Photo courtesy adidasI like the Spurs. Yeah, I said it.
Tim Duncan is one of my favorite ballplayers of all-time; the best and most successful basketball player of the past decade and a solid person on top of that. I love Tony Parker’s game. I think Manu Ginobili is the most underrated player in the sport by American fans. I like Finley, Horry and Brent Barry. (And Bobby Jones, if he’s still with the team today.) I even pattern my own game after Bruce Bowen, and, I suppose by proxy, Ime Udoka. The Sonics are still my favorite team, but I do make it a point to regularly watch the Spurs on NBA League Pass. Because while my Sonics can be pretty brutal, the Spurs represent everything I like in a basketball team.
That’s why I really don’t understand why so many people hate them. As good as San Antonio has been for such a long time, as much as their style fits into what fans claim to enjoy, as much as you’d probably want your daughter to date a harmless guy like Duncan over a more-intriguing cat like, say, Kobe, the Spurs don’t get any love. For whatever reason, almost every basketball fan I know either hates the Spurs or is just tired of them. And no one can give me a good reason why.
I’m not buying the “Duncan, Manu and Popovich cry about fouls” argument. If you haven’t noticed, pretty much every superstar whines too much about the refs, from Kobe to Iverson to LeBron. And if you want to talk about whiny coaches, have you seen Mike D’Antoni at all?
Everyone also uses the B-word when it comes to San Antonio, which just doesn’t make sense. Haven’t you seen Parker and Ginobili spark a transition game that can run teams like Golden State and Phoenix out of the gym? Haven’t you seen the passing, off-ball movement and quality shooting that fans say they want to see more of in the NBA? Haven’t you seen all the close, exciting games — both won and lost — that the Spurs are part of on the regular?
So if you fit the description, I’m asking you for a solid answer: Why do you hate the Spurs?
April 11th, 2008 at 9:26 am
marcus says:
I like the spurs.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:26 am
T-Bone says:
They are incredibly boring to watch. Pass, pass, layup. Pass, screen, three pointer. Yawn. Give me SOMETHING interesting. It’s like a dull, grey bowl of unidentifyable gruel. blechhhhhhhh….puke
Manu flops like a little girl. AI’s flops are not even close. AI accentuates the actual real contact he recieves. Manu reacts to imaginary contact and then does some weird little alien dances to try and get the refs attention.
See back when they had the Admiral, I could at least respect them. But now, they’re just a bunch of BITCHES, especially Manu and Tony. Have you heard Tony try to ‘rap’? Oh god. This is not the same as Kobe or Shaq or AI trying to rap. This is something from a much worse realm.
I don’t see how anyone could ever root for the Spurs. Even if you were born and raised in San Antonio. Sure, they’re a good team, but leave it alone. Pick a more exciting team like the Nuggets, the Lakers even, shoot even the Pistons, but just please, please don’t root for the evil black and silver empire. You’re insulting basketball.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:28 am
fallinup says:
They are dirty, Manu flops, Tim whines, Bruce is the debbil, and they are boring. That’s what I see from Spurs haters. I’m with you on this though, most teams wish they were as good as the Spurs have been in the last decade. They have been a complete team and outstanding franchise since Duncan arrived, and even before that, I loved them because of the Admiral.
I think most of the hate stems from the fact that they are that good. I remember the MJ era, either you hated the hell out of MJ and the Bulls, or you loved them to no end. I loved em.
The Lakers era, you could say the same for them as well. I hated LA back then. Even though they were awesome.
Deep down inside, folks have tired of seeing the Spurs as a threat to win the ring every year. But even more deep down, they wish that their favorite team was like them in how they win.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Chuck says:
I think people hate the spurs because they are the good guys as you stated above. Everyone loves the villian, or the underdog, did you see how the people rooted for Golden state after their upset over Dallas? Do you see peoples strong affinity for Scarface, and every other movie villian ever created. Most people don’t like the police, because not only are they boring, but they are predictable. We know what Tim, Tony and Manu can do. We know about Tim’s Flawless J from 15-18 feet, we know about Tony’s speed and ability to knock down J’s, and we know about manu’s reckless abandon style of play, we also know about Bruce Bowen’s very physical and sometimes dirty defense, (which by the way is fading away with every game this year, I believe do to age.) They are a very predictable, uniteresting, donut eating, stake-out, good guy team. That’s why everyone hates them. They would rather have amari’s rim shattering dunks, or Shaq’s quarky and backstabbing personality, Kobe’s anti-team antics, Lebrons superior athleticism, Man, some people still even like Stephon Marbury and he is well beyond is best years and why? because they entertain not only on the court, but off the court, and they have something about them that San Antonio lacks, flair and character, and by character I mean the occasional moments of making themselves look like mature, self centered idiots.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:31 am
yallallreadyknow says:
they are boring to watch and they don’t excite you as a fan. that will be there legacy.
so what if they won championships. so what. they will go down in history NOT as one of the best teams/dynasty’s of all but, but they WILL go down as the most boring and non inspirational of all time
they boring to watch. and the general public is just plain ole tired of em.
…and american fans would like them more if they actually had an american player or two….lol
April 11th, 2008 at 9:33 am
fallinup says:
T-Bone, what I got from your post was. NBA should be more flash and excitement…less actual basketball, and team related cohesion. Correct me if I’m wrong. But I thought your reasons to hate them had almost nothing to do with actual basketball.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:33 am
DaPro says:
I appreciate well executed bball and the Spurs rep that to the fullest. Timmy is probably the best 4 of all time. I respect their skills and chips, who cares who doesn’t like them they just keep winning. I admit I’m not the biggest SanAn fan but I respect them.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Adrian Zapata says:
I root for the spurs. I don’t really like Manu Ginobili very much, but i think Amare Stoudamire cries more then Manu. And they are for sure NOT boring. Ginobili dunks great, Tony Parker can cross anyone in the league up and break ankles, and Duncan is DOMINANT in the post. Finley hits clutch shots, and Bruce Bowen & Oberto hit people pretty hard off screens. How is that boring? What would you rather see, the Nuggets? The Nuggets have 2 of the most exciting players in the league, but they can’t win. Do you enjoy watching your favorite team get 150 points scored on them?
