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i thought this guy doesn't write about the Spurs til playoffs?
http://www.sportsline.com/nba/story/10571556
2008 is now in full swing, so much so that you should stop writing '07 on checks and other do ents. Here's what the first full week of the new year will be remembered for:
There's no need to point fingers, Manu, your Spurs are still fine. (Getty Images)
1. San Antonio is falling apart. Gregg Popovich needs to get with R.C. Buford and try to move recently re-signed Tim Duncan, who agreed to a cap-friendly extension through 2012 so the team can sign additional help down the road. No matter. The Spurs are done. Broken, even.
Losses in Golden State and home to Detroit marked their third two-game losing streak of the season, but the first with Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili all in the lineup. What's wrong with them? Prepare to start hearing that question again, but this time do yourself a favor and cover your ears.
Remember that those words sound awfully similar to those uttered last year, when San Antonio was also supposed to be done. Through 34 games, the Spurs have an identical 23-11 record as the team that went on to win its fourth championship in nine years.
Provided their top three players are healthy come the postseason, there's no reason to panic, even if that rodeo trip that starts up later this month looks especially daunting. San Antonio will be away from the SBC Center for nine games in 17 days, heading right up until the All-Star break with stops in Utah, Phoenix, Boston, Toronto and Cleveland highlighting the tour.
Refuse the urge to play naysayer. I know it's hard, especially since ratings indicate most of you hate the Spurs. Still, be smart enough not to declare their demise in January. Popovich will coach the team to another victory. When he does, it will be the 600th of a distinguished coaching career that has seen him win over two-thirds of his games
i thought this guy doesn't write about the Spurs til playoffs?
Menja would write about the Spurs every article if he was sure he wouldn't get canned for it.
could it be that Pop is sabotaging home games in preparation for the Rodeo Road Trip?
We were starting way to good early on. Pop told them to tone it down and stay under the radar until the playoffs.... All this winning early on isn't the Spurs way of doing things....
We were starting way to good early on. Pop told them to tone it down and stay under the radar until the playoffs.... All this winning early on isn't the Spurs way of doing things....We've got to get under the radar!
Another little ditty tucked into this article:
5. One of this season's losses, a 117-111 setback in Atlanta on Dec. 19, might ultimately wind up in the win column. The NBA granted its first game protest since 1982 -- the first in the David Stern era -- declaring gross negligence against the Hawks' official scorers when they incorrectly deemed O'Neal had fouled out when in fact he only had five fouls.
As a result, the teams will replay the final 51.9 seconds of overtime before the next meeting between the squads on March 8 at Philips Arena. Hopefully, O'Neal is healthy by then or the situation will look even worse.
Stern found that the Hawks were grossly negligent in committing the error since they failed to follow league-mandated scoring procedures and failed to respond effectively when the members of the statisticians' crew noticed the mistake. In addition to having to replay the outcome, the Hawks were also fined $50,000 for their violation of league rules.
Some heated conversation about this here:
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84864
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