Manu pretty much feels like ! READ THIS!!!!

[ManuTastic]

Wasn't his fault. Spurs lose by 30 without him.

Manu is a winner and I'd take him into battle seven days a week.

Props to him for a great final three games.

What a warrior

True Dat X 5

[chinaorange]

Poor Ginobli!

He is one of the biggest winners in the NBA! I would take him any day on my team! Hes got huge balls and he is clutch as ! Keep the chin up Manu!

the same

[Sportman]

How about not blaming anyone and just giving the Spurs and Mavs their props?

It´s over and that could be the best thing to do.......I STILL LOVE SPURS

[Alamode]

Manu Screwed up two games for the Spurs. He needs to feel like when a team comes back from 20 and he committs a stupid foul on the Nazi! If he was going to foul, he should have made sure the Nazi did not make the basket. Thanks Manu, now go to Argentina and open a library to let people read on how you screwed up.
P.S. Did Manu show up for all the games?

What a tool comment. Damn how people forget we wouldn't have had a Game 7 if:

• It weren't for Manu's Game 6
  We wouldn't have won a championship last year without him
  AND we wouldn't have been tied 104-104 without his three-pointer.

Geez, freakin' crap you want the guy to be God, he's human for cripes sake. We also had an overtime to get it done and did not. Where were his teammates? Why the crap is Manu responsible for the whole team? Get over yourself and think a little.

[SPARKY]

Without his cold blooded 3 the Spurs aren't up at that point. Bad play, but I'll take the 2 les he helped win.

[leemajors]

IMO we aren't ever going to repeat, this was our chance.

it would be great to repeat, but it's not that big a deal. the spurs will keep doing things the right way. bird never repeated either.

[ducks]

I am glad he is upset
he should think about that for year and play better next year
this is by far his worse year IMO

[carina_gino20]

i feel bad that he feels so responsible for the loss. still, we had a great chance in overtime and came up with nothing.

these are people, not the gods we are making them to be. As for manu, I'll take the good with the bad. He gambled and went with his instinct. It was wrong. Now he'll have to accept that and use it to make him stronger.

he'll have international compe ion over the summer and though it will tire out his body, it will also give him the rhythm he's never enjoyed this season.

Ironically, this loss made me love Manu even more and see how special he really is.

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

The Players should feel like crap, the played like it.

Manu Screwed up two games for the Spurs. He needs to feel like when a team comes back from 20 and he committs a stupid foul on the Nazi! If he was going to foul, he should have made sure the Nazi did not make the basket. Thanks Manu, now go to Argentina and open a library to let people read on how you screwed up.
P.S. Did Manu show up for all the games?

He is the best flopper in NBA and that cost this game.

you! Bunch of fat-ass-arm-chair coaches! And a Hawks fan?

I am glad he is upset
he should think about that for year and play better next year
this is by far his worse year IMO

Is he the only one that should feel upset? If it wasn't for him, the series would have ended 4-1 or 4-0 for Dallas.

As good as Manu has been in the 05 playoffs, and in Game 6, I didn't have any confidence that he would make the last shot. He just doesn't have the ability to create a jumper off the dribble, and you need that to score in the last seconds of a game. If he had the threat off creating a jumper, he might have been able to drive more effectively.

He actually has developed that shot. If you look in the Kings series and the first games of this series, he did a nice stop the drive and jump move quite a few times. And I don't agree that he will play 20 mpg next year. He will have international compe ion this summer which actually helps players (just look ar Dirk or Tony who played for their National Teams last summer).

Bench scored 2 points or something tonight.

Tim/Manu/Tony/Bruce/Fin did all they could do and they were all devastated by the loss. Spurs just weren't deep enough when it came down to it (not being able to play 2 centers killed the depth).

Someone who gets it. What else do Manu, Tim and Tony have to do? Score 50 points each one? Maybe Bruce's jumper wasn't falling, but he did give his best out there. The rest of the team was very unproductive, I don't know who to blame if the players for not showing up or Pop for lacking confidence in them. Probably a mix of both.

[kimberly_spursfan]

stop bashing manu, without him we wouldnt of even made it to game 7, hes not all responsible for the loss, but he is all responsible for alot of our wins in these playoffs.

[ColoradoSpursFan]

The truth is if Tim would have made the free throw we would be up one.

Manu hits the three and be up 4. Dirks "and one" would still be down 1 and we would be shooting free throws in the last seconds back and forth.

