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tbhI was over the outcome about an hour after it ended. it's gonna be pretty sweet to do a bunch of in May/June without having to worry about missing the Spurs game tbh
Yup...and 5 erased the pain of 6, so it's all good. 50+ wins and a playoff spot and I'm happy.
GO SPURS GO!!!!!
tbhI was over the outcome about an hour after it ended. it's gonna be pretty sweet to do a bunch of in May/June without having to worry about missing the Spurs game tbh
All things considered, it's not so bad. Spurs got their le last year. They've had 3 straight years of deep playoff runs, two straight finals runs. 2011 was terrible because it felt like the end, and it was a bad end. It seemed clear we'd have to watch Tim fade in obscurity as Ginobili suffered injury after injury and Parker was stopped by bad matchups year after year. But for Tim's resurgence and the miracle Deus Ex Machina that is Kawhi Leonard, that might have been what happened.
But 2015 feels fine. The odds were stacked against the spurs this year, injury wise. The level of play in the western conference is mind-boggling. the seeding race this year just didn't pan out in the spurs' favor. The Clippers have been kind of a bad matchup for the spurs lately, and it's no lie to say they're one of the top teams in the league and conference right now. I can't complain about the spurs putting on a compe ive, entertaining 7 game series that came down to literally the last second. I can't complain about 29 39 year old Tim Duncan sonning Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, making shot after ridiculous shot, taking them to school in the low post like it's 2003, and making the clutch free throws he needed to make. I can't complain about anything other than Monty McCutchen's enormous clock error with 1 second to go in game 7. But I suppose Kawhi making that layup was a long shot anyhow.
In all honesty, I'm glad the spurs will get this summer off for once. Get rested, get healthy. Let whoever's going to retire do so (Thanks for everything Manu, your name will be up in the rafters soon). Lock Kawhi down, try your best to keep Green. Re-sign Duncan for one last ride into the sunset, and give him whatever he wants. Go after LaMarcus Aldridge and/or Marc Gasol. There's a better chance at Lamarcus, based on reports, so that should be the top priority. Try to shore up the lack of depth at Small Forward behind Kawhi. Look for a creative passer or at least a passable backup SG to replace some of Manu's production. Maybe tap into the Euro prospect bucket. All signs point to one last big year as a contender, and this time "last" really does mean last.
gsg.
Suicided?
All those brothers are gone since the 2013 Finals.
I just kept hoping the dominant Spurs would show up. It became clear it wasn't going to happen. I just kept expecting the Spurs to start out executing in crunch time but that didn't happen either. I really don't understand what Parker was doing. I'm actually pretty disappointed, I'll analyse the out of this one for a while. The championship last year softened the blow to a certain extent, though I really wanted a repeat. That and I have been buying a lot of Spurs autographs lately. That both good and bad. A reminder of the loss, but still framing and matting them is a fun project. I don't even want to frame the Parker at this point. I'm pissed at him.
The hardest part of the loss was my 6 year old son crying because he believes Manu is retiring. I should have never told him it was a possibility. Needless to say he really hates the Clippers now.
Next year is a new year. The repeat chance is over, but with a little retooling and Duncan coming back, I firmly believe the Spurs will contend another year. Hopefully Leonard further develops his Offensive game.
Juggity pretty much summed it up with a wise perspective.
Just to add, it might be a blessing how the last play went down, with Kawhi just not quite able to reach the overthrown ball, and having Barnes swat it in his face.
It reminded me of the scene in Lion King, when Simba is being reprimanded by his father for going to the elephant graveyard, and as Mufasa walks away, Simba goes to follow, and stops in one of his dad's footprints, which is the size of his whole body.
You ain't grown yet Kawhi.
Let's see how he responds.
Sure it wasn't tears of joy?
I was over it the next morning. Nothing, I mean nothing can touch me after 0.4, game 7 2006, and games 6 and 7 2013. I'm more sad because this is probably the end of an era with Manu likely gone and maybe Tim too. This is my favorite Spurs team/run from 2012-2015 hands down. I do look forward to the offseason now.
Not cool.
This seems familiar tbh.
kobyz gonna kill himself again
We endured 6 so this is nothing, I'm not gonna lie, I was denial that the Spurs just weren't right this season but like alot you guys have said, nothing can match 5, all the past cruelties, heartbreaks, paybacks, were all wiped away with #5, everything from here on out is gravy
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