The official I love Manu and Pop thread

[houston spurs fan]

The Dallasmavericksloser and Yacht are ruining this forum....

[dallasmaverickslose]

The Dallasmavericksloser and Yacht are ruining this forum....

Did you ever read my PM?

[therealtruth]

I'm fully convinced now...you truly dont know basketball and just have homerism for Pop and Manu. To counter your post...guess who does know defense...Tim Duncan. So why did Pop sit him with 28 seconds to go and a le on the line? Once again...Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson would not bench their best defensive player with a Super Bowl on the line. You cant win this argument regardless how hard you try and spin it. Popovich made the worse coaching decision with an NBA le on the line in NBA history. Bar none.

It's that simple. The lineup Pop used screwed up defensively and rebounding. TD is one of the best defenders and rebounders in NBA history. How do you not play him in that situation? Any coach would love to have a Hall of fame defensive player when they're trying to close a game defensively. Also if Pop was really concerned about TD's mobility, Splitter was probably the next best option defensively.

[therealtruth]

On the other side... That's an entirely different situation. Aikman, Smith, and Irvin don't play on defense.

You continually refuse to acknowledge Pop had a defensive strategy set up that by sheer bad luck didnt work. This strategy has worked before (I.e. close out warriors game). It was a matchup situation. Are you saying that when an opponent puts 5 players on the court that can shoot the 3, you're supposed to put 5 post players on the floor because they're supposed to rebound the ball when the opposition automatically misses the first 3. Please.

You assume that the EXACT situation would have occurred if Duncan was on the court, and he would rebound the ball. You don't seem to realize that that possession would have played out differently.

But what if the Heat instead made their first attempt at a 3, with Duncan on the court? You guys would be hating on Pop for not sending a better matchup of mobile players on the court to defend the 3.

Another point your missing. Is that it wasn't simply luck at play. As Pop has said they made some defensive mistakes.

[callo1]

Pop is great, and Manu will still be a very solid player for the Spurs.

Manu is getting too much hate here for 6 and 7. Pop is more to blame, because it was blatantly obvious that Manu was in a terrible funk and Pop continued to play him.

Don't underestimate Manu...ever!! There isn't a player in professional sports that is more compe ive that Manu...he will find a way to reconfigure his game to his aging body and have a very good season next year. I have no doubts.

[xmas1997]

I've said this plenty of times that the Popsuckers and Manu worshippers will blame the Game 6 loss on the team and use that "we win as a team, we lose as a team" BS slogan.


Just look at the way the apologists were blaming Bonner and Neal for every loss that we had during the playoffs yet when Pop and Manu shat the bed in Game 6, they all conveniently spread the blame on the team.

No matter how many facts and arguments one presents to the apologists, they will spread the blame on the team just so that they can sleep better. Pop and Manu ed up the most therefore they are the most responsible for one of the worst heartbreaking losses in NBA finals history.

1. No one is apologizing for anyone, you are making things up again,

2. The WHOLE team made mistakes regardless of who made the most and least mistakes, but you just want to cast blame on a select few (as if you were perfect) and

3. It has already been shown to NOT be one of the worse losses in the Spurs history, but you are so dense you fail to see this fact! When in fact the Spurs were not even supposed to make it as far as they did, yet they did, and almost won it all. Thus you should be looking on the positive side of things, instead you harp on the negative. This just shows you are juvenile, insecure, and immature! Get a life, or go back to school and learn something useful and by all means Grow Up!

[sammy]

Except game 6 and 7. ........................and a bad contract.

GTFO! I'm disappointed in the outcome but stop being a hater!

[sammy]

Pop is great, and Manu will still be a very solid player for the Spurs.

Manu is getting too much hate here for 6 and 7. Pop is more to blame, because it was blatantly obvious that Manu was in a terrible funk and Pop continued to play him.

Don't underestimate Manu...ever!! There isn't a player in professional sports that is more compe ive that Manu...he will find a way to reconfigure his game to his aging body and have a very good season next year. I have no doubts.

I agree!

[Skull-1]

Except game 6 and 7. ........................and a bad contract.

[Skull-1]

just curious... how many turnovers from manu would it have taken for you to say.. 'ok wtf'?

50?

[Skull-1]

Why are you so jealous? Look I'm a nice guy. I can train you from the little gy omega homer you are to be a fellow alpha male. It's gonna cost you, though.

Lol! Awesome comeback. Game over, tbh.

[dallasmaverickslose]

Lol! Awesome comeback. Game over, tbh.

What a good little cheerleader you are! Go get your Pom-poms there's some other threads you can cheer your team on at! Go get em girl!

[TheGreatYacht]

What a good little cheerleader you are! Go get your Pom-poms there's some other threads you can cheer your team on at! Go get em girl!

sounds like xmas1997 cheering the Spurs tbh.

[dallasmaverickslose]

sounds like xmas1997 cheering the Spurs tbh.

Skull-1 is pretty much the bottom of the barrell when it comes to meaningful posts. I've seen these same types of posts on other threads before. All he does is cheer on his spoiled brat fan buddies and spout out the occasional cursing storm to "solidify" his stance.

Haven't observed xmas1997 long enough to make a valid conclusion but its not really possible to be a lousier poster than skull-1.

[jimo2305]

lol.. that moment when you've got music playing in the background and this guy's moving to the beat

[xmas1997]

Skull-1 is pretty much the bottom of the barrell when it comes to meaningful posts. I've seen these same types of posts on other threads before. All he does is cheer on his spoiled brat fan buddies and spout out the occasional cursing storm to "solidify" his stance.

Haven't observed xmas1997 long enough to make a valid conclusion but its not really possible to be a lousier poster than skull-1.

Actually I'm trying to stay out of the debate, or rather Manu Pop bashing, even though we can't seem to have a single thread on here lately without someone bashing either of them, and beating a dead horse and turning the thread away from the original topic.
Isn't that what trolls do?

[dallasmaverickslose]

Actually I'm trying to stay out of the debate, or rather Manu Pop bashing, even though we can't seem to have a single thread on here lately without someone bashing either of them, and beating a dead horse and turning the thread away from the original topic.
Isn't that what trolls do?

Yeah, it seems like on every single thread, even if its about apples, a Pop/Manu will come around and say something like "it's Pop/Manu's fault the apples are rotten!"

[elmanutres]

slow offseason

[xmas1997]

I'm accused of being this and that, and then bashed for having an opinion that is contrary to theirs irregardless of the facts.
And that isn't really not to be expected, after all it is a sports forum. But when you are bombarded by totally idiotic and close minded statements that even a dunce can see is false and one sided, it makes you wonder how some people can get along in life.
The trolls are out in force this offseason disguised as Spur fans. It's like Sauron opened the gates of Mordor and expelled all his Orc rejects, or all the loony toons and fruit cakes have been let loose of the asylum!