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My hatred overwhelms my loyalty to the Spurs. Karl Malone should die a horrible death. He is an asshole who has done nothing but try to hurt and physically maim the players in Silver and Black for close to 20 years.
No ring for you! - The ring nazi
Quit implies permanency. Not the case. I just won't support them while he's on the roster.wow.... you people must be joking.. you're going to Quit being a Spurs fan if karl malone is added to the roster?????!!.... I'm astounded at the number of people that feel this way...
Oh, and be careful about your bull ultimatums. The husband of the couple that runs this board has said the same thing. (timvp)If any of you "Spurs fans" want to bail because of the addition of one guy to an already great team then that is fine... Spurs dont need you, we dont need you, take that whiny bull somewhere else.
My hatred overwhelms my loyalty to the Spurs. Karl Malone should die a horrible death. He is an asshole who has done nothing but try to hurt and physically maim the players in Silver and Black for close to 20 years.
No ring for you! - The ring nazi
At this point in his career Malone is a hired gun, much like Elie, Kersey, Porter, and Horry. They were brought in to fill a role and that would be the case with Malone.
Don't forget Willis.
Well, enjoy missing out on the remainder of the Duncan era then. Not to mention a few les... it's cool if you cant set your personal(if you can even call it PERSONAL) vendettas aside for the good of the team.
Don't quite know how you got an ultimatum out of that, but regardless, I don't once recall LJ ever saying he would stop being a Spurs fan if Malone got signed.
You know what? STFU
I hate malone, I can't understand how can you want a guy with that personality in SA. But well, i think you are the kind of fan that if kobe wanted to come here, you would receive him with a hug.
You are missing the point. I never said I wanted Malone here. Personally I could care less if Malone comes here but if he does or not does not change the way I feel about the Spurs. I have been a fan since 1974...have you? Or are you a bandwagoner? A true fan's loyalty is to the team, not the players who make it up. Players will come and go but the team is always the team. Loyalty should be to the name on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back. Team loyalty comes first always.
LJ made it fairly clear that he was NOT buying season tix this year if Malone was signed. That was before his extended recovery period was known. He pretty much waited until the last minute to get them.
Main Entry: ul·ti·ma·tumIf any of you "Spurs fans" want to bail because of the addition of one guy to an already great team then that is fine... Spurs dont need you, we dont need you, take that whiny bull somewhere else.
Pronunciation: "&l-t&-'mA-t&m, -'mä-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -tums or ul·ti·ma·ta /-t&/
Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, neuter of ultimatus final
: a final proposition, condition, or demand; especially : one whose rejection will end negotiations and cause a resort to force or other direct action
You need to work on your vocab. Your GTFO statement is most certainly an ultimatum.
We'll have to disagree on that, mikey. The Antichrist could not be less welcome to me in a S&B jersey than Malone.
I have no problem with that, my issue was that someone was going to stop being a Spurs fan just because of one player. To me, I want my favorite team to win the le, to me, that is way more important than any roster addition.
OK, this BS is getting misused, BIGTIME. A bandwagon fan jumps on when things are good, and off when things are bad. Getting Malone, from a clinical perspective, improves the team. People who don't want him, and won't condone his signing, are NOT jumping when bad things happen to the team. They just can't stomach the though of a criminal being signed by the Spurs. Yes, what he did to David was criminal. He's an asshole and a loser.I have been a fan since 1974...have you? Or are you a bandwagoner?
I hate malone, I can't understand how can you want a guy with that personality in SA. But well, i think you are the kind of fan that if kobe wanted to come here, you would receive him with a hug.
I hate Malone as much as the next guy, but I won't let my hatred blind me to the fact that they would be better with him. Like I said earlier if he acts up the Spurs can afford benching him or buying out his contract.
I hope he's not going to be here that long as soon as he get's his ring he'll probably leave.Well, enjoy missing out on the remainder of the Duncan era then. Not to mention a few les... it's cool if you cant set your personal(if you can even call it PERSONAL) vendettas aside for the good of the team
ex...I wasn't applying that to you. But you are correct, vowing to stop being a Spurs fan because of a certain player being signed is not bandwagon or fairweather,but it is disloyal.
So be it.
i find it hilarious.
Hatred for a man you dont know, and hatred for an act against David Robinson, for wich Robinson has already forgiven him.
If RObinson forgave him, thats good enough for me.
Karl Malone can play on my team ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
Bring on a Hall Of Famer.
Anyways, the championship gear, and 03 DVDs are worn out. Time for some new material!
