Comments on: Tim Duncan’s Political Swag

By: Tully

Tully — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:29:18 +0000

Great article. Now that the flavor-of-the-week stlyes of the Suns/Mavs/Warriors have proved to be fun but unsuccessful, the disciplined fundamentals of the Spurs look more and more intelligent. And, they’ve managed their salary cap better than most other teams– look for a couple of the older guys to retire this year (or just not be resigned), and my bet is the Spurs replace them next season with Euro-star Tiago Splitter, and some young free agents like Ryan Gomes, Kelenna Azubuike, Desagana Diop… In all likelihood, the Spurs will be even better next year, while Phoenix and Dallas will see their chances of winning a title pretty much disappear.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:37:51 +0000

Thanks for this. As a die hard Spurs fan (and an even bigger basketball fan) I’ve always found the Spurs very entertaining.

It’s good to see them make a fan of an “outsider”/former-hater.

By: Ty

Ty — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:18:53 +0000

“…steal Horry’s clutch…” Loved the article and it is so true. The one constant knock against the Spurs is their lack of flair. Have any of these people not seen Manu’s contorsionists moves through traffic to finish at the basket? Parker’s ability to slice through a defense and get into the paint (and finish while being fouled)? And personlly, I love Duncan’s bank shots. Good Job Austin!

By: juan carlos

juan carlos — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:17:17 +0000

no time for addressing all the nonsense in this article. SA is not boring, Tony is not boring, Manu is not boring, Duncan (and his fundamentals, his tenacity and humbleness) is not boring, it’s all very beautiful. You don’t have to respect them, just try to like the true basketball game, where people actually defend. Dunks, etc., etc., is all BS.
And, please, SA has nothing to do with Republican -which has nothing to do with brain-…
The whole article is pretty pathetic…

By: Curt

Curt — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:31:36 +0000

I love the whole “watching a team kick other players’ legs. I didn’t know that “perfect[ing] all the intangible aspects of basketball” meant kneeing other players in the man region.” Crap we hear from Suns fans.

Looked like Nash was trying to undercut Duncan’s legs when he was going for rebounds in that same series. HMM I guess that Nash was sliding up under Tim to try to rebound over his back? Oh ya, lets forget the foul by Shaq or the hard one to Manu’s head. What about Bell taking off Bryant’s head the year before. The truth is that D’Antoni crys about everything. The rest of the team spends way to much time complaining about fairness. The way they present themselves they feel entitled to win a championship because they are the Suns. It is always someone elses fault they lose. The Spurs cheat, the calls did not go their way, yada yada. They need to look in the mirror. Give us Amare for a few years so he can learn to play defense and he will be an absolute beast.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:47:23 +0000

4 Championships in 10 years. Thats the most in any pro sport. I would say that the Spurs are doing something right. Dirty or not, they win the right way which is fundamentals. If you dont like watching the spurs , then you dont like watching real basketball.

By: Rashad

Rashad — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:32:37 +0000

Not only was Tim animated, but I saw him call an impromptu staff meeting on the bench in the second overtime, and he looked even more demonstrative then. Its Shaq’s turn.

By: DKH

DKH — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:17:58 +0000

This article is fairly pointless. I don’t get any “imponderable pleasure” from watching a team kick other players’ legs. I didn’t know that “perfect[ing] all the intangible aspects of basketball” meant kneeing other players in the man region.

No one denies that the Spurs play well fundementally, but your article addresses none of the reasons for which anyone actually dislikes the Spurs: their dirty play and sometimes specious help from the referees.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:41:34 +0000

Ummm… can I say genius? This article is where I was at last season. I had fought so long to dislike their slow methodical sets but then I fell in love with the system and players. Now I have a Spurs jersey (BEEENNOOOO!), drafted Duncan this season, vent that Manu should have been an All-Star and no longer care that T-Parker gets to date the sexy Eva Longoria.