April 11th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Austin Burton says:
@Chuck - I agree with everything you just said. Maybe I can appreciate and like the Spurs because my Mom’s a cop.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:36 am
James says:
I love the spurs- they have been my team since the big fundamental arrived from Wake Forest
April 11th, 2008 at 9:39 am
fallinup says:
I for one, marvel at the suffocating defense. How they rotate on defense, and work together as a team. They are consistent. Yeah, it may be boring to the naked eye. But it says alot about a team to pull off that type of consistency. Seeing how a team works well together, is all the excitement I need. And the Spurs have proved just that….maybe not this year, they are showing their age. But all in all, in the end, the Tim Duncan era Spurs are one of the best franchises ever.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Chuck says:
fallinup, I agree with your post, just as I stated in my post, peoples reason for hating the Spurs, usually has nothing to do with basketball. MJ whined about calls, Dennis Rodman played Dirty, and who doesn’t flop in the NBA today? You are going to have a flopper in every era, Vlade was the 90’s, Manu is the 21st century. They play smart basketball and that’s what wins the chip. Golden State, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, Pheonix, look up the statistics for these teams, look at all the turnovers committed, the lack of defense, the lack of coaching. The only teams that truly represent fundamental basketball besides the spurs today is Utah, Orlando (even though they shoot way to many J’s for me!) Los angeles, (even though Kobe can go crazy with his pullup J’s also),the pistons and a few other teams, but these teams I named play D, not just that college garbage zone D, but up in your face D, help defense D, they have a half court offense and can run, their point gaurds are actually point gaurds that distribute the ball, and everyone focuses on their assignments not their contracts.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Brown says:
Winning championships is exciting. Huge defensive stops and clutch shots are as exciting as it gets. Just because they don’t have a guy who can jump out of the gym and cram on people doesn’t mean they’re not an exciting team. Jealousy is a mutherfucker and that’s why people don’t like them. They make the game easier for themselves and put themselves in a position to win consistently. They don’t go out jacking up low-percentage shots and praying for a win. They know how to win, and most people probably don’t like them because their favorite team is still trying to figure that out.
I’m not a spurs fan, but you gotta give credit where credit is due.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am
jz_smoove says:
i like the spurs. i also do not see where the hate comes from. i got a story that sums it up. i assembled a basketball playoff pool at work where each person picks a team to win the championship. $10 each and the winner gets the pot. I am the only one who picked the spurs. Other teams such as boston and NO or even the lakers got picked multiple times (winners get to share the pot). i asked around why i am seem to be the only one picking the spurs, and the answer i got is: they are boring. nothing to do with that they are not capable to win.
if i win the pool, i’d be laughing to the bank as the sole winner. but yeah, i dont get it.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:48 am
YOUNGFED says:
Austin Says:
“as you’d probably want your daughter to date a harmless guy like Duncan over a more-intriguing cat like, say, Kobe”
I want my daughter to date Duncan over Kobe because Duncan hopefully wouldn’t sodomize her. (LMAO)
K-HOVA aka “Darth Analizer” aka “Lord Butt Pirate” lol
Naw but seriously The only person fun to watch of the Spurs is Manu, FLAT OUT.
@Chuck and Austin
Nobody Cares that they’re really good everyone loved the Lakers DyNasty because they were fun to watch and had exciting players (Kobe and Shaq)
Nuff Said.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:50 am
the_don_mega says:
all spurs haters are just a bunch of losers…
losers hate winners…
and those who say the spurs whine too much…
check yo’ selves in the mirror…
who’s whinin’?
April 11th, 2008 at 9:51 am
fallinup says:
One more thing to give them credit for….The Spurs have managed to still win championships, even after the NBA changed up the rules to accommodate the “slashers” and “high flyers”…to me, that says a lot about The Spurs and why they should be respected.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:53 am
YOUNGFED says:
LMAO at Post#5
Get’em Yall
April 11th, 2008 at 9:54 am
bliz289 says:
B-O-R-I-N-G. I’d rather watch turtles f**k.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Austin Burton says:
I know everyone will say they’re boring, but what exactly is boring about them?
Shaq has been mentioned as someone who’s not boring. What is more exciting about Shaq’s game than Duncan’s game? What makes Baron Davis or Chris Paul (usual fan favorites) more exciting than Tony Parker? What makes the Celtics’ style more exciting than the Spurs’ style?
April 11th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Chuck says:
YoungFed,
What about the triangle is superior in entertainment value than the spurs system, Kobe was and is a beast, shaq backing up like a garbage truck to dunk time and time again, is not really that fun to watch, nor does it take any skill, it was all size and athleticism, the man can’t even hit a free throw! And he’s the heart and soul of the team. People enjoyed the Lakers Dynasty because of nostalgia my friend, just like people are enjoying the Celtics currently, the only difference is the Celtics are actually a fundamental team that plays team D, hits free throws, and can light you up from anywhere on the court. The celtics don’t have a 300 pound monster standing in the middle of the lane, to dunk on the offensive end everytime, and on the defensive end to clobber you because he doesn’t have the wind to play actual D!
April 11th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Logan Light says:
Personally, I hole Emanuel Ginobli single handedly responsible for bringing the flop into every televised basketball event. Sure Vlade may have started the whole European made you look thing, but Manu sold it on the market. I hate it.
The Spurs are like Vanilla Ice. It seems as though they are posing… I hate that. For some reason it just doesn’t fit. I have to respect the accomplishments - the dancing, the outrageous concerts, the mass amounts of bucks earned… the rings, the skill sets, the fundamentals… I respect it. But I don’t like it. At all.
Why hate the Spurs? I guess it has more to do with hating Emanuel “Crazy Legs” Ginobli than anything else.
LL
April 11th, 2008 at 9:58 am
YOUNGFED says:
UM Shaq breaks backboards and Dunks through everyone and is probably the best Center Ever. NUFF SAID (x)2
@Don Mega
“all spurs haters are just a bunch of losers…
losers hate winners…”
By your logic I should hate the Pistons. Beat It.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:02 am
yallallreadyknow says:
welll….let me ask you all this, including Austin. And be truthful, there is no wrong answer..
..if I came to your local city, and offered you 4 game tickets to the local area home team, and I said you can have 4 game tix to see any 1 of the 41 home games of the local team, but only 1 game…..
…would you want the tickets to see the Spurs come to town?
April 11th, 2008 at 10:03 am
fallinup says:
@ YOUNGFED: Shaq, is ONE of the greatest centers ever. But not the best. I think Wilt, Bill Russell, Kareem, and even Hakeem would beg to differ. Shaq had the ease of being dominant in an era when dominant centers were few and far between. And even in his early days, Shaq couldn’t get passed Hakeem…he’ll even admit that.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Chuck says:
YoungFed,
The best Center Ever?
Bill Russell
Wilt Chamberlain
Hakeem Olajuwan (Who used to eat shack for breakfast whnever they played)
Patrick ewing ( 7 footer with a crazy J)
Shaq is a good center because of size not skill, Daryl Dawkins broke backboards and he wasn’t 7 foot and over 3 hundred pounds.
Darvin Ham broke a backboard and he wasn’t 300 pounds either.
and if breaking backboards is your criteria for what a quality player is then thank God you aren’t the panelist for Hall of fame Inductee’s!
April 11th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Austin Burton says:
Duncan doesn’t dunk on people? Have you watched Spurs games?
Shaq broke a basket twice, when he was a rookie. So what was it about the following 12-13 years of his career was exciting? (And don’t get me wrong, I like Shaq, I just don’t see why people say he’s exciting and Duncan is boring. Is it the facial expressions or something?)
