The pathology of Spurstalk

[rascal]

The Spurs win: it's regular season fools gold.

The Spurs lose: we can't possibly beat this team that beat us in the regular season in the playoffs.

Discuss.

You forgot about the crowd like yourself, who thinks regular season wins means playoff success.

Win or lose I look at the roster and I still see a weak frontline that is not good enough to win a championship. The spurs are going into the season with the same team as last year.

[rascal]

I think it's funny as well but it stems from the Spurs winning so many championships in the Duncan era. It's not easy to win a le, which many spurstalk forget but imagine if you are Knick fan.. how long has it been!

Also, the overall sentiment around Spurstalk is that this team as presently constructed, will not make it to the promise land. This may or may not be true but the one thing that is clear to me is that the team lacks toughness in the role players. If you look back at the Spurs championship teams, they were littered with tough veterans that came up big during the playoffs.

We don't need allstars or big scores, we need veteran toughness. Not sure if K-mart qualifies but would be a good place to start.

It should be easy to win a le with Duncan and Robinson spanning 6 years but during the early 2000s the Spurs management did not surround them with enough talent. To win only 2 times in 6 years is not good with two of the top big men in the game on the same team. They should have won 3 or 4 in a row with Robinson and Duncan and couldn't even get back to back les.

[RD2191]

so true rascal, sometimes i feel as if the spurs should have at least 5 or 6 les by now

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

so true rascal, sometimes i feel as if the spurs should have at least 5 or 6 les by now

^ This is the very definition of the thread in one sentence. Spoilt and deluded.

[RD2191]

no way man, the spurs should honestly have 5 or 6 les, these last 5 years the front office has done nothing to get timmy more help

[Obstructed_View]

A message forum of hundreds of people, reduced to several opinions to make a case for groupthink. This is stupider than the "three game losing streak" thread, tbh.

[RD2191]

hey that was my thread and if you think its stupid then dont look at it, simple as that

[Brunodf]

The Spurs win: it's regular season fools gold.

The Spurs lose: we can't possibly beat this team that beat us in the regular season in the playoffs.

Discuss.

So true Those delusional fans are funny

[Strategic]

Is this a reference to all the folks with 20 or 40 or 60 thousand post on here that have a lifetime of relevant postings?

[exstatic]

A message forum of hundreds of people, reduced to several opinions to make a case for groupthink. This is stupider than the "three game losing streak" thread, tbh.

Thanks, OV. Missed you, too.

[therealtruth]

Well, while some of what OP says is true, there is even a larger number of just flat out homers that ignore everything and think the Spurs are the best. It's not bad to be a homer, it's part of sports, but for every person that may be a realist or even negative, there are far more homers that are the "I bleed Silver and Black holmes!!!!!!" types that basically support every move. Whenever the Spurs lose it's "fluky shots", whenever they win it's " le number 5 baybbbbbeeeeeeeee".

As with everything the answer lies somewhere in the middle. Spurs definitely have some fluky things happen and they aren't the worst team in the NBA when they lose and not the best when they win. The answer lies somewhere in-between always burning the tape when they lose and claiming "ZOMG you are an idiot if you don't think the Spurs will sweep their way to a 5th ring/OKC isn't even good I'll bet you $1000000000 the Spurs beat them in a series 4-1 max" type homers.

It's a little bit better this season. Guys aren't consistently getting their career high on the Spurs but Gallo did get his season high.

It should be easy to win a le with Duncan and Robinson spanning 6 years but during the early 2000s the Spurs management did not surround them with enough talent. To win only 2 times in 6 years is not good with two of the top big men in the game on the same team. They should have won 3 or 4 in a row with Robinson and Duncan and couldn't even get back to back les.

You forgot about the Lakers. Maybe without them it would have been 5 or 6. Holt's got 4 les on the cheap. If he wanted to spend a little more he probably would have more.

[Obstructed_View]

Thanks, OV. Missed you, too.

. Welcome back. Not much has changed.

