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is that german?
THE REGULAR SEASON IS IMPORTANT!!!!!
Many of you think that the spurs will just run into a telephone booth at the end of the season and become Superman in time for the playoffs. They are not payed an unholy amound of money to just coast through the regular season. HCA is a big factor this year and if we keep putting up this kind of tacular effort night in and night out we won't be the #1 seed for long.
I'm not frieking out about last night's loss to OKC or the loss to the Hawks earlier in the month. What I am frieking out about is this teams disturbing lack of effort night in and night out and their complacency with where they're at.
"frieking"
is that german?
It is so December right now....
No doubt. Seems like we have this conversation every year. Chicken Littles come around and lament losses to bad teams -- and curiously, never seem to point to wins over good teams in that process -- screaming that the sky is falling, that the Spurs will fritter away a chance at HCA, that the Spurs don't care, and so on. And every year, the Spurs find a way to end up with HCA for at least a round or two -- in 3 of the last 7 years, to win les and in 2 of the other years, to lose to the eventual champion.
Yes, Spurs fan newcomers, there is much to be concerned about.
I believe in the 03-04 season the Spurs started out 9-10. They went on to a pretty decent record, finishing first in the divison, and having HCA for the first two rounds. We remember what happend in the second round don't we?
HCA doesn't mean , and Robert Horry proved that when he hit the three in Game 5.
He means because you piss and moan at the first sign of trouble. Bandwagoners is a better word.
Spurs fan newcomers who apparently didn't go through the agony of the 80's and 90's -- who have only known a Spurs team that genuinely competes for les.
I was trying to be polite.
Apparently we have this conversation EVERY DAY now. Like I have said before...IT'S EARLY! The season is young. I don't care how many games the Spurs lose in December and January. What matters to me is how many they win in May and June (16 would be nice)!No doubt. Seems like we have this conversation every year.
Point in case. The Game 6 was a clincher as well, and the Pistons took it from us. HCA isn't as big a deal as everyone makes it out to be. The Spurs took care of the Suns and the Sonics on the road last year as well.
That is true, I'm not saying the regular season doesn't matter, but everyone is complaining because the Spurs dropped a few games, with Manu sidelined and Tim injured mind you, and year after year they still don't understand that the Spurs peaker after the All-Star game, and the Rodeo Rode trip, whenever that is this year.
Well, you must not have learned much in that time. I'm too used to seeing Spurs teams have wonderful -- even dominant -- regular seasons only to flame out when it matters most. I'd much prefer a team that builds and grows through the early season to peak when the playoffs roll around. If you'd rather do it the old way, so be it, but curiously, the way that I prefer has resulted in 3 les.
By the way, FWIW, I'm almost 100% certain that this (19-5) is still the best start in the history of the Spurs franchise.
For someone constantly dissing Tony and Tim, you must not know about Sports in general, dumbass.
Um, that's six.
I love it how you portray the Spurs as such a terrible team that they can't win on the road.3-4 @ home
1-2 @ Det.
yeah, HC means nothing
If you haven't noticed, Tony Parker has been carrying this team the entire season and all you ever ing do is say "Holt Cat has Kidd's agent on speed dial."
Grow the up dude. You're making yourself look stupider than most already thought you were.
Is it just me, or are a lot of these threads sounding the same? Normally, I don't about these kind of things, seeing as how I'm not the forum police, but even I'm getting annoyed by it.
We get it. Spurs don't have that killer instinct like the Lakers and Bulls of past and they suck at back to back games and have lost to ty, lottery bound teams. Get over it. Bring some new material to the table.
You do realize that Duncan has an injury, right?
Also, the Spurs haven't lost HCA to anyone yet. They are 19-5 -- a game and a half behind the Pistons for the best record in the league. And there's still nearly sixty games left in the regular season.
There's a long, long way to go.
Everyone would love to see the Spurs burying other teams. But the season is a marathon. There's no reason to freak when Manu is injured, Barry/Finley missed some time, Tim has a lingering injury, etc.
Is it just me, or are a lot of these threads sounding the same? Normally, I don't about these kind of things, seeing as how I'm not the forum police, but even I'm getting annoyed by it.
We get it. Spurs don't have that killer instinct like the Lakers and Bulls of past and they suck at back to back games and have lost to ty, lottery bound teams. Get over it. Bring some new material to the table.
I'm surprised at such talk. Well, I was a Spur fan from Robinson's 1st season. I was about 6 years old. I remember loosing to Portland. The first time I had felt pain that wasn't physical. For those only apart of the Tim Duncan era, this has little use. I remember, through the early to mid 90's, the Spurs would put up an outstanding record during the regular season, only to fall in the first and second rounds. Then Houston, I refuse to talk about this, as in my mind, it didn't happen. Look, since Timmy has come along, the Spurs usually start off slow. They've been doing this every year. When Feburary, March comes around, they start kicking ass. It wouldn't make a difference if Michael Jordan was on this team, we would still start off slow. It's just who we are. Accept it. When June comes, we'll be there. Stop worrying about. We have the greatest foward in the game.
Yes, this is the biggest problem with the beloved Spurs. They are injury-prone. Duncan will likely need surgery before the end of the regular season.
Sure, HCA means something. But the Finals last year showed that in order to win a big series, you have to be able to win on the road. And the difference between having HCA and not having HCA is one home game.
Championship teams don't win les by sweeping their home games -- les are won on the road.
And, again, the Spurs have the best record in the Western Conference in December. That is a huge advantage for them, historically speaking, because in the Popovich-Duncan era, the Spurs are 164-63 after the All-Star break (.722) a number that is diminished by the injury-plagued 18-11 they put up last season. To play at that pace this season would mean that the Spurs were actually slowing down.
Ignorance is curable.
Stupidity is forever.
You better stop right there with your injury talk. Karma will come back and get you. And even though the Blazers can't get much worse -- you don't want to see anything happen to Matt Hasselbeck, do you? Well neither do I.
So just shutup while you can.
You still don't....you are one of those cliff-jumpers who think the world just ended with EVERY LOSS.
Sure I am disappointed but I understand the bigger picture. We start off slowly every year but end up vying for the NBA best record.
Yes....I was a fan in the early 80's when just getting to the playoffs was a chore and a success if we actually made it. The early 80's were even more difficult with ICE, Artis, Mitch, Moore, etc. so close you could taste a le only to be the bridesmaid never the bride.
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