Tim Duncan boxing this offseason isn't a thing a content man does.
Boris Diaw throwing down jams in Eurobasket isn't a thing a passive man does.
Tiago Splitter and Manu Ginobili choosing to save their bodies for the NBA season and sitting out FIBA qualifiers aren't things done by men uncommitted to their team.
And the memory of the Finals hangs fresh in these guys' memories.
65+ wins should be no surprise from this squad IMO.
And I don't blame them one bit for feeling that way!Tim Duncan boxing this offseason isn't a thing a content man does.
Boris Diaw throwing down jams in Eurobasket isn't a thing a passive man does.
Tiago Splitter and Manu Ginobili choosing to save their bodies for the NBA season and sitting out FIBA qualifiers aren't things done by men uncommitted to their team.
And the memory of the Finals hangs fresh in these guys' memories.
65+ wins should be no surprise from this squad IMO.
Tim Duncan boxing is nothing new though ... he is doing it for several years now to keep himself in shape
They should be pissed.
I wasn't aware of that, no wonder.
It has been reported that Manu has been working out too, in Argentina with a Spurs trainer. IMHO he knows he has something to prove.
One thing I worry about is that the Spurs rode on the emotion of the WCF loss to the Thunder all last season. Yes, it carried them to the Finals, but that's a hard motivational feat to pull off twice.
Fortunately, the Finals found a way to sting even worse than the Thunder loss, so hopefully that will be enough to inspire them through another ~100 games.
They should be pissed at Manu. First for sucking and second for not being pissed himself.
Anyone who watched the finals knows the Spurs threw their hearts into the game. They pulled off miraculous victories against a heavily favored team and went down swinging hard. But sadly, all the motivation in the world can't' overcome injuries, old age, and the talent gap between the Spurs and the Heat. And the flukes that helped propel the Spurs (lowest TOs ever in a finals game, Parker's fluke shot, Green's best 3 pt shooting in the history of the NBA finals, Lebron inexplicably not making wide open jumpers the first 5 games, everyone actually being relatively healthy at the same time) are unlikely to occur again. The Spurs will need more help if they actually want a legitimate shot at the le.
I hope they are. They got pwned when they should have had Eye of the Tiger.
tbh, at this rate ST should be renamed ManuTalk because nobody talks about anyone else on this forum.
What happened to hoping Duncan would retain his 2012-13 form? What happened to hoping Leonard would blossom? What happened to Tiago Splitter being the team's scapegoat?
Jegus, The San Antonio Spurs are not just Manu Scrubnobili or Godnobili and other folk. They are a basketball team, and the finest example of team ball in the most talented league in the world.
I second that notion!
We were on pace to break our team record for most of our season, Then Parker down March 1st and we were about .500 the rest of the regular season. A little bit better health and subtract the game winners and we could easily win 60.
That's what I thought too. The team was healthy by playoff time and just rolled a few 1s in Game 6.
The team is older. Chance of injury and fatigue screwing us only went up.
As I said before, the WHOLE team is pissed. Pop is pissed. Tim Duncan is pissed. TP being the compe or that he is will probably want to come back with revenge as he does every year. Kawhi is pissed. Danny Green said it in the postgame interview of Game 7 "I hope the whole team returns." EVERYONE is "fueled by revenge" except for Manu.
I hope that washed SG of Manu doesn't cost us another championship. I hope that senile Pop realizes that Manu is no longer part of the "Big 3" and that Kawhi is the new emerging star. Kawhi Leonard needs to be the third playmaking option on the team unless Corey Joseph steps up.
All this is assuming that Tim Duncan remains healthy and defeats Father Time once again otherwise Kawhi will have to carry a huge load off his shoulders.
This is gonnnaaa be gooooddd
2013-2014 and were still contenders!
that's the craziest part of this entire thing and is what people on this forum need to realize. We as a franchise have been championship contenders for 15 straight years. We've been "too old" for about 4-5 years. And yet here we are still being pegged by a good amount of people to get back to the finalsThis is gonnnaaa be gooooddd
2013-2014 and were still contenders!
Then they get their paycheck in October and they remember what this is all about. Cruise control until the playoffs, as usual. It's what got us to the finals in the first place, not anger. Save the feaux "revenge" mantra for April. Like we're gonna go into a game in Toronto in December with revenge on our minds
A new era has begun. K. Leonard will assume more responsibility for this team. IF Manu can be half the player he used to be and NOT hurt the team, we should be right back in the mix. More certain for me though is that Miami will not return to the Finals for a 4th consecutive year. Too hard, too much luck involved.
I don't think they'll make it out of the East but if they do, they won't win a rematch with the Spurs. There's no intimidation factor like there was with the Lakers.
In 2013 the Spurs didn't just have the Heat on the ropes, they had them BEAT. We were seconds away from winning the series 4-2 with 2 of those wins coming on the road. We gave away the series and the Heat kindly accepted. It took miraculous shots for them to win game 6 and the Spurs never recovered mentally in game 7.
If the Spurs stay healthy and transition the new guys in to the mix, we'll be Champions in 2014.
BTW: Revenge against who? Ourselves? That's who cost us the Championship, not the Heat.
Tiago wasn't the highest paid player on the team last year. When you're paid star money, you're expected to play like a star.
Last edited by Johnny RIngo; 09-19-2013 at 05:56 PM.
They should be pissed like the rest of us. If that finals loss doesn't motivate them to give it all they got next season then they don't deserve it.
Manu said he played "so-so"
that does not sound pissed at all
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