[Rummpd]

Clinically speaking, great and spot on thread: As a physician = my only prescription is dont take it too seriously with the Spurs as the big three move into the twilight of their careers = Spurs have brought a lot of joy in the last two decades as the team that should not exist at their level in the age of free agency, en led players and teams where the players overule the coach on many occassions. Yet they win and win despite a flawed roster in some regards and a stubborn, albeit brilliant coach and will be in the hunt for number 5 (or at least near the top of the class of near contenders.) This is a great site, with great posters and great fans including some of other teams......

[will_spurs]

I've always been optimistic!

You have optimism in Poland?!?

[polandprzem]

You have optimism in Poland?!?

Quite some, not as much as I would prefer though

[travis2]

The Spurs win: it's regular season fools gold.

The Spurs lose: we can't possibly beat this team that beat us in the regular season in the playoffs.

Discuss.

I see I haven't missed anything...

[spurraider21]

no way man, the spurs should honestly have 5 or 6 les, these last 5 years the front office has done nothing to get timmy more help

Is that why the past couple of seasons we've had some of our deepest rosters ever?

[biskvito]

there's always pessimists, optimists and middle ground, but they only say something when it's appropriate.

[Sean Cagney]

Well, while some of what OP says is true, there is even a larger number of just flat out homers that ignore everything and think the Spurs are the best. It's not bad to be a homer, it's part of sports, but for every person that may be a realist or even negative, there are far more homers that are the "I bleed Silver and Black holmes!!!!!!" types that basically support every move. Whenever the Spurs lose it's "fluky shots", whenever they win it's " le number 5 baybbbbbeeeeeeeee".

As with everything the answer lies somewhere in the middle. Spurs definitely have some fluky things happen and they aren't the worst team in the NBA when they lose and not the best when they win. The answer lies somewhere in-between always burning the tape when they lose and claiming "ZOMG you are an idiot if you don't think the Spurs will sweep their way to a 5th ring/OKC isn't even good I'll bet you $1000000000 the Spurs beat them in a series 4-1 max" type homers.

This........

[therealtruth]

Is that why the past couple of seasons we've had some of our deepest rosters ever?

Exactly. Every year since '09 Spurs fans have been saying we're stacked. But the best we have is a WCF backdoor sweep to show. That would tend to mess with your mind after a while. The approach is probably wrong. The Spurs need to trade some of their offensive talent for defensive talent.

[spurraider21]

Exactly. Every year since '09 Spurs fans have been saying we're stacked. But the best we have is a WCF backdoor sweep to show. That would tend to mess with your mind after a while. The approach is probably wrong. The Spurs need to trade some of their offensive talent for defensive talent.

The approach is wrong? Our best player is 36 years old, and our #2 and 3 players are 30 and 35 (I think). There's no "right way" when dealing with that. It's easy to forget Miami has the best player in the game and he's young. Easy to forget okc has the best scorer in the game at what, age 23? Okc also had the most athletic point guard I can remember. I still like our chances against okc in 7 with harden (proving to be a bonafide star) out of the picture

[therealtruth]

The approach is wrong? Our best player is 36 years old, and our #2 and 3 players are 30 and 35 (I think). There's no "right way" when dealing with that. It's easy to forget Miami has the best player in the game and he's young. Easy to forget okc has the best scorer in the game at what, age 23? Okc also had the most athletic point guard I can remember. I still like our chances against okc in 7 with harden (proving to be a bonafide star) out of the picture

What I mean is the balance between offensive and defensive players is too skewed toward offense.

[spurraider21]

Drafting Kawhi and CoJo, trading for Jax... Danny Green is really a defensive minded player who has developed into a spot up shooter. Not to mention Tiago doing a good job this season on the defensive end. I think the key is to get Manu playing like last season

[SequSpur]

The Spurs win: it's regular season fools gold.

The Spurs lose: we can't possibly beat this team that beat us in the regular season in the playoffs.

Discuss.

frickin bandwagoner...

[exstatic]

frickin bandwagoner...

Watch out for the medallion my diamonds are wreckless. It feels like a SEQU is hanging from my necklace.