It’s like a boring way to play but it’s so effective. There’s a reason why their record is what it is.
They match Tony's speed in Ellis, they match our shooting in Ellis/Wright/Williams, and we do not overwhelm their size with Blair or Bonner. Technically, they do match up well, they just don't play together and aren't as smart/well coached.
Did you expect him to say "Yeah dude they are gods of basketball we should not even be on the court with them". Obviously that's what we think as fans, but when do you ever hear a player say that?
Not sure if he's complementing the Spurs, but he seemed very bitter after the loss. Here's what he said:
"They’re a very frustrating team to play,” Lee said. “I don’t go out there feeling like they’re a better team than us. When you play the Lakers you look at their size and say it’s going to be a tough game. I feel like we match up well with the Spurs. I feel like they’re a beatable team, especially in this building. And just the way they execute and the way they take advantage of any little mistake you make, it’s like a boring way to play but it’s so effective. There’s a reason why their record is what it is."
I think he meant - "I simply didn't see what hit me, until it's over"
If this was his idea of a compliment, it was a back-handed one - at best.
You know I read this quote last night and was like, "wtf, the boring card?"
But rereading it, I don't think he knows that Spurs fan really really really resents that term. I mean, he probably just doesn't know, it is kind of an inside thing. And if you take out the word "boring", most Spurs fans probably would take his statement as a compliment to this team.
they are a better team that's why they are 38-7
I wouldn't take it as a compliment to the team if you take out the word boring.
He basically said "they're good, but they're not that good . . . they're not Lakers good" It's a slap in the face that he'd have the audacity to think, let alone say, his team matches up well with this team, which has been a juggernaut through 45 games.
If the Spurs had the same personnel they have and were playing the way they've played to this point, but they were the Lakers and not the Spurs, he wouldn't have said that. Conversely, if the Lakers had the same personnel they have and were playing the way they've played to this point, but they were the Spurs and not the Lakers, they would no longer be the favorites.
I'd like to see the video. Opening your mouth and having a turd come out is not the same as maligning. Dude was obviously frustrated against us, especially after having such a good game. Oh, and he obviously isn't very smart.
Guys like David Lee just need to keep their mouth shut.
When I read those comments I thought, "he's some pansy hopping on-board the media hype-train that dubs the Spurs boring". He's an idiot, to say the least. If we're so beatable, why do you never beat us? Idiocy.
lol at this guy
Who the is David Lee???
No offense at what he says. He means that size wise, possibly even skill wise the Warriors don't see themselves as much inferior to the Spurs as opposed to the long and lengthy Lakers whose size gives most teams heebeejeebies. But execution is where the Spurs beat most teams..preying on little mistakes and through in-game tactics and quite efficiently. It is actually a compliment, I reckon.
I'd see this as a compliment, rather than a thinly veiled insult, IF I didn't witness Lee intentionally push Duncan, after Duncan took him to school on back to back possessions. The push even provoked Tim Duncan to turn his head and give Lee a puzzled look. The man is a sore loser, he even got into it with Stephen Curry last season when he was on the Knicks.
He also took RJ's unintentional horse-back ride as an opportunity to announce that not only did RJ disrespect him, but the Warriors and their fans in general. Just because of his "frustration" he wants people to see his irrational opinion of us, and I'm sure he successfully brew some kind of ridiculous hatred for the Spurs among his fans.
The man is a little . & if it really came to blows with another player, David Lee would get hit and burst into glitter and mayonnaise.
Superb post TD21
lol as others have said, Lee is clearly butthurt. No doubt about it.
Im kinda with this quote. Lee may Think starters can contend, but there is nothing else past that for GS, which is why they loose. Being able to see your physiclally at a disadvantage to LA is easy to see. Being able to see your opponent is out smarting is not.
I Think he is Right. Were not really scary on paper, we just find your weak spots and exploit it. What do you expect Lee to say?? "the Spurs are the best and we have no chance"?? come on. You have to expect him to say something for his team. Get a grip people.
GSW little mistakes!!!!!!
Lee's comments FINALLY explain to me why Mike got rid of him in the process of building a winning team in NYC.
Lee is just NOT very intelligent.
If he was intelligent, he would have noticed that
Dice had season high numbers, hitting uncontested jumpers,
Splitter raised from DNPs to have the best night of the season (10 FTs and missing 2 easy wideopen layups),
and Duncan was balling before the "injury" and was toying after.
Start guarding the guys in front of you and stop talking about the "little mistakes".
comparing a farming team to a contender is not smart at all....
...this is coming from the most exciting player on the planet: David Lee...what a clown...
David Lee is just mad he's been sleepin on a , getting lulled to sleep by Spurs, then getting the W snatched out of his own arena...let him say whatever, he's just another overpaid, no ring, couch potato when the post seasons arrives.
Failing to make the playoffs is what's boring.
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