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Ignore it.
Don't stoop to such lows as responding to him.
Thats what he and his paper, blog, whatever wants.
Just shake your head, and ignore it.
thats what the Spurs would do, thats the classy thing to do.
This is the column that the guys on the ticket were talking about earlier today. Wally and Vex asked people to write to this bas to give him a bunch of right back at him (imagine: George Karl's team sportswriter calling Tim Duncan a wailing crybaby.
I think alot of us agree that Tim probably argues calls a bit much--but the guy has never been critical after a game about the way it was called.
He does not complain about the way other players play the game.
So;
GEORGE KARL--GO YOURSELF, DIP :
Remember this asshole's address:
Staff writer Mark Kiszla can be reached at 303-954-1053 or [email protected].
A fine whine, Duncan style
By Mark Kiszla
Article Last Updated: 04/18/2007 11:55:40 PM MDT
NBA referee Joey Crawford looks like Curly, struts with the pugnacity of Moe and can act like a total stooge, which is why the toughest whistle-blower in basketball got himself booted from the league playoffs.
But the only thing worse than a grouchy, old ref is a whining millionaire athlete who groans about bad calls.
Will somebody please fetch little Timmy Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs a crying towel?
Duncan said Wednesday he hopes the Spurs can "get a fair shake" from the referees during the upcoming playoff series against the Nuggets in the aftermath of Crawford's suspension by commissioner David Stern.
Wah. Wah. Wah.
Listen to little Timmy cry.
Isn't Duncan openly questioning the integrity of league refs?
Seeing how Crawford was severely punished for recently picking a fight with Duncan during a nationally televised game, doesn't San Antonio's superstar deserve more than $25,000 slap on the wrist for feeding the crazy but common su ion that the NBA playoffs are somehow rigged?
If Duncan really wants to promote the absurd idea the refs will be out to get him or the beloved Spurs, maybe the 6-foot-11 conspiracy theorist should take his ball and go home.
Thanks to Duncan, the NBA has its first big storyline of the postseason, and it's the last one that Stern wants.
A series that should focus on a showdown between guards Tony Parker of San Antonio and Denver's Allen Iverson will instead be all about the ridiculous stare downs between Duncan and the refs every time a traveling violation is whistled.
The Spurs, who probably benefit from as many favorable calls in a league that obviously protects its stars, now have the audacity to be worried about retribution from league officials.
That's a joke.
I'm not here to defend Crawford, designated as the league's tough guy to keep the peace for so long that he developed a Dirty Harry complex.
After three decades of being judge, jury and executioner in basketball arenas nationwide, Crawford committed a ref's worst sin and allowed his hot-tempered ego to grow so big as to regard himself as more important than the athletes fans pay to see. You don't have to go far to find a player, franchise owner or even a league executive who has felt insulted by Crawford's wrath.
But less than 12 months after the Dallas Mavericks pushed the notion they were jobbed by the refs during their collapse in the NBA Finals against Miami, the quality of the officiating in what promises to be a contentious postseason is certain to decline because Crawford has been banned from participating.
"Joey is a great ref and does an incredible job, and I don't say that about many referees," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "Most referees, I go 'Ugh.' But Joey, when you see him on the court, you know he gets angry and he has a personality, but you usually feel you're going to get a good game."
You can bet that early in the series between the Nuggets and Spurs the refs will take no guff from anybody, so don't be surprised by an endless procession to the free-throw line that will wreck the flow and beauty of games.
Duncan is deservedly acclaimed as a good guy who speaks softly and carries a big shot.
When it comes to referees, however, little Timmy is a big baby.
The lingering image of Team USA's humiliation at the 2004 Olympics is Duncan pouting after almost every foul called against him. It made the man appear to the rest of the world as one excuse-making, ugly American, constantly looking to blame a ref for our lousy basketball performance at the Summer Games.
Upon getting tossed by Crawford while laughing on the San Antonio bench, Duncan again played the victim to the hilt.
"Joey knew exactly what he was doing. He came into this game with a personal vendetta against me. It had to be," Duncan said Sunday, after the loss to Dallas.
Personal vendetta? My, aren't we paranoid?
A lesser player could have been suspended for a comment so damaging to the league's integrity.
Better be careful not to hurt yourself in the playoffs, little Timmy. You might trip over that pouting lower lip.
Ignore it.
Don't stoop to such lows as responding to him.
Thats what he and his paper, blog, whatever wants.
Just shake your head, and ignore it.
thats what the Spurs would do, thats the classy thing to do.
Ignore it. Writers aren't without someone to read them, and the more riled up the better. It's best just to keep them guessing...apathy is their worst enemy.
This is just the first salvo. Bernie Lincicome -- the Rocky Mountain Jackass who went after Manu in 2005 and still bangs on him at every opportunity -- hasn't apparently loaded his pea shooter yet.
Anyone who gets pissed off about things that sportswriters write is going to have a field day with the Denver media.
spurswoman as usual is 100% right.
If you don't write to them, the lack of attention really is what affects them more than anything.
I hope timmy hears of this bcuz the 3time Finals MVP doesnt need Xtra motivation
Who cares..it's called freedom of speech. He can say what he wants. Let's see how his team fares against ours.
Ass-hat reporter from NBA backwater strikes again. WGAF?
To get revenge on a sports writer, don't click on the link and don't send them an email. An internet sports writer is nothing without page views.
nothing to see here. Move along, move along.
him.
Idi jebi svoga tatu u supak jebeno govno jedno!
he's just pissed cause duncan gets the respect from the league as the best player, and not cheap azz carmelo anthony
Isn't this the same writer that wrote all those articles about Manu a few years ago?
i emailed him, and promised him another email everytime the spurs win another game.
What he said.
so how's he going to react when the whiners team wins the series?
Everyone here is correct....don't even acknowledge that by emailing him. You do that, then Spurs fans become whiners in his articles.
This series is going to be over quickly so these beat reporters need to get in their assinine columns while they still have a chance.
.......nice........A series that should focus on a showdown between guards Tony Parker of San Antonio and Denver's Allen Iverson
What else is he going to write about? Which player on the Thuggets has the most cornrows or tatoos?
Maybe he should write an essay on sucker punches?
I like Kizsla's Broncos pages.
No.
That's Bernie Lincicome (FWD mentioned it above).
As was said earlier...
What relevance does his whining with the officials hold? He wasn't whining the day he got ejected, plain and simple. All he was doing was laughing.
As for the Olympics, I'm sure it was mainly a difference of rules which explained why he picked up so many fouls. It's gotten so bad for USA basketball that writers are now going after the players that actually had the balls to go in 04
whining about whining?
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