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Damn I forgot how fat he was....thought that was Dejuan for a second lol.
Every at that age at that weight with a bad wheel, he still managed to pull off a couple of head turning plays.
We didn't tank, but we didn't exactly put Elliott and Robinson back in at the end of the season either. Same as what the Lakers did for Kobe this year. Season was gone, no reason to risk further injury. No chance of playoffs.
That being said, Spurs competed as much as they could. Didn't purposely try and lose games.
No one brings back a player with a broken foot. It wasn't about having nothing to play for (see my Lopez in Brooklyn example above); it was about not turning your franchise bigman into Walton or Ilgauskas.
96 we didnt tank, but in early 97 the tank job was on like donkey kong.
Ditto on all the Avery comments, almost. He just seemed like a turn-over machine in his career, and he seemed to dial that down only a little with age. Could be my perception, only. Seems unending, the number of fast breaks I would see him dribbling down the court, wheels falling off the whole way- bouncing the ball off his knee or someone else's foot, and out of bounds. I still have nightmares. But he wasn't a good passer. Defensive liability. Too small, and had no jump shot whatsoever. Teams would just leave him unguarded at 18 ft, I still remember the celebration when he finally made them pay for leaving him open. But, it was a great strategy for 99% of his career.
After he came back the second or third time from being traded or cut, that last time he came back from Golden State under Nelly, I think, he had improved a little it seemed. But, suffering through point guards like him for the last 30-40 years, then hearing people criticize Parker - sheesh ... We have forgotten how bad it can get. Although I am agnostic, and Tony isn't without flaw: God bless Tony Parker.
Anyone who actually thinks the Spurs tanked that season is a moron, and I really mean that. The Spurs were just flat-out non-compe ive without Sean and DRob.
Robinson didn't miss most of the year because of Malone. He had a sports hernia from the Olympics that summer (eventually leading to his back problems) and came back in December, only to break his foot after like 6 games, missing the rest of the season.
The Spurs set the then record for most player games missed in a season that year, so it was hardly a tank.
No and yes. Drob, Elliott, Person, Smith all missed 55 games or more. that was 4 of their 5 best players injured from the previous season.
The front office tanked by keeping Robinson out the whole season when he could have come back earlier but the players they put on the floor didn't tank and so they were able to win a game here and there.
I know I was tanked through most of that season.
It still chaps Bill Simmons' hide, and I love it!
Pretty bad season it was. It was just devastating injuries that landed the team in the cellar and Rodman left the past year. Hard to believe that that has been the only year the Spurs have missed the playoffs in the last quarter century.
Yes, the Spurs should have brought back Robinson early from injury so they could have gone after that coveted 10 seed.
It would have been stupid to bring him back in April even if he could play. No sportswriter in America today, and certainly no Spurs fan, would ever advocate for bringing Tim Duncan back from a serious injury if the Spurs were out of the Playoff hunt.
It's revisionist history based on the fact that we got Duncan. If we had ended up with Keith Van Horn or Ron Mercer, we never would have heard about it.
good post
Does it chap Simmons hide that David Stern INVENTED the Larry Bird exception so the Celtics wouldn't lose him to the salary cap?It still chaps Bill Simmons' hide, and I love it!
ok so the spurs tanked
thanks
A team with a bigman rotation of Carl Herrera - Will Perdue - Cadillac Anderson has tanked? The best player was a 60 year old who hadn't played in the NBA for years before that season. LOL @ tanking. That team without DRob and Sean was worse than this season's Sixers ffs.
Kinda. I don't think they really expected to win, but I also don't think they expected to get the top pick either... that belonged to Boston, who definitely tanked.
'Nique was still good even at that point, but the Spurs missed DRob and Elliott. IMO they didn't tank, otherwise they would have the worst NBA record. Duncan was a consensus #1 pick, in the same way as LeBron. The Spurs didn't know the 3rd worst record was to land him and the worst record held by Boston had the best chances in the lottery. The lottery was implemented to prevent teams from tanking.
Apparently didn't do a very good job, 3rd worst record in the league, and winning four out of the final 14 games.
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