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Star forward of the Spurs......!!!
Spurs offense is going to be just fine this year. Pop will make us at least an average defensive team. Healthy Rudy at $10M/yr is a steal!
Star forward of the Spurs......!!!
And after being hardened, molded by Jim Calhoun, Gay was ready to play for Gregg Popovich. Um, any similarities?
“Besides the dirty mouth?” Gay said, laughing. “Just the leadership qualities. Both of those guys know how to take charge and keep control of their group. … With Pop, you know, he’s going to give it to you straight, and you can take it or leave it. You’ve got to respect that. You’ve got to respect a guy who just lays it on the line, doesn’t sugar coat anything. He just lets you know exactly how he feels. And afterward, he’ll have dinner with you, have wine with you, so you’ve got to respect a guy like that who just lays it on the line. It’s just basketball. It’s nothing personal. You know exactly what you need to do.”
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-...mpression=true“The best part about San Antonio, they do right by you,” Gay said. “They do right by their players, do right by their staff. That doesn’t happen much in the NBA, to be honest with you. It doesn’t happen much. On one side, there was [Leonard] that was trying to get out, get to a bigger market, and they were totally being up front with him, and then they trade him for a guy [DeRozan] where, that organization wasn’t being up front with him at all. So, I mean, it’s just night and day. That trade right there shows you the difference between the San Antonio Spurs and other organizations.
Rudy dropping truth bombs on posters like gambitt that hate on SA.
Yep. Any narrative that it was because of injury diagnosis or stupid comments is idiotic. Finally a Spurs player revealing Kawhi's true intention of leaving.
"Taking care of players" is good as long as it doesn't involve handing out bad contracts and preventing the team from making good trades out of "loyalty", tbh.
It’s truly hard to form an argument against SA’s way of doing things. Whether you look back 20 years, 10 years or 5 years, no team during any of that span has had more success than SA outside of GS.
So while SA’s way isn’t perfect, it’s better than 28 other teams way.
I would like to see how they do without Duncan before claiming that. I have a feeling any franchise that would have landed the GOAT franchise player, would have been able to establish a great culture.
Or maybe not "any" franchise, but "most" or "many".
Too bad Kawhi got injured that one series but since 2014 you could say Rockets have had as good or better success with 2 western conference finals appearances vs the Spurs one. Rockets should've went to the finals last year.
But I'm with you on the Spurs model and strategy. SA is a terrible free agent, corporate sponsor, and television market compared to most teams but have had arguably as good of success over the last 30 years.
They were on their way to continuing to be a dominant force till Uncle Dennis destroyed that idea
We have evidence of that already. Since Tim Duncan retired, Spurs not only made the playoffs both seasons, but actually made the Western Conference Finals.
The only issue has really been Kawhi and that has nothing to do with SA; it’s all on a selfish coward in Kawhi. Despite that, they have players coming back, still buying in and wanting to stay and are still respected.
It’s not just about having a great culture; SA had Tim but they still had to draft really well from bad draft spots, develop players and make smart free agent signings.
There have been a lot of stud players that they were not able to have the sustained success that SA had. Tim was the main reason, but SA has done well even without Tim so far.
I am hard pressed to say HOU had more success. They went further this year, but Kawhi blew up SA’s chances. If Harden did that HOU would not be a playoff team.
Besides that, winning it all is hard. SA for all their winning and complaints of bad deals? SA has Murray, White, Lonny & Poeltl as young talent to build on while winning. What young talent does HOU have?
HOU basically went all in and had no more success than SA did, yet a way worse short-term future. SA is in a better cap situation, has better youth moving forward to hedge/rebuild if needed and that is amazing all things considered.
Then for as bad as any loyalty contracts SA gave out, none are as crippling as Ryan Anderson’s deal and you can only really point to two bad deals for SA: Pau/Mills and Pau is already over with after this season.
Right on.
If any team can withstand a franchise player leaving, it’s the Spurs. We have some young talent to build on and I think the Spurs will be better than expected with Murray’s improvement, White’s insertion and Rudy’s 2nd year from injury. Spurs are the best franchise in sports and Leonard will regret his decision.
I think losing to the Spurs by 40 at home in Game 6 without Kawhi & TP who was on fire in 2017 negates the argument for the Rockets
Objectively rockets have gone further in the playoffs than the Spurs in the last 4 years is what I'm saying. Its arguable based on that alone. Of course I'll take the Spurs last 20 years over the Rockets though. What's funny is Cleveland doesn't get mentioned. Spurs would've went to almost every finals in the eastern conference too.
Last edited by SpursDynasty85; 08-06-2018 at 06:29 PM.
What chip did the Rockets win, even with their star players not actively trying to kill them?
...yeah. Exactly.
We don't want to be the Dantonis no matter what. Cut the nonsense.
Lol. Dknt get your panties in a wad. I said objectively and also unobjectively I would pick Spurs franchise over the rockets easily. Just because I can acknowledge Rockets recent success and you get butthurt probably means it might hold some water or you really hate the rockets. If so, ok. I'll leave you be.
Lolwat? Didn't the spurs embarrass the rockets on their home court a year ago?
Yep. It was embarrassing for the rockets. But in the last 4 years, Rockets have had two conference finals appearances to the Spurs one. I'm just speaking numbers wise.
Totally agree........
The Spurs won a championship in the last 4 years....
15,16,17,18. 4 seasons.
Not the same game, but...I think losing to the Spurs by 40 at home in Game 6 without Kawhi & TP who was on fire in 2017 negates the argument for the Rockets
Maybe the cleanest block on a last second play.Not the same game, but...
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