TP interview: "Fight until the end"

[SenorSpur]

Once again this will be done on defense.

We do not have the choice. Without defense we have no chance to beat them. Dallas is a better offensive team. They have more options than we do.


Since your arrival in 2001 in San Antonio, you’ve played for the le each season. When we take a look at the beginning of these playoffs we can say to ourselves that the golden era of the Spurs is nearing its end…

The series is not over but it is true we are nearing the end of a cycle with the current team but this is no reason for us to put the weapons down. We will continue to fight until the end and if we have to go down it will be with honor.

These thinly-veiled comments are just the latest. Over the past couple of seasons, I've noticed that Tony, in that slightly blunt, yet innocent honest way of his, has made similarly-veiled comments about the team's lack of weapons, age, and old legs. Sometimes it's been in the sarcastic vein. Yet you can almost feel he yearns for a few better players around him. Perhaps, that's why he asked Pop for permission to sit in the Spurs war room during their last NBA draft. Or maybe he was their because he expected to welcome aboard his bud, Nicolas Batum.

[DPG21920]

I just want to sleep and wake up tomorrow and it be game time.

[iilluzioN]

that is ing goddamn bull . what a ing cop out.

Thats what I like about Tony, he says it how it is, and its TRUE.

[thispego]

Thats what I like about Tony, he says it how it is, and its TRUE.

scoring is the easiest part of basketball. spurs have just as many guys who are capable of scoring as the mavs do.

[iilluzioN]

scoring is the easiest part of basketball. spurs have just as many guys who are capable of scoring as the mavs do.

but the spurs really don't have to many weapons... I mean, besides Timmy and Tony, nobody right now can create there own shot, Mason is the only other option.

I guess we need to play Team basketball, perfect basketball IMO to go into the next ROUND

[Hip_Hoop_Hooray]

http://www.tp9.net/en/itw.php?id=260



Tony, you’ve had a bad evening against Dallas…

This is a very tough loss. Dallas was just superior; they were hitting the mark and played with a lot of energy. It is that simple. We nurture some regrets to see that Pop (Gregg Popovich) had decided to rest the starting five within a few minutes into the third quarter. I know that we are playing at 3 on Saturday and that Pop was already looking forward to this game. I would have liked to try to come back a bit because in nineteen minutes you never know what might happen but I respect Pop’s decision and there are no problems.


Are you starting to worry ?

No, you can imagine that we are extremely disappointed but at the same time, we are realistic. Dallas played better than us and all we can do now is to come back string on Saturday by reproducing what we’ve done in Game 2. Of course, following such a tough loss we are asking ourselves some questions but on the other side we know we’ve beat them before and we can do it again.


Once again this will be done on defense.

We do not have the choice. Without defense we have no chance to beat them. Dallas is a better offensive team. They have more options than we do.


Since your arrival in 2001 in San Antonio, you’ve played for the le each season. When we take a look at the beginning of these playoffs we can say to ourselves that the golden era of the Spurs is nearing its end…

The series is not over but it is true we are nearing the end of a cycle with the current team but this is no reason for us to put the weapons down. We will continue to fight until the end and if we have to go down it will be with honor.

Wow........everyone's farewell speech always sounds exactly the same.....

[Borosai]

It's normal for players and even teams to have bad nights. Unfortunately, the Spurs cannot afford to do so: they owe me my ing vbookie.

[Ice009]

i find it interesting that tony didn't appreciate to be benched so soon with tim and other starters. not a big deal, but it's rather rare to see a player disagree publicly with a Pop's decision, even so diplomatically and quietly.

Tony just said what almost all of us here at Spurstalk have been saying.

That's not really a good thing for Pop when your players disagree with what the coach is doing. I think if you asked Tony about Bruce he would also tell you that Bruce should be starting.

It's tough to second guess the coach and I never wanted to do this. It's hard to say who should and shouldn't play.

[Ice009]

Exactly where did he admit that the Mavs were a better team than the Spurs? He said they have more offensive weapons than the Spurs, which is basically a fact everyone knows...especially given that Ginobili is out. But he never said the Mavs are a better team. Only Mav fan would summarize what Parker said and jump from A to C. I guess that's what happens when their team is already planning the championship parade after 2 games in the 2006 NBA Finals

To add on top of that everyone knew that the Phoenix Suns had more offensive options than the Spurs and how did some of those series turn out??????

Mavs fans have no clue what is going on. Spurs win with defense and that is all Tony was saying. No way is Parker saying the Mavs are a better team.

[15 RINGS BITCH]

at least he seems resigned to the fact that if they go down, they go down trying.

he seems to have accepted the teams fate against dallas.

it suggests that he does not have a lot of faith that they can survive the mavs.

way to go you warrior!!!

[LEONARD]

I want to make sweet French love to Tony...

[Flux451]

Tony the Samurai!

[Ice009]

Where are you guys getting he is quitting???

I think you're reading into his comments wrong.

[ducks]

he is not quiting

[DAF86]

I want to make sweet French love to Tony...

Don't worry, He's making sweet French love to every Mavs fans right now.

[LEONARD]

Don't worry, He's making sweet French love to every Mavs fans right now.

Basketball is a team sport, and the team is horrible outside of TP and TD...

[mrs.purss]

Hard to think Tony saying. They have more weapons then us. I wonder how long he has been thinking that?

[LEONARD]

Hard to think Tony saying. They have more weapons then us. I wonder how long he has been thinking that?

English translation please??