The Spurs are probably my #2 team after the Rockets, for the sake of Texas pride. But, after Horry put that dirty hit on Nash, I was rooting for the Suns. Of course, somehow when the Spurs and the Jazz squared off, I had to shake that off, because there is no way I can root for a team that just eliminated the Rockets. I may be pulling for the EC Champ this year though.
Absolutely I hate them. But until this season I at least could admit to respecting them. Not anymore though. We always knew that Bowen was dirty, but he took things to another level in the Phoenix series. Two straight games he took cheap shots at Amare and Nash. And the league does nothing besides assess a retroactive flagrant foul which means the Suns didn't even get the 2 extra free throw attempts they should've had in the game. Tim Duncan's been a whiny b**** for years now, but at least he's not dirty so I can still respect him. Tony Parker might be a bad rapper and engaged to a racist, stuck up b-tch, but he doesn't do anything cheap or dirty out there. Manu Ginobli is the poster child for everything that's wrong in the NBA today(on the court at least). Flopping is killing the game. Basketball should be about trying to put the ball in the basket, not about baiting the referees. That 4th quarter in Game 4 of the Jazz-Spurs series was literally unwatchable. I've never seen a more pathetic display in the NBA outside of the Detroit-Indiana brawl from 2004. And the true indictment of the Spurs organization is to witness what Robert Horry has become since joining that team. A player once known for hitting big shots and winning titles has been reduced to a cheap shot artist. He single-handedly won the Phoenix series for San Antonio by baiting Amare and Boris Diaw when he took out Nash. And his cheap play continued in the Utah series with blatant flopping that would impress even Manu.
agreed I am not "rooting" for anyone, but if ya asked me who I prefer wins the Finals, I go with the Texan team over some eastern team from Cleveland or Detroit. I have alot of trouble saying Dallas since I really dont particularly like the city or the team...but SA is definitely the lesser of two evils if ya ask me. Crucify me if you wish....but Im a Houstonian first, a Texan second. being a Texan used to mean something to the people who live here...I guess not as much anymore.
I absolutely detest the Spurs, maybe even more than I do with the Jazz. The only good thing that can come out of this is that if the Sperms win the Championship, it will be their 2nd one marked with a gigantic "*". Don't like it?? Then quit playing like a bunch of cheap shot artists and win the game in an honorable fashion. The way they won that series against the Suns was bush and they know it.
Who cares if they're in Texas? David Koresh and the Branch Davidians were in Texas. I didn't cheer for them, either.
i hate the Spurs as much as the next guy, but this asterisk thing is lame. People like to put asterisks next to our championships b/c Jordan wasn't in the league. How do you defend that?
I didn't realize Ginobili was the only flopper in the league. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say all floppers are killing the game. Funny how you complaion about the game 4 refs but Slaon didnt nor did his players but I guess you know much more than they did. Even the Utah media blamed the jazz and not the Spurs but again you must know more than everyone else. You complain about Horry's shot on nash? Didn't you read that Horry said he would do it again? It's the playoffs man! And please stop blaming Horry for Amare and Diaw breaking the rules. 10 out of 12 guys managed to stay on the bench yet it's Rob's fault. As far as bowen goes if he is as 'dirty' as you say he is why hasn't he been suspended once by the league? There sure has been lots of maoning about his play yet not one suspension. I guess the league wants the Spurs to succeed so much they look the other why a role player looks to go out and hurt all of the league's marquee players.. just admit you don't like the Spurs. it's ok man to but to spout your nonsense is demeaning to common sense.
Two different situations. Besides, Jordan was in the league for the second championship, so that doesn't even make sense.
Easy - we won games fair and square and didn't resort to thuggish and cheapass tactics. Plus the 2nd year we won it, Jordan was in the league (he just didn't start the season with the Bulls), so I always laugh when I hear that BS. That is like Celtics fans saying that every championship team past '69 has an asterik besides their title since "Bill Russell was no longer playing". Please... But there is NO denying that what cheapshot Horry did to Nash irrevocably changed that series and dumbasses Stern and Jackson rewarded it. So, yes - count on seeing a gigantic "*" besides the words, "2006-2007 NBA Champions".
The Jordan fans say it counts cause Jordan was shaking the rust off and wasnt 100% btw...nice strawman argument with Koresh there...as you say...that doesnt even make sense.
I hate the Spurs much more than I hate the Jazz or Mavs. I was rooting for the Jazz this yr, and was glad Dallas beat them last yr. And it sucks to know they are gonna get another ring, dirty euro flopper a-holes. Especially Manu, I CAN'T STAND that b*stard.
That was a joke... But I'm glad you got in "strawman argument" today... Hopefully, we can find a place for another cliche', like "red herring..." ...
Well your team didn't win 4 against the total Suns team now, did they? NBA playoffs are all about momentum - and the Suns had just recaptured the momentum by winning Game 4 in SA and regaining HCA. And thanks to the lobotimized David Stern and Stu Jackson, that HCA became null and void. If you think Game 5, in Phoenix, with a full Suns team would have turned out the same as it did without Stoudemire and Diaw, then I don't know what to tell you. That series would have definitely gone 7 and I would have liked the Suns chances a lot of winning at home for Game 7. But hey keep deluding yourself that the Spurs were the better team and that this championship of theirs is a legitimate one.
I don't hate the Spurs. The Spurs are the heirs to the Rocket's back to back championships. It was our Elie and Horry that toughened them up to the dynasty that they are today. To hate them would be to hate our championship team. What I really hate is our own inept scouting and drafting since the end of our championship days.
my point is if it were the Rockets and somehow they got the opponent's 2 pivotal players suspended and advanced as a result, you'd be trying your damnest to prove why there SHOULDN'T be an asterisk. it's all perspective. you can talk yourself in believing whatever you want about the Rockets championship, but in everyone outside of Houston eyes, they are "tainted".
