Clipper blog bashes AJ jersey issue...

[xmas1997]

IMHO, I personally have no hate for AJ, but that doesn't mean he deserves his jersey retired, so I think it is probably more a Holt, Pop, and FO decision moreso than from fan reaction or personal accomplishments which are meager at best.

[Man of Steel]

I don't hate Aj--and I have to admit I've changed my mind on this subject 10x the amount than Mitt Romney, Rudy G and Fred Thompson have flip-flopped on their political views.

But I don't think AJ deserves this high of an award. Maybe some other kind of recognition--but these awards are for guys like Robinson, Manu, Parker, Elie, Bowen...guys like them.

[Obstructed_View]

Pop, Holt, Robinson, Elliott, etc. are "self-appointed Spurs experts"?

No, they are his friends. The fact that you persist in attempting to put yourself in that group indicates to me that you are doing it with a straght face. That's interesting.

If Elie had AJ's tenure with the Spurs, his jersey probably would be retired, too. But he played here two years. The second of which he was all but done as an NBA player.

I wouldn't be in favor of having Elie's jersey retired any more than I'm in favor of having AJ's retired. But not much less, either. It certainly won't bother me, as he was one of my favorite players. If "because we love him" is the reason, then I'm all for it. Those of us trying to make some objective argument about it are going to have a hard time.