San Antonio Spurs

[raYnooB]

Let me tell you, the Spurs organization were confused heading into playoffs when the team's physician announces that Manu can't make it to the playoffs. They are dead people walking, no way of knowing what to do. Diha palang daan i saw the Spurs' death.
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no room for excuses huh??

[cainez]

What if wala nagbleeding si Steve Nash on their game 1 two years ago? most probably he could end up breaking his ankle kay he keep on pushing himself to reach in that ball with parker.

What if niduwa si Diaw n Amare pag game 5? most probably duncan will eat them up with his low post inferno. A complete Phoenix line-up can't keep up a complete Spurs line-up. Bisan kapila pa mu hansak inyong Amare!

yes, injury happens anytime, but injuries can make hopes ends. if ma injured ka inutil na tawag nimo ana, and you can't expect from them if that happens. dili swerte2 ang basketball bro, you need to have good health and good skills to win it all. skills or talent alone won't help you when you have aching knees. (try to ask your grandfather if ok ba ang feeling kun sakit ang tuhod. hehe) and if a team wins 4 times against the opponent in a seven game series, u can't call it swerte or lucky. that's what we called dominance. winning and losing have reasons and those reasons are to be scrutinized and properly analyzed. like "the mavs won? how? why?" or " the spurs loses? how come? what's the factor?" coz if ur a basketball fan and you wont try to analyzed how a team wins or loses then ur just a weak duck in the swamp.

there is no room for excuses. those are facts.

the bottom line is... gusto lang ninyo ipalabas na "the Mavs defeated the resilient Spurs". haha
Let me tell you, the Spurs organization were confused heading into playoffs when the team's physician announces that Manu can't make it to the playoffs. They are dead people walking, no way of knowing what to do. Diha palang daan i saw the Spurs' death.

bwahaha..magkatawa raman ko nimo bai oi.. kung laing team na magpalusot di ka mudawat.. puros raman ka assumption, puros what if, probably..etc.. ngano man madame auring ka para kahibaw nga kan-on ra silang diaw ug amare ato na game? nya di pa gyud momatter si nash? ikaw ra bitaw nag-ingun nga momatter kung kompleto gyud ang line-up. imo rang gikaon imong gisulti bro..sure oi!!ahaha..

weeks ago someone posted here nga nireklamo siya kay tungod ato nga game (tanan iyang gitype kay red ug font na-ban man guro to), niya giingnan lang sa mga spurs fan diri nga excuses.. so kung excuses to iyaha unsa nalang kaha ni imoha??

di ka angay motudlo anang mga factors like health, like i've said that's part of the game, sala ba diay nas pikas team nga mainjured ang kontra.. kahibaw kos imong gipasabot, ang wa ra nimo masabti kay kung lower seed mapildi ang higher seed that's an upset.. maong muingun ming excuses nalang nang imo kay humana man.. niingun ba diay kag "lugi ni among team da" sa wa pa nagsugod ang playoffs? mas motoo pako nimo kung nisulti ka ana daan diri.. almost half sa season wala si Manu and ang spurs nindot lang gihapon ug standings, so pasabot ana nakaadjust sila!! imo nasang ilusot kay di importante ang season?? nag-apas baya intawn kada team sa homecourt advantage, partida pa gani nas spurs ha.

kasabot man sad ko nimo bro ngano di ka kadawat ug upset, sakit sad baya na ingnun nga giupset mo diba? di ko mavs fan, pero tagadunon man gud imong mga excuses..

[cainez]

and oh before i forgot.. if ya'll familiar with the betting odds.. before the playoffs it's favoring San Antonio at -200, even after they split their four meetings with Dallas this season and Manu injured.. none of your comments here matters in history..

i'm out like winning 200 bucks by betting a 100..lol

[MalditohoN]

welcome back bro, tackie!

[footlose]

bwahaha..magkatawa raman ko nimo bai oi.. kung laing team na magpalusot di ka mudawat.. puros raman ka assumption, puros what if, probably..etc.. ngano man madame auring ka para kahibaw nga kan-on ra silang diaw ug amare ato na game? nya di pa gyud momatter si nash? ikaw ra bitaw nag-ingun nga momatter kung kompleto gyud ang line-up. imo rang gikaon imong gisulti bro..sure oi!!ahaha..

weeks ago someone posted here nga nireklamo siya kay tungod ato nga game (tanan iyang gitype kay red ug font na-ban man guro to), niya giingnan lang sa mga spurs fan diri nga excuses.. so kung excuses to iyaha unsa nalang kaha ni imoha??

