Finley Picks Spurs !!!!

[ChumpDumper]

FINLEY JOINS HEAT

[baseline bum]

Wow... I'm shocked. People are forgetting how good this team was last year. They were on pace for 63-64 wins when Tim got hurt in Detroit. Now you fill their two biggest holes, backup PG and backup SF, with two guys of the caliber of Van Exel and Finley? Holy . The Spurs might have been one of the 10 greatest teams in NBA history if Duncan hadn't gotten hurt, and now they return all but one major rotation player and are now two deep with starters / borderline starters at every position. Unlike the 2000 TrailBlazers though, they have a first ballot hall of fame franchise player in his prime who can carry them.

This is just insane. The team has a ridiculously young yet highly experienced starting lineup, with sick bench depth of veterans who have all played in huge games, save Oberto. Beno Udrih just went from 8th man to 12th! This kind of talent is just ridiculous. You could trade Beno, but for what? What the heck does this team need?

Franchise bigman: Check - Tim Duncan
Bigtime Perimeter scorer: Check - Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker
Lockdown interior defender: Check - Tim Duncan
Lockdown perimeter defender: Check - Bruce Bowen
Three Point Shooting: Check - Manu Ginobili, Brent Barry, Bruce Bowen, Robert Horry, Nick Van Exel, Michael Finley
Fastbreak attack: Check - Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan, Brent Barry
Midrange shooting: Check - Manu Ginobili, Michael Finley, Nick Van Exel
Bigman Depth: Check - Tim Duncan, Nazr Mohammed, Robert Horry, Rasho Nesterovic, Fabreicio Oberto
Clutch Shooting: Check - Tim Duncan, Robert Horry, Nick Van Exel, Manu Ginobili, Michael Finley
Playoff mean-streak: Check - Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Robert Horry, Nick Van Exel, Michael Finley
Outstanding Ball movemont: Check - Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Robert Horry, Brent Barry

Center - Tim Duncan, Nazr Mohammed, Rasho Nesterovic, Fabricio Oberto
Power Forward - Tim Duncan, Robert Horry, Fabricio Oberto
Small Forward - Bruce Bowen, Michael Finley, Robert Horry
Shooting Guard - Manu Ginobili, Brent Barry, Michael Finley, Nick Van Exel, Beno Udrih
Point Guard - Tony Parker, Nick Van Exel, Beno Udrih

Do you realize there's not one garbage player on the active 12? Not one guy who's there just to take up space or fill in for someone when he's hurt. Any of these guys would probably be major rotation players on any other championship contenders in this league - the only one I have doubts about is Oberto, but I'm confident he can play after seeing what he's done for team Argentina.

Duncan
Ginobili
Parker
Bowen
Mohammed
Finley
Horry
Van Exel
Barry
Nesterovic
Udrih
Oberto

Holy ing . The only thing that can derail this team is a serious injury to Tim, Manu, Tony, or Bruce. I can't see how this team's not going to win. I had the same feeling last offseason looking at how stacked we were then, and I called 64-18, and was right until Tim got hurt.

Honestly, I think this is a team that's going to go 68-14. I can't see this team not flirting with 70. The only team that will have any shot whatsoever against the Spurs will be Houston.

Do you guys realize our 12-man rotation has 19 rings between them? Fabricio Oberto is the only player on the team who hasn't played in a conference finals.

Duncan
Ginobili
Parker
Bowen
Finley
Horry
Van Exel
Barry


These are the guys who've had absolutely legendary playoff moments....

Duncan - of course the 21/20/10/8 he put up in game 6 of the 2003 Finals
Ginobili - 15 points in the 4th quarter of game 1 of the Finals
Parker - destroying Jason Kidd in game 3 of the 2003 Finals
Bowen - 28 points while holding Kobe Bryant to like 18 in game 2 of the 2003 WCSF
Finley - Singlehandedly beating the Utah Jazz in 2000
Horry - 21 points and the game-winner in the Final 17:01 of game 5 of the 2005 Finals
Van Exel - Singlehandedly beat the 2003 Kings
Barry - 21 points on 5-8 from the three-point line in game 1 of the 2005 WCF on the road

[Samr]

Cuban's paying the salary of the guy that ends any faint dream of him seeing the finals. Sweeeeeet.

