Another article by Mark Kiszla: "Spurs on their way out"

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"Here's the deal," Carlos Villarreal, the friendly manager at San Antonio's El Mirador restaurant, told me Wednesday morning. "You guys from Denver let the Spurs win one more year, then you can take over. Our team is old. All we want is one more championship run."

"We're scared," Villarreal had explained at the breakfast table. Then, he added something truly revealing: "I'm going to light some candles."

At least we now know AmusedDaySleeper's real name.

[rasho8]

5 Carmelo Anthony F 6-8 230 05/29/1984 22 Syracuse 3
25 Steve Blake G 6-3 172 02/26/1980 27 Maryland 3
23 Marcus Camby C-F 6-11 235 03/22/1974 33 Massachusetts 10
4 Anthony Carter G 6-2 195 06/16/1975 31 Hawaii 7
5 Yakhouba DiawaraG 6-7 225 08/29/1982 24 Pepperdine R
30 Reggie Evans F 6-8 245 05/18/1980 26 Iowa 4
3 Allen Iverson G 6-0 165 06/07/1975 31 Georgetown 10
8 DerMarr Johnson F 6-9 210 05/05/1980 26 Cincinnati 5
43 Linas Kleiza F 6-8 245 01/03/1985 22 Missouri 1
6 Kenyon Martin F 6-9 240 12/30/1977 29 Cincinnati 6
21 Eduardo Najera F 6-8 235 07/11/1976 30 Oklahoma 6
31 Nenê F-C 6-11 268 09/13/1982 24 Brazil 4
7 Jamal Sampson F-C 6-11 235 05/15/1983 26 California 4
1 J.R. Smith G 6-6 220 09/09/1985 21 St. Benedict's 2
22 Von Wafer G 6-5 210 07/21/1985 21 Florida State 1
avg 26.2

17 Brent Barry G 6-7 210 12/31/1971 35 Oregon State 11
15 Matt Bonner F 6-10 240 04/05/1980 27 Florida 2
12 Bruce Bowen F 6-7 200 06/14/1971 35 Cal State 10
45 Jackie Butler C 6-10 260 03/10/1985 22 Coastal 2
21 Tim Duncan F-C 6-11 260 04/25/1976 31 Wake Forest 9
16 Francisco Elson C 7-0 235 02/28/1976 31 California 3
2 Melvin Ely F-C 6-10 261 05/02/1978 28 Fresno State 4
4 Michael Finley G-F 6-7 225 03/06/1973 34 Wisconsin 11
20 Manu Ginobili G 6-6 205 07/28/1977 29 Argentina 4
5 Robert Horry F-C 6-10 240 08/25/1970 36 Alabama 14
7 Fabricio Oberto C 6-10 245 03/21/1975 32 Argentina 1
9 Tony Parker G 6-2 180 05/17/1982 24 France 5
14 Beno Udrih G 6-3 200 07/05/1982 24 Slovenia 2
11 Jacque Vaughn G 6-1 190 02/11/1975 32 Kansas 9
33 James White G-F 6-7 200 10/21/1982 24 Cincinnati R
avg 29.8

Oh yeah.. and with the 3 year average age diff... comes 3 rings. Sucks to be a nugget.

[td4mvp21]

This guy is ridiculous if he is counting out the Spurs. Sounds like the Nuggets are a little too confident. I hope we blow them out on their own court.

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I just hope the Spurs actually start playing well before they make this guy look like he knows what he's talking about.

[Spurs Dynasty 21]

This guy is ridiculous if he is counting out the Spurs. Sounds like the Nuggets are a little too confident. I hope we blow them out on their own court.

Spurs can't just win on Saturday, bu they need to blow them out



I'm talking 20+ pts

[L.I.T]

Blah, blah, blah? And blah. I'm surprised his computer hasn't committed suicide.

The problem is, I can't tell whether this guy is just spin-doctoring quotes from the Nuggets, or they really are that absurdly over-confident. I would expect drivel like that from Kenyon Martin, but you'd think that AI has been through enough battles in his career.

Maybe it has something to do with the al ude. Any studies out there on high al udes leading to idiocy?

