Stak5 still bitter

[Chief Brody]

Referring to a player as "Stak5" tells me you still live with your parents.

[TheGreatYacht]

I'd rather have had Stak 5 in that game 6 vs. Heat over Ginobili tbh

I'll go a bit farther, you replace Manu with Stak5 in that Finals and Timmy gets his 5th

Yeah somehow Manu, who has been a way better playoff performer than Jackson his whole career is subject to having his game slip with age, but Jackson, who's never looked slower, is not going to miss a beat in the playoffs.

I'd take Manu over Jackson any day. Same with every GM in the league. I can tell you right now that if the Spurs didn't sign Manu, he'd be signed by another team right now. Meanwhile Jackson is making the calls in China trying to catch on.

Seeing as this thread has become a battle of Manu s vs realists, I might as well join the battle. Even though Stephen Jackson’s performance during the regular season is ty and he is prone to turnovers, there is no way in that Stak5 would have turned the ball over 8 times in Games 6. There is no way in that Stephen Jackson would have shot horribly from the three point line as Manu did during the NBA Finals. Stak lives to perform in the playoffs. Every playoff team that he’s played for, he has always contributed when it counts. the regular season.

yes Manu would be signed, but not anywhere near 14 million and mainly to grab hispanic fans in SanFran, LA, NY or Washington DC. , he'd probably have joined the Heat team since he already won a Finals game for them

I'm gonna go ahead and say Stak 5 would not have won a game for the Heat

I see Hater with the goods as usual. Of course the Spurs would have won their 5th championship if Manu didn’t dress up for Game 6. Heck, I believe that Timmy would have won his 5th ring had Manu torn his ACL in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Having Stephen Jackson playing Manu’s minutes would have been enough to win it all.

We don't know what he would be worth on the open market, but I can tell you it's not based on his being hispanic. Even with some of his athletism deteriorating, he's still a high level passer and creator, and dangerous enough that you can't leave him open on threes, as Golden State found out. He can still score in bunches as well, even though he his prone to a few more turnovers. I'm guessing that every playoff team in the league woudl throw money his way. His skills are still better than average at his position and he is also a great leader and character guy.

Spurs FO are the only ones dumb enough to overpay a washed up drunkin SG. If Manu would have signed with another team, it would have been for nothing more than the veteran's minimum.

On the other hand, Stephen Jackson wouldn't have won a game for the Heat because he would have been stuck on the bench. He's too slow to play two guard (and probably small forward against Lebron). So he would have to play the four in small ball line up, trouble is, that's kawhi's position. And if he did get in the game, he was even more turnover prone than Ginoboli, he can't play defense anymore, and he is a worse shooter.

I'm not sure why anyone has blind faith in this guy. Ginoboli has had way more effective and important playoff performances than this clown and Ginoboli is a much better team player and character guy. You'll never see Ginoboli kicked off a team for his at ude. You'll never see him propping a guy that flagrantly fouled one of his teammates (see Shannon Brown flagrantly fouling Ginoboli and Stephen Jackson sticking up for Shannon Brown).

, looks who's talking. A Manu that has blind faith in a 36 year old washed up SG. Yes you are a Manu because as soon as hater brought up Manu into the conversation, you were quick to come to the rescue.

Did you not read his interview? The man is still in denial. He actually believes that just being healthy is good enough for him to get his game back. He doesn’t have any aspirations to improve his 3pt FG% nor does he feel need to avenge his ty performance in the NBA Finals.

We all saw that Manu was physically healthy during the NBA Finals, he said it himself during interviews. Sadly, being in good health will not be enough for Manu. He NEEDS to adjust his game. He needs to practice and improve his shooting during the offseason. I doubt he will or that he is doing anything to adjust his game. God damn I wish he would have retired. That SOB is stubborn like a mule.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Seeing as this thread has become a battle of Manu s vs realists, I might as well join the battle. Even though Stephen Jackson’s performance during the regular season is ty and he is prone to turnovers, there is no way in that Stak5 would have turned the ball over 8 times in Games 6. There is no way in that Stephen Jackson would have shot horribly from the three point line as Manu did during the NBA Finals.

LOL, this is the realist everybody.

Because Jackson's 27% three-point field goal percentage would have topped Ginobili's three-point shooting for the playoffs (34%).

The realist everbody. More like a in joke.

[cd98]

Seeing as this thread has become a battle of Manu s vs realists, I might as well join the battle. Even though Stephen Jackson’s performance during the regular season is ty and he is prone to turnovers, there is no way in that Stak5 would have turned the ball over 8 times in Games 6. There is no way in that Stephen Jackson would have shot horribly from the three point line as Manu did during the NBA Finals. Stak lives to perform in the playoffs. Every playoff team that he’s played for, he has always contributed when it counts. the regular season. I see Hater with the goods as usual. Of course the Spurs would have won their 5th championship if Manu didn’t dress up for Game 6. Heck, I believe that Timmy would have won his 5th ring had Manu torn his ACL in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Having Stephen Jackson playing Manu’s minutes would have been enough to win it all.
Spurs FO are the only ones dumb enough to overpay a washed up drunkin SG. If Manu would have signed with another team, it would have been for nothing more than the veteran's minimum.