And come on, don’t put Shaq ahead of Wilt and Russell.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:04 am
rangerjohn says:
bottom line, people hate the spurs for one reason and one reason only, THEY ARE TIRED OF THE SPURS BEATING THEIR TEAMS! thats it nothing more.
you guys know the saying, cant beat em join em?
oh i almost forgot, DDDEEEEETRRRRROOOOOIIITTT……. and silence!
April 11th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Juanito says:
I include myself in the Spurs-haters club, and I it’s not just because they are successful. I liked the Bulls teams of the 90s, even as a Pistons fan. I think most fans feel that because of their reputation for playing “the right way”, they get so many plaudits from the press and as a result, preferential treatment from the refs. In reality, they do not play the right way, evidenced by Bowen’s appalling style of grab and clutch D while kicking cats in the nuts. While Emmanuelle is a talent, he brings an unwanted Euro-soccer element to the league with his overacting and flopping (plus, the cat makes tons of money..can’t he invest in some hairplugs or Rogaine?). The last straw was that Suns series however…only the SPURS could have benefited from a dirty, low-class play like that by getting a free pass onto the next round. That was so infuriating; if you didn’t already hate them before that, then the camel’s back was broken when Nash hit the scorer’s table…
April 11th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Chuck says:
The problem with basketball is the same problem with Americas scholastic system. People are highlight watchers. Just like students would rather read cliffnotes than study. Study the game! Duncan is a beast! parker is a beast! The way the spurs are unified with no ego issues is an amazing job on Popovich’s part. Ignorance is bliss and that is the reason someone like Kevid Durant who jacks a million shots and only hits 2, will when ROY instead of Al horford who can give you a double double on any given night, and propelled a team into tne playoffs that sucked a year ago! Study the game people!!
April 11th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Austin Burton says:
@Yallallreadyknow — To answer your question, if I could get 4 tickets to a Knicks game, or a Sonics game if I was back home, I wouldn’t use them when the Spurs came to town. But that’s only because I know the 3 people I would take with me to the game would complain.
But over the past 2 years when I had a chance to get a press pass for Knicks/Spurs, I’ve gone. And this year’s game was exciting; Finley hitting the game-tying three with less than a second remaining and then San Antonio DOMINATING in overtime.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:12 am
yallallreadyknow says:
who cares that nash hit the scorers table? suns still had a chance to win game 5 on their own court and they choked. bitches.
i hate the spurs cause they boring and they dont bring any level of excitement to the game. they dont make you want to watch their games. not because nash got hip checked. who cares. if the suns had any heart, they would’ve still won the series. nash has no heart.
if there is a spurs game on national tv….none of us would even want to watch that shit unless they playing against another team we would really want to see.
ask yourselves why
April 11th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Chuck says:
Jaunito,
you make some interesting points about that Pheonix series, that kind of P’d me off to, but Amari and Co. Should have stayed seated, and you know how players get emotional during games, that wasn’t so much dirty play, it was emotions on the part of Horry and he made a mistake. If you hate that, then you should Hate Rasheed, and especially the Don Nelson hack the big man that can’t shoot theory, which are purposely constructed to frustrate players. That was just emotions, the spurs didn’t make Amari leave the bench, Amari got up and did it on his own.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:14 am
fallinup says:
Juanito, just to clarify..Are you saying the Spurs planned the whole conspiracy, to shove Nash down, get the PHX crowd riled, make the bench…which Amare was sitting on, get up up in anger, and planned that Amare would leave the bench area so that he would be forced out of the next game? Wow, they are more than just dirty if that’s true…they have mind control powers over the whole NBA! DAMN TELEPATHY!!!
April 11th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Austin Burton says:
I would assume that we all like close, exciting finishes to games. San Antonio plays a lot of games that go down to the wire and are decided on last-second shots, especially in the playoffs. You find that boring?
April 11th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Chuck says:
fallinup,
LOLOLOLOL!!!!!
April 11th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Constable Goon says:
I love basketball and know the game, so I wouldn’t dare say the Spurs stink or suck…BUT, their antics are getting old. Tim Duncan cries about everything, Bowen is a dirty player (and he doesn’t have to be),Parker is overrated, Manu deserves and Oscar for all the acting he does, and Popovich is kind of a douchebag.
I still think if Garnett played with The Admiral, Sean Elliot, Avery Johnson, Manu, Finley, Parker, Bowen, and Horry he’d have a few rings too.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:17 am
rangerjohn says:
@ juanito
that is a BS excuse “when nash hit the scorers table” nash ADMITED the hit was not that hard, and nobody MADE the dumbshits get off the bench. amare is hot headed and that is all there is to say about that. remember the spurs won 4-2, in other words even if amare and diaw played in the ONE game they missed, 1st it would not have assured them the win, and 2nd it would have sent the series to game 7 again not insuring teh suns win.
people think bowen is dirty with his grabbing and holding, did you watch the suns/spurs play wednesday night? duncan got called for a foul and grant hill was the one who should have been called since he was GRABBING AND HOLDING (they showed it on the replay like 5 times) grabbing and holding is old school basketball.
and amare is a pussy!
bowen has slowed down some with age but the league is “watching him” since the suns are the league favorites these days and they complain about him more then anything.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Saba says:
For all the people that dislike the Spurs, would you want to coach them, and if so would you change thier style? ….could you make them a team you like with trading
April 11th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Austin Burton says:
I don’t get how we’re bringing up flopping and Steve Nash in the same post and no one’s connecting the two.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Juanito says:
I’m not saying the Spurs planned it, I’m just saying that this is the type of shit that only they would ever get a benefit from. The chain of events that was set off by THEIR DIRTY FOUL caused the Suns to lose two keys players in a critical game. I’m not saying Amare and Diaw are blameless, I’m saying that was BS that the Spurs commit a cheap foul and end up getting a pass to the next round. I am confident the Suns would have won that series had those events not occurred…
April 11th, 2008 at 10:24 am
fallinup says:
Austin, I did…but to me..if flopping was that bad, then the rules should be changed. I don’t fault the players for knowing the art of flopping, I fault the refs that call that crap. And now with the rule changes, all you can do is flop. Anything else, and you’re called on the foul.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Juanito says:
@Chuck
Why would you say Sheed is a dirty player? He may run his mouth and get T’d up, but he is by no one’s standards a dirty player. In fact, on the floor, Sheed plays the game about as “right” as anyone out there. Fundamentally sound in all areas and a great teammate, plus a great defender.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Chuck says:
fallinup,
I agree with yoy.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:27 am
yallallreadyknow says:
no one flops more allen iverson
he used to throw his body around for good…
…now he just flops..A LOT
watch a full nuggs game and see how many time a finger nail touches him and he’ll send his own body flying 8 steps in the other direction
…c’mon AI…”your better than that”
i love AI…
but i’m a real dude on here and i aint afraid to call a spade a spade. if yall wanna chat about flopping, AI has moved ahead of manu in my book
drawing fouls in this league is an art; flopping is pure bitchassness
and makes you a puss
AI has converted. he flops WAAAAAYYY too much
watch the nuggs first playoff series, then get back to me
April 11th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Chuck says:
I wasn’t saying sheeds a dirty player, I was reffering to the emotional aspect of the game.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Austin Burton says:
I’m not a fan of flopping and just the general over-reliance on refs and fouls that you see in the NBA (especially in the playoffs), which is why although I know Manu is nasty, he’s not my favorite San Antonio player.
