Forgotten, but not Gone: The San Antonio Spurs

[xmas1997]

The Clippers and the Spurs are the two teams no one wants to face in the playoffs IMHO.

[therealtruth]

Doc was fired in Orlando, and on the verge of being fired in Boston when he was gifted with 2 additional HOF players one summer. He won exactly one ring.

He almost won another one in '10.

[T Park]

He almost won another one in '10.

If were going to count almost championships.......

[exstatic]

He almost won another one in '10.

We almost won one last year. Judging by the reaction here, the Boston fans must have simultaneously want to hang Doc AND themselves.

[capek]

There are Spurs fans on here in their early 30s who cannot recall a time when the Spurs weren't contenders.

Doug Collins brought it up in the Portland telecast. For 25 years the franchise has had David RobInson or Tim Duncan.

I've only been a true fan since 2001 and cannot fathom how I'll deal with a bad or even subpar team.

Yep, I'm one of them. Some of my earliest memories of sports involve trying to read Spurs/Drob articles in the sports section of the Austin paper at around 7 or 8. I'm talking '90/'91. It's going to be very, very weird once the big three retire. A great Spurs team has been such a fixture in my life. I think there will still be a lot of intrigue, a lot of fun to be had, watching the organization try to build another great team, but damn am I going to miss Timmy!

[Skull-1]

It's amusing to see media use the phrase "fly under radar" when they are the radar operators.

[Skull-1]

More like 8 seconds. It was about the missed FT.

No. It was a reaction to Leonard. You clearly see he spies Leonard and basically says, "Fook!" Classic.

[xmas1997]

I'm proud to say I've been a fan since the first year they moved here.
The Ice, Capt. Late (Si), Johnny Moore, bruise bros. years were great.
Then came the drought until the Admiral came aboard.
All of it was good, even their losing years. They can't win forever.
Hopefully they lose some of their "fair-weather" fans who do nothing but complain all the time.