"San Antonio is Everything a Franchise Should Be"

[Strike]

99% of all these sucking self-whoring media hacks can sniff my hairy beanbag after a 12 hour shift. They all about the state of pro sports with the criminals and playboys and money and blah blah blah. Then, in the next breath they insult the very teams that are giving them what they "claim" they want.

A bunch of gobbling hypocrites, the lot of them.

[stéphane]

That's a sad article... but yet sounds just right on target...
The sentence about SA, argies and french as the only behind the spurs is not that accurate though. I mean in europe basketball is more seen as team oriented than in US.
You never see a euro team going for isos on every possession like you sometime see in the nba.
I dont know any ballers who is past 25years old who is not at least impressed by how Duncan plays. Yes sure, as we're french we're proud of what parker is doing and how he fits in this great team but french's ballers love Manu and Tim too because the spurs are what basketball is all about...

[Saguaro]

Kiszla's article was a mixed bag. He is right that the trophy deserves a big, black asterisk. He is right that Stern decided the championship. He is right that the Spurs are unwatchable and are destroying the game. All true.

But then he says the Spurs deserve respect and might be considered a dynasty, which is crap. They deserve no respect. They won "championships" in a shortened season, a season when the two best teams suffered injuries to their best players, and now, when the le was stolen from Phoenix. They have one legitimate le. They are really a one-hit wonder, not a dynasty.

[foodie2]

Kiszla's article was a mixed bag. He is right that the trophy deserves a big, black asterisk. He is right that Stern decided the championship. He is right that the Spurs are unwatchable and are destroying the game. All true.

But then he says the Spurs deserve respect and might be considered a dynasty, which is crap. They deserve no respect. They won "championships" in a shortened season, a season when the two best teams suffered injuries to their best players, and now, when the le was stolen from Phoenix. They have one legitimate le. They are really a one-hit wonder, not a dynasty.

Wow. STILL bitter. If my team had been knocked out of contention two rounds ago, I would hope I'd have better things to do than troll on another team's board. But that's just me.

[ambchang]

Kiszla's article was a mixed bag. He is right that the trophy deserves a big, black asterisk. He is right that Stern decided the championship. He is right that the Spurs are unwatchable and are destroying the game. All true.

But then he says the Spurs deserve respect and might be considered a dynasty, which is crap. They deserve no respect. They won "championships" in a shortened season, a season when the two best teams suffered injuries to their best players, and now, when the le was stolen from Phoenix. They have one legitimate le. They are really a one-hit wonder, not a dynasty.

Of course, the reason people say the stirke shortened season deserves an asterisk is because the shortened season did not test a team's durability and it's depth in avoiding injuries. The the same people turned around and claimed that an asterisk should be put on the Spurs because the other team is not able to avoid injuries in the series. Contradiction?

Why don't people just put an asterisk beside an * next to every single championship, be honest, and say * - My favourite team wasn't good enough to win it.

[Hook Dem]

Wow!!!! Mark better take off that black shirt before someone confuses him with a Spurs fan!

[FromWayDowntown]

Kiszla's article was a mixed bag. He is right that the trophy deserves a big, black asterisk. He is right that Stern decided the championship. He is right that the Spurs are unwatchable and are destroying the game. All true.

But then he says the Spurs deserve respect and might be considered a dynasty, which is crap. They deserve no respect. They won "championships" in a shortened season, a season when the two best teams suffered injuries to their best players, and now, when the le was stolen from Phoenix. They have one legitimate le. They are really a one-hit wonder, not a dynasty.

The revisionist history is beyond laughable -- particularly the notion that the "two best teams" were deterred from a le in 2003 (I guess) by injury (who? Sacramento and Dallas? -- I guess because each of those teams was capable of putting down the 3-time champion Lakers at Staples Center in decisive fashion); or that the 2007 championship was somehow presumptively the Suns' and that David Stern acted in some unprecedented way to deprive them of that coronation. Give me a break.

Want to win championships? Stay near the bench during altercations. And win more than 1 game at home in the Conference Semifinals. US Airways Center might as well be the AT&T Center West, since the Spurs are 7-2 in playoff games in that building since 2003. But I'm sure that all would have changed if the Commissioner had just afforded Stoudemire and Diaw the sort of special treatment that guys of their stature deserve.

I guess the league office should review its policies regarding conduct during altercations: Can't keep your poise in a tough spot? It's okay, man -- we feel you, dog -- you're an all-star. Who could really be expected to be cool in that moment (other than, of course, the entire Utah Jazz bench, or the entire Cleveland Cavaliers bench, or the entire New Jersey Nets bench -- but really, who are they?) The league should really bail those guys out for being complete jackasses.

Wait, Sarver already tried to do that and the league's owners said no. Again, if Amare and Diaw do exactly the same thing during the 2008 playoffs, they'll be suspended again -- just like every other player who has ever broken the rule. You think it's a bad rule, but the league's owners apparently disagree with you. Tough, man. Really, really tough.

[FromWayDowntown]

Why don't people just put an asterisk beside an * next to every single championship, be honest, and say * - My favourite team wasn't good enough to win it.

I think they should even put asterisks next to playoff series wins.

2000 Western Conference First Round -- Phoenix 3, San Antonio 1*

Hmmm, with the asterisk discounting that result, the Suns haven't beaten the Spurs in a playoff series since 1993 and in that time are 7-18 against San Antonio in playoff games.

[NBA Junkie]

2000 Western Conference First Round -- Phoenix 3, San Antonio 1*

Countdown to Sun fan arguing the legitimacy of that series victory.

[samikeyp]

Oh sure, he can potentially be there. The kid is only 22. Jordan wasn't "Jordan" until he was 26. But like you said he doesn't need to be the "next" anything. He should just be Lebron James

Well said.

Kiszla's article was a mixed bag. He is right that the trophy deserves a big, black asterisk. He is right that Stern decided the championship. He is right that the Spurs are unwatchable and are destroying the game. All true.

But then he says the Spurs deserve respect and might be considered a dynasty, which is crap. They deserve no respect. They won "championships" in a shortened season, a season when the two best teams suffered injuries to their best players, and now, when the le was stolen from Phoenix. They have one legitimate le. They are really a one-hit wonder, not a dynasty.

Better than a no-hit wonder.

[Creation88]

awesome article! thanks. everything i wanted to say summed up.

[MrChug]

this article is the best i have ever read ina long time about the spurs. thank you for posting this!!!

I concur.

[BlackFlagg]

Love 'em, hate 'em, or ignore 'em...it doesn't matter...they'll win just the same...

[SA210]

Huge props to Mike Freeman to bluntly call people phony, hypocrites and that they are full of crap.



I have alot of respect for him. Hopefully this article really gets around and gets some great attention.

[FromWayDowntown]

I do think someone should send the article to Kizla, just to see if he responds in kind to having been publicly called a hypocrite.

[ClingingMars]

Great article, spoke what I've been thinking.

-Mars

[ClingingMars]

Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 08:46:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:
Subject: Might wanna read this.
To: [email protected].

http://sportsline.com/nba/story/10218805

Read the WHOLE article.

Also, in case you didn't remember:

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_6089056

It's ok, the Suns will win a championship once they get a defensive minded coach, there's no need
to whine.

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[Saguaro]

Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 08:46:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:
Subject: Might wanna read this.
To: [email protected].

http://sportsline.com/nba/story/10218805

Read the WHOLE article.

Also, in case you didn't remember:

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_6089056

It's ok, the Suns will win a championship once they get a defensive minded coach, there's no need
to whine.

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-Mars

at Spurs fan still needing to validate the legitimacy of these * playoffs.

How funny is it that with all these " les" America still laughs at you and your drainage-ditch colonia?

[mardigan]

at Spurs fan still needing to validate the legitimacy of these * playoffs.

How funny is it that with all these " les" America still laughs at you and your drainage-ditch colonia?

at Sun fan still bitter cause their team is full of pussys

[bdictjames]

Big Shot Rob forgot to mention the Netherlands, Slovenia, and of course the Virgin Islands.

[SA210]

Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 08:46:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:
Subject: Might wanna read this.
To: [email protected].

http://sportsline.com/nba/story/10218805

Read the WHOLE article.

Also, in case you didn't remember:

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_6089056

It's ok, the Suns will win a championship once they get a defensive minded coach, there's no need
to whine.

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[samikeyp]

@ Suns fans still trying to make excuses for losing.

@ Suns fans thinking what they say is the truth and that it should matter.

[DDS4]

Kiszla's article was a mixed bag. He is right that the trophy deserves a big, black asterisk. He is right that Stern decided the championship. He is right that the Spurs are unwatchable and are destroying the game. All true.

But then he says the Spurs deserve respect and might be considered a dynasty, which is crap. They deserve no respect. They won "championships" in a shortened season, a season when the two best teams suffered injuries to their best players, and now, when the le was stolen from Phoenix. They have one legitimate le. They are really a one-hit wonder, not a dynasty.

Jealous and bitter. And still here. I love it.

[cornbread]

@ Suns fans still trying to make excuses for losing.

@ Suns fans thinking what they say is the truth and that it should matter.

@ Suns fan who bought into the hype.

[spursfan09]

Suns fans just bitter because everytime they make a run for a championship there is someone who is better. Denied by MJ, and now by TD!