di ka angay motudlo anang mga factors like health, like i've said that's part of the game, sala ba diay nas pikas team nga mainjured ang kontra.. kahibaw kos imong gipasabot, ang wa ra nimo masabti kay kung lower seed mapildi ang higher seed that's an upset.. maong muingun ming excuses nalang nang imo kay humana man.. niingun ba diay kag "lugi ni among team da" sa wa pa nagsugod ang playoffs? mas motoo pako nimo kung nisulti ka ana daan diri.. almost half sa season wala si Manu and ang spurs nindot lang gihapon ug standings, so pasabot ana nakaadjust sila!! imo nasang ilusot kay di importante ang season?? nag-apas baya intawn kada team sa homecourt advantage, partida pa gani nas spurs ha.

kasabot man sad ko nimo bro ngano di ka kadawat ug upset, sakit sad baya na ingnun nga giupset mo diba? di ko mavs fan, pero tagadunon man gud imong mga excuses..

bwahahaha you have just hit the nail so hard, bisan unsaon nato og huna huna puro ra gyud na speculations... completo o dili kung pildi pildi gyud.

ngano di man gyud na nato madawat.. mao bitaw to ako gi example ang suns.. na kutob ra gyud mi what ifs ato, wa gyud mi mahimo kay pildi gyud.



nagtoo man gud ko aning mga spurs fans na mga pro, walay excuses.. nausab hinoon ako pag tan aw ani nila.. way labot si takie ha.. tsk tsk tsk

[KingBooker]

nisalop na ang adlaw sa Spurs... lain napud nga team ang mosubang... tigulang na sila Duncan ug Ginobili...

[Archer sensAtion]

bwahaha..magkatawa raman ko nimo bai oi.. kung laing team na magpalusot di ka mudawat.. puros raman ka assumption, puros what if, probably..etc.. ngano man madame auring ka para kahibaw nga kan-on ra silang diaw ug amare ato na game? nya di pa gyud momatter si nash? ikaw ra bitaw nag-ingun nga momatter kung kompleto gyud ang line-up. imo rang gikaon imong gisulti bro..sure oi!!ahaha..

weeks ago someone posted here nga nireklamo siya kay tungod ato nga game (tanan iyang gitype kay red ug font na-ban man guro to), niya giingnan lang sa mga spurs fan diri nga excuses.. so kung excuses to iyaha unsa nalang kaha ni imoha??

di ka angay motudlo anang mga factors like health, like i've said that's part of the game, sala ba diay nas pikas team nga mainjured ang kontra.. kahibaw kos imong gipasabot, ang wa ra nimo masabti kay kung lower seed mapildi ang higher seed that's an upset.. maong muingun ming excuses nalang nang imo kay humana man.. niingun ba diay kag "lugi ni among team da" sa wa pa nagsugod ang playoffs? mas motoo pako nimo kung nisulti ka ana daan diri.. almost half sa season wala si Manu and ang spurs nindot lang gihapon ug standings, so pasabot ana nakaadjust sila!! imo nasang ilusot kay di importante ang season?? nag-apas baya intawn kada team sa homecourt advantage, partida pa gani nas spurs ha.

kasabot man sad ko nimo bro ngano di ka kadawat ug upset, sakit sad baya na ingnun nga giupset mo diba? di ko mavs fan, pero tagadunon man gud imong mga excuses..

i agree... mao sad ni ako pasabot nga half sa season wala si Ginobili... meaning nka adjust sila unya na abot pa jud nila ang 3rd seed WITHOUT Manu!...

kahibaw ko unsa reply ani... " lahi ra ang regular season sa playoffs" (ahak nalang)


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[istoryansucks]

i agree... mao sad ni ako pasabot nga half sa season wala si Ginobili... meaning nka adjust sila unya na abot pa jud nila ang 3rd seed WITHOUT Manu!...

kahibaw ko unsa reply ani... " lahi ra ang regular season sa playoffs" (ahak nalang)


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sakto gud ka bro.

[tackielarla]

San Antonio Spurs and Detroit Pistons – The End of the Road
by Tim Furious
betus.com

If you go back over the last seven years of NBA action, two teams will stand out above all others. San Antonio has won four NBA titles since drafting Tim Duncan. The Detroit Pistons have been to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and won the esteemed title in 2004 after acquiring a man simply known as “Sheed”. No two teams have proved to have more staying power in the NBA Playoffs than the Spurs in the West and the Pistons in the East.

However, like the Roman Empire, the U.S. Economy and the career of Tom Cruise, you can’t stay on top of the mountain forever. San Antonio and Detroit were both first round victims in the 2009 NBA Playoffs. I hate saying it because I’ve loved tracking these teams for the past ten years – but it’s the end of an era in the NBA.

The Pistons’ Joe Dumars had a sharp eye for under-song heroes. In 2001 he brought Ben Wallace on board to anchor his defense, while shipping an oft-injured Grant Hill to Orlando. The following year, he signed Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton and drafted a gangly character named Tayshaun Prince.