, looks who's talking. A Manu that has blind faith in a 36 year old washed up SG. Yes you are a Manu because as soon as hater brought up Manu into the conversation, you were quick to come to the rescue.

Did you not read his interview? The man is still in denial. He actually believes that just being healthy is good enough for him to get his game back. He doesn’t have any aspirations to improve his 3pt FG% nor does he feel need to avenge his ty performance in the NBA Finals.

We all saw that Manu was physically healthy during the NBA Finals, he said it himself during interviews. Sadly, being in good health will not be enough for Manu. He NEEDS to adjust his game. He needs to practice and improve his shooting during the offseason. I doubt he will or that he is doing anything to adjust his game. God damn I wish he would have retired. That SOB is stubborn like a mule.

The only re in this thread is you. It's re ed to assume that Jackson would succeed where Manu failed given that as mediocre as Manu played, Jackson was worse during the regular season. And it's re ed for you to think that Jackson would be better in the playoffs based on his overrated reputation as a playoff gamer when Ginoboli has historically been better than Jackson ever was in the playoffs. It's also re ed of you not to pay attention to what I wrote. I never said Manu played great during the playoffs. I never said his poor play didn't hurt us in Game 6. And I never said he deserved the contract the Spurs gave him. I only said that he was way better than Jackson and only a re would think otherwise. I trust a HOF coach with 4 les over a guy that writes a post after the fact claiming We would have won a le if Jackson was on the team instead of Manu. That is re ed. As mediocre as Manu played, he did have key games in the finals where he impacted our wins. Meanwhile this Jackson this...great playoff performer remains unsigned and likely headed to China next year.

[DJR210]

LMFAO,None of us really know why Stak was cut....

While we don't have an official word from Pop, Jackson more than laid out the reason for his termination. He wanted more PT and refused to agree with Pop that others were ahead of him on the depth chart.

[DJR210]

Referring to a player as "Stak5" tells me you still live with your parents.

30 is the new 20, bossman.

[Budkin]

If no one wanted to pick up Iverson when he was still able to play because he was a cancer then Crack5 has no shot. Getting waived from the San Antonio Spurs a week before the playoffs starts say a lot to the rest of the league. The Spurs are the most respected organization in the NBA by most teams/executives, so I'm sure Jack refusing to reign himself in under the direction of Popovich probably told the rest of the league all they needed to know

This. Nobody is going to ing baby Jack so he won't pout. If he were DH12 maybe, but not some washed up role player.

[hater]

We all saw that Manu was physically healthy during the NBA Finals, he said it himself during interviews. Sadly, being in good health will not be enough for Manu. He NEEDS to adjust his game. He needs to practice and improve his shooting during the offseason. I doubt he will or that he is doing anything to adjust his game. God damn I wish he would have retired. That SOB is stubborn like a mule.

I have to agree. I also understand Manu's stubborness is mainly due to the fact that it's that stubborness which got him his success. He was really not gifted physically or talentwise as say Duncan, so he had to play his way. Unfortunately there was a time couple of years ago for him to cross the thresshold and enter a new age where he cannot play like he did. He just refuses to cross that thresshold and prefers to be babied and conforted by Popovich and the hordes of blind Manufans.

Popovich went even as far as protecting Manu by removing Jax off the team for the sole fact that Jax was dropping truth bombs in the locker room regarding Manu's TOSBaggness

Hater is across the thresshold clamoring at Manu along with a few others "come on Manu, cross over to the other side. Adjust your game. You are just tarnishing your reputation by sitting over there like a spoiled little "

[therealtruth]

It makes no difference that Jackson is currently better than the piss poor version of TMac on this team. TMac didn't get any significant minutes in the playoffs. So even while T-Mac showed he was done in the garbage minutes he got, Jack being better in the garbage minutes wouldn't have mattered. The real truth is that Jackson had the "pressure" reputation based on two games back in 2003. Other than that, he hasn't done much of anything in the playoffs. And you can't cite the Thunder series from two years ago because we lost the game in which he shot well.

Jackson's 2003 performance has caused him to be overrated by some on this website, and underrated by some on the others. While keeping him for beyond 2003 might have yielded good results for the Spurs from 2003-2007, in 2013 and beyond, he is not very good, and in fact, a team cancer. So any talk about him winning us the le against the Heat is laughable.

You forgot Jack's big 3 in game 1 of the WCF 2 years ago in which we won the game. It would have been nice for Pop to have options other than Ginobili with as bad as he was.

[tenbeersbold]

Referring to a player as "Stak5" tells me you still live with your parents.

Umm right...and having a Jaws avatar tells me you have kindergarten tastes in films I guess....

[Chillen]

Your only NBA le came with the Spurs and your wearing a Heat cap with retro Spurs colors, whatever.

[DMC]

Lids don't mean anything. That's why they have so many. It's an accessory.