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"You'll see the reaction tonight" I'm liking this. I hope its not all talk. Memphis is so annoying, ing celebrating like they won a championship after every game, I'm half expecting to see streamers and champaigne.
McDyess doesn’t regret calling his team out after Game 4 loss
Antonio McDyess expressed no remorse Wednesday for some strong comments he had about his team’s at ude during a Game 4 loss at Memphis.
McDyess call his team “a bunch of wussies” after their struggles in a 102-84 loss to Memphis which has dropped the Spurs into a 3-1 hole in the best-of-seven series.
When asked about his stinging comments, McDyess said his strong words made for a reason.
“You saw the game. Everybody saw the game,” McDyess said. “So I ain’t said nothing that wasn’t true.
“We didn’t play like we know how to play. I haven’t seen that team I saw at the beginning of the year all playoffs. What I said was stuff that was coming from the heart and what was true. That’s including myself and coming from myself.”
The Spurs have had trouble in the first four games of the series hitting their shots and matching the defensive intensity of the Grizzlies, who will be looking to become only the second No. 8 seed in NBA history to advance in the first round of a best-of-seven series.
McDyess, the team’s oldest and most experience player, isn’t sure how his team will respond.
“I don’t know yet,” he said. “It’s yet to be seen, because the game hasn’t started. Guys really know what position we are in right now and what we need to do. It’s just a point of coming out and doing it. There hasn’t been anything been said too much. It’s basically all laid on the table knowing that we have to go get in a win.”
But his blunt critique has caught the attention of his teammates at their shootaround Wednesday morning.
“You know McDyess is one of our vets and he wants to win a championship,” Spurs guard Tony Parker said. “He’s very frustrated right now. I can understand that. You’ll see the reaction tonight.”
"You'll see the reaction tonight" I'm liking this. I hope its not all talk. Memphis is so annoying, ing celebrating like they won a championship after every game, I'm half expecting to see streamers and champaigne.
It's very clear that Dice has pride, unlike some of his teammates. I'm interested in seeing if Manu wears the brace tonight. I say he loses it. "There is no tomorrow Rock ! There is no tomorrow !".
Dice was already my favorite current Spur outside the Big 3, but my respect for him has sky-rocketed.
Screw the technical foul and the point it cost us. For one, that technical foul got Splitter's ass off the goddamn bench.
More importantly, it's just good to see someone show some emotion about this damn thing. The rest of the team just seems to be sleepwalking through a golden opportunity, and I'm glad someone is trying to wake their asses up. I just really hope its not too little, too late.
They wouldn't be doing that if the Spurs could actually win a game. Food for thought
Good for Dice.
Too bad his teammates are proven chokers like Hill/RJ/Bonner who have yet to show a pair in this series.
Have any the players been self critical? For example, instead of saying, "the team played bad", they say something like, "I played like crap but I'm going to bounce back and play better the next game." I think Manu has done it before after a difficult loss.
If the Spurs don't like them celebrating, then beat them. Simple solution, really.
Way to be, McDyess!
I'm waiting for the Detroit ghetto thug to come out.
Can you imagine bonner playing 20 minutes a game on those Detroit teams Dice was a part of? I know I can't.
Last year the Spurs were playing like dogs, nowadays they're more like pups. Hopefully this can turn around. Not even the poodles on the Magic lost their elimination at home last night and Dwight was basically a non-factor....
I can't imagine Bonner playing 20 minutes in the Little Dribblers league.
I am not aware of Parker or Duncan being self critical in this playoff.
This could be his last game. I hope he leads by example and doesn't take rushed jump shots.
Let's hope they can back it up with making shots, playing though and turning this series around
good for dice.
I completely agree. If the game starts tonight and they're playing like "wussies" after Parker said THAT, I'm going to be pretty pissed.
TBH, I can't imagine Bonner playing 20 minutes a game for the 2005 Spurs, tbh . . . .
I hope Parker backs his up. He's been playing like all series.
Alsoto McDyess. I'm getting tired of the "they just played better than us" mentality that some of these guys have. Man up and show these es the team we were suppose to be ever since. Of course though, the mental midget group of RJ/Hill/Bonner will probably fold as always. It's McDyess' last year and these guys are letting him down.
He's got to be very disappointed.
He came to SA hoping for one last chance to get a le and this team has at least been in the conversation to get that done. Seeing those chances evaporate in a mist of soft play and quit has to be the ultimate disappointment for him as a basketball player.
Whoa - is this legit? What's the source? In any case if true, then I knew it that everything was a come on.
To me the season is over.
I don't know but after that game 4 loss I already stopped thinking there is another game to play.
Not good esp. when I always had a faith and the "It's sports and everything can happen" kinda thing
It's too late now to call out a team that totaly lost it
I maybe wrong but I doubt it
Bowen,Horry,and Oberto made up for the lack of toughness that Parker and Duncan seem to show. Ginobili obviously doesnt have the lack of toughness but Parker and Duncan dont play pissed off like Manu does.
Mcdyess im sure is suprised to see the lack of toughness from Parker and Duncan. They play as if theyre content with what theyve accomplished so far and dont really care if they win or lose.
If the Spurs continue to play off of their perimeter man, I'll know in the first quarter that the defense and game outcome won't be different.
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