thread of missing spurs

ftr i wouldn't have started this thread if i knew that a regular poster was a spurs fan

sports illustrated's predictions are consistently off the money. how would the spurs beat the lakers or the hornets in a 7 game series?

lol indeed.

x-post there was no way you could know because i post about twice a month. spurs are more important than jesus and taquerias in san antonio, so i put on for mi ciudad...altho i think hoos is at least a spurs sympathizer

no illusions abt spurs this year, that SI dude who made the prediction was just like "well they do this all the time so lol whatevs". it's not really a rebuilding year cos they will make the playoffs and make a run at things, but basically, the next two years are gonna be waiting for hella cap space in '10, or possibly pulling the trigger on a trade if the right one comes up.

front office made a sort of half-assed run at magette but were never really in the running so long as someone was willing to go over mid-level (hi dere waryers!) ownership never wants to go in luxury tax mode, which considering the size of our market is wise, but it means needing to draft an all-star every 3-5 years or so to stay in championship contention, cos the free agent market is not the place for penny pinchers to get awesome fast.

a lot of the spurs overseas prospects have kind of dicked them over (they'd been trying to get luis scola over for at least 2 years but his spanish team kept upping the buyout price, which -- given the exchange rate -- made the spurs all like "fuck this" and they basically gave him to the rockets for a song.) this year some brazilian honkey was supposed to come over but he re-signed with HIS spanish team. fucking euros.

i srsly wonder, now that avery johnson is not coaching, how long pop is going to stay as coach. even tho he became a pariah in the mavs locker room, aj is still well loved here and it seems like he'd be a natural replacement when pop decides to step down. question is when does he decide to go? maybe this beard says "i am ernest hemingway and i am about to blow my branes out"

http://media.mysanantonio.com/images/215*182/spurs-greggpopovich20081025.jpg

parker out

i am half convinced now that the spurs should just throw the season a la 96-97 when a fading dominique wilkins was our leading scorer. they didn't rush david robinson or sean elliot back, and that shit worked out pretty well.

jumping the gun

haha totally, parker is only out 2-4 weeks, manu back around new years, so most of the season is salvageable, but their chances of srsly contending seem dubious to me this year so i'd rather just call it a season 5 games into the year and continue the tradition of fucking up one season every 10 or so and making bank with a #1 pick is that so much to axe???

feel bad about this thread since m bison is such a bro

really glad m bison is expanding his presence on the board

yeah like being on ILH is like how I thought I would feel after obama took office

lol

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/6034/removeyaqz5.gif

^ gifs that need more exposure

yeah i was thinking the same thing

check out the spurs draft record 1999-present:

2009
Round 2 Pick 7 DeJuan Blair
Round 2 Pick 21 Jack McClinton
Round 2 Pick 23 Nando de Colo
2008
Round 1 Pick 26 George Hill
Round 2 Pick 15 Goran Dragic
Round 2 Pick 27 James Gist
2007
Round 1 Pick 28 Tiago Splitter
Round 2 Pick 3 Marcus Williams
Round 2 Pick 28 Giorgos Printezi
2006
Round 2 Pick 29 Damir Markota
2005
Round 1 Pick 28 Ian Mahinmi
2004
Round 1 Pick 28 Beno Udrih
Round 2 Pick 23 Romain Sato
Round 2 Pick 28 Sergei Karaulov
2003
Round 1 Pick 28 Leandrinho Barboso
2002
Round 1 Pick 26 John Salmons
Round 2 Pick 27 Luis Scola
Round 2 Pick 28 Randy Holcomb
2001
Round 1 Pick 28 Tony Parker
Round 2 Pick 27 Robertas Javokas
Round 2 Pick 29 Bryan Bracey
2000
Round 2 Pick 12 Chris Carrawell
Round 2 Pick 25 Corey Hightower
1999
Round 1 Pick 29 Leon Smith
Round 2 Pick 28 Emmanuel Ginobili

no pick better than 26, but still by my count they average out to picking a rotation player a year (even if the player is balling for someone else like dragic, scola, or salmons). particularly amazing are manu at 58 and scola at 57. best foreign scouts in the biz right?

leandrinho barbos, is that barbosa?

aw! i would just like to say i have been otm in this thread. esp:

no illusions abt spurs this year, that SI dude who made the prediction was just like "well they do this all the time so lol whatevs". it's not really a rebuilding year cos they will make the playoffs and make a run at things, but basically, the next two years are gonna be waiting for hella cap space in '10, or possibly pulling the trigger on a trade if the right one comes up.

i hope roger mason blows up.

was totally right about that 08/09 team.

parker shd average at least 23 this season.

only off by 1 ppg!

lol, if I were a nba scout I would totally be a spurs remora

m bison, i'm using this magical night to once again apologize for this thread <3

haha it's cool, bet u never expected the spurs to be the plucky run and gun underdogs that they are today tho

yeah you should feel bad mostly cuz the spurs are hella fun now

I am so grateful to live in the city and have all my major sports memories of the last 15 years basically be "hey u member that time we were really fucking good?"

also we have fat Boris and cap'n jack for a whole season, I love my team

RIP LMA 2020
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2767096-spurs-lamarcus-aldridge-underwent-shoulder-surgery-will-miss-rest-of-season

fuck yeah, hope he heals up and the spurs can finally stop pretending they have anything to fight for in the disney season

steve kerr discussing pop's olympics in the athletic

Were you all at all fretting about the pressures that were building on him?

I wasn’t worried about him because he can handle all this stuff. He’s a grown man. I just wanted to win so badly for him and for (retiring USA Basketball managing director) Jerry Colangelo, given that for both of them, it’s a swan song from Team USA. And for Jerry to go out undefeated in the Olympics, took over the program in ’04 and won four Olympic golds, what an accomplishment for him.

And for Pop, this is, in many ways, the cherry on the top of the sundae for his coaching career. He’s obviously still going, but the Spurs, they’re not going to win a championship. Pop will be the first to tell you that. In many ways, this is sort of a fitting topping to his incredible career. To add a gold medal, just an amazing accomplishment.