[judaspriestess]

this was just a stupid waste of time. What a rude article and talk about overcompensating

but this, now this is a beautiful thing to hear a damn good coach say:

" 'We were older than dirt,' " Popovich remembered hearing about his team. " 'We needed to get this guy, or that guy, on the perimeter to get something done.' "

So he walked into the locker room one day and told his team, "We're not going to make a trade. We're not looking for a savior. It's right here in this room."-Gregg Popovich

[GrandeDavid]

and fat

[rasho8]

This is the that constantly rags the Spurs? I hope we sweep the rest of the series to shut him the up.

[ShoogarBear]

Can't wait for this jackass's next column.

[SPARKY]

Next column?

"Spurs on their way out to Phoenix".

[judaspriestess]

This is the that constantly rags the Spurs? I hope we sweep the rest of the series to shut him the up.

Its nozzle

[JustSpurs]

Wow, this guy is a bomb!

[Kevin Blackistone]

Spurs are on their way out
By Matt Kizzla


Once, as every bone in the body of San Antonio big-shot artist Robert Horry creaked as he raised himself from splatting on the floor, I swear you could see the AARP card slip from his pocket. The Spurs are old. They're ornery. They won't go quietly. But their roster has too much mileage to make a long playoff run.

I wonder if Kizsla has gotten that AARP card dislodged from his and every other Nugget's colon...

'Cause Big Shot Bob just shoved it square up their collective ASSES

[shelshor]

Mercifully, it looks like Kiszla decided to rag on Mike Shanahan for Sunday's column
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_5775801

Instead we get Woody Paige's last 2 columns
Trying to stir up a long time rivalry:
http://www.denverpost.com/paige/ci_5760652
Nuggets' battle cry: Remember the ABA

And his column for today--seems to want to take JR Smith to the woodshed for game 3:
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_5777496
Who shot the Nuggets? J.R.

[ShoogarBear]

Mercifully, it looks like Kiszla decided to rag on Mike Shanahan for Sunday's column
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_5775801

So he's a cowardly piece of . What a suprise.

[sabar]

Nuggets on their way out of the playoffs?
Spurs on their way out to the second round?

[ChumpDumper]

Great, maybe we can get JR in a trade this summer.

[supaphly119]

"I feel this is a loss we can build on," Karl said. The Nuggets lead in moral victories, 2-0, but it's not a best-of-moral-victories series, and moral victories are for satisfied losers.

Karl said the Nuggets had a great shoot-around Saturday morning. The Nuggets also lead the series in shoot-arounds, but trail where it counts, 2-1.

i thought this part was funny...

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I cannot believe how many people are throwing JR under the bus. AI did it, 'melo did it and Karl did it. JR's foul on Manu was thuggish, but he doesn't deserve to be blamed for the loss by everyone in his organization.

[sabar]

The Nuggets ran out of material, you can only rag on Manu and complain about FT discrepencies so much.

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The Nuggets ran out of material, you can only rag on Manu and complain about FT discrepencies so much.

But it's like a talking point; his teammates, his coach, and the newspapers just picked it up and repeated it, almost simultaneously.

[jmard5]

Well, this is my favorite:

"The Nuggets may be younger and more athletic overall and as talented as the Spurs, but the Spurs are more experienced in the playoffs, wiser in these games and better from the three-point arc and stronger from the bench."

What a complete 180 degree turn. I thought the Spurs are "in their way out"?

Moron.

[Cry Havoc]

So I guess it was J.R.'s fault that the Nuggets were unable to contain Duncan in the post? It was his fault that Finley was WIDE open all day from 3? (So was Bowen, incidentally, but he missed his shots.) It was J.R. that could contain Parker in the lane or took too many 18-20 foot jump shots with 13 seconds left on the clock?

This was a team loss by the Nuggets and a team WIN by the Spurs. Horry was clutch. Finley just drilled them. Duncan was incredible on the defensive end.

Once again, an example of the media hyping a young, inexperienced team after the first game of a series and then not knowing how they could lose the next to and be put in a compromising position. Idiots.

[Spurs Dynasty 21]

what's this guys latest article?