Why are Spurs fans and Players so jealous??

[SpursFanFirst]

While I agree with you on this, there have been enough threads like this or about Kobe or whatnot started by Spurs fans themselves.

I don't care who starts them...they're annoying.

[JonVito]

Just curious (and I'm not talking crap)... Are all the Cavs fans who post on message boards really young or you guys just don't use capital letters when you type?

just a quicker way to write i guess??


i didnt know you need to use caps to make a post more readable


nor did i think i was being graded for my grammar

[JonVito]

LOL no it won't that is not anywhere close to the level of Jordan over Ewing at the Garden. Ewing actually stepped up and tried to block it, Tim just stood there with his arms straight up in the air, he did not try to block the shot he was trying to draw the charge.

that dunk will be on the LBJ highlight reel for the rest of his career

it was an amazing dunk

just admit it

[UV Ray]

You shouldn't be such an arrogant ass - it was not that long ago relatively speaking that Phoenix only had the Suns (and minor league hockey and minor league baseball). I grew up there and it's a very similar town to San Antonio.

City smack is about as weak as it gets.

TRAITOR!

[Kori Ellis]

Lack of capitalization and/or punctuation does make posts less readable. But I wasn't grading you - I was just asking because it's so common with Cavs fans.

[JonVito]

Lack of capitalization and/or punctuation does make posts less readable. But I wasn't grading you - I was just asking because it's so common with Cavs fans.

i dont know about generalizing it down to Cavs fans....i post mainly on the ESPN message boards and about 90% of the posters type w/o caps

[Kori Ellis]

i dont know about generalizing it down to Cavs fans....i post mainly on the ESPN message boards and about 90% of the posters type w/o caps

I think that's because the average there is very young and they don't quite know how to type yet

[cornbread]

Oh you are very correct there. Unfortunately, with only 1 major le amongst the major sports, many remain fans of their former cities until one teams starts to win many games, like the DBacks did and now with the Suns being around the top every year.

I imagine it could be the similar around here if we had more teams. We're a one horse town so most people are pretty passionate. Many SAers also have loyalties to the Cowboys/Texans, Astros/Rangers, and a major university but the majority of passion seems to be reserved for the hometown team.

[TampaDude]

Winning is never boring!

[exstatic]

i dont know about generalizing it down to Cavs fans....i post mainly on the ESPN message boards and about 90% of the posters type w/o caps

That would explain a LOT.

Any Spurs fan you may have seen complain is probably a newbie. Most of the fans who have followed the team during the Duncan era know the score, and have come to enjoy flying under the radar and knocking off the NBA prefered and publicized teams.

[marini martini]

Here's what I find irritating, and it's not about jealousy as someone put it earlier...

I come on this site because I love the Spurs and I want to be surrounded by other Spurs' fans...I want to talk/read Spurs basketball.
And, I think it's great that some fans of other teams have found this board because it makes it more enjoyable to hear other viewpoints.

What ISN'T enjoyable is logging in, to the Spurs page, only to find every other thread devoted to LeBron James.
If I want to read about James, I can go to the NBA forum, ESPN.com, SI.com, etc.

Well said

[GSH]

spurs fans are spoiled jackass es

their styles and ways piss me off

spurs fans they are the worse fans a team can get

only cheering when they win n

that

Is that a haiku?

[JonVito]

I think that's because the average there is very young and they don't quite know how to type yet

probably...

im 21, maybe it is just a younger generation thing


actually i assume it stems from the AOL Instant Messenger phenomena...i grew up on that thing

[FromWayDowntown]

I'll take a stab at the original question and avoid all of the dropping s about which City is better than another.

I think one reason that Cavs fans might sense "jealousy" is frustration among Spurs fans that this team has already won 3 les and has been a routine championship contender for the last decade, participating in several of the league's best playoff series during that time. For that effort, the Spurs are roundly decried as boring and largely ignored, despite having (IMO) the dominant player of this era.

Now the Spurs reach the Finals and play against a group that hasn't done anything worthy of note until this season since the early 1990's. As the teams prepare to meet in the Finals, there's no interest in trying to debunk the "Spurs are boring" myth or in examining just what has put the Spurs on the verge of seizing the le of Team of the Decade for their own. Instead, we get wall-to-wall coverage and fawning over a 22-year old. That 22-year old is undoubtedly a wunderkind and will likely conclude his career as one of the greatest players to ever play the game. But his resume pales in comparison to Duncan's resume at the same juncture of their careers. Despite that, Duncan never, ever gained the sort of widespread acclaim and media worship that inures to Lebron.

For some Spurs fans, that disconnect can be quite frustrating. I frankly don't think the Spurs themselves give a damn.

[JonVito]

Is that a haiku?

lmao


could be

[MrChug]

ok i did not start this thread to be a troll cesspool...but damn it sure has become one

Ever heard of the phrase: "The Bigger They Come, the Harder They Fall" troll?

