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To make his teams a mental midget is Pop's biggest strange, most series loses with HCA in nba history!
2001 Spurs-Great reg season.Dominant first 2 rounds then pistol whipped by Lakers.
2004 Spurs-Great reg season.Dominant 1st 6 games of playoffs,outclassed Lakers 1st 2 games then choked like dogs.
2006 Spurs-Best win total til date.Lost almost every pivotal close game in series,including game 7 on their home floor to a team who choked every close game in the finals.
2011 Spurs-Lost to 8th seed
2012 Spurs-Won 20 games in a row.20 ing games in a row!,then lose 4 straight to Thunder.
2016 Spurs-Set franchise for most wins to total collapse in the 2nd round.Lost one game all season at home,then lose 2 games in one series to Thunder.
To make his teams a mental midget is Pop's biggest strange, most series loses with HCA in nba history!
Especially when he tells his team to "Fear OKC" and gets in their heads and they start playing like dog .
Tim Duncan has been simply the best, but it's time to hang it up. That block that Ibaka had on him, was even more of the tell tale sign. Manu needs to retire also and Spurs need a new starting point guard. They need to strip the bench and get rid of some of the old and ty. Spurs just need fresh blood.
The softest meltdown was '13. Biggest NBA choke of all time.
That was a gag job,but that series was consistent tug of war.It's baffling like this years team look good,except vs Warriors and then totally collapsed.The 2012 team is the best example.20 Wins in a row!then the floor caves in,just like Lakers series in 2004.
Want to know the crazy thing. Except one series they lost to the eventual NBA champ or Finalist...And in two of the years when the team that beat them lost in the finals the Spurs won the next season..2001 Spurs-Great reg season.Dominant first 2 rounds then pistol whipped by Lakers.
2004 Spurs-Great reg season.Dominant 1st 6 games of playoffs,outclassed Lakers 1st 2 games then choked like dogs.
2006 Spurs-Best win total til date.Lost almost every pivotal close game in series,including game 7 on their home floor to a team who choked every close game in the finals.
2011 Spurs-Lost to 8th seed
2012 Spurs-Won 20 games in a row.20 ing games in a row!,then lose 4 straight to Thunder.
2016 Spurs-Set franchise for most wins to total collapse in the 2nd round.Lost one game all season at home,then lose 2 games in one series to Thunder.
I don't think OKC is going to the Finals. But should be a good matchup in the next round with Kerr vs Donovan. I think the game has kind of passed Pop by a little.
Yep - its just basketball is a good ego manager, but bad for developing killers
2016 was the only egregious exit on that list IMO..they were heavy favorites and lost to a terribly flawed team, despite having HCA..
2006 was very disappointing and certainly a choke job, but those teams had a similar talent level..
Don't forget 2010 (swept by the Suns).
The expression of him sitting with this hands in his face after 2014 was the moment in my eyes to step away...
That's what happens when the other team has you all figured out and your coach keeps saying system system system because he doesn't know what else to do.
They had HCA in all the other exits and had been dominant during the season. PJ was 47-0 when winning game 1 of the series. Pop's teams have routinely blown series leads.
I feel like a fraud creating a poll pointing out these exact same losses downstairs in a poll.2001 Spurs-Great reg season.Dominant first 2 rounds then pistol whipped by Lakers.
2004 Spurs-Great reg season.Dominant 1st 6 games of playoffs,outclassed Lakers 1st 2 games then choked like dogs.
2006 Spurs-Best win total til date.Lost almost every pivotal close game in series,including game 7 on their home floor to a team who choked every close game in the finals.
2011 Spurs-Lost to 8th seed
2012 Spurs-Won 20 games in a row.20 ing games in a row!,then lose 4 straight to Thunder.
2016 Spurs-Set franchise for most wins to total collapse in the 2nd round.Lost one game all season at home,then lose 2 games in one series to Thunder.
Yep! I never understood how Phil's teams always had a mental edge and always seemed to play better in the big moments and Pop's have, so many times, faded in similar moments. What does he do wrong? Is it just that the other teams have amazing scorers in Kobe, Durant, Shaq, Dirk, or is there some flaw in Pop's coaching? Just curious.
Phil teaches his guys to live in the moment. Pop teaches his guys it's just basketball.
I totally agree. Phil's teams always played with that mental edge. You saw some of it from the Thunder this series. Part of it is having confidence in your coaching adjustments. I would imagine it would be tough to when your coach is trotting out lineups that really don't give you the best chance of winning or resting players more than necessary in a must win game.
Very easy answer, and it goes back to something Kobe said about teams "resting" players during the season. He said it takes away from the culture of the game. Him, MJ and others historically played every game they could (as opposed to Spurs always resting, and also quick to quit during the season).
Doing those two things robs the Spurs of their physical AND mental toughness, as evidenced by several disappointing showings in the playoffs.
Last edited by Keepin' it real; 05-12-2016 at 11:12 PM.
Phil Jackson's teams always had mental toughness and beat teams when they shouldn't have.
You could tell Phil really wasn't into it that last year.
Wow, how mentally tough of him. How about when he begged Jimbo for his job back and they chose Mike D'Antoni? How about how he had to settle for the Knicks bull and is about to hire Kurt Rambis as coach?
Any series that was up for grabs,Phil's teams found a way.Did Phil ever lose a 7th game,besides his rookie year?(superior Pistons team)
Soft as velvet.
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