[smeagol]

Manu Screwed up two games for the Spurs. He needs to feel like when a team comes back from 20 and he committs a stupid foul on the Nazi! If he was going to foul, he should have made sure the Nazi did not make the basket. Thanks Manu, now go to Argentina and open a library to let people read on how you screwed up.
P.S. Did Manu show up for all the games?

Quality post

[boutons_]

In 05 Finals game5 with game tied in the last seconds of regulation, Manu drove, missed the layup, Tim was right there ... with a miss of the putback.

In 06 WC-semi-Finals game7, ditto.

[ALVAREZ6]

He should feel like , that last foul on Dirk blew the game.


Had he just let Dirk have his little 2 points, the Spurs are up 1, Manu gets the ball, gets fouled, makes both FT's (he was 9-9, so he would have made them), then defense. If they score, same thing as previous, etc etc etc.

[Sportman]

Had he just let Dirk have his little 2 points, the Spurs are up 1, Manu gets the ball, gets fouled, makes both FT's (he was 9-9, so he would have made them), then defense. If they score, same thing as previous, etc etc etc.

Any person who could hear it could say, "wao this guy should be an excellent player"......I mean, WAO MEN you sound as it was easy, GINOBILI is still a human being, you say it, and for you it´s easy to say it just because you are a FAN.
Without manu the 3 and 4 quarter could have been a totally disaster for spurs, i didnt hear nobody who has said how much point manu did in the 2 period. Manu scored 19 points and without these points spurs might have lost by 20 points. That´s it, spurs fans just have to learn to say, WE LOST BECAUSE THEY PLAYED BETTER THE WHOLE SERIES.

[mgtptdmvp]

he should feel bad, although he played great at times and carried us too but he made critical mistakes at the end of games. i.e kings, horry gino handoff, and most importantly why you trying to block the shot at the rim with us up...oh well much love for manu.
man i hate this feeling but to kinda quote avery you sign up for the good and the bad....


peace you all.

wishing we could be talking about how we would sweep the suns....damn

[ALVAREZ6]

I'm just saying that he should feel bad because he basically ruined the game, but I'm not saying they lost because of him.

Without Manu, game 6 was over and same as game 7.


Looking at the big picture, the Spurs lost because the Mavs played better. The fact that Pop had no idea WTF he was doing didn't help either.

The Mavs clearly match up better against the Spurs, have younger players who run a lot more and have more energy, and they never stop attacking. They score so ing easily, while it takes a little more for the Spurs to get the ball in the basket.

The Mavs were up on the scoreboard for most of this series, they all turned into close games except for game 2, and they just played better. The Spurs need a new team.

[Sportman]

The Spurs need a new team.

They need SCOLA, believe me

[aaronstampler]

My biggest fear with Manu is that this foul will change how he plays defense from this point forward. If he doesn't go for steals and blocks, doesn't try to draw charges, he wouldn't be Manu, he'd just be another guy. I hope one little play won't make him forget all the good ones, even though some of the fans did.

[Spurs Dynasty]

Look, Manu is a fantastic player who thinks he can make any play at any time. He gives everything he has and has done FAR more good for the team that he has done wrong. This one ripped my heart out too, but how many of us in a situation we have NO CLUE of how stressful and fast paced it is could not have made the same mistake !?

Like Pop said, Manu can be a double edged sword, but have we already forgotten what he did for us last year? AND, he was the reason we came back in the first place last nite. I think the lessons of his two costly mistakes will make him a better player next year.

Manu is one of the 3 most valuable assest Spurs have, depeding on how you choose to look at it. I, for one, am thrilled he is on our team.

God bless you, Manu. Will see you next season.

[Oh, Gee!!]

He should read my Trade Manu thread if he needs cheering up. Plenty homers stood up for him there.

[austinfan]

My biggest fear with Manu is that this foul will change how he plays defense from this point forward. If he doesn't go for steals and blocks, doesn't try to draw charges, he wouldn't be Manu, he'd just be another guy. I hope one little play won't make him forget all the good ones, even though some of the fans did.

I don't see that happening. Manu can't help himself--he'll be back full-strength and full-confidence next season, playing bent for leather on both ends of the court. It's just who he is. Especially after he's had some time getting in a groove with the Argentine team playing in the WC (basketball) this summer.

Btw, OT, but I like your writing on Pounding the Rock. Michael doesn't seem fully committed to maintaining the blog, so if he's not interested, you should take it over or start your own. Just my 2 cents.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Manu does not need to be playing B-Ball this summer. He needs rest.

[austinfan]

^^He had rest all last summer and look how that turned out.

I do agree that he needs to work on his conditioning and probably diet, too.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Ginobiliiiiiiii!!!!!!!!