TP, TD and Manu are averaging 20 pt/game. This is the first time in 20 years that 3 teammates have done that in the Finals. Last threesome to do so? Bird McHale, and Parrish in 1987 along with Worthy Kareem and Magic, also in 87.
Yet this team is not "sexy" and are boring.
I think the boring le is quickly fading....you never see any more media articles talking about how boring they are, they all say how exciting Spur basketball is right now. I also like Sean Elliott's column today talking about how the success of LeBron and how he is in the finals is making people tune in and realize just how exciting this Spur team is.
Go! Spurs! Go!
that's a damn exclusive club to belong to.
props to the boys as they roll on to their 4th ring..
this has got to be one of the most exciting Spurs teams we have ever had. Anybody who calls us boring is just not watching the games.
I honestly don't find the Spurs boring eversince.
The Spurs are boring. Why do you think the TV ratings are so low?
Just this morning, Mike and Mike called them boring when they were interviewing Mike Wilbon, when asking why nobody watches this team. Wilbon went on to say that the Spurs were 22nd in the league in road attendence even behind the Washington Wizzards. He blames Tim Duncan's lack of charisma and he continued shunning of media and of Madison Ave. He said Manu and Parker are very "sexy" and marketable, but since TD is the leader, the Spurs take on his personality. I think he nailed it right there. If TD had Magic's smile, the Spurs would be off the charts in popularity.
Too bad
Correct, and they are imbeciles
Because we are not in a major US market. BTW, how many Spurs fans really care about how many other people watch?
popularity doesnt win Championships. If the road attendance was last in the league that is just fine with me, just less crowd noise we have to deal with.
I think the low ratings are good for Spurs fans. It's good fodder for conspiracy theories whenever we lose a close game. Can you imagine if we were stuck in a position like Suns fans, knowing that you lost to an opponent that no commissioner in his right mind would try to rig a series for?
why do you think we give a rat's ass about TV ratings?
i don't work for or have a vested interest in ABC/ESPN other than my better be in HD.
I think when your a Spurs fan you don't see them as boring, just fundamentally sound. For the other folks who watch the NBA, they see them as boring because they tend to loose to them a lot.
A friend here at work is a Dallas M fan and thats all he keeps talking about! Spurs are boring this and boring that! He is just furious that his team got eliminated in the first round!
Exactly--what is it to us if we don't draw ratings? We're not making money off of advertising. Heck, if the NBA were a little less popular maybe TNT could get the WCF and Finals and we wouldn't have to put up with the damn seasick-cam.
Speaking seasick cam, isn't there some kind of crusade we can start decrying the barf-o-vision camera? i noticed they tried to raise the level of the camera to get better height but it still felt like I was on a boat.
Personally I think the ratings would be better if the TNT crew was covering the Finals. People enjoy barkley and crew more than anyone on ABC/ESPN plus I think that TNT does a good job advertising for the game, I have not seen much advertising by ABC or ESPN for this series.
link? I'd like to read that article.
Do you watch TV shows when you already know the ending?
It's very boring not to have your team at the finals. Yep.
TP, TD and Manu are averaging 20 pt/game. This is the first time in 20 years that 3 teammates have done that in the Finals. Last threesome to do so? Bird McHale, and Parrish in 1987 along with Worthy Kareem and Magic, also in 87.
Yet this team is not "sexy" and are boring.
Worthy , Kareem and Magic won 3 Rings (85, 87, 88) and had one other Finals show in 89, when they were swept by the Pistons.
Larry Legend, McHale and the Chief won 3 Rings (81, 84, 86-best NBA team in history) and lost in the 85 and 87 Finals.
Timmy, Tony and Manu have 3 Rings. If they win a 4th, they will become the most decorated Triad.
Actually Tim has 3, but Tony and Manu still only have the 2. But you are absolutely right. If they win a championship they deserve to be mentioned as an all time great trio. And if they can win this year and one or two more after that? Greatest ever?
Tony and Manu only have 2 rings.
there was a poll asking if SPurs were boring on ESPN a couple of days ago. anybody knows what the final results were. I beleive it was 60% not boring.
Ah, touche... good call.
I guess you will at the very least have to put them on level ground if the win this one?
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