And it’s one reason I like watching college ball, because you don’t see that. The Kansas/Memphis game was great, and how many controversial ref-related moments were there? Maybe one? But you watch an NBA game and everyone’s trying to work the refs.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Chuck says:
The Memphis and Kansas game was a good game, with a lot of good no calls.
I can honestly say college ball is different though, considering that 70 perecent of the shots taken in a college ball are 3’s.
So the refs don’t get to many oppurtunities to make calls
April 11th, 2008 at 10:36 am
yallallreadyknow says:
officiating in college ball sucks. they make the WORST calls. everything is a foul.
they are so scared of players fighting, they call every little thing a foul.
i hate the collegiate officiating just for that reason
if you give your own teammate a chest bump, they’d prolly call both of yall for offensive fouls
April 11th, 2008 at 10:36 am
fallinup says:
You hit the nail on the head, Austin. The refs dictate the game even more now. And it all came down to those rule changes the league implemented a few years ago to “Up” the scoring. I truly hate them. I liked the NBA more when it actually exemplified a street ball game. Try to draw a charge in a pick up game and see how many folks kick you in the nuts. LOL
And to get briefly back on topic…one other reason why I like the Spurs that should be noted is Pop. How many coaches out there can chew the crap out of the franchise player and team for that matter..and get away with it. Pop deserves a lot of credit for running that system for so long.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Austin Burton says:
@yallallreadyknow — I don’t agree with that. The college refs aren’t as good as pro refs (obviously), but they don’t get all ticky-tack on you.
You don’t see college players that base their whole game off of drawing fouls like some pros. And how often do you see college players get called for techs because of arguing with the refs? Not often.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Prof. TX says:
I grew up on the Rockets and Spurs, so I’m not a Spurs ‘hater.’ It’s just a few of their players that bother me. To be honest, I didn’t buy into any of the criticisms until this year. I see too many flops by Manu and too many dirty plays by Bowen. I like TD, probably will go down as the greatest PF in the game (and certainly good enough not to try the occasional cheap play). I’ve always liked Horry, still can’t seem to put together a NBA 2K6,7,8 etc team without saving a spot for him on my bench.
Lately I just watch a Spurs game giving them the benefit of the doubt and then after a string of dirty plays I throw my hands up and say “ok, now they deserve to lose” and start rooting for the other team.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:53 am
YOUNGFED says:
All Right Where Do I start since evrybody jumpin’ on the FED
@fallinup and Chuck and Austin
Yes Shaq is the Best Center ever in my book Wilt bold built ass and Russell would not be dominating Centers in today’s NBA…, OK maybe Wilt but Russell would be a Power if any thing. Also Shaq is by far the most dominating Center if I had to do 40 min. against Shaq or Wilt, I’m choosing Wilt. And in regards to Fallinup, Shaq was like 18 playing a Veteran (Hakeem) in Shaqs prime vs Hakeem Prime….Shaq would break his boney ass up.
NUFF SAID (x)3
@RangerJohn….BIG UPS to DETROIT HATERSSSSS!!!!
BTW are you a Houston or a Spurs fan cause you seem confused about your loyalty.>
April 11th, 2008 at 11:00 am
LeKeith Taylor says:
I hate the Spurs because Tim Duncan has a Jester tattooed on his back shoulder. What grown man does that? Nuff said.
I’m out like the Spurs in Round 1.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:00 am
control says:
The reason I can’t watch the Spurs…I completely despise Manu. The guy has some skills, no doubt, but just watching him play makes me sick. The fool is ALWAYS thinking about how he can exagerate any small bit of contact and sell it to the refs. The guy has to trick the refs into making calls instead of just playing the game the way it should be played, like a man. It is insane that the refs are so blind to see that he just makes up contact, flops to the ground like a fish and whines until someone comes and kisses his booboo better. He just leaves a stain on any basketball game that he wins because of his stupid antics.
Another reason I can’t really stand the Spurs this year, because of the whole Horry/Nash thing. That shit has been debated endlessly, but regardless of the view points, the Suns were straight out robbed. If the Spurs are a good team (which they are) make them earn their championships, don’t make it easier on them. It always seems like the Spurs will get a call that could go either way…always. That shit is just annoying.
Oh yeah, Bruce Bowen is such a punk that he makes it hard to watch sometimes. Seeing him intentionally do some shady shit, and then looking around like a puppy who just got kicked is SOOOO annoying. The guy is a good defender, it just sucks that he feels he has to go the extra mile and cross that line between tough defender and shady asshole so often.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:07 am
YOUNGFED says:
Hate to Say it But I agree with Control somebody need to Knock Bowen The Fuk Out!!! Take the fine and do the time the players in the league would love that player forever he’d be a legend. Like Stackhouse piecing-up Hornecek (x) 100.
Oh and Why they at it They Could knock Bogut aka “I hate americans and any part of their culture” ass out.
NUFF SAID (x)4
April 11th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Austin Burton says:
Sounds like a job for Chris Childs. The Lakers could give him a 10-day before Sunday and let him do his thing.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:13 am
rangerjohn says:
@ youngfed
i grew up in SA but i live in houston so i follow both teams. spurs come 1st (as usual) and then the rockets. no confusion here, priorities.
and for the record, detroit comes JUST ABOVE the suns as the team i hate the most.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:25 am
YOUNGFED says:
LMAO @Austin #57
April 11th, 2008 at 11:29 am
YOUNGFED says:
I was thinking Stackhouse, Artest, or S-Jack but Childs sounds like a better option Austin
April 11th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Duke says:
Everybody who bitches about the Spurs being boring isn’t a real NBA fan.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:38 am
T-Bone says:
Thank god that control, LaKeith Taylor, Constable Goon & Juanito have some common sense.
Fallinup, it’s pretty obvious that you didn’t read my whole post. I agree that fundamental basketball should be recognized and apprciated but there are plenty of other reasons to hate the spurs besides the single fact that they are boring. Read my WHOLE first post.
And Yallalreadyknow, you need to watch some SLOW motion highlights of AI and then Phony Tony and Manu. AI only reacts when he receives real contact (that’s a physical connection between two bodies in reality). Manu flails his body without even being TOUCHED. He makes stuff up, Iverson only react TO REAL EVENTS. What is so hard to understand about this? Where did you go to school? Who is your eye doctor??? Other patrons should be warned!!!!
