Will you stop watching the NBA after Duncan and Manu retire.

[gambit1990]

uh, no.

[baseline bum]

It's also funny how everyone thinks the refs are rigging the game for the opposing team. I was watching the game with an OKC fan last night and she was convinced the refs were paid off by the Spurs last night

That's what you get for luring strippers to your house with free meth.

[ViceCity86]

Spurs4Life

[houston spurs fan]

what a fake fan, tbh..

Nope, not fake. Spend thousands each year going to the ATT center. You are such some fat Canuck troll that makes takes simply to antagonize. Obvious closet Laker supporter. Tbh....

[313]

That's what you get for luring strippers to your house with free meth.

I didn't have a lot of options, I was low on cash.

[Mugen]

I'll still be a fan of the team and follow the Spurs throughout the season. Will probably ease up on my superfandom though after Timmy/Manu hang 'em up, not great for the health and I'm getting too old for this

Maybe I'll change my mind if they trade Porky away though........

[apalisoc_9]

Only if Softridge & Porker are traded.

[snickles]

to answer the original question, quite possibly i will, and it has nothing to do with last night's game. i've been a fan since 91, but i may be just about done.

i've said for a few years now i'll probably stop watching when those 2 retire. they are 2 of my 3 all time fave players. they've been a godsend to this team, and an absolute pleasure to watch over the years.

but over the years i've started to lost interest in pro sports. i used to sit and watch any NBA or NFL game that was on. but now so many things about sports just turn me off.

the term professional athlete is just about a complete oxymoron these days. it may just be perception, the minority giving the whole a bad name, but it sure seems like pro athletes are whiney babies. i don't want to play for this coach. i don't want to play for this team. i need more money, i got mouths to feed. we make more money, but we also spend more money (one of my personal faves). i eat first,twitter feuds. superteams. not 1, not 2, not 3. the endless flexing and dancing. screaming and jumping around after every routine play. the entire me first, look at me bull . the idiotic eating motion dance thing. (seriously, wtf?)

and there are simply too many games and the league is too watered down. not counting 2013 where i didn't have cable, this is the 1st year where i completely missed games down the stretch and didn't even care. i got so burnt out. and it REALLY pisses me off that both the NBA and NFL have games only on their networks. i'm not paying another $20 a month to watch the handful of games i want to see.

i havent bought any pro sports team memorabilia in years. no caps or shirts or trading cards, no tickets to games (which are ridiculously overpriced now). in 2013 i actually did quit watching for the 1st few months. but the team was playing so well i bit the bullet and paid for cable again (plus my fiancee needed her SVU marathons)

i love basketball, but its not basketball anymore. once it turned into entertainment, and the league started to try to regulate HOW it was played, it started turning to . too many teams, not enough talent, half the league tanking. its ugly, and its not basketball. the 2014 team for me was the most enjoyable basketball ive ever seen. not saying they were the best team, but it was pure basketball at both ends. no frills. no bull . and the officiating....either via incompetence or malice...have been absolutely awful. too many times now ive seen a game influenced if not completely decided by the refs. i'm so disgusted by the ends of games 2 and 5, not because of the outcome, but because of how obvious the missed calls were. refs right there starting at the play....and still get it wrong. its just not worth getting upset over anymore.

so....sorry NBA (and pro sports in general). this fan is just about done.

[313]

Anyone who would stop watching are player fans

[snickles]

Anyone who would stop watching are player fans

or they just don't enjoy it anymore. but whatever.

[313]

or they just don't enjoy it anymore. but whatever.

I read your earlier post, and it does sound like you lost interest in the sport, which is understandable as you get older...but for a lot of "spurs fan" here, their loss of interest coincides with their favorite players retiring. It's obvious that they were moreso fans of Tim and Manu, than a fan of the team. Which is okay.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

I'm going to continue to watch the Spurs and the Spurs only. Could give a rip less about the other teams. NBA has become too commercialized.

[tholdren]

No, but I'll probably stop spending a boatload of money on courtside tix to the games...

so you were the fat girl eating the churro last night with the manu jersey? It all makes sense.

