http://www.cbssportsstore.com/sm-adi...i-3011041.htmlDoes anybody ever stay on topic here?
I opened this thread to actually see a Duncan 08 Allstar jersey...
Only in dumbassland does it matter that the Spurs drafted young players instead of signed them originally. Not to mention that they were hardly consensus no-brainer selections.
Do you realize that:
1. Tony Parker
2. Manu Ginobili
have made All-Star teams? Currently combine with Tim Duncan to form one of the best trios in all of professional sports?
Awesome thanks! It's nice!
Why does that matter? Most teams land young talent through the draft.
Find something real to complain about, Gimp.
Caspah, the surest way to give you a coronary is for the Spurs to NOT sign such a player, and still win.
You still don't get it. None of those criteria mean that said brotha is a good player, unless you're recruiting for the And1 mix tape tour. Don't you get tired of constantly pimping for a player who looks ghetto, for no other reason than they do?
The Spurs haven't traded their young star point guard for an aging has been yet either. That has got to change.
Amazing, isn't it?
They have had exactly two (2) good draft picks since the no-brainer Duncan in 1997.
They overpaid, sending a fan favorite and decent rebounder in Malik Rose in a lateral move for Mohammed... giving up 2 draft picks in the process.
Then they finally gave a kid a chance, yet Stephen Jackson was last seen being the captain of the Warriors and averaging about 20 per.
And then when a [B} Spurs Fan[/B] dream up a scenario to send expiring contracts and Parker to the Nets for All-Star triple-double machine Kidd and the ability to sign a true max player as early as 2009, the homers say "no."
We'll just win the draft lottery and be lucky enough to have a Duncan or Robinson waiting for us, right?
Sometimes, it is better to be lucky than good.
Don't you understand that 80% of the League fits into that criteria and when your front office can only get geriatrics or waived guys, maybe it's time to take a chance.
It worked the one time they tried it with Stephen Jackson.
And we all know how long it took for you to warm up to him.
Uh more than that.They have had exactly two (2) good draft picks since the no-brainer Duncan in 1997
Just because they aren't playing here NOW, doesn't mean they aren't good.
Is that not what has happened? The only time he shows up spewing his crack addled nonsense is when the Spurs invariably go through their midseason lull. I'm not sure why you blow up a team that's won 3 les in the last 5 years, is coming off a championship, and with a big 3 who are still very much in their primes. Well, you don't, unless you have some strange fixation on young African-American males who groom themselves a certain way and with trading away your top talent instead of drafting and retaining it.
Popforbid we win the next two years with Kidd and then start rebuilding around a max free agent in 2009 or 2010, while Duncan still has a few decent years left.
I'm gonna go on a limb after next year when Sanikidze and Splitter are tearing it up at the Spur level, Ghost is gonna have to back away from that talking point.
If DUncan has a few years left, why give up a 24 year old MULTI All Star FINALS MVP point guard?
They've had more, but you haven't been paying attention while the Spurs win championships doing exactly the opposite of what you've argued.
Parker and Ginobili are "overpaid"? Moron.They overpaid, sending a fan favorite and decent rebounder in Malik Rose in a lateral move for Mohammed... giving up 2 draft picks in the process.
He had his chance to come back.
Then they finally gave a kid a chance, yet Stephen Jackson was last seen being the captain of the Warriors and averaging about 20 per.
I just put that together to allow yourself to fully demonstrate your stupidity.And then when a [B} Spurs Fan[/B] dream up a scenario to send expiring contracts and Parker to the Nets for All-Star triple-double machine Kidd and the ability to sign a true max player as early as 2009, the homers say "no."
Sometimes, it's best to be good, lucky, and not worry about the fact that you have won 4 les in 9 years. Is the league going to take back the les because the Spurs didn't trade for their top 3 players or sign them as free agents from other teams? If not, what's the issue?We'll just win the draft lottery and be lucky enough to have a Duncan or Robinson waiting for us, right?
Sometimes, it is better to be lucky than good.
96.67 percent of the league doesn't get a LoB trophy every year, including teams with players that wear cornrows. Should we join that group to fulfill your fashion fantasies?
Why aren't you a Denver fan by now? They have four players that I know of in their rotation who wear 'rows, Nene, AI, Marsh-Melo, and JR Smith. Their fans would WELCOME your solid ghetto grooming takes.
They won last year without him.
Who is that free agent? The Spurs did that once before and Kidd himself wouldn't come.and then start rebuilding around a max free agent in 2009 or 2010, while Duncan still has a few decent years left.
4 in 9 years? The Spurs should have at least 6 in those 9.
You don't know how lucky the Spurs are, do you?
The Spurs overpaid for Mohammed. Please read.
Who else have the Spurs drafted that are good and have helped our team?
What is your plan for improving the team?
The Spurs shouldn't bother with immediate needs (win now, worry later? please . . . .) and are singularly at fault for the fact that max level free agents don't want to play second banana to this generation's greatest player.
No one wants a team full of young "ballas."
I'm looking at calculated risks to strengthen the team's overall skill set.
Please, ex... lower yourself into your easy chair and take comfort in the fact that your front office got Duncan to cover up their inadequacies.
What's your plan?
Sign more old guys?
Hope we get someone off waivers?
Get lucky in the draft again?
You guys really believe that 2003's debacle was about stars not wanting to play with Duncan?
Incredulous.
Okay, it was about the difference between 6 years with 10% raises and 7 years with 12.5% raises.
Win now, worry later!
Make up your excu-, um, mind.
Don't bother him with details.
Um, that's worked before. Horry, Finley, Bowen, and Barry were damn good signings, to say the least. How is it a better move to go with unproven young players in your supporting cast, especially considering the Spurs have just won 3 le in 5 years doing exactly the opposite?
Is Ghost living in 1998 while everyone else is in 2008?
Win now, worry later!
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