April 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
GEE... Put some stank on it! says:
Why I hate the Spurs!
Easy. Not only will I tell you why, I let us say dislike instead of hate cause I like them better than most squads, I will also tell you why my friends and crew and others dislike them.
Many reasons but I will run it like this.
They are boring. That is the easiest one. Most of them play with little to no real emotion. Most people like to see emotion from their main superstar at that, and well Timmy….has the best poker face in the L. Of course you would rather a K.G. scream or A.I. hand on ear rather than Tim staring into space.
Not a lot of street cred. Perhaps due to so many different cultures you don’t really see people outside of TX rocking a lot of Spurs gear. They are not close to hip-hop. In a day where the youngsters are driving a lot through merchandise, again the Spurs come up lame.
Now this ain’t my reason but if you looking for a player with more blacks in the top spot then Spurs really ain’t a team you would look for either.
They are like the Duke of the NBA. This goes to Ranger’s point. They beat all the teams you love. The style in which they win is not flashy, and they are not even a team that is really going to show any “I’ll fight you back to a bully” outside of Big Rob.
I am sure I could even think of more, but yea folks just don’t like the Spurs. I am one of them.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:40 am
alimoe says:
2 words, Bruce Bowen.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Myrie says:
Austin—
Don’t know you personally, but I do need speak with you *offline*. How can I do so?
April 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
control says:
T-Bone, I agree 100% about the AI comments. I don’t really like AI’s game (he could be one of the greatest ever if he had 10% of Nash’s desire to get teammates involved), but I sure as hell respect how tough the guy is. He takes a BEATING out there. Manu on the other hand doesn’t even get touched most of the time he gets those weak ass calls.
Seeing someone like Artest layout Bowen would be a dream come true. If Bowen pulled his cheap shit on any court in the world outside the NBA, he would have a few teeth busted out…even in the weakest ass suburban pickup game filled with white highschool emo kids, they’d be beating him down. Those same pussy kids would be laughing Manu off the court for the weak shit he pulls.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Celts Fan says:
I don’t hate the Spurs, I hate any team that’s good that’s not the Celtics. If they were the same team, but won 40 games, I’d like ‘em. I respect the hell out of them and how they play, I just wish they weren’t so damn good.
I do dislike Manu for the flopping, but beyond that, I don’t care one way or another as long as their not the ones lined up against the Celtics that night.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Celts Fan says:
oh right, Bruce Bowen too. I HATE Bruce Bowen. Play like a man. If this was the 80s, he’d've been knocked out so many times he wouldn’t still be pulling this crap.
Austin, umm, the LAKERS giving Chris Childs the 10 day to take out Bowen? I’m pretty sure Kobe wouldn’t be too happy about that…
April 11th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Yowiz says:
I think only the true basketball connoisseur can appreciate the Spurs. Exactly what is exciting about the Nuggets for example? selfish and defenseless basketball ?
April 11th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Myrie says:
Did somebody say Chris Childs?
Hahaha.
That 2-piece combo he served up on Kobe sure was funny. They even had t-shirts here in NY with the punch!
April 11th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Boyez says:
Chris Child Reference hilarious…… but do u think that Kobe still hates him for giving him fists?
April 11th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
T-Bone says:
“I think only the true basketball connoisseur can appreciate the Spurs. Exactly what is exciting about the Nuggets for example? selfish and defenseless basketball ?”
Yeah, fast breaks and alley oops are pretty selfish.
Have you even watched a Nuggets game this year???? I can appreciate the pistons, I can appreciate the celtics, all the vintage fundamental basketball. But the Spurs?
I’d rather stick needles all over my body than root for those fucks.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
rangerjohn says:
you know all this “bruce bowen is dirty” and “if bowen played in the 80’s he would be knocked out so many balh blah blah”
complete BS he plays a style not unlike the “bad boy pistons” of the late 80’s, every team back then (well every good team) had a player just like bowen, only with more contact, so that being said bowen would not have any problem other then being “weak” and would have to get more physical.
come on guy his style may be “dirty” NOW but 15-20-25 yrs ago he would have been right in the middle of it just like everyone else.
and all the spurs hate, not a single spurs hater can honestly say they would not like a bowen or a manu on their team so those are not valid arguements as to why you hate the spurs.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Homeless J says:
It’s a completely aesthetic thing.
I get bored almost to sleep just by watching them. It’s an almost inexplicable phenomena that is felt by many basketball fans across the country, and there are many intangible factors that play into this.
I know you’d all jump at the chance to guzzle Tim Duncan’s bathwater because he’s the greatest power forward who ever breathed god’s sacred oxygen, and he strikes me as a very respectable and easy-going guy, but he’s vanilla as fuck. The whole team is so bland that I don’t even like watching them play my favorite teams most of the time. I’m not somebody who has to see a thousand crossovers and dunks to be entertained, I enjoy fundamental basketball, which the Spurs play in spades. But it’s as stark a difference as watching an animal flail around while dying and watching an animal that’s already dead, and been dead for quite some time.
I think it has a lot to do with the jerseys. Not only are they particularly flavorless to the eyes, but they also are the perfect color scheme for the classic villain (like in the old western movies which were all black and white, so to make a visual distinction between good and evil, the good guy wore the white hat and the bad guy wore the black hat. The Spurs wear the white hat at home and the black hat when they ride through with their six shooters, it even fits perfectly into the Texas atmosphere.)
For some reason, I’ve also had an inexplicable but strong and undeniable hatred for Manu Ginobili. I think everyone, at various points in their lives, randomly chooses certain people to hate and have a vendetta against and Manu is one of those people for me. It’s sort of like love at first sight, except it’s hate at first sight.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
rangerjohn says:
@t-bone,
why is that? like i said earlier, YOU DONT LIKE THE SPURS BECAUSE THEY BEAT YOUR TEAM!!!!
nug fans are mad because the last 2 tiems they played the spurs in the playoffs, nuggets won the 1st game in SA and then procedded to get HANDLED and sweept the next for.
and alley oops are sure “unselfish” but how many do the nuggets get? the nuggets get assists not from being “unselfish” but as a biproduct of the style the play, fast and inconsistent. when you take 90 shots per game (or like last nights game, something like 190 shots combined, or a shot every 15 seconds) you cant help but get an assist here and there.
doesnt mean they play team ball, AI and melo are all about AI and melo.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
YOUNGFED says:
Um RangerJohn The BadBoys were DIRTY hince the name BADBOY. Bowen style Dirty now and Dirty then.
BTW anybody hatin’ on AI is crazy. the words heart and desire sound never be questioned with him in any manner.
I can safely say as a loyal piston fan WE DO NOT WANT BOWEN. Now anyone would take Manu flops or no flops Ranger.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
control says:
rangerjohn, There is a difference between being a tough defender and being a cheapshot guy who goes out to intentionally hurt someone.
