Didn't the NFL just narrowly miss out on Chicago vs New York for the Super Bowl? Did you hear them whining about how terrible the ratings are going to be for the two smallest markets meeting in their biggest game, or did they just go out and create the single most watched television program in history? All the accolades you hear people saying about the Patriots, the Steelers and the Packers somehow turn into a negative when talking about ths Spurs.
It was amazing in 2007 to watch ESPN drive down the ratings with their opinions about the NBA finals being broadcast on their parent network. Do people think of basketball as a black man's game and think they need Stepin Fetchit out there to entertain them?
As I said before... anyone who, THIS SEASON, calls the Spurs boring obviously does not watch the NBA as a whole, therefore should not be allowed to write articles on them. Or at the very least should not be cared about by fans who do pay attention to the NBA.
Seems to me that the "casual fan" hes writing about pleasing is himself.
Awesome take.
This should be emailed to the writer of that article.
I'm of the opinion that he wrote it this blatantly to not, disparage the Spurs, but to make people take notice. It's going to put a lot of eyes on our team but I think the attention will be warranted.
If you think the guy's a moron, writing to him isn't likely to change either his platform or his viewpoint. His ultimate goal is to drive readership, not to be correct; page views and responses are concrete evidence that show he has accomplished that goal. Moreover, it's rather obvious now that Mr. Powell is married to a particular worldview -- one that he spouts routinely -- and one that isn't going to change no matter how rational a counter to his opinion might be.
By writing to him, you may relieve your own frustration, but you virtually assure that he's going to continue working and will continue to write the same things. You've proven that he's done his job.
Someone send him this thread link.
true. By writing to him you are encouraging him on.
A great way for the NBA to hold on to casual fans would be to stop cramming a rapist down out throats 24/7.
Kobe Bryant is a selfish basketball player who doubles as a deplorable person.
And yet people complain about the Spurs, when all the Spurs ever do is play team basketball and win.
If you're trying to discourage him, that's worse than writing to him.
And I doubt he can be shamed into changing his mind.
As often happens, this FWD is right. Words won't change anything. In true attorney fashion he's encouraging someone to find and murder the writer without actually saying anything legally actionable. At least that's what I took away from this.
his reply:
Fail article by a writer hired by the NBA. I am sure most of us here can actually help the NBA to publicize its teams better than this idiot.
hmmmm,
I wonder how the SPURS FRONT OFFICE WOULD run the NBA??
I wonder what changes they would make. thoughts?
To be fair he wrote back at least and thanked me for writing - I would rather a columnist respond unlike some of BSPN's you cannot even reach except for their bogus chats.
I didn't read the whole article...but am I the only one that detected sarcasm?
Let me guess... born and raised in Dallas?
I wrote him an email remarkably similar to yours.
No it wont. All this article will do is re-enforce the opinions of all the people who don't watch the Spurs because of the perception that they are (still) boring.
Last year, when it looked like the Spurs were done, all of a sudden these writers started looking so fondly upon their past success and issuing eloquent eulogies.
Now that they're 44-8, they're spewing hate like never before.
To sum it up: they mad.
What a load of tripe. Typical.
Maybe Jay Z needs to do a Spurs remix of this song.....
I bet this fella has not seen a Single Spurs game this season. It has become a recurring theme for him to keep calling them, "boring" despite their wins, and their altered style of play this season. Idiot writer, getting undeserved acreage at NBA.com .
the spurs are "boring" not because of their play. its because only about 1.5 to 2 million people in the whole country care about what the spurs are doing...period
it is a misconception by the media, they are boring because they don't want to pay attention but are forced to.
If the Spurs make a deep playoff run, that means members of the media might have to spend time in San Antonio again, and they all hate San Antonio.
There are three typical media types. The first is the West Coast guy based in LA. If the Spurs go deep in the playoffs, that probably means the Lakers got knocked off at some point, so he's bitter.
The second type is the East Coast guy. This is the same type who absolutely looooooves spending time in Austin but hates San Antonio. Austin is very 'hipster' and very white, while San Antonio is not 'hipster' at all and is very Mexican. To the East Coast media guy, the only time he wants to see a Mexican is when his house needs cleaning. When those people call San Antonio 'fat' and 'dirty,' they are using code words to alert other East Coast whites, "caution, lots of illegal alien greasy s here." East Coast guy is bitter that both David Robinson and Tim Duncan were drafted into and then chose to stay in a city that not only is in flyover country, but to them isn't even really in America, thus exporting potential American championships to Mexico.
The third type is into hip-hop culture. The only NBA city arguably less hip-hop than San Antonio is Salt Lake City, and whaddya know, it is about equally loathed in media circles. Not only that, but the Spurs' team culture runs diametrically opposed to hip-hop values of individual expression, demonstrative self-aggrandizement, and creative flair. Basically he is bitter that the Spurs' success invalidates his worldview and self-image.
My advice: they all can themselves.
what did he say??
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