Spurs = pOpWNED

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 Pop blew that fucking game with his bullshit decision to pull Bowen after 6 minutes in the third up by 20 when Bowen had just picked up his third foul.

WHAT THE FUCK!

FACT:

the Spurs LOSE playoff series the years following titles because of POP's mistakes

2004 : not guarding the inbounds

2006 : smallball against the Mavs + Nick Van Exel

2008 : pulling Bowen out up 20 with 6 left in the 3rd when he's locking up Kobe and only has 3 fouls and KEEPING him out until Kobe is red hot and the lead is down to like 6 points. 

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he's a good coach, but he pulls some of the biggest fuck-ups ever.

The Spurs have 0.0001% chance of pulling this series off now.

The stats prove that teams coming off 7 game series against long rested opponents typically win game 1 and lose game 2 as rhythm overcomes rust before rust gets shaken off and fatigue sets in for game 2.

Tonight was that chance for the Spurs to pull a win.

NOW they're finished.

I guarantee they lose game 2 by 25 points.  They will get fucking destroyed, there's no way all the other Lakers perform so badly.

BULLSHIT

2

 next year you Laker bastards, next year we'll have Splitter and Mahinmi and Sanikidze and maybe Pietrus or Hermann or Casspi or Claver . . . .


*cries self to sleep*

3

next year we'll have Arriza & Bynum.

4

The "stats" said we were supposed to lose to the Hornets. I don't disagree that it was a bad idea for Pop to pull Bowen especially after Ime picked up two quick fouls himself. That said I hope LA and Kobe really believe that Kobe can just turn it on anytime he wants. Spurs might be tired for Fridays game, but IMO they have even more motivation now.

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^Can't deny that.

Hey dr. b, has Mahinmi been getting any minutes? I was watching the lineup introductions for a Hornets-Spurs game and they had him in the lineup. Made me think of your thread and your eternal frustration.

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Mahinmi's ass is stapled to the bench. Kind of sucks though b/c at the very least I think everyone would like to see the kid at least get some garbage mins.

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The Spurs stingy ways has made the team. Free spending does not equal championships. I'd sooner "rent" some old dogs that be stuck with a couple of albatross contracts of some kid who had one good season.

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ptm2020 - next year we'll have Arriza & Bynum.



 Ariza is a wash.  He's good but if he's on the floor he's just taking minutes from Walton or Sasha and to me that's not signifacant.


Bynum absolutlely makes a difference and that Lakers are favorites to do a 6-peat easily, but the Spurs have the chance to improve a great deal this summer with just a few reasonable and doable moves.

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dr boudreaux - 

 I guarantee they lose game 2 by 25 points.  They will get fucking destroyed, there's no way all the other Lakers perform so badly.





 JUST LIKE I SAID.


That was easy money for all you gamblers out there, when I lay it out you will make money.  I however can never profit from my expert analysis, because I find gambling to be morally unacceptable, almost as bad as drinking alcohol.


It's pretty obvious that Ginobili is so messed up he shouldn't even be playing.  The Spurs wouldn't be winning if he was healthy, but still he should sit out the rest of the playoffs before he gets seriously injured.

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memory blues - ^Can't deny that.







Hey dr. b, has Mahinmi been getting any minutes? I was watching the lineup introductions for a Hornets-Spurs game and they had him in the lineup. Made me think of your thread and your eternal frustration.

 


 Mahinmi is on the inactive list.


Let me draw a parallel to another Spurs-Lakers series where the Spurs were humiliated out of the playoffsThe year, 2002.  The Spurs are getting destroyed, as was their habit.  Old washed up has-beens like Steve Smith and Terry Porter were EMBARASSING themselves, stumbling about, bricking up shot after shot, getting abused on defense . . . SO TERRIBLE that Porter was actually falling on his ass because he was so old that he physically couldn't move and stay upright on a professional-level basketball court.


Meanwhile, on the bench in street clothes, inactive for the playoffs . . . STEPHEN JACKSON.


Why?  Allegedly, because he 'wasn't ready' while the 'veterans' (oldass fogies) were 'experienced' (completely shot) and 'battle tested' (ready to retire). 


Jackson got NO chance that season.


He wasn't even going to get a chance the next season either until Steve Smith got hurt and the rookie Manu Ginobili got hurt early in the season. 


IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN.  And I said that's how it would happen again, and once again I was proven right.


Ian Mahinmi was given no chances this year as the old & handicapped (Horry), washed up (Thomas), older and severely limited (Oberto) and lost causes (Bonner) were given time. 


There is a VERY high likelihood that neither Mahinmi nor Splitter get an opportunity next year sad as it may seem.  Oberto is still under contract, Thomas could still be re-signed and Bonner is still making 3 million for sitting in a suit every year.  Pop LOVES the old and terrible vets.  Youth never gets a chance without unusual circumstances, like Parker coming into the 01/02 season in a situation where Denver overpaid to get Avery Johnson, Terry Porter retired, and the only other point guard was Antonio Daniels set to be in his first year as starting point guard who Pop didn't like anyway.


So while there is hope with Mahinmi and Splitter, there is an equal amount of dread knowing that Pop and RC could re-sign Kurt Thomas, throw money at Dikembe Mutombo, trade Splitter's rights to get rid of Bonner's contract and any number of ridiculous moves that would hurt the team's chances.


 

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Doc is correct!!

12

The new rumor is that Splitter is getting some big money thrown his way and may very well stay in Europe. So if he isn't coming I say trade the dude and get someone in here who is ready to play.

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 The rumour about the big money offer to stay in Tau is probably true, but I believe that Splitter will come to the NBA.


1.  Last summer he held a press conference with the Spurs in San Antonio and spoke plainly about being a Spur in 08/09.  Scola in contrast never had any press event with the Spurs, never available to San Antonio media, never anything like Splitter.  Splitter has a good relationship with the Spurs, something Scola does not.


2.  Even before getting drafted Splitter had made it clear in interviews that he would only spend one more year in Tau then pay his 1 million dollar buyout and make for the NBA.  The NBA as his dream has been something he's been real vocal about.


3.  Scola is his best friend and is in the NBA and US now, Splitter has incentive to come over.  Scola named his kid after Splitter, they're real close.  I don't think Splitter and Zoran Planinic have the same relationship to keep him in Tau.


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However the danger of the Spurs trading him remains strong.