I don’t think people have a problem with the small elbows, shirt holding and small knees (cept that Nash one) he throws, that shit is part of the game at any level. He crosses the line though. The guy’s foot is ALWAYS under a jump shooters feet, he is ALWAYS stepping on people’s feet right before they jump and he is ALWAYS bumping people enough so that they lose their balance when they jump. There is no excuse for that now, none for it 10 or 50 years ago. That line he crosses is what makes him a dirty bitch.
Artest plays the same tight and rough defense that Bowen does, but even he doesn’t cross that line…and he is a lunatic.
Homeless J, I agree with your feelings about Manu…I feel the same way about him. Only other person who I never could stand, from the first moment I saw/hear them was Jay Towers (Detroit Radio DJ/Talkshow host).
April 11th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
GEE... Put some stank on it! says:
Love the Rockets of course!
Love the Lakers.
Love the Nuggs.
Love the Warriors.
Love the Pistons.
Love the Magic.
Love the Celtics
Like the
Wizards, Heat, Dallas (now with J Kidd), Hawks, Suns, Hornets and Philly.
Dislike Utah and San An mainly.
The rest could care less.
Don’t like that corny Spurs Mascot even. I wanna slap that thing silly. Some teams are just easy to dislike.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
JLE40 says:
Its ok for fans to dislike the Spurs. But to say that they are boring is simply ignorant. Anyone who really understands basketball would agree that their style is a thing of beauty. Sure, they aren’t the most flashy team in the L, but they do a number of things well. They are extremely patient on O, moving the ball, making the extra pass, forcing the D to work for the majority of the shot clock.
On D, they do it all. They have a shot blocker down low altering shots in the paint. They have a lock-down defender making life miserable on the opponents superstar in the backcourt. The whole team play fundamentally sound team defense, which is a lost art in the L.
Timmy D is arguablly the best PF of all times. Tony is a pg that limits his mistakes and pushes tempo when its there, does a great job. Manu attacks the rim as hard as anyone. Everyone on that team understands and accepts their roles.
Most importantly, they get W’s. They don’t care if it looks good, they are all about ’ships. You gotta respect that.
April 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Celts Fan says:
Control, great line and great point: “Artest plays the same tight and rough defense that Bowen does, but even he doesn’t cross that line…and he is a lunatic”
Hilarious.
April 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
GEE... Put some stank on it! says:
JLE I take a lil’ exception to that. That is like saying anyone who seen “American Ganster” (which I loved) and said it’s boring is simply ignorant.
Naw it’s just your preference pimpin. Many people like more of a Run and Gun style or a team that is more 3 point oriented or whatever. Watching the Suns or Golden State might be boring to you.
I think everyone respects their play cause you can’t deny they win, but I wouldnt’ say someone is ignorant just because they say the Spurs are boring.
It’s not always about w’s either because I remember disliking the Spurs and hating to watch their games when they wasn’t in the thick of things and on a championship level.
Let us not forget the past before Robinson and Duncan era. HELLO?!?!
I didn’t like them then and don’t like them now!
April 11th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
JayTea says:
For me, every time they show TD sitting on the bench he just looks like he is on the verge of crying. I don’t think I can remember ever seeing him smiling and laughing. So for me, I want to see someone who looks like they are enjoying it.
I was a big spurs fan back in the Dennis Rodman days. But now? not so much. I give them credit for their solid record over the last decade but I really have to say I don’t get hyped to see em.
April 11th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
dh says:
i love defense in every sport, but i don’t think the majority of fans appreciate it. to me, a good baseball game is 1-0 and a football game 9-6, but most people don’t want to pay that much attention to the other facets of the game like defense, footwork, positioning and accurate passing. they want highlights, they want to be entertained, and when it comes to entertaining the spurs suck. its like how most people didn’t like watching the patriots before they randy moss. they were good at football, but bad entertainers. while i’m sure coaches all over would love it if their teams could execute like the spurs, the nba is supposed to be “where amazing happens” and in san antonio, nothing “amazing” ever happens.
just my ¢2
dh
April 11th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Andy W says:
All of us in Argentina love the Spurs!
April 11th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
GEE... Put some stank on it! says:
Andy I am sure I can find a Argentinian that dislikes the Spurs lol!
I think dislike for them is worldwide! I bet it’s cats in Africa, China especially, Antarctica and otherwise that can’t stand the Spurs.
I think it’s safe to say that some aliens in Mars, Pluto (the black planet cause they trying to say it ain’t a planet no more) and outerspace are collectively waiting for the demise of the Spurs lol.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
fallinup says:
I got mad respect for Spurs basketball. But I laugh whole heartedly during the home team introductions. Can’t help but throw up in my mouth when I hear..
“Ya’ll ready for this! Da-da-da Duh Duh, D-Duh Duh Duh Duh, Da-Da, Da Da Da Da!.”
My girl is from San Antonio, she hates it when I make fun of the crap ass intros. Step out of the 90’s San Antonio. LOL
April 11th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Ross says:
I agree with you 100%, Austin. I, myself, am I defensive player (in every sport I’ve ever played), so I can relate to everything you’re saying. The Parker/Manu fast breaks are amazing to watch, but you just never see those on SportsCenter the next morning.
In basketball, popularity = dunks, and the Spurs rarely dunk the ball.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
GEE... Put some stank on it! says:
fallinup stop playing! LMAO!
Tell me that is now how they are doing the intro. Ok ANOTHER reason to dislike the Spurs lol.
Wow!
April 11th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
godfreyallstar says:
haha its funny that people bitch about the spurs being “dirty”. do yall remember the bad boys or mj bulls? they were all considered dirty. zeke’s step on your foot when youre going up for a layup, rodman puttin his thumb up dudes ass when they tried to post up. so thats a weak excuse, look at the great teams across the years. they all get hated for one reason or another, so hate the spurs. like the kobe commercial. hate em cuz theyre a dynasty. hate em cuz they win chips. hate em cuz they better than your team.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
amareisblackjesus says:
I hate the spurs because they are cheap. They ruitinely draw up plays to get fouls on the other teams best players or they initiat the body contact to try to draw the foul everytime. They know they aren’t talented enough to beat a team like Phoenix so they rely on the refs to fall for their dives and flops. That may not be considered cheating, but it is very cheap and not the way basketball was intended to be played. Plus they are extremely dirty, but still get all the calls to go there way its horrible. And don’t make me laugh run the Suns out of the gym with Parker and Ginobli. Please, two guys can’t run a team like Phoenix out of anywhere. They can only run at certain times when it opportunity presents itself unlike the Suns who run no matter what. Even when most teams know its coming they still can’t stop it. Bruce Bowan is punk and Shaq will put him in his place this post season and Manu just doesn’t play honest. Him and Fabrico flop like crazy and in most sports that type of thing is considered cheating and people are punshied for it. Spurs are just a good team that takes advantage of horrible officiating and loop holes to push the envolope to give their team an edge. How do you respect that? I can’t and i never will. They represent everything that is wrong with the league yet the league loves them. Stop trying to figure out ways to give yourself an unfair advantage by bending the rules and play the damn game.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
T-Bonus says:
“so hate the spurs. like the kobe commercial. hate em cuz theyre a dynasty. hate em cuz they win chips. hate em cuz they better than your team.”