The more hype a team or an individual gets the failure becomes that much more monumental and embarassing when it happens. That monkey on the back gets bigger, smellier, and hairier.

Conversely-when teams are disrespected, fly under the radar, and gets no love, the accomplishment becomese that much sweeter.

[dbreiden83080]

that dunk will be on the LBJ highlight reel for the rest of his career

it was an amazing dunk

just admit it

It was a great dunk but he did not own Duncan. How do you own someone who is making no attempt to block your shot. Look at it again he was trying to draw the charge, it's that simple.

[duncan228]

I'll take a stab at the original question and avoid all of the dropping s about which City is better than another.

I think one reason that Cavs fans might sense "jealousy" is frustration among Spurs fans that this team has already won 3 les and has been a routine championship contender for the last decade, participating in several of the league's best playoff series during that time. For that effort, the Spurs are roundly decried as boring and largely ignored, despite having (IMO) the dominant player of this era.

Now the Spurs reach the Finals and play against a group that hasn't done anything worthy of note until this season since the early 1990's. As the teams prepare to meet in the Finals, there's no interest in trying to debunk the "Spurs are boring" myth or in examining just what has put the Spurs on the verge of seizing the le of Team of the Decade for their own. Instead, we get wall-to-wall coverage and fawning over a 22-year old. That 22-year old is undoubtedly a wunderkind and will likely conclude his career as one of the greatest players to ever play the game. But his resume pales in comparison to Duncan's resume at the same juncture of their careers. Despite that, Duncan never, ever gained the sort of widespread acclaim and media worship that inures to Lebron.

For some Spurs fans, that disconnect can be quite frustrating. I frankly don't think the Spurs themselves give a damn.

Once again, thank you FWD.

[ducks]

The vast majority on this board live in San Antonio I'm sure.

WRONG

[ShoogarBear]

Is this thread supposed to an example of the coordinated attacks that Suns and Cavs fans are coming up with on the Cavs boards?

[FromWayDowntown]

It was a great dunk but he did not own Duncan. How do you own someone who is making no attempt to block your shot. Look at it again he was trying to draw the charge, it's that simple.

I think the focus on that play is interesting. In the first place, it's not as if Lebron beat Timmy off the dribble and then threw down on him. I was watching that night from that end of the building and it seemed pretty clear to me that Tim slid over thinking that he might have a play, realized that if he went up to try to deny the dunk, he was likely going to draw a foul and might still give up the score and, instead of giving up a 3 point play, stood still hoping not to be called for a block. It's a fantastically athletic play by Lebron, but saying that he dunked on Duncan seems silly -- Duncan was in the picture, but obviously wasn't doing a damned thing to try to stop the dunk.

[JonVito]

I'll take a stab at the original question and avoid all of the dropping s about which City is better than another.

I think one reason that Cavs fans might sense "jealousy" is frustration among Spurs fans that this team has already won 3 les and has been a routine championship contender for the last decade, participating in several of the league's best playoff series during that time. For that effort, the Spurs are roundly decried as boring and largely ignored, despite having (IMO) the dominant player of this era.

Now the Spurs reach the Finals and play against a group that hasn't done anything worthy of note until this season since the early 1990's. As the teams prepare to meet in the Finals, there's no interest in trying to debunk the "Spurs are boring" myth or in examining just what has put the Spurs on the verge of seizing the le of Team of the Decade for their own. Instead, we get wall-to-wall coverage and fawning over a 22-year old. That 22-year old is undoubtedly a wunderkind and will likely conclude his career as one of the greatest players to ever play the game. But his resume pales in comparison to Duncan's resume at the same juncture of their careers. Despite that, Duncan never, ever gained the sort of widespread acclaim and media worship that inures to Lebron.

For some Spurs fans, that disconnect can be quite frustrating. I frankly don't think the Spurs themselves give a damn.

I understand what you are saying...being from Ohio though and being an avid sports fan, i see the Spurs as being one of the most respected franchises in all of sports

why they are considered "boring" is not hard to figure out...their best player, Tim Duncan, is nicknamed, "the big fundamental"...hes not flashy, just gets the job done...in fact the whole team plays that way

you watch a Cavs game and you are bound to see some of the most athletic and jaw dropping plays around...and the media can sell that kind of stuff, not so much with bank shots and layups

[JonVito]

the fact he jumped over a 7-footer with his hands as high as he could get them...slammed the ball threw the net and on to Timmys face and damn near knocked the big guy down...makes it legendary

[dbreiden83080]

It's a fantastically athletic play by Lebron, but saying that he dunked on Duncan seems silly -- Duncan was in the picture, but obviously wasn't doing a damned thing to try to stop the dunk.

I agree you want to see someone getting owned check this out, now this is legendary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HDdT1oBcXA

[michaelwcho]

Well for starters, how about every major sport, along with the non major ones, 2 nascar stops, PGA stop, and a major college, so of course fans will not stick on one team as much.

He said "nascar"...heh heh...