate the Spurs, but didn't bring the same effort in the Finals.....just frustrates me to no end. IMO, we beat the Heat and Celtics.....not sure if we beat the Pistons in 04 though.

Plus, we Spurs fans have had to deal with not being able to repeat, we are dirty, we are soft, we are old, we get all the calls, we kill ratings.....etc.

I vote for Spurs fans.

Congrats on being re ed.

[TampaDude]

Even with all the success, the Spurs have had their fair share of heartbreak.

We win the le in 99, then just before the playoffs in 00, Duncan gets injured and we get ousted in the first round.

Then the following two seasons, we get ousted by the Lakers....one of those years, we had a legit shot at beating them. Unfortunately, during the Dallas series, Anderson was injured on a cheap shot, and was never really healthy for the Lakers. It would have been tough to win the series anyway, but take away our best perimeter player at the time and forget about it.

04, we are the defending Champs....and here we are in San Antonio. Duncan makes a miraculous shot over Shaq to give us the lead with 0.4 seconds left in the game. We all figure we have this game and will close it out in LA. But no. Fisher makes the most heartbreaking shot in the history of the Spurs franchise. We lose that game, and the next....then we watch the Lakers simply lay down and quit against the Pistons....just horrible.

In 06, we are once again the defending champs.....and we are playing the Mavs. The Series is super even. Any team can take it. Well we go up 3 late in game 7. Dirk drives, minimal contact by Manu....Hoop and the harm. He makes the FT, and ties it. We take it down and Duncan misses a layup, Manu misses a putback. We go into OT and lose. The Mavs go onto the Finals and choke away a 2 game lead, as well as a double digit lead in game 3 and lose the finals 4-2 to the Heat. HORRIBLE.

In 08, we are once again the champs. we make it to the WCF. However, Manu is injured. Pop refuses to give Barry extra minutes. We blow two huge 2nd half leads. Barry gets raped by Fisher at the end of game 5, no call. Lakers go on to the Finals.....and get beat down by the Celtics. HORRIBLE.

09, we are the 3 seed. We are playing the Mavs, and once again Manu is hurt. We have a rookie named Hill, but Pop is stubborn and simply wont put him in until it is too late. The Mavs upset us in 5 games.


So while the Spurs have tasted a lot of success, they have also been crushed in ways that very few have. I think the reason 04, 06, and 08 are so tough to deal with is because when the Lakers and Mavs beat us, they went on to the Finals and basically bent over and took it up the ass with zero lube to ease the pain. I mean, they fought so hard and gave every ounce of what they had to eliminate the Spurs, but didn't bring the same effort in the Finals.....just frustrates me to no end. IMO, we beat the Heat and Celtics.....not sure if we beat the Pistons in 04 though.

Plus, we Spurs fans have had to deal with not being able to repeat, we are dirty, we are soft, we are old, we get all the calls, we kill ratings.....etc.

I vote for Spurs fans.

Yeah, we've had our share of heartbreak and hosejobs, but we've won FOUR LES...the Mavs and the Suns together have a grand total of ZERO. There is no way you can say the Spurs have "suffered" over the past decade.

[crc21209]

Throw the Mavs in there as well...Being up 2-0 in the NBA Finals with a double-digit lead in Game 3 with minutes to go from going up 3-0, only to lose the lead, the game, and eventually the series. And then the next year (07') winning 60+ games in the regular season to be the #1 seed in the West, only to lose to the #8 seeded Warriors...

[Giuseppe]

Congrats on being re ed.

Duncan, nailin' a re , to the in' wall.

[tlongII]

We don't suffer. We endure.