Gla still gets DNW - Olds
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Gla still gets DNW - Olds
Lost to the Clippers at home last night. Pop's head almost exploded while calling his team out afterwards.
Great stuff.
Hey, guess who feels like showing off how smart he is (again)?
LOL @ TNTQuote:
No Duncan, Parker, Ginobili or Green for Spurs tonight against Miami.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...g-three-green/
They're 9-1 on the road
Right, so here's a crazy concept, since they're blowing everybody away, stagger their rest.
I would lol if the league fined them for tanking.
Can't wait to see BONNER score 30+ and lead the Spurs to a W.
Sounds like it might be a reality!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gla
I LOVE THIS GAME!!
http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?storyId=8692304Quote:
MIAMI -- San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich sent stars Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, plus key role player Danny Green, home for Thursday night's game against the Miami Heat, choosing rest instead of playing them in an early-season showdown.
NBA commissioner David Stern promised repercussions for the move, saying the Spurs will face "substantial sanctions" for their approach to the game.
"I apologize to all NBA fans," Stern said in a statement. "This was an unacceptable decision by the San Antonio Spurs and substantial sanctions will be forthcoming."
WTF TRANSLATORQuote:
Originally Posted by Pockovich
"See how smart I am?"
Who the fuck does David Stern think he is?
Pop and San Antonio make choices to benefit their franchise and their players - the Spurs' owner pays their salaries! The NBA has no right to tell a franchise who it can and can't play on any given day!
All the Spurs had to do it show up with the right amount of players and play the game... they did that and lost!
Why are they going to face sanctions? Because they didn't try hard enough to win the game?
Maybe the Bobcats should be fined after losing to OKC by 45 points! Is that better or worse than what the Spurs did?
If they claim the Spurs deliberately rested players to "ensure" they would lose can't the Spurs claim the Bobcats deliberately field a sub par team in order to get ping pong balls?
Can of worms, pandora's box... this is bullshit... and I don't even care who gets fined for what!
I wonder what the ratings for the game were, relative to a typical TNT Thursday.
The NBA... we know drama!
I think it's just as much about the fans that bought tickets and the tv network partners.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pharaoh
I'm with P on this one... every year teams rest their players at the end of the season so they can have fresh legs for the playoffs... and what about the tanking teams... now they have to get league approval?... Indeed a slippery slope.
Just a reminder that Adrian Wojnarowski does some bang-up work with his NBA articles:
David Stern stumbles again in his failed culture war against the Spurs, fines franchise $250K
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Stern could've waited until Friday, delivered his substantial sanctions – a naval blockade on the Riverwalk, a ban on Napa Valley imports for Popovich, whatever – but he couldn't help himself. He wanted to embarrass Popovich throughout that national TV game, and wouldn't you know it: Popovich embarrassed Stern because the Spurs coach has a complete understanding of his realm, his team, his players, in a way that Stern has lost touch with that with which he lords over.
GD - I understand that fans paid money to see the Spurs... not some weaker JV team
And I understand the game was on TV
But it was an away game - surely Miami doesn't have trouble drawing a crowd at home? And surely more people don't turn up because they're playing the Spurs? Maybe the Spurs are big draws...I doubt it though, because everyone - even hardcore fans - refer to them as boring!
As far as the TV is concerned - why the fuck does the NBA care? The networks pay what they pay regardless of the ratings for this single game. And if memory serves the league has a locked in agreement worth billions for years to come... by the time the next agreement needs to be signed this single game will be a distant memory
I understand all the BS Stern and his cronies are saying - what I'm saying is this opens up all kinds of questions.
I'm not sure if anyone will ask those questions - but the fact remains the league should not have the authority to dictate which players can get rested and which ones can't. The Spurs pay their salaries and if the Spurs choose to give their employees a day off then so be it.
Would the league step in if Charlotte rested Kemba Walker? Woudl the league step in if we rested Monroe? If the league wouldn't step in for ALL cases then it shouldn't step in at all
I must say Wojo is fucking awesome! He's probably the only guy I read regularly
Cuban says fine was "absolutely ok".
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Cuban called the national television contracts "the money train" for the NBA, pointing out that those contracts are the difference in the league being profitable or not "by a long shot."
"We're still a business," said Cuban, whose fine totals from his 13-year ownership tenure are well into seven figures. "Resting the stars for the long haul one game earlier, one game later, sure. Resting when you've got our biggest customer at stake, that's a whole different animal.
DONEcan, lol!
Were the national TV ratings actually hurt by the Spurs big names not showing up??
^ I said the same thing. I tuned in to watch.
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@spurs
Injury report: Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker (right knee contusion) and Stephen Jackson (personal business) out tonight @ Bulls.
Stern fines $1 million because Pops.
Looks like they'll be done with us soon.
30 points down and no Little Tony.
:little tony:
Spurs continue to be the luckiest franchise ever (Kobe injury, and maybe, eventually, Westbrook injury).
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Nash out for Game 3. The Lakers' starters are Darius Morris and Andrew Goudelock. http://cbsprt.co/12wcXCe This is what it has come to.
Sorry to hear about Tim's marriage being DONE and all.
wow, that Tony Parker is a real slimeball.
Little Tony's attorney is representing TD's wife.
Is Brent Barry involved in some way?
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--to...070320545.htmlQuote:
They had stood in that losing locker room in Oklahoma City a year ago, and Tony Parker made Tim Duncan a promise that would carry these San Antonio Spurs all the way to Monday night. I'll get you back to the NBA Finals, Parker vowed. We aren't done. You aren't done.
BASTARDS!!
*shakes fist at sky*
ESPN tiptoes into exposing what kind of asshole Popovich is.
http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?story...50&src=desktop
Done in one more game.
Thanks Magic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
Yes.
I win!
Clearly, LeBron is done too:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/leb...2900/?ref=auto
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@Monroe_SA
.@JMcDonald_SAEN explains why Spurs are likely done free agent shopping http://www.expressnews.com/sports/sp...rs-4650675.php
How Fox News of you, Glan