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Magic know his ... and Wilbon too. What's nice is seeing the other two conform.
Magic just gave the eulogy for the the NBA's marketing campaign since 1986, at least until the Kobe vs Kevin game starts.
Magic know his ... and Wilbon too. What's nice is seeing the other two conform.
yeah but at halftime Magic said the Spurs would not be able to come back...that they would fight hard, but come up short......so of course he is speaking with such disbelief....the Spurs just shoved a big fat Silver and Black in his piehole and forced him to drink their Kool-Aid
Compare this to Stephen A Smith's arguments with Skip Bayless not too long ago.
28 of the last 31 actually.
Jon Barry was hating on SA all season too until the ass end of it. So I don't give him much of a pass either.
Magic hated on SA less than Barry from what I recall, so I'm not sure why there's a thread about Magic when Jon Barry was doing most of the anti-Spurs trash talk on that panel (and obviously the typical Chris Brousard, "any team that didn't just play in the Finals isn't a contender" crap he spews).
As usual, the Spurs get counted out until the WCF when the idiots are forced to admit the Spurs are legit. That's why you gotta talk crap all season so it's even funnier when you get to ram it down people's throats for being wrong later.
I don't recall Magic ever "hating" on the Spurs. In fact, out of all the analysts, he has been one of the biggest Spurs supporters this season.
Still not sure why he chose the Clippers to come back, but he clearly admires the Spurs a lot.
The most interesting thing about Magic's little speech was not his Spurs love, but his love for team basketball. While not surprising coming from him, seeing an analyst openly call out ESPN's practice of superstar marketing was a great thing to see.
I think Wilbon is from Chicago
off Magic.
And you too Jon Barry, no talent ass clown
Wilbon and the other mulatto are simply no-names
I thought he was referring to the era Jon Barry played in and the team that was carving them up then was the Bulls. Who the heck knows but the rest was so , so pretty.
magic has a point at half time though
i dont think the spurs had ever played from behind like a +20pt deficit this season...just shows how hungry we were to win the game
I'm going to guess it's because of Magic's ridiculous comments during halftime that the Spurs couldn't come back, when they were only down by 10 at the half. Any top team should be able to at least make it a game if they are only down 10 points with an entire half to play.Jon Barry was hating on SA all season too until the ass end of it. So I don't give him much of a pass either.
Magic hated on SA less than Barry from what I recall, so I'm not sure why there's a thread about Magic when Jon Barry was doing most of the anti-Spurs trash talk on that panel (and obviously the typical Chris Brousard, "any team that didn't just play in the Finals isn't a contender" crap he spews).
As usual, the Spurs get counted out until the WCF when the idiots are forced to admit the Spurs are legit. That's why you gotta talk crap all season so it's even funnier when you get to ram it down people's throats for being wrong later.
Since he went from 'Spurs can't come back' at half to this praise of the Spurs, it is worth comment.
All true. Magic has always been complimentary of the Spurs and their organization - and his mild adulation didn't just start this year. He's done so, when warranted, in years past.
Having said that, you don't often see Magic in awe publically, but his commentary on the Spurs were genuine, thorough and so very honest. As perhaps the greatest PG of all time, he would certainly be the one retired player who can truly appreciate team basketball - in a new NBA world of individual stars. I'm so glad he framed his comments in the manner that he did. The most surprising thing to me was Magic giving Jon Barry props for being on the Spurs bandwagon longer than him.
Thanks for posting the link.
"Earvin"
I really liked that video.
Wow. I can't believe what people are saying about us. Pounding the rock baby! We get no credit all these years but we never care about it and just keep doing our job. Finally after just doing it year after year we are getting our recognition. The truth will always come to light! Pound the rock baby...
You know this team is something special. That's what it took to get those four to agree on something. And, more importantly, to admit that team ball is really beautiful to watch. But it's no surprise that Magic was the one who delivered the speech. For those baggin on him, he was someone who made the players around him better. And you can't blame him too much for thinking that game was over. No team had ever come back from that big of a first quarter deficit in the playoffs.
What impressed me was the acknowledgment that the NBA markets personalities rather than teams. And they started doing that after MJ.
That is, imo, the reason that the Spurs don't get much appreciation. It is because the NBA markets personalities and skills, so that the casual fan never really knows what cons utes good basketball, much less appreciates it.
If the NBA would educate their fans as to what the game should look like, they might be able to market it to a wider audience. Look at the tv commercials and think about what market segment they are assuming. It is certainly not mainstream America.
Some of us even loved the old 'defense first and last' Spurs because it really was great basketball. But the league couldn't sell that to a casual fan, and so it sold personalities and athletic skills alone. That's why you still hear more about Blake Griffin in national commercials than you do about Tim Duncan...but look whose team is winning.
Johnson saying it is unusual, but the reality has been there since the days of Michael Jordan.
Brilliant video. It's refreshing to see their true opinion on this team and the state of the NBA as well, instead of spouting the usual Kobe/LeBron-centric garbage that they're known for perpetuating.
Nice little speech. It did seem to ring true that he meant what he said. But first thing that crossed my mind was that encouragement being given to hype the Spurs to encourage higher ratings for future playoff games. Labeling the Spurs as boring in the past certainly didn't help revenues.
ESPN already raided this board once. This is NOT the old "grind it out defensively" Spurs. How long does it take to realize this...
They ate crow way too late. And it was forced fed crow as other posters have already noted.
Even if we dont win the whole thing we are easily the best TEAM to watch. If the rest of the country has not seen this, screw em. They dont know basketball.
The only way to market us now is as an invicible juggernaut that cant be beat. Then maybe Durant or Lebron or whomever has the most recent best stat game can beat the massive favorites.
What made me tear up were the mariachi's playing the national anthem before game 2. Spurs probably had that before at other games but that was the first time I saw it live. Cool stuff.
As for Magic's comments, he shouldn't be surprised. TD said Magic was his favorite player growing up.
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