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Check the chart again and recalculate. It wasn't a 6% chance of landing Duncan. Tanking and moving into the number 3 spot improved the spurs chances big time.
In overall all time NBA win %, Spurs are SECOND, ahead of even Boston. In championships, SA's fourth. They've made the playoffs 30 times in 34 years in their NBA history. Not bad for a small market low budget team.
Check the chart again and recalculate. It wasn't a 6% chance of landing Duncan. Tanking and moving into the number 3 spot improved the spurs chances big time.
I know. I totally pulled that out of my ass because I didn't feel like looking it up, but a 15% discrepancy between Boston and San Antonio is still pretty substantial.
its cool because the Lakers reign will end soon too they will have a run similar to the Celtics had before the Boston three party...and you will cease to be a fan.
The Lakers history of being the quickest to rebuild contenders notwithstanding.
Yeah, there seems to be a discrepancy on the percentages depending on the source. I saw one that listed the Celtics at 36% and the Spurs at 21%. The percentages aren't really relevant to my point.
I think the Spurs got really lucky in the draft. Of course, you could answer this yourself, but apparently you are too dumb to know the answer, otherwise, you wouldn't be asking Spurs fans.
Here is an easy question for you. If you were to get paid a max NBA contract (back in '76 when the Spurs first joined the NBA), where would you rather play? In Los Angeles, or San Antonio?
See, I can ask re ed questions too.
Anyways, hopefully you can see the advantage a city like Los Angeles has over San Antonio. Of course you won't because you are just in a blind rage that the "lucky, old, boring, doomed, overrated" Spurs team just beat the defending back to back champs on their home court and extended the lead for home court out west.
PS: I think it is funny that you keep saying that Spurs fans are angry because of your posts. In reality, we are sitting atop the league in the regular season. Why should we be angry? Especially from posts from an extreme re who lost all his credibility within his first 2 posts on this webesite as being a "pure basketball talk" guy. You mean nothing to me, and you never will. Sorry to disappoint you, but get used to it. Maybe your Lakers can make you feel like your life is actually worth living for another season. So far, it doesn't look good for you.
I think the Spurs got really lucky in the draft. Of course, you could answer this yourself, but apparently you are too dumb to know the answer, otherwise, you wouldn't be asking Spurs fans.
Here is an easy question for you. If you were to get paid a max NBA contract (back in '76 when the Spurs first joined the NBA), where would you rather play? In Los Angeles, or San Antonio?
See, I can ask re ed questions too.
Anyways, hopefully you can see the advantage a city like Los Angeles has over San Antonio. Of course you won't because you are just in a blind rage that the "lucky, old, boring, doomed, overrated" Spurs team just beat the defending back to back champs on their home court and extended the lead for home court out west.
Xello with the goods.
PS: I think it is funny that you keep saying that Spurs fans are angry because of your posts. In reality, we are sitting atop the league in the regular season. Why should we be angry? Especially from posts from an extreme re who lost all his credibility within his first 2 posts on this webesite as being a "pure basketball talk" guy. You mean nothing to me, and you never will. Sorry to disappoint you, but get used to it. Maybe your Lakers can make you feel like your life is actually worth living for another season. So far, it doesn't look good for you.
Here is another question for you...
If the Los Angeles had the same size market/publicity/appeal as San Antonio, could they have built a successful franchise like the Spurs have?
The fact that Boston owned 2 slots in the draft doesn't mean their percentage adds up?
As you can see... win 2 more games and your odds decrease 20%.
I've seen quotes showing that Boston had a 36 percent chance of getting the number one pick.
We were winning that lottery. Don't know if you've ever heard the full story. They always do a "test pull" on the machine. That ball was San Antonio. The actual pick for #1 was pulled, and of course, that was San Antonio. They pulled for the second pick, and THAT ball was for San Antonio. The first three pulls from the machine were for the Spurs. God wanted us to have Tim Duncan.
As you can see... win 2 more games and your odds decrease 20%.
good luck to the OP in the lottery, tbh...
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