An Ode to Spurs: Spurs French fan for 20 years going to San Antonio!

[Admidave50]

if i can come with you...(but i really prefer to come back to san antonio for the nba finals...) we will show to spurs fans how do the wawe...sing la marseillaise...
tp & boris will laugh for sure or will be transcanded

a++++

Yes l'ami! I'm seriously considering to come for the Finals now...

And it's so hard to plan and predict when the Conference Finals will begin!

[sinok]

You guys need to understand that basketball is really not popular in France. By ranking, it’s Soccer first, then Rugby, Formula 1, Tennis and then you have Basketball that may be in the same position as freaking Handball ! France must be the only country in the world that has a professional league for Handball (supposed to call it « hand-balle », which is hand in french and ball in english, really don’t get the logic), so you should get my point on how low people were into basketball at that time.

Saw what you did there...

Actually, there are pro handball leagues in most countries of continental Europe... The biggest ones being Spain and German ones. In Germany, scandinavian countries, handball is really bigger than basketball...

And the logic behind the pronunciation of the word handball is that it is a german word...

Your general culture is really lacking, my friend...

Mais bon trip quand même, y'a de quoi faire

[Brazil]

even the French hate TP

nice story bro hope you will enjoy your trip

I'm in the US since August, I probably watched something like 100 games this year. I'm starting to have an indigestion, I'll slow down next year and focus on the spurs only. I'm spending way too much time watching bb

[Admidave50]

And the logic behind the pronunciation of the word handball is that it is a german word...

Your general culture is really lacking, my friend...

Mais bon trip quand même, y'a de quoi faire

Yeah it's true, I remember my Sports teacher telling me in Junior High, but who cares... bottom line is Handball is as equally popular as Basketball in France or even better covered or supported by French for the national team!

[sinok]

Well, handball got some bumps from their wins or heroics during the last 20 years...
Plus they had some lovable/crazy guys (Richardson & all)
Barcelona 92 was a heck of a thing (coming from nowhere, going to the bronze medal in the olympics)
Then the winning streak in the last years made it obvious...

But actually, I don't care, both sports are of an equal interest to me
Fast play, defense, looking for the open interval.
One is more prone to solo heroics, but rightfully played when ball movement is here (see current SAS).
The other is unplayable without ball movement given the lack of space...

But in any of the two, fundamentals are the basis...
Strong and intelligent defense, finding the open guy, don't let the ball stand still...

Cheers mate, have fun ;-^)

[boutons_deux]

Great story.

Have fun in at the games.

[DAF86]

Well im a french poster who was first a ginobili bandwagonner...
just strange huh ? you know cause i hated TP first too, i used to play in the same court as him near Vincennes (insep),(not against him) Im only 24.
then as as PSG fan I used too see PSG basket (at that time when it was called so) sometimes when I was young and TP was there...
When I firststarted to take big big interest in BBall I started with FNT in Euro and TP was there...
Then I followed LegA Italia cause my buddies were big italians bball fans then it started with Manu the Legend, so logically I followed him and the argies in world championship whatever that's called in 2001...
Then I was excited to see him in San antonio I didn't even know that The TP was there again...
Maybe that's why I hated him first...
Whatever it started like that with the Spurs and me, then I loved the Timmy, the Pop, The whole organisation of the Spurs, (I never liked NBa in general, that's weird but i was only into playground Bball, the crossovers , Iverson but that's all...)
Then I couldn't stop watching the Spurs and used to wake up at 2 am , sometimes not going to school , well i'll do it again, today canal+ is so I took NBA league pass I can see games in the morning with my coffee,(except if it's spurs games of course) ...

Today I'm not a TP hater cause he did well with FNT(you should be surprised by the numbers of persons who used to hate TP here in france at that time...cause he was a ballhog even in FNT...).
Whatever I expect again to see spurs parade on the net like a badass Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_.

go spurs go

Hey, that sounds familiar as a Messi fan.

[alamo50]

Awesome Admidave50! How's the planning going?

[Admidave50]

Just got my own personalized Spurs shoes yesterday!





Hope to wear it in San Antonio soon!!!

By the way, if Spurs win tonight! I buy Game 7 ticket for the game this Friday and I'll be in San Antonio until Game 2 of the Finals (hopefully we win the series against OKC)!

Go Spurs Go

B-E-L-I-E-V-E

[JP le Requin]

hey ;-)

et l'agence?? as tu reçu mes emails?
si je viens c'est pour voir le game 1 et ou le game 2 des finales NBA, je pourrais pas venir pour les autres...et surtout je ne pourrais pas venir si je dois payer 900 euros de billet d'avion...snif...

je suis prêt a voir les 2 premiers games avant de rentrer en france...payer un game "cher" et l'autre au minimum histoire d'être dans la salle...

tiens moi au jus..
es tu sur facebook?

[Admidave50]

o mon ami, just replied your email and sent a friend request on facebook!

[Admidave50]

THIS IS IT ! I waited for 2 long years and I just booked my flight ticket for San Antonio, i'm supa dupa extra excited !

Me and JP Le Requin will be there for the Finals to represent the French Frogs Connection !

It will be a pleasure if some of you guys would be available for a Get Together this week or after Game 1 ! We will be in San Antonio from June 4th to 9th !

If you guys have good plans for Finals tickets, restaurants, sightseeing for Die hard Spurs fans, we are all ears !

Looking forward to go to San Antonio and try to meet a bunch of you guys !

[Beaverfuzz]

Nice bump, have fun at the games!

[JP le Requin]

YES D-2 !!!

[hsxvvd]

I did the trip this year too.... I'm very tempted to return for the playoffs, but the travel 24hrs each way is simply impossible without taking days off work I don't have

[JP le Requin]

oh NZ....so far from everywhere lol...
but u have the lord of the rings too ^^