John Hollinger: No one is calling the Spurs chokers.

[Venti Quattro]

You a-holes managed to bring up the 07 Pats AND last years Bruins in this thread. F all of you.

lol

[Isitjustme?]

It doesn't matter if the team that chokes has a ring or not, when you're the number 1 seed, you shouldn't lose to the 8th seed. If Hollinger says the Spurs aren't chokers then what about the 2004 Yankees or the 2010 Boston Bruins who blew 3-0 leads in a a best of 7 series?

The Spurs didn't blow any big fourth quarter leads or blow a big lead in the series.

[Isitjustme?]

How do you think Kobe had to ask Vanessa for his again?

Still don't know what this guy is talking about.

[Giuseppe]

It's a joke, dummy.

[nowhereman523]

I guess a professional basketball writer can't be expected to keep track of the correct names of teams. Nuggets? I think he means Sonics.

[Tp9gospursgo]

If Tim hadn't of gone down we wouldnt have lost our confidence. we would've won in 6.

[TampaDude]

When you are ousted in the 1st round, you didn't choke, you were exposed. Choking happens at a much higher level.

^ this

[Giuseppe]

If

[TampaDude]

The Spurs don't have championship level defense like they used to. They've turned into the Suns...and we all know how many rings the Suns have...

[ffadicted]

Nothing to do with choking and championships. Memphis just flat out played better, and are the better team, and just exposed all of the spurs' weaknesses. I don't think I've ever seen an 8th seed that's this good, they have so much fight in them, they're solid up front, they out-hussle everyone, and are extremely well coached. I expect memphis to give OKC a huge challenge this round.

Everyone is just either trolling or reading too much into it

[Jacob1983]

I was wrong about my posts about the Spurs choking against the Grizz. This Grizzlies team is scary and should be feared. And this Grizzlies team is way better than the 2006-2007 Warriors team in my opinion.

[DAF86]

I was wrong about my posts about the Spurs choking against the Grizz. This Grizzlies team is scary and should be feared. And this Grizzlies team is way better than the 2006-2007 Warriors team in my opinion.

Preparing the field just in case

[rmt]

Hollinger might want to check out the records since the beginning of the year. Since Jan 1, MEM and SA have virtually the same record. Spurs had a verrry hot start, and MEM took a while to get going as they integrated so many new players - not your typical 1st and 8th seed.

Really enjoyed that MEM & OKC game last night - can MEM mentally recover from losing that big lead?

[Isitjustme?]

Hollinger might want to check out the records since the beginning of the year. Since Jan 1, MEM and SA have virtually the same record. Spurs had a verrry hot start, and MEM took a while to get going as they integrated so many new players - not your typical 1st and 8th seed.

Hollinger agrees with you dumbass.