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I hope you don't forget your words in case we end up winning it all.
Damn, that rant kind of hurt my feelings.
I hope you don't forget your words in case we end up winning it all.
If we win it all I will be more than happy to admit I was wrong...will you do the same if we don't reach that goal?
So in other words if they win it all, you take the joy that goes with it all. Nevermind the fact that youve been hoping they tank the season and ripping the team for practically the entire year. Youre a great fan
This is all I'm saying...the games still have to be played. Everyone is too ing lazy to think about all the permutations of what could happen if...If TP comes back and can play at a high level, if the team remembers how well they share the ball know, if Manu becomes 05 Manu(He's pretty close right now), if TD plays like 07 TD(again, pretty close), and if they can get contributions from everyone in the rotation...yeah...it's a bunch of ifs, but hey...I've won in Vegas at 15-1 for the Spurs when the ifs were even larger-Lakers look unbeatable after a 3peat, David has a bad back, who is this Italian player, what he's Argentine? and so on... You just never know.
Or look at it the other way, Spurs had the best record, the MVP of the league and a #6 seed let be a resurgent Olajuwon, hands the Spurs bitter defeat. Again...you never know.
To go even further on that the Lakers are 0-2 vs Cavs, 1-2 vs Thuggets, 0-1 vs Mavs after trade, 1-1 vs Orlando. Thats 2-6 against the elite teams. Their road record against +.500 teams is also pretty abysmal...losses @ Den, Cle, Dal, Uta, Cha, Orl, SA, Por, Mem, Tor, Mia, etc. Anybody that sees them as this unbeatable force is completely being blinded by the ESPN hype. They arent unbeatable by any means especially on the road.
Man, that's a bitter memory. Broke my heart when I was a kid. Don't think I ever hated a basketball team before the '95 rockets
I've been a fan since 1988 and paid my dues. If a team isn't meeting expectations, I will say something...sorry we all aren't censored drones that see silver linings in no home court advantage and first round exits. If you think that makes you a "real fan", then good luck booking your finals tickets.So in other words if they win it all, you take the joy that goes with it all. Nevermind the fact that youve been hoping they tank the season and ripping the team for practically the entire year. Youre a great fan
This was the kind of wishful thinking that was thrown out last year...so many "if's" and players reverting back to prior years instead of looking at what the team is currently. Dreamland must be fun...
i'm growing more and more confident with THIS current team.
IF TP can come back and play like his '09-10 form, and IF RJ can keep rebounding at a high rate and knocking hitting shots, i like the Spurs chances to do damage.
still, i'm not convinced that those two guys can mesh. i still don't beleive that RJ and Parker's games complement eachother. when they're both in there it actually makes it harder for them to drive because of the lack of more than 1 perimiter threat on the court (Manu). Penetrate and kick has been a theme in their offense since the beginning. it's basically what makes everything work. and not to mention, Jefferson also had trouble finding his offense by hardly gettting any plays called for him.
Hill is a part of the big 3?
The Thunder won't even win one playoff series.
The spurs cannot win a le this year without a better frontline. Explain how they will beat a healthy laker team in the playoffs.
I want to see a top draft pick and an upgrade to the frontline for next year and that will put the spurs back in the hunt for a le.
Getting excited about the spurs chances for a le this year because of a win against the Thunder is foolish.
He better be with Parker out and Jefferson struggling
They are not beatable by the spurs unless they are not healthy. Spurs are too small on the frontline for the lakers.
Playing the fan card again.So in other words if they win it all, you take the joy that goes with it all. Nevermind the fact that youve been hoping they tank the season and ripping the team for practically the entire year. Youre a great fan
These blind optimists will go into hiding right after the spurs lose. I see it every year. It is just too disappointing for them to finally accept.
"Explain how they will beat a healthy laker team in the playoffs"
shoot 50%+ every game, and 45% for 3Gs. That works every time.
I've said it before---I'll say it again...
this season especially---I believe it would be best for the spurs to play the lakers in the first round...
manu & tim---less wear and tear to play against l.a.
also,---allas plays like the dream team against the spurs---not that they are to be feared---but for some goddamn reason---they shoot lights out and play with a swagger against the spurs---THEN they bow down like pussies against l.a.---but I digress...
the spurs also play THEIR best game against the lakers---against l.a.---the spurs at least bring effort---maybe it is that APPROPRIATE fear stuff that pop preaches---
but i would rather see a playoff series against the perceived best---where the spurs go balls out and play determined defense and actually play the right way---
than to play a second tier team of wannabe's like allas who will play the series like it is the NBA finals---because for them---it actually is...
o rly?
Spurs most often seem intimidated by the Lakers, which I suppose is the appropriate response given the way they've tortured us during the Pop/Duncan era. I think we've let them set up camp inside our heads similar to the number we did against the Suns.
Very true.
Pop has no excuse/reason to play Bonner over Ian. NONE.
Bonner is not making life easier for TD at all. He virtually gave the game away in Atlanta.
The Hawks couldn't believe the Spurs had Bonner in that game at the end, and they feasted on him. What a joke.
re "blind optimism":
Never said I am even hopeful for a le this year.
Me, the OP, basically said there is plenty to ENJOY out of the current Spurs play. To explain, I think you have to start from the premise that watching the Spurs win is also enjoyable. Granted. The inverse is also true: watching the Spurs lose is never enjoyable, all things equal. also granted.
Now, I am also a basketball fan. I like watching GOOD basketball. Although I have been disappointed after Spurs elimination from the playoffs in the past and stopped watching the playoffs, for instance, on balance I appreciate good basketball as a good thing in and of itself.
Now, watching the Spurs play good basketball, while not as good as watching the Spurs win, is still a positive. My point was, enjoy that at least. Sure, the Spurs are not winning the championship. No reason to be satisfied. Disapointment is reasonable considering the expectations before. But most realists have discarded those, and now should appreciate good Spurs basketball against good teams when they see it.
Atlanta was a lot of good basketball with a key turnover by manu that was mostly a great defensive play, and the lack of a defensive stop against a franchise player in the last minute. You discard 80% of a very good game against a very good opponent, an away game for us (single digit losses for atlanta at home, about the same as the lakers) because of a slip at the end?
Go ahead. Research shows that optimists live longer. I will be here when you stressed out pessimists croak.
i'm a realist so i only see the spurs going as far as the second round, maybe the conference finals if lucky. the young talent is still too inconsistent to contribute, the "veterans" are not contributing enough, and the big 3's health is still in question with parker out and duncan questionable. i still like watching the spurs play though and would like to see the young players get some more burn and experience so they will be ready to contribute next season. i think pop knows this too, that's why hairston is finally getting some minutes. no point in playing bogans because he will be gone next season.
link?..
Hawks lost to the Raptors and the Bucks the same week they beat the Spurs. Thunder lost to Indiana by 20 the night before they played the Spurs. A team like the Spurs should not be measuring itself against teams like these two.
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