The Down Years (1985-1989)

[exstatic]

I thought the down years were 08-11.

Roger Mason Jr
Keith Bogans
Kurt Thomas
Matt Bonner
Ime Udoka
Dejuan Blair
Richard Jefferson

Typical spoiled Spurs fan take. We made the playoffs every year during that span.

OP nailed the "down years" perfectly. Amazingly, the Spurs have only missed the playoffs FOUR TIMES since they joined the NBA in 1977. Three of those were during the OP's stated time period.

[exstatic]

07/08-11/12 = what a waste of duncans youth years....handing the keys to a waste of a molecule

Boy, what an idiot you are. Those were NOT Duncan's youth years. He was already 31 at the start of your arbitrary time period. A professional athlete's peak is at 27.

[DMC]

I don't go as far back as a lot of fans on this board. Since I wasn't born until 1979, the only 2 seasons of missing the playoffs I remember are the 88-89 season (when I became a Spurs fan) and of course the 96-97 season.

Exactly, but what made it rough wasn't knowing you had a ty team. It was thinking maybe you didn't, and then finding out you did. Imagine the Blazers ad nauseum.

[Thomas82]

Exactly, but what made it rough wasn't knowing you had a ty team. It was thinking maybe you didn't, and then finding out you did. Imagine the Blazers ad nauseum.

Being a Dallas Cowboys fan, I completely understand this.