[BillMc]

come on bro... nobody gives a about stuff like "I'll stop posting IF..." if people were to follow that, board would be empty by now.

stick around, it's gonna be fun to see what team they will build around Kawhi and LMA. Offseason is gonna be awesome especially with 100 pages thread about Durant

Thanks my friend.

I'll still lurk on the site if we don't make the WCF and certainly find another Spurs board to post on. But I am a man of my word and don't want to become Apa9 or UNT with welching games. Nor am I trying to get attention.

That said, the season isn't over yet. No reason we can't win in OKC as we did it a few games back. Tim, Manu (and me! ) aren't done yet!

Also, I do think it will be interesting to see how Pop and RC build around LMA/Kawhi. We've a league going small, yet it seems we need a big bruising center to gobble up rebounds against OKC. But RC will keep up his good work. Even if we fail this year, I'd bet on another ring in the next 3 or so.

[TampaDude]

While it won't be the same without Duncan (just as it was when DRob retired), I'll continue to watch the Spurs. We have a solid core for the future, and if (IF!) Durant comes to SA, look out!

[tholdren]

I read your earlier post, and it does sound like you lost interest in the sport, which is understandable as you get older...but for a lot of "spurs fan" here, their loss of interest coincides with their favorite players retiring. It's obvious that they were moreso fans of Tim and Manu, than a fan of the team. Which is okay.

it has more to do with the coming in. I live in a nice neighborhood. upper middle class. security guard. HOAS. when we see houses for sale we always watch who buys. when the new owner, or worse yet RENTER, comes in to the area we assess and take notice. one skank isn't going to devalue the property but then when their cousins come hanging around, or other houses start bringing in similar persons we will sell. not because roy and sally moved out, but because the new less classy tenant dilutes the experience of suburbia. same thing here. trade manu for kl, sad but tolerable. lma for duncan, mccallum, green.... property value just took a nose dive. neighborhood is gone

[313]

it has more to do with the coming in. I live in a nice neighborhood. upper middle class. security guard. HOAS. when we see houses for sale we always watch who buys. when the new owner, or worse yet RENTER, comes in to the area we assess and take notice. one skank isn't going to devalue the property but then when their cousins come hanging around, or other houses start bringing in similar persons we will sell. not because roy and sally moved out, but because the new less classy tenant dilutes the experience of suburbia. same thing here. trade manu for kl, sad but tolerable. lma for duncan, mccallum, green.... property value just took a nose dive. neighborhood is gone

Nevermind the white flight commentary, you're basically saying you're here for the good times, and not the bad. Got it.

[Capster]

If Green is traded you can still watch his new team.
If Anderson is traded I'll watch his new team and the Spurs.
I actually liked our team when Timmy and Manu were injured. I got to watch players we don't see often and younger guys in new roles. Our ceiling might have been lowered but we still won games, a lot. I don't think Pop is done, personally.

I hope you get diarrhea.

[SAGirl]

I hope you get diarrhea.

wow. Back at you.

[Obi Juan Kenobi]

No

[Brazil]

Thanks my friend.

I'll still lurk on the site if we don't make the WCF and certainly find another Spurs board to post on. But I am a man of my word and don't want to become Apa9 or UNT with welching games. Nor am I trying to get attention.

That said, the season isn't over yet. No reason we can't win in OKC as we did it a few games back. Tim, Manu (and me! ) aren't done yet!

Also, I do think it will be interesting to see how Pop and RC build around LMA/Kawhi. We've a league going small, yet it seems we need a big bruising center to gobble up rebounds against OKC. But RC will keep up his good work. Even if we fail this year, I'd bet on another ring in the next 3 or so.

Think about it bra... Pretty sad if you leave

[tonight...you]

This team is family. Deaths happen and, being family, you have to suffer them.
I will stand. For this team, I will always stand.

[dav4463]

I said I would quit watching the day the Spurs traded George Gervin to Chicago!

I'm still here.

[Mikeanaro]

Nevermind white flight commentary, you're basically saying you're here for the good times, and not the bad. Got it.

You are a complete re , no reading comprehension skills at all.

[313]

You are a complete re , no reading comprehension skills at all.

Enlighten me, where was the misunderstanding?