The final piece of the puzzle was an unexpected savior from a team affectionately known as the Portland JailBlazers. At the trade deadline in 2004, the Pistons acquired Rasheed Wallace. I still remember seeing that headline flash across the ticker while watching ESPN, turning to my buddy Mikey, a long-time Detroit supporter and saying, “Congrats. You guys just won the championship.”

And they did. Detroit won the Eastern Conference by muscling past the Pacers and then vanquishing an insanely feared Lakers team that had bolstered Kobe and Shaq with Karl Malone and Gary Payton. Nobody gave Detroit a chance, and all they did was post three double-digit wins, and closed the series as NBA Champions after a 14-year drought. In 2005, Detroit would run in to another team trying to assert themselves on the NBA.

NBA fans cringed when Detroit and San Antonio met in the NBA Finals. It’s really no surprise either. A lot of casual NBA fans hate 5-on-5 basketball centered around defense and team play. But when the series went to seven games, with the Spurs eventually toppling Detroit’s chances of earning back-to-back championships, everyone was glued to their TV’s.

The Spurs won four conference titles and four NBA Championships between 1999-2007, happily earning a right to claim the title of “dynasty” that Detroit so desperately tried to achieve.

The story these days, is so much different. Detroit imploded around the trade of Chauncey Billups for Allen Iverson, failed to replenish its diminishing bench with trades and free-agency and watched Rasheed Wallace slowly fade from NBA relevancy. They also failed to get psychiatric help for Tayshaun Prince after LeBron dropped fourteen billion dunks on his face over the last three years. Honestly, go back to that historic performance by LeBron and count forwards. Has Tayshaun ever been the same feared defensive player since then? Nope.

For San Antonio, the story is so much different. Injuries have crippled this team. Tim Duncan hit the 1,000 game mark which brings the health of his knees in to question. Manu Ginobli played in just 44 games this season, starting only seven, and scoring just 15.5 points per game. Manu and The Big Fundamental are slowing down, while Tony Parker is hitting his prime. It’s bad timing if anything.

You can hardly blame the players. Joe Dumars was a genius in putting together perhaps one of the most feared starting five in recent NBA history. Rip Hamilton was a deadly defender and a lethal scorer. Tayshaun Prince was shutting everyone not named LeBron James down like a landlord in a low-income neighborhood. Rasheed and Big Ben were the most feared interior defense in the league. And Chauncey was a leader. Who is the future of Detroit now?

Joe Dumars let his own head get to him, and tried desperately to give the Pistons one last push by bringing on Allen Iverson who hit the IR faster than you can say “practice?!”. Now the Pistons are left in ruins, trying to piece together a team that has plummeted in to the depths of its twilight years. You won’t be hearing about the Pistons anytime soon.

The Spurs, on the other hand, may be down…but they’re far from out. Timmy Duncan is a hard nosed leader who will still has a few NBA years left in him while he watches Tony Parker inevitably take over the team. The real engine for San Antonio is Greg Popovich, who is hands down the best coach in the NBA today. His players are fiercely loyal. They all buy in to his scheme. He demands respect and commands the locker room. That’s the leader you want when a dynasty is on the verge of collapsing.

Either way you cut it, the Lakers are taking over the West with Houston and Portland on the up-and-up. Detroit barely clawed their way in to the playoffs this season, and don’t have the pieces in place to make a run next year.

The early part of the new millennium will be remember for two teams that sat on the verge of greatness. One team let hubris and a refusal to replenish the bench stand in their way, while the other made the most of what they had by notching four NBA championship.

All good things must come to an end. But that doesn’t mean it’s the end of all good things. In the wake of San Antonio and Detroit’s fall from grace comes the impending dynasty of LeBron James. If he stays in Cleveland, or bolts to greener pastures in New York, LeBron is the one guy to watch take over from 2009 onwards. The Cavs need to learn from both San Antonio Detroit’s mistakes.

You can sit on a good thing all you want, but constantly striving to grow, evolve and mature is paramount to taking advantage of a superstar’s potential. Aligning The King with Delonte West, Mo William, Big Z and countless other role players in Cleveland has given the Cavs all they need to become the next dynasty in the NBA. All that stands in their way is the summer of 2010.

[cainez]

i agree... mao sad ni ako pasabot nga half sa season wala si Ginobili... meaning nka adjust sila unya na abot pa jud nila ang 3rd seed WITHOUT Manu!...

kahibaw ko unsa reply ani... " lahi ra ang regular season sa playoffs" (ahak nalang)


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maong wa gyud tay lusot aning istoryaha.. pero respeto lang tas iyang analysis ug prinsipyo, that makes us human lahi2x gyud opinion.. pero majority wins man gyud..haha