The Spurs are too OLD (Window of opportunity is now CLOSED)

[Axl Van Dam]

Such crappy talk coming from a guy whose team was bamboozled by a Phoenix team that had its main man Amare Stoudemire on the DL. Imagine if Amare was playing during that series, Kobe would've been disemboweled when Amare goes up for one his patented slams. Or maybe Lamar Odom, Chris Mihm, Smush Parker & Andrew Bynum would've peed in their pants when Steve Nash throws an alley oop pass to Amare. Geez they led 3 - 1 and needed only 1 more game to wrap it up. One more game. Do they finish the job? No. They choke. Guys like Boris Diaw, Raja Bell, Leandro Barbosa run rings around the Fakers for the next 3 games. And in Game 7 they completely obliterate the Lakers. I guess Kobe went home crying again. And then Kobe "The Ultimate Ballhog" Bryant is exposed for what he really is. A pretender. Yeah yeah he maybe has 3 rings. But he only got those rings because he had the The Big Aristotle in the middle who turned his wayward shots and airballs into 2nd chance points. Window of oppurtunity closed? Don't make me laugh. As long as we have Tim, Tony, Manu, Robert, Bruce, Michael we will always compete. As for your team maybe you need to trade Ballhog Bryant so other players on your team get to touch the ball and then and maybe then you can advance beyond the 1st round.

[MadDog73]

Go, ahead, count the Spurs out next year. We always play better being the underdog anyway.

Is anyone is really stupid enough to believe the Spurs have no chance to win the Championship next year? (besides Laker fans who think that keeping Kobe and getting rid of Shaq was a good thing...)

[Mavschick]

The Spurs are going to be perennial favorites as long as Parker, Ginobili, and Duncan are alive. If Duncan's game was based solely on athletic prowess, naturally you'd expect a decline in productivity as he ages. Duncan however is probably the most fundamentally sound and complete player in the NBA and being multi-faceted skill-wise means he'll be productive in a lot of areas for years to come. If an aging big man with half of Duncan's skills like the 36-year-old P. J. Brown can still put in major minutes and put up major contributions (in P.J.'s case, rebounds and D) then Duncan can. Anyways, Manu is only 28, Parker is only 24, and Van Exel and Mohammed will be off the books next year so it's not like SA will be totally ancient next year.

[SPARKY]

Tim Duncan 30 yrs old
Manu Ginobili 28
Tony Parker 24

Old?

[DFW Spurs]

Barry (34) - Trade Bait? Even if he stays he still has game and is clutch
Bruce Bowen (35) - One of the best perimeter defenders in the NBA
Duncan (30) - Gezz He needs no explanation, for the love of God he's Tim Duncan!
Finley (33) - Great production off the bench
Horry (36) - Hurt all year and not in game shape.
Rasho Nesterovic (30) - I personally can't stand him but I'm sure half the teams in the NBA would like to have an extra 7 footer on their team
Van Exel (34) - Retiring

So whats the problem. The Fakers wish they had half these players on thier team. Go away....