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The spurs lost 2 games to an average kings team while the mavs sweeped the average Grizzlies team.
What's your point? What does that have to do with Memphis?
The spurs lost 2 games to an average kings team while the mavs sweeped the average Grizzlies team.
Yes, because in the playoffs they have won a remarkable 0 games.
Neither team won the championship and thats all that matters.
So, if the Spurs meet Miami in the Finals, with Rasho and Nazr gone, who is going to guard Shaq?
And then blew a series to an average Heat team.
You mean they blowed a series to an average Heat team.
Did I ever toot my horn about the Spurs beating the Kings? No. Were most Spurs fans happy with the way team played in the first round? No. Once again I ask, what's your point?
I guess the point of your post is that Mavs>Spurs. If that's the case just then just say it. Don't try to beat around the bush by comparing two teams that obviously aren't equal in terms of playoff history and performance.
The kings are only thought high of is because they beat the spurs in 2 games. The kings were borderline in missing the playoffs. They got better with Artest but not enough to be a real threat. Dallas owned them in the last meeting during the regular season. Neither the Kings or Grizzlies should've been threats to the mavs or spurs.
That's exactly my point, they were a crappy team that barely made the PO's, and they were supposed to give the mavs huuuge problems and they ended up getting swept. I didn't brag about sweeping them, I just said it to prove those analysts's are a bunch of morons, without credibility at all.By the way, sweeping the Grizz isn't really anything to brag about. In terms of NBA playoff teams they are the equivalent to Glass Joe in Punch Out.
What do you expect Steve Kerr to say ? as somebody said earlier isn't he a part owner of the spurs ?,... i'm sure he's going to go against the team he played for, and now partly owns, just to give credit to another team he has no links with...
But as I said, I hope we're the underdogs again this year according to all those experts, so our guys will stay focused and have that "disrespect" fire under them.
And for whoever said all those "experts" said we wouldn't make the playoffs, you're wrong they counted the mavericks out of the postseason before the season started, citing our rookie coach, dirk's lack of leadership /aggresiveness, etc etc.
I was just busting chops with the bragging comment. You are right about credibility of commentators though. Considering their NBA history, personal interests, business investments etc, it's hard to trust their predictions as being unbiased. I don't think you can call them idiots though. Their opinions are far more valid than ours. Unless there's an NBA playoff series that you played in and just haven't told us about yet.
That's not the only reason they're that they're thought highly of. They're also respected because they haven't missed the playoffs in like 8 years. They haven't gone far in the last in the last couple seasons and they've definitely declined recently but they always manage to show up.
Steve Kerr is an investor with the Suns. So why isn't he saying the Suns will win? Could it possibly be it's because he actually believes the Spurs organization is the best in the league? No, he MUST have some money invested in the spurs because that's just an ignorant sentiment.
You ing Mav's fans are really showing your ignorance comparing the Grizz and the Kings of last year. An average Kings team? They were peaking at the exact right time. They won 9 of their last 11 games (including 6 of the last 7 road games.) Ron Artest had them fired up. He was claiming they were the team to beat...and some of the dumbasses on that team believed it. They were not a typical 8 seed.
As for Memphis, yea they won a good amount of regular season games, but come on, they haven't won a SINGLE playoff game. That doesn't strike much fear into opponents. Yea, they were unfortunate enough to play the Spurs in 04 and the Suns in 05. Both great teams. And yes, your Mavs team last year was no exception. But to say the Grizz and the Kings were the same? That's silly.
Plus, any team with Ron Artest is a team to fear....just because you don't know if your star players or you (if you're at the game) are safe. , I locked my doors when he was in town just in case.
I wonder why some Mavs are looking at the Grizzlies defeat as though they were a prized trophy kill. The Spurs were whooping their ass (in the previous years playoffs) even before the Mavs were bragging about it. No one is willing to bet that the Grizzlies are the team to beat in the Western Conference. They're a freaking joke! I don't need to tell you that because I'm just telling something you already know.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2637652
GM preseason poll: Spurs to win le, LeBron MVP
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- The San Antonio Spurs will win another le and LeBron James will capture his first MVP award, according to a preseason poll of NBA general managers.
All but two of the league's 30 general managers responded to the fifth annual NBA.com survey. They also picked Portland's Brandon Roy as the rookie of the year, Pat Riley of Miami as the best coach and Kobe Bryant as the player they want taking a shot with the game on the line.
The Spurs won the 2005 NBA championship but lost to Dallas in last season's Western Conference semifinals. San Antonio was picked by 43 percent of the GMs to regain the le, with the Mavericks getting 29 percent and reigning champion Miami earning 14 percent.
However, the Spurs weren't even predicted to win their own division. The Mavs were the pick as Southwest Division champs by 57 percent of the GMs, with San Antonio at 43 percent.
Other division champion picks were Miami (Southeast), New Jersey (Atlantic), Detroit (Central), Denver (Northwest) and Phoenix (Pacific).
With 39 percent of the vote, James beat out fellow U.S. captain Dwyane Wade (29 percent) as the MVP choice. James was also the choice of 71 percent of the GMs as the player they would want to sign if they were starting a franchise.
Full results of the survey will be available on NBA.com on Wednesday.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press
Looks like the Spurs are shaping up to be the favorite again this year
Say whatever you want but Gasol took his game to another level last but Dallas found a way to slow him down. The Grizzlies were not easy and the same goes for the kings but San Antonio should've beaten the Kings in 5 games or sweep.I wonder why some Mavs are looking at the Grizzlies defeat as though they were a prized trophy kill. The Spurs were whooping their ass (in the previous years playoffs) even before the Mavs were bragging about it. No one is willing to bet that the Grizzlies are the team to beat in the Western Conference. They're a freaking joke! I don't need to tell you that because I'm just telling something you already know.
NBA GM's have absolutely no credibility.
Kings were a tough matchup for the Spurs position by position. After beating us you guys should have beat the Suns easy in 5 games, without Amare. Then lost to basically one player, not a team, you should have smoked the Heat big time. Spurs never lost a finals in 3 chances, they were favored all 3 times and they got it done, can't say the same for the Mavs.
Ok. The Grizzlies haven't been good like the Kings for a long time. The Grizz just started winning games 3 years ago, while the Kings have been going to the playoffs for a long time. Therefore, going to the playoffs more times than another team increases the chances of getting more PO wins than a team who has been a pile of up until a couple years ago.
The Kings team also lost to the sonics in 5 games. The suns>kings>grizzlies but still the kings shouldn't have threatened the spurs so much. Especially after the spurs were up 2-0.
The only question that matters is, why the Mavs beat the better team in the Spurs and then flamed out against the far inferior team in Wade, oops i mean the HEAT.
Ask Piston fans the same question. I guess the Wade's I mean the refs tilted the series a little bit.
Pistons got whipped in that series i don't see your point. The refs screwed you guys a little in the Miami series, after screwing us like crazy in the West Semis. I guess what goes around comes around.
The Mavs could have won in the Finals if they hadn't already been planning the parade as soon as they were up 2-0. They got slapped four straight by a way inferior team.
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