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Horry was pissed about something at the dome. He already had that look on his face. Then Bowen made a comment about one of the assistant coaches, and how you could see his influence in the big men like Duncan and Horry. When he said that, you could see the expression on Horry's face change, and he looked seriously angry. He also shot a look when Barry's son was on the front of the stage, handling the trophies.
When Horry got up to talk, he started out with that "Driving Miss Daisy" voice, saying, "There, I'll shahn em up real nice fu yeh." I've watched the guy for way too long...he wasn't happy. And yes, his speech could leave you wondering if it was a farewell. He wouldn't have come across that way at all if everything was happy.
I would guess that he was either worn out with the Bowen/Barry show, or feels like he got slighted somewhere in the process. (Maybe with good reason.) It's not out of the question that his agent has already had some early talks with the Spurs, and they weren't as overwhelmingly enthusiastic as he would have liked. But I think it's just as likely that some of Bruce and Brent's not-funny roasting went a little too far.
I've said this before, and I stand by it: Robert Horry is by far the most under-appreciated member of this team. I graduated from U of H the same year as Hakeem, so I kept up as closely with the Rockets as I did the Spurs for many years. It's no coincidence that the man has seven rings, and that his teams have never gone out in the first round of the playoffs. Yes, he has been on some good teams. But he made huge, key contributions to every one of them. And he has always had an incredible sense of just when to do something extraordinary to chage the momentum of a game. (If you're a Spurs fan, you know that this team would be one trophy lighter without him.) Go back and look at the game in Utah when we just blew the Jazz out of the water in the first quarter, and you will see Horry's handprints all over it. Look at the game where we demoralized Cleveland in the first, and you will see the same thing.
It would be worth a big chunk of change for the Spurs to keep Horry around next year. But if he is leaving, I at least hope that he doesn't feel like he has been pissed on here at the end. Because he could make a HUGE difference to a team like Dallas. Or Utah. Or Denver. Or Phoenix. Against a team that is already good, I would not want to have a pissed off Robert Horry on the other bench.