I think this thread should be closed. This is the conclusion:
For a wide variety of reason, the Spurs are the most hated basketball team in the world. These reasons vary. Some are justified, some are comedic, some are bogus, but the fact remains, the Spurs are THE most hated, worst team to watch in the entire sport, forget just the NBA.
Thank you all for your contributions.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I'm Taking Over says:
HOW can you back this team? Tim Duncan likes to bank shots, play Dungeons and Dragons and attend renaissance fairs. He also looks like he could be the language arts teacher at my little sister’s school. Manu belongs in a local production of Guys and Dolls. Tony Parker gets busy with Eva Longoria on the regular which is a pretty good reason to dislike the dude. Bruce Bowen should be universally disliked not only by basketball fans but by people who hold the door open for people behind them, people who move out of the way for old people on the sidewalk and people who don’t cut in food lines. I guess if you’re a huge douchebag you can like Bruce Bowne naturally.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
fallinup says:
GEE…I shit you not.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5hVk6FVFyX4&feature=related
That was last year, but trust me, it hasn’t changed.
Go to the 48 sec mark. LMAO
April 11th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Momma NayNay says:
Austin, dawg, I love you, and the Spurs are a fundamentally sound team, but they play in the NBA, they’re not running basketball camps. People like watching ball not just because we love the sport. If that was the case we’d be packing the house to watch the Liberty play just as often as we do for the Knicks (ok, well maybe the Knicks aren’t the best example here, but you get my point). I love watching GS, the Celtics, the Hornets, Detroit, or more specifically, Kobe, Lebron, CP, Dwight, Nash, Rondo, … why? Because they do what your average ballplayer can’t do, and in a way that many athletes can’t even imagine. All the Spurs need is a swagger booster and they’d be straight.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
GEE... Put some stank on it! says:
Bwahhhhhhhhhhh hhhaaaaaaaa wow! Now that is crazy. Ok I have think I have 1 last thread of a measure of respect for San An. cause the rest went out the window with that mess.
As a player you should just protest that ish right there.
Right now wishing I was one of those radio DJ’s offering up money for someone to slap the Spurs Mascot!
April 11th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
GEE... Put some stank on it! says:
Omi scuse me Mama NayNay
The thing is even if you give them the year supply of swagger booster then it’s going to come off weird. I think it’s been 1 maybe 2 times I have seen one of them scream after a shot or do something that is suppose to be cool.
Man it’s so right up there with the weird ish Dirk does after he scores. It just don’t look right. For what it’s worth they got the formula for winning, unfortunately it’s got a stale flavor. They keep serving it though. LOL
April 11th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Austin Burton says:
Damn, that intro has me thinking … “Spirit fingers!”
@Nay — I would think that the Queen of the Mid-Range Jumper would have an appreciation for Parker and Duncan, at least. My thing is that if you like the Celtics, who aren’t any more flashy than San Antonio, why wouldn’t you like the Spurs? Because KG screams after he dunks and Duncan just goes back on D?
April 11th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
K Dizzle says:
I’m hopin this thread gets to 100, much like another hated item:vince carter.
some people love the spurs and some people hate em. I know one legit spurs fan…and he’s a loser, not to be rude but everybody knows a dude like him. Silent his whole life, but as soon as the spurs win something, he pulls out the spurs hoody and claims loyalty.
Somebody compared the Spurs to my Lakers dynasty. That had to be a joke. The Lakers history goes from Mikan to West, Wilt and Baylor to Magic-Worthy-Kareem to Shaq-kobe. Great characters and ballers supreme and hall-of-famers all. The only spurs player I ever liked was The Iceman. The franchise is the luckiest in sports history. D-Rob hurts his back and the team absolutely tanks and they end up stealin Duncan from the Celtics. If that doesn’t happen, San An is Atlanta at best. My greatest joy is when the Lakers win it all, my 2nd greatest joy is when San An loses 4 and is sent home. nothin personal: don’t like em, don’t watch em
April 11th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Homeless J says:
KG showing passion and emotion when he plays is exactly why people like him more than Duncan. Duncan is so sound fundamentally that it almost looks like he’s half asleep when he’s playing, because he can just put it on cruise control and get 20-10 whenever he wants. KG can get 20-10 any time he wants and look entertaining while doing it. People can get behind someone who looks like he’s making a huge effort to accomplish something that they themselves most likely can’t, and it’s harder for them to get behind a dude who could score layups entirely with his pinky fingers while wearing a blindfold all night if he wanted to.
Personally I could give a shit about the Spurs or the Celtics. I hate the Spurs and am generally indifferent to the Celtics (who don’t even pronounce their own name correctly.) The difference, for me? I’d be really excited to see the Celtics go deep in the playoffs and I would be bored to the point of hitting myself in the head repeatedly with a hammer in order to beat some life into myself if the Spurs make it to the finals again. I will actively root against the Spurs and hope they somehow get knocked out in the first round, and I will be generally indifferent to the Celtics, not rooting for them but definately not minding if they make it to the EC or final-finals. It could have a lot to do with the fact that the Spurs and Duncan have been around and been successful for so long that everyone is tired of seeing them, and the Celtics are the fresh and new thing, the shiny new toy that the kids want to play with, and the Spurs are the old, well-crafted antique toy that’s stood the test of time but none of the kids want to play with it because it’s dull, old, creaky and doesn’t have all the cool buttons and features that the new ones do.
April 11th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
word says:
well might as well put in my 2 cents and make 100.
They are boring, they whine, they flop, bowen is borderline dirty player and made me personally hate him and the team after what he did to my favorite team last playoffs.
and most of all they just are too good they don’t give any other teams a chance and no one wants to see them win again, ever, not this season, not for a long ass time, people want their teams to win and the nba playoffs are just unenjoyable when they play, i didn’t even watch a lot of the playoffs because they make me fall asleep, and i probably won’t watch this season again if they knock out teams i want to see win, the make me not like watching ball, and thats serious. i rather do just about anything else than watch a spurs game, ANYTHING.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
ngoogs says:
i get that the spurs are hands down the best team of the decade. i get it that silent timmy is one of the better 4s to ever play basketball. as a fan of the game you have to respect that. and yet, something about them that i cant even try to discribe just makes me hate them. its not even that i hate them, i just hate watching them. Last years finals, even tho im a big cavs fan, i didnt even watch it. hahah i knew going in that we were gunna get our asses swept, but if i knew we were going to get swept against, say, pheonix or utah or really any other team, i would have still watched. its undescribable why everyone hates them.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Homeless J says:
Austin Burton on ice cream:
“Why the fuck does everyone like strawberry? They make that the same exact way they make vanilla, just with slightly different ingredients, and vanilla will make you just as full as strawberry or orange sherbet and it has less calories than rocky road and tin roof sundae. In fact, if eaten rapidly, it will freeze your brain just as much OR MORE than any other flavor of ice cream. I don’t see how anyone who appreciates the finer aspects of ice cream could hate vanilla.”
