Typical unimaginative nonsense. Used to be you actually had to know how to write to work for Sports Illustrated. But the replies from you guys who take this seriously will be entertaining.
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Stylish the Spurs aren't, winners they are
Posted: Friday June 10, 2005 12:09PM; Updated: Friday June 10, 2005 12:09PM
Nobody likes the Spurs.
Let's face it, if you aren't living in San Antonio and weren't one of the thousands of Spurs fans donning face paint and packing the SBC Center Thursday night, you may not like them either. They're annoying. On one hand you have Manu Ginobili, the pinballing Argentinean whose floor burns are starting to become a fashion statement. On the other is Bruce Bowen, who may be the only starter in the league who can play 35 minutes, score zero points, and still call his night a success. Ray Allen doesn't like Bowen. Vince Carter doesn't like Bowen. It's enough to wonder if Bowen even likes Bowen. You think he would trade those defensive awards for maybe one or two trips to the All-Star game and a shot at a scoring le? Don't forget, Rick Pitino once said Bowen was a jump shot away from being a great player -- then again, Pitino said that about everybody.
The point is the Spurs are not a fun bunch to play. Nor are they an engaging bunch in following the lead of their purposefully bland leader, Tim Duncan.
But they just keep winning.
If you're one of the 37 fans that watched Game 1 of the NBA Finals last night in its entirety, you have to wonder if this team can be beat. The Spurs started sluggishly, but that was to be expected. They had been calcifying for eight days after dispatching the Suns in the conference finals. But after falling behind by as many as 11 points in the first half, San Antonio found its game. And the Pistons didn't stand a chance.
Sitting in press row Thursday night, it was stunning how ineffective the vaunted Pistons defense was against the Spurs' backcourt, especially Ginobili. Rip Hamilton wasn't strong enough to guard him and Tayshaun Prince wasn't quick enough to stay with him. Play him tight, Ginobili blows by you; give him some space, he hits the jumper. In short, he has become impossible to guard. Now I have my su ions that when the Olympic gold-medal winner goes to the rim he doesn't have any intention of scoring, but rather is out merely to create the necessary contact to get to the free throw line. No matter, the man gets the job done.
But a lot of the reasons why the Spurs took Game 1 can be found in the Pistons' .377 shooting mark from the floor. And a lot of the credit for that goes to Bowen.
With apologies to the orbiting Ron Artest, Bowen is the best on-the-ball defender in the league. He's quick, he's fast and his hands are in constant motion. More important, Bowen is smart. How many times have you heard what a cheap shot artist Bowen is, or how his style is more suited for playing with pads than in shorts? And that's what Bowen wants you to think because that's when he has you. "I'm in your head," Bowen must think. "You're thinking about me when you dribble. You're thinking about me when you shoot. Complain all you want. I'll laugh my way all the way to another diamond ring."
Seriously, how many players could average 0.0 points in a seven-game series and still warrant consideration for Finals MVP?
History will invariably remember the Spurs as a boring bunch. , you could move the team to Negril, hire dancing girls and make cliff jumping part of the halftime show and you would still struggle to find an audience. History will remember that. But history will also remember what the Spurs have done. It's what they have done all along. Win.
as long as they remember they were winners. All that matters to me.History will invariably remember the Spurs as a boring bunch. , you could move the team to Negril, hire dancing girls and make cliff jumping part of the halftime show and you would still struggle to find an audience. History will remember that. But history will also remember what the Spurs have done. It's what they have done all along. Win.
Exactly. Embrace the hatred. People can complain and all they want, we're going for our 3rd le and there's plenty more in the future.
We can't get no respect. Even the articles which say good things "dis" us.
Jealous much?
Do you guys think sooner or later we will become the new Lakers? or will that be the Heat?
wtf new lakers?
our team is The SPURS man.
Boring you said?
hummmmmm
Should we put some red ink in Manu's nose???
Tony will be great wearing afro style??
TD need to wear a masK, that's it
Pop, you need to smile to reportes man ... you are the problem ... and remember Suns' owner ... plz act like him
I like being "one of the few" that loves the Spurs. Especially me not being in San Antonio.
Yeah, I read that today, wanted to write the guy. Then realized he's probably a total brainless who believes, since he writes for Sports Illustrated, that he's God's gift to men, women, and little puppies and would write back how laaaaaaame it is to have to watch the Spurs play.
What a whiney little .
Just because the Spurs aren't popular in the USA, doesn't mean they aren't popular in the rest of the world. We have a huge fan base in South America, France, Slovenia, Virgin Islands...
i had 37 people watching the game from my house alone......ggggeeeesshhhhhhh!
Add 5 from here
Duncan's jersey is top 10 in the league in sales, someone must think he's more than boring.
funny! i like these articles!
Wrong, history will only remember the banners hanging in the rafters.
this just pisses me off... i dont know i know im supposed to ignore and all that but its just re ed how they pay a ing idiot to write this and here i am broke as ..
Dude that's ing obvious, but I can tell that the Spurs will begin being hated just like everyone is right now...
Everyone hates the two teams in the playoffs because they are winning teams. We have 3 superstars..... And apparently no one likes em, as an opposite Fan.
That's what I was wondering....I really can't believe they are giving us les like this when we are in the finals and we got guys like Ginobili, Parker, and Duncan... I'm sorry but by seeing things they see all night I can't see this team as a boring one... then again, this is me.
I was watching the pistons/heat series and I got bored... I think it's because we dont have many Spurs fans..
People should shut their mouths and compare other teams.
The Spurs had plenty of exciting games this season.
Ahh, nvm I don't care what anyone says about this team.
You know, people called the Rockets boring back in the day. Before 2003 whenever I asked someone on the West Coast which finals was the worst they ALWAYS said 1994, which is unbelievable to me. Olajuwon was so much fun to watch, the series went 7, and so on... but as long as a team not from one of the coasts or Chicago wins, it doesn't mean . 94 Rockets? 95 Rockets? So what? Jordan would have kicked their asses. 99 Spurs? Asterisk. 2003 Spurs? Yawn. 2004 Pistons? Malone was hurt and Kobe was worn down from rape charges.
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