How about those Spurs!!!!! Lakers are finally done!

[BrianD]

I just had say how excited I am to see the Spurs finally muscle up against the Lakers and shut them down on their home court. Jack couldn't rally "his" team this time!

Anyway, good luck to the Spurs in the next round. Looks like I'll be hanging out at the ESPN Club on the Boardwalk quite a bit!

 

[4greatboys]

We are definately rooting for our fellow Texans here!

 

[BrianD]

I actually grew up in Houston & lived in San Antonio for 6 years, during which the Spurs won their first championship. Now I'm in Atlanta where I feel like the only Spurs fan for hundreds of miles!

It would sure be a great send-off for David Robinson if they could win another one this year!

 

[Kissimmee JP]

My 2 favorite teams are the Magic and whomever is playing the Lakers. HATE SHAQ. If the refs called every foul he committed, he'd be done in about 3 minutes of gametime....

 

[manchurianbrownbear]

I don't mind watching the Laker lose. I agree 100% with Kissimmee JP about Shaq getting calls. It's bad enough when Michael Jordan or Kobe get calls, but when Shaq is knocking people over to get to the basket it's just not even entertaining!

I'll have to cheer for whoever wins the Dallas/Sacramento series. I still have trouble with the Spurs "tanking" a season to get a favorable spot in the Tim Duncan lottery. Who said cheaters never prosper?!

 

[BrianD]

Originally posted by manchurianbrownbear
... I'll have to cheer for whoever wins the Dallas/Sacramento series. I still have trouble with the Spurs "tanking" a season to get a favorable spot in the Tim Duncan lottery. Who said cheaters never prosper?!

So, I guess all those players faked their injuries that year so that they would suck so that they could get a lottery pick and then happen to win the lottery enabling them to get Tim Duncan? Yeah, I'm sure that was their plan all along!

Look, I live in Atlanta, and we've tanked the last several seasons in a row and still haven't ended up with jack.

Hey, I'm sure that there are many jealous folks out there that wish they had Duncan on their team. Too bad.

 

[Sean23]

Originally posted by manchurianbrownbear
I don't mind watching the Laker lose. I agree 100% with Kissimmee JP about Shaq getting calls. It's bad enough when Michael Jordan or Kobe get calls, but when Shaq is knocking people over to get to the basket it's just not even entertaining!

I'll have to cheer for whoever wins the Dallas/Sacramento series. I still have trouble with the Spurs "tanking" a season to get a favorable spot in the Tim Duncan lottery. Who said cheaters never prosper?!

San Antonio actually did not have the worst record the year they picked Tim Duncan. Here are the chances of the teams the year Tim was picked.

1997 NBA DRAFT LOTTERY CHANCES
(Out of 1,000)

Team Record Chances Pick 1 Pick 2 Pick 3
Vancouver 14-68 250 0.00% 45.96% 18.43%
Boston 15-67 200 27.51% 11.77% 16.85%
San Antonio 20-62 157 21.60% 10.24% 15.41%
Denver 21-61 120 16.51% 8.43% 13.20%
Philadelphia (1) 22-60 89 12.24% 6.59% 10.65%
Boston (2) 64 8.80% 4.93% 8.14%
New Jersey 26-56 44 6.05% 3.49% 5.85%
Golden State 30-52 24 3.30% 1.95% 3.33%
Toronto(1) 30-52 23 0.00% 4.23% 4.00%
Milwaukee (3) 33-49 11 1.51% 0.91% 1.56%
Sacramento 34-48 7 0.96% 0.58% 1.00%
Indiana 39-43 6 0.83% 0.50% 0.86%
Cleveland 42-40 5 0.69% 0.42% 0.72%

Here are the actual picks:



1997 NBA draft
First round

1. San Antonio - Tim Duncan, center, Wake Forest

2. Philadelphia - Keith Van Horn, forward, Utah

3. Boston - Chauncey Billups, guard, Colorado

4. Vancouver - Antonio Daniels, guard, Bowling Green

5. Denver - Tony Battie, center, Texas Tech

6. Boston (from Dallas) - Ron Mercer, forward, Kentucky

7. New Jersey - Tim Thomas, forward, Villanova

8. Golden State - Adonal Foyle, center, Colgate

9. Toronto - Tracy McGrady, forward, Mt. Zion Academy

 

[Kissimmee JP]

You think if the other 7 teams (not San Antonio) before Toronto could do it all over again, they'd pick McGrady?

 

[fklhou]

Yeah spurs. I was happy to see the Lakers bow out.

 

[Sean23]

Originally posted by Kissimmee JP
You think if the other 7 teams (not San Antonio) before Toronto could do it all over again, they'd pick McGrady?

Who could have seen what McGrady was going to do, but look at the other high school superstars kobe - 13th pick, kevin garnett - 5th pick. Chauncey Billups has just starting getting hot scoring 77 points in the last two games against the magic and he hit 3 of 4 three pointers last to beat the 76ers in overtime.