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We have to be careful though getting reacclimated to SA though. That recompression can be a .
wanna bet?There's no questioning the heart of Martin
We have to be careful though getting reacclimated to SA though. That recompression can be a .
Losers never win!
There's no questioning the heart of Martin
If he only had a brain...
LInicome writes like he has to write an essay using the last ten "word of the day"... it makes your brain hurt trying to follow meaning or sentence structure...
Reply to Thomas George's Denver Post Article:
I read your article en led “Talk Not Cheap for Spurs”. It was a pretty courageous piece for a Denver sportswriter to publish. I had a few other thoughts to add:
One of the first steps in becoming a championship team is learning to take responsibility. George Karl didn’t do this year’s Nuggets any favors with his classless attacks on Manu Ginobili - he didn’t do next year’s team any favors either. On nights when the calls go incredibly one-sided against the Spurs, Greg Popovich’s comments usually run along the lines of, “If we had made our shots, it wouldn’t have mattered.”
Marcus Camby is a man among boys on the Nuggets’ team. He is definitely capable of delivering a hard foul, as the game sometimes requires; he might even lay a hard foul on a player out of frustration occasionally, as will a lot of players. But you won’t see him participate in the kind of cheap shot that Carmello Anthony laid on Manu at the end of Game 3. And you won’t see Camby on the floor doing pushups in the middle of a playoff game. But you will see him being man enough in an interview to give Ginobili the credit he is due, after an incredible game.
It’s not because Marcus Camby is trying to win the Nice Guy of the Year Award – he’s a fierce compe or, on and off the court. He knows something that the rest of his teammates haven’t learned yet; something that George Karl seems to have forgotten, if he ever knew it. There is no shame in getting beaten by a great player, or a great team. You use the experience as a challenge to improve, so that you can be the better player next time. Camby knows that pushups don’t win basketball games. And he is enough of a professional to know that an entire season, or even career, can be lost to a single cheap shot – and next time it might be you on the receiving end.
With his public comments about Manu Ginobili, George Karl sent a message to his young team – he told them that it is valid to make excuses. He taught them to say, “We were really the winners… we just got bad calls.” By giving them that excuse, he has deprived them of the only positive thing that can come from losing in the playoffs. If you are already the “real” winners… if you are already the best team… then you don’t have to improve. You just have to get the right calls. In other words… he taught them to remain boys in a man’s world.
George Karl did an amazing job turning the Nuggets’ season around – he’s well known for doing just that. What he is not known for is winning championships. He’s come close, but never made it over the hump. Maybe he got the most out of all of his past teams, and they went as far as they could. But maybe, just maybe, he didn’t give them that one extra piece that is the difference between a group of talented players and a championship team.
So how do the Nuggets become the kind of finishers that you talk about in your article? Well, instead of complaining about Manu Ginobili, the Nuggets players might try learning something from him. When asked about the very-flagrant foul at the end of the game, Manu said that it was just a hard foul and that he wasn’t upset about it. You can’t take that comment any more seriously than George Karl’s comments that Ginobili’s style of play is ugly, and bad for the game. Karl’s comments were an attempt to explain why he lost the previous game. Ginobili’s comments explained why he won the next one.
That's just excellent, GSH!!
Keep bringing it.
Why the would they bring Champ Bailey out for inspiration?The broncos got spanked in the wild card by the Colts, worse then the Nuggets are getting beat down by the spurs, maybe it's a way to say atleast it wasn't this bad of a beating. *que Champ*
Well said, GSH.
You're damned sure right about that. It's been nasty in every way, shape and form. I only take heart in knowing that this has prepared the Spurs for just about anything another opponent can dish out.
Very nice piece GSH
Carmelo's a loser. Why doesn't he take a look at Duncan-on the last play in regulation he let Ginobili have it. Its about leadership, not taking all the shots. Carmelo's just a big baby, he whines about everything. But we should try to support him during this tough time;he can't bring his passifier to games.
The board has a new quality poster in GSH.
Wow GSH wow!
Great retort.
GSH...that kind of thoughtful reporting will NOT be allowed here! Cease and desist immediately!
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