Bull . It's not disloyal if that person ethically isn't someone you'd cheer for.ex...I wasn't applying that to you. But you are correct, vowing to stop being a Spurs fan because of a certain player being signed is not bandwagon or fairweather,but it is disloyal.
Oh Geez... I really think you could have come up with something more clever than this ex... I've really come to respect you as a poster... but if you wanna resort to looking up terms in a dictionary as a retort then let me help you out a bit...
An ultimatum would consist of a demand that a person could either accept or reject. Acceptance of the demand would put both parties in agreeance with one another. A rejection of the demand implies the threat of serious penalties if the terms are not accepted.
If any of you "Spurs fans" want to bail because of the addition of one guy to an already great team then that is fine... Spurs dont need you, we dont need you, take that whiny bull somewhere else.
HMMMMMMM.... ultimatum???? no... I'd say.. more like a suggestion...
Finally someone who understands!
Your definition is different that Mirram-Webster's, and your statement was much more than a suggestion.
Don't worry, though. If Malone is signed, I'll have little to no interest in being in the Spurs forum. You could find me in the club, or political forum, though, so in essence, I will be Getting The Fuck Out, at least from the Spurs forum. Your wish will be granted.
To quote timvp:
I don't know how much clearer I can put it.
Actually, I don't mind that he's a dirty bas on the court. While it's a cheap way to play basketball, it's more a product of playing for Jerry Sloan than anything. The problem I have is the Drama that this b1tch is going to bring to the Spurs. If I wanted to watch Drama, I could turn into TNT or the daily soap operas or whatever.
That is SPURS BASKETBALL.
Screw all you sunshine fans out there!
I'd support the team regardless of who they sign and in spite of how well they perform. Yeah of course losing hurts but unless the spurs front office does a New Jersey Nets on me Im going to support the SAN ANTONIO SPURS. period.
Finally someone agrees with me that its all Jerry Sloan's fault!
Again...I am not talking about the individual player...I was referring to Super's post that he would stop being a Spurs fan. I have no problem with someone disliking Karl Malone, I dislike Karl Malone, but to totally give up on the Spurs because of one player is bull .Bull . It's not disloyal if that person ethically isn't someone you'd cheer for.
No it's not Mikey. That's the point. If I were a Blazer fan for 20 years and the team started having rapists, druggies, blahblah on their team. I'd dump the team. You don't have to root for a team that represents things you're against.
if it got to the point of the Blazers where it was rampant, I would agree but one player? Bringing in Karl Malone, which again for the record I am not in favor of, is not going to single-handedly bring down all the good things the Spurs franchise represents.
Nothing would make me happier than to see Rasho become more assertive and make the need for a personnel change less important. But given his history that seems like a fool's errand.
I'd like to see Pop go to Massenburg a little more this season when things get rough in the paint. Giving he and Malik more minutes is one way to improve the Spurs' frontcourt play without having to sign someone.
As for Malone, everything is a matter of the point of vantage in the NBA. From a Spurs fan's perspective Duncan is next to no one in the NBA, a no-nonsense workhorse who doesn't get the pub he deserves. To fans of rivals TD can definitely look like a whiney who is all too willing to complain about calls that go against him.
The same could be said about DRob. To Spurs fans he was immaculate, to non-Spurs fans he was a great talent who didn't elevate his game in the postseason or was, yes, "soft." Now while some of that criticism may or may not have been unfair, think about how that criticism jives with the criticisms of Malone offered in this thread. Again, the point of vantage seems to reign supreme.
Sure, Malone's personal life leaves something to be desired. Certainly in the history of the San Antonio Spurs have they never had any significant players of ill repute. Never.
The way I look at it, this team needs some improvement in the frontcourt. I'd rather see that change come from within, but that seems like a dicey proposition, much like bringing in a 41 year old coming off a serious knee injury and changing up the rotation does as well. Yet I'm not going to get worked up about it if the Spurs do go with the latter option. The Spurs have added veterans before who had done the Spurs prior harm and who were of less than admirable character.
Buck Harvey wrote a column once which mused that Spurs fans would have worshipped Malone much as they did DRob had the Spurs not lost that coin flip in 1985. And had DRob ended up with a conference rival then I am sure that Spurs fans would have had no problem calling him every name in the book.
To me, it's not worth getting worked up over whether a 57 year old Karl Malone joins the Spurs or not. If you think that doesn't make me a 'true' Spurs fan, please find something else to worry about.
Last edited by Marcus Bryant; 12-14-2004 at 02:54 AM.
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