Tony allen giving credit to manu?

[Mav-elous Man]

stephen jackson says o.

exactly!!!

[ALVAREZ6]

Anyone have video?

[crc21209]

Tony Allen . Only a matter of time before he's a Celtic again....

[ginobili fan]

I fell a little bit better after this

[Proxy]

Bunch of ing idiots on this board which is the reason I don't post a lot on here and just read while shaking my head at some of the idiotic people post here. You need guys like Robert Horry, Bruce Bowen, and Tony Allen to get you through the playoffs.

This

You guys need to man up. Even when he talked about Manu's injury being fake, it was just talk... you guys get so butthurt over stupid like that. He's an old school guy... he's the kind of role player that you need for a championship.

[DMC]

Great defenders work on their opponent all the time, even outside of the game. Just look at how Phil plays mind games with other coaches, how he plants seeds that he hopes causes the other coach to make some adjustments.

Allen is going to round 2. He did something right.

[Bobsyeruncle]

I'm sick of seeing guys making nice during the playoffs. As much as I've always hated the Celtics, you never saw Larry Bird hugging Magic or that Isaiah Thomas. He wanted to kill them on the court - no room for bro-hugs.

[Chomag]

I would have loved to of had a player like Allen on this team. Yes, he can be bone-headed at times but Spurs would of had enough high Basketball IQ to balance it out.

Same thing with Ellie, Bowen, and even Horry. These guys had at ude, and no-one liked to play against them becuase they would get under their skin and in their head. Also they would never be afraid to get in a teamates face and tell them like it is.

Spurs current players are like the polar opposite of these guys right now.

[spurs10]

hall of famer? in argentina?

Basketball's Hall of Fame doesn't care where you were born and isn't exclusively about the NBA. Manu's accomplishments in the NBA, Europe, and for his national team will all be recognized and honored. He's a shoe in if there ever was one.

[blkroadrunners]

Good luck against 6'9" Kevin Durant.

[DMC]

The Spurs in the formidable years always had a rogue "not a real Spur" player to bring the pain. This year they have a bunch of Spur-like players who are nice, don't talk much crap and no one to mix it up and get inside the other team's heads. Manu used to do that quite well, his injury really limited that.

[Chomag]

The Spurs in the formidable years always had a rogue "not a real Spur" player to bring the pain. This year they have a bunch of Spur-like players who are nice, don't talk much crap and no one to mix it up and get inside the other team's heads. Manu used to do that quite well, his injury really limited that.

Your right, throughout the Spurs championship era run; first it was Ellie, then it was Kevin Willis, then Bowen, and even Horry to some extent.

Not sure if I got that order right but you get the picture.

[elbamba]

Spurs fans need to quit their ing whining. Everyone of us would love him or Battier on our team. Everything being said about Allen, every teams fan base was saying about Bowen and the whole team just 5 years ago

Bowen was not a trash talker, at least not to the media. That is a major difference.

[ploto]

I could not believe I was agreeing with JVG when he said that all teams someone a "little crazy" like Tony Allen.