April 11th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
ML says:
Hey Little Austin. How long have you been on the Sperm’s Weiner? Haha I bet you been on it so long You forgot how long you been on it. Stick to 1 team Mothafucka.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
kowtz says:
Spurs are the team to beat… that’s why people hate them… PERIOD….
just like why people hate kobe so much…
April 11th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
sans says:
I don’t like the Spurs because of the Detroit-Spurs Finals matchup. They buckle down play great team D and get calls from the officials because they play such great D. And Manu flops a lot. I hate the Spurs because they always beat the team I want to see when, whether with their asterisk championship or the one they just got by bottling up Lebron.
April 12th, 2008 at 6:32 am
weng santos says:
The Spurs are boring only to the uneducated.
You know, the guys who’d rather look good first and win second.
Now that’s the true insult to basketball.
What’s not to like about execution, unselfishness, and championships?
If- unlike the Spurs- you’re not playing to win, then go home, loser. You’re a waste of floor space.
April 12th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
seng wantos says:
yeah…if you find the spurs boring, then you’re obviously an idiot, who doesn’t appreciate execution, unselfishness and championships because the spurs have 4 in their history.
Puh-leaze. Post #106 is exactly why the spurs are hated. There are 31 NBA teams. Why do we have to like the most boring, no excitement, treat basketball like a job, never show any emotion, make every game look like paint drying and just generally put viewers to sleep team?
“If you’re not playin to win?……WHAT?
Get over yourselves
April 12th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
tealish says:
I don’t hate the Spurs, but you can’t deny that they aren’t exciting to watch. I won’t say they’re boring because they do have flashes of excitement here and there, and they execute team basketball better than any team in the L - it’s not even close. If you wanted to teach a college team how to play real ball, you’d be running Spurs tapes for them non-stop.
With that said, it’s understandable why the general public is tired of them. They’re always at the top and they win with an ease that lacks the rollercoaster effect of a team like Denver/GS/LA who will find ways to blow 30point leads then storm back with a barrage of points of their own. Yes, exciting basketball - but another word for that is ‘inconsistent’.
The Spurs are the exact opposite. They will grind your flashy asses out. So yeah, I don’t hate the Spurs. I respect the Spurs, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that I’d much rather see someone else in the finals.
April 12th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Celts Fan says:
agreed Seng, and fellas, the Spurs have only won 3 chips THIS decade, and the Lakers won theirs in a row with a dominant team, have another Finals appearance on top of it,a nd look poised to win another chip before the end of the decade. While it’s definitely not even close to over, to say the Spurs are the “undisputed team of the decade” is retarded and just plain wrong. I’d narrowly give it to LA with the caveat that it’ll be decided on the floor over the next few years.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
karma says:
Bruce Bowen is such a dirty bastard, that’s why I hate the spurs. He’s constantly trying to hurt people, trip them, kick them in the face, whatever.
Check youtube, there’s ample evidence.
Anyone who says the Spurs are “nice guys” is just a homer. Their downfall will be swift, sharp and complete, as they continue to get slower and older, and the league continues to wise up to their antics.
April 12th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Austin Burton says:
For one, when I say Duncan is the best player of the past decade and San Antonio is the best team, I mean from 1998-2008.
@seng — “There are 31 NBA teams. Why do we have to like the most boring, no excitement, treat basketball like a job, never show any emotion, make every game look like paint drying and just generally put viewers to sleep team?”
Actually there’s 30 teams, but that’s beside the point. You give the common anti-Spurs argument but it has no basis. How can you say they’re “no excitement” and “make every game look like paint drying” when you’ve seen numerous memorable down-to-the-wire exciting regular and postseason games involving this team?
Remember Derek Fisher’s shot with 0.4 left? Game 7 of the ‘06 series with Dallas? (Actually the entire series was amazing.) The Kevin Martin Game in ‘06? Games 3-4 of last year’s Finals were decided by a total of 4 points. Remember last year’s Phoenix series? Remember when Rasheed left Horry open in the ‘05 Finals? Remember the WCF that year against Phoenix? Or the ‘03 WCF against Dallas? The second-round series against L.A. that year when they sent Kobe home crying?
Did you fall asleep through all of that?
April 13th, 2008 at 6:45 am
doc says:
I respect the Spurs game but I don’t like they team.Manu running around out there looking like Balky with all that gay ass flopping and moaning.TP nice but he play basic because the system.They like Hoosiers in this era.Fuck em get them pricks out of here but if they win fuck it they stepped it up again.My team the Sixers anyway so I dont give a fuck I can enjoy the season because we gettin out of here and if we get a sweet matchup we can get it in.
April 13th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
soydawg says:
99 finals, i really hated them.
but though i am not their biggest fan, i began to respect an even like them.
for how good they are, they still are underrated…
April 14th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Camb0dia says:
simple spurs do things that an average fan can appreciate.
Kobe, no one remembers kibe for the hundreds of midrangers he hits a night, just ofr the specky pass/dunk or fade three
Ditto with Ai and Lebron.
Duncan doesn’t talk so you never know about him, if duncan has shaq or even odens personality people would like him more.
Manu flops, but so does everyone else, u see it more with manu cos he gets in that position everygame.
ppl are right parker cant rap, but he can get buckets left right and centre. no flash all substance
April 15th, 2008 at 1:19 am
jaceofspades says:
hate is such a strong word. i just dislike them.
bruce bowen is a dirty player, admit it. plays innocent but you’ve seen the tapes. i think manu is great. but i do believe he flops more than vlade divac. horry, only shows up in the playoffs to destroy other teams hopes. i was a fan of the kinds that one year horry destroyed their dreams. and when horry sideswiped nash last year. the series honestly belonged to the suns. duncan, hes a GREAT player. but the most ive enjoyed watchin him was when david robinson was there. tony parker. my favorite on the team. not dislike for him. he can just do whatever he wants on the court. all in all. theres a only a couple people on the spurs i dislike. but i think its the fact that theyre always around the top, you tend to root for different teams because u tire of them easily. easier than other teams because theyre not AS exciting. except for parker and ginobili.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:58 am
andy says:
Please be advised that Kobe Bryant one of the best players in the league by stats has gone on to saying that Manu Ginobili is one of his favorite player. This is one of the most exciting player to watch in the league complimenting another amazing player.
The Spurs are an exciting and fun team to watch all you haters just get on a bandwagon and dont even realize that they actually play for the love of the game. Who on that team is actually worried about a shoe deal? Who on that team walks around with 50 pounds of chain around their necks?
They are idols!