That is awsome.

Cuban is, for all intents and purposes, PAYING a guy to kick his ass.

Oh well. One man's trash is another team's treasure.

The Mavs just got PUNK'D!!!

[Brutalis]

I wonder how long it takes for someone to edit Finley into a Spurs uniform.

Anyways. I dont wan't to make anymore moves right now. I like this squad.

It's up to us now, if we keep it or give it away. I'm happy about our chances but still optimistic. I hope our 3 stay focused.

[Dre_7]

nooooo..!!

We will see what you will be saying in June. :p

[SpursWoman]

FINLEY JOINS HEAT

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Spurs are going to win 82 games this season.

[ChumpDumper]

If I had photoshop on my work machine I might have tried putting the quote in the paper -- feel free to do so. That could be nice for rubbing folks noses in it.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Damn this roster is absolutely ing sick.

I don't see how they WON'T get 70 wins with a healthy Duncan.

This team looks like an absolute juggernaut for the next 3-5 years.

[E20]

This feeling I have is like 100000000000000000 orgasms.....................

[timvp]

Awesome post, BBum

Finley - Singlehandedly beating the Utah Jazz in 2000

That is the series I think about when I hear his name. He was AMAZING in that series. I remember some of those games where he would come up the court and drain 28 foot threes late in the game. He was on fire and was knocking down shots that were closer to half court than the freakin' three point line.

He's had some other not so great playoff moments, but he did that against the Jazz ... a team the Spurs have never beat in the playoffs.

[exstatic]

Thank you list:

Cuban - for paying Mikey to play here.
Hoopsworld - For calling Miami.
NVE - For recruiting.
Riles - For poor recruiting. First, no Horry. Then, no NVE. Finally, no Finley.

I don't want to hear ANYONE from this thread bash Finley when he's out half the season and/or PO's with a stiff back.

That would have only happened in Phoenix. He won't have to play but 20-25 minutes here.

[OH BE 1 GINOBLI]

I'm steal hurtin bad over losing Devin our local kid. Maybe we could trade Barry for a future draft pic and cash and still sign Devin?

[Spurminator]

FINLEY JOINS HEAT

Yeah dude, you've got to rig that up at some point.

[Solid D]

Thank you list:

Cuban - for paying Mikey to play here.
Hoopsworld - For calling Miami.
NVE - For recruiting.
Riles - For poor recruiting. First, no Horry. Then, no NVE. Finally, no Finley.

Pop - for double-dog daring Finley to prove him wrong by his Phoenix Suns prediction.

[Solid D]

FINLEY JOINS HEAT

Post of the year, ChumpDumper

[Shelly]

[RonMexico]

I'm steal hurtin bad over losing Devin our local kid. Maybe we could trade Barry for a future draft pic and cash and still sign Devin?

Just kill Brent Barry - save the NBA and then sign Devin and trade Finley to Suns for Brian Grant

[bdubya]

Nice job.

Seconded. (grumble grumble grumble ).

[RonMexico]

Post of the year, ChumpDumper

No, once again, you SoliDify yourself as the king of the pussies for the second straight thread

[SpursWoman]

Holy crap, that's right!


Now we'll have Will Smith AND Billy Ocean!

[SpursWoman]

No, once again, you SoliDify yourself as the king of the pussies for the second straight thread

[vsnba]

spurs win repeat as long Tim and Manu Healthy. some one like Tony get injured not porblem Van excel and Finely will be enough to win championship

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

At the end of games:

NVE
Manu
Finley
Horry
Duncan

Go ahead, double Tim, I dare you

[BlueShark#6]

Sweet Glory...trophy #4 is ours...FVCK Yeah...I am partying tonite...I can't wait for the season to start....that is the best news all damn week (besides NVE signing)