You Guys Are Taking Your Lumps Now...

[Natebishop3]

wait, we're talking about Oden now?

Well of course! Durant just won the MVP!

 

[illmatic99]

Portland fans have been "taking their lumps" for a decade plus now.

We all look like the Elephant man.

Exactly.

I still can't understand why some of your other Portland fans are taking this nonsense from an entitled Spurs fan who has never experienced his team failing.

Outside of Game 6 of course, but still.

 

[magnifier661]

Oden still has a chance to win rings! Lol

 

[magnifier661]

Exactly.

I still can't understand why some of your other Portland fans are taking this nonsense from an entitled Spurs fan who has never experienced his team failing.

Outside of Game 6 of course, but still.

How old are you? Do you remember the 90's blazers kicking the shit out of spurs?

 

[Rz4k]

The only red flag was that one leg was slightly shorter than the other. That was it. Nobody could have foreseen that his body would completely break down like it did.

I remember a lot of articles being posted about various health ailments, but looking through the archives a lot of them were actually jokes. I also do notice a lot of Spurs fans did like him, but would've taken Durant first.

Quote Originally Posted by BeerIsGood!
What is interesting is that if the Blazers take Oden and he busts while Durant blows up HOF style then the Blazers would have the distinction of passing up two of the best guard/forwards in the game to take two busted big men.

If they take Durant and he busts while Oden becomes the next dominant big man then the same thing applies.

Something tells me Portland will find a way to screw this up or have it blow up in their face.

 

[illmatic99]

How old are you? Do you remember the 90's blazers kicking the shit out of spurs?

Mid twenties. So no.

 

[Rz4k]

Exactly.

I still can't understand why some of your other Portland fans are taking this nonsense from an entitled Spurs fan who has never experienced his team failing.

Outside of Game 6 of course, but still.

You haven't watched the last 8 years of Spurs basketball, have you? They've choked