I Am So Proud

[Capt Bringdown]

The team had the talent, depth, coaching, and work ethic to win it all; however, pyschologically, this team was nowhere near championship level.

Bingo. The Spurs failed in the area in which they are supposed to have an advantage.
As they've done before.

[mercos]

I'm not proud of how the series ended, but I am very proud of the season the Spurs had. After Manu went down with a broken hand, all seemed lost. Then TJ Ford went down, and things looked even worse. Someway, somehow this team battled back and finished with the best record in the West, and went on one of the best runs in basketball history.

Tony Parker did not have his best series against the Thunder, but I am not gonna hate on him after the season he had. TP carried us all year. He did a pretty good job on Westbrook, and I can't blame him for not having enough in the tank for the entire series.

[Mugen]

Maybe they didn't lose it (I never for a second thought the Spurs were winning anyway), but they didn't even give them a chance. It was so predictable, everything about this game. I guess when there's no repercussions for the league doing this, they probably figure, why stop? The mere fact that that bald prick was reffing this game to begin with said it all.

KD in your top 5 now?

[tmtcsc]

What's all the talk of the final run for the Big 3 ? We made it this far with Ginobili being injured for much of the year and with an infusion of youth. Guys, OKC may be the only better team on the planet than the Spurs.

I'm looking forward to next year. As long as we can stay healthy and keep the young guys improving, I see no reason we can't compete for a le again.

[polandprzem]

Oh well, I've said my piece. I'm not going to apologize for being proud.

You do not need to.

But your loser mentality got me worried

[GrandeDavid]

Let it go.

I'm done with the NBA when the Spurs season ends, and this one was ended prematurely by horrendous officiating. That's a fact, but oh well. It's just basketball.

[jag]

I hope you are joking. I really do. You can stomach a complete meltdown with horrifice execution from your best players, questionable rotations by your coach and blowing the biggest halftime lead in one of the most pivotal games in your franchises history?

Wow.

You had to know DPG would drop in with his legendary emotional rants. Stop acting like a female/DPG after the Memphis sweep. Accept reality brosef

[Rain318]

It was a of ride and i enjoyed every minute of it

[ShoogarBear]

Duncan played as hard as he can and Manu, as well. Parker disappearing in the second half is no surprise.

Manu played as hard as he can tonight, but Tony didn't. Another ploto special.

Some things never change.

Irony.

[Spurs Brazil]

manuginobili It's always painful to lose being so close, but very proud of my team 4 a great run. Congrats to OKC & THANK U SA 4 all the support.

[mytespurs]

This hurts especially the way it ended but hey the Spurs did better than I expected this year-I assumed their championship run was over & I was expecting them to finish as a 7th or 8th seed & elimination in the first round. I am proud of the guys but this one will sting for a few days.

Congratulations to the youngthunder! I had a feeling that this team was going to take that next step so I'm sort of happy....just wished it wasn't against my Spurs! :-(

[DPG21920]

Oh well, I've said my piece. I'm not going to apologize for being proud.

You don't have to. But for you to go all bash DPG because he doesn't agree (Like Bruno and Shoog) is pretty f'ng lame considering I have been pretty consistent on the board.

Pretty lame imo.

[baseline bum]

What's all the talk of the final run for the Big 3 ? We made it this far with Ginobili being injured for much of the year and with an infusion of youth. Guys, OKC may be the only better team on the planet than the Spurs.

I'm looking forward to next year. As long as we can stay healthy and keep the young guys improving, I see no reason we can't compete for a le again.

This was the first year since 07 that the team had any semblance of health (and basically 100% health this time around). It's not going to happen again with another year of wear. This was it.

[polandprzem]

I just made myself scrambled eggs and a toast


A toast?



I'm proud of myself, because it was really gr8 breakfast

[GrandeDavid]

So, in your opinion, the refs did not play a significant role at all?

I thought the refs' incompetence influenced the outcome of this game. The Spurs got double screwed. Having said that, the Spurs killed any chance when they missed three threes on one position with under two minutes to go.

[DPG21920]

You had to know DPG would drop in with his legendary emotional rants. Stop acting like a female/DPG after the Memphis sweep. Accept reality brosef

How is it emotional to say I am not proud of the way this series went down, but it's not emotional to say "I am so proud "?

People can be proud. I am proud of the overall run and season. This series in isolation I feel differently about. Sometimes teams don't play their best. I don't believe the Spurs played their best and I find it tough because they did play well and got a 2-0 lead and then the wheels fell off.

Random throw away lines , it's not emotional rants, its no different than any other assessment except for it's a sucky time right now.

[dbreiden83080]

I am too they played their guts out tonight. Just could not get back on track in this series after game 3 and it sucks. Game 5 was the killer and we all knew it but they didn't go down easy tonight.. Tim Duncan is my fav player of all time and in the end he was a warrior...

[jag]

The Spurs won all season by being the better team. They never had the best individual players. The Thunder lost games by playing ISO ball. It's why they were beatable. It's why the Spurs would consistently take them apart.

When the Thunder figured out how to play unselfish team ball, they matched the Spurs greatest strength, and their individual talent began to take over.

Anyone who doesn't accept this (DPG being emotional after a loss) is in denial.

I'm proud that they competed. I'm proud that they went out and fought. They weren't the better team anymore.

[DAF86]

You kept me entertained for five months. You weren't supossed to be this good yet you are. Thanks.

[mexicanjunior]

Tim just said the whistles changed the game tbh....just now in the interview.

I was glad Tim called it like he saw it in the post game...wish Pop would concede the fine and speak his mind about it also.

[Calispursfan11]

Agreed TIMVP. God bless.

[dbreiden83080]

I hope you are joking. I really do. You can stomach a complete meltdown with horrifice execution from your best players, questionable rotations by your coach and blowing the biggest halftime lead in one of the most pivotal games in your franchises history?

Wow.

Dude OKC is better than us.. They are too young wirh insane talent... Everyone on that team that matters is in their 20's.. They'd have run the 98 Bulls out of the gym in this series..

[DPG21920]

The Spurs won all season by being the better team. They never had the best individual players. The Thunder lost games by playing ISO ball. It's why they were beatable. It's why the Spurs would consistently take them apart.

When the Thunder figured out how to play unselfish team ball, they matched the Spurs greatest strength, and their individual talent began to take over.

Anyone who doesn't accept this (DPG being emotional after a loss) is in denial.

I'm proud that they competed. I'm proud that they went out and fought. They weren't the better team anymore.

So you feel they competed in game 3? You felt they were competing when Timvp was being emotional and starting "the spurs are sulking in the wcf" threads?

You thought they competed in the first half of game 5?

Do you think the Spurs played their ball, their best game and that just wasn't good enough?

[ShoogarBear]

You don't have to. But for you to go all bash DPG because he doesn't agree (Like Bruno and Shoog) is pretty f'ng lame considering I have been pretty consistent on the board.

Pretty lame imo.

Defend your own words, don't twist mine.

I said I wasn't especially proud of the series, because games 3-5 were abysmal, but yes, for game six there was much busting of ass. In the end, OKC definitely had the superior talent and unfortunately this series they figured out how to really put it together.

And I think I made clear what I thought about the year in general.

[gameFACE]

Tim is still THE MAN.

Truly the end of an era. Of course that's been said for a few years. Who knows what will happen with his contract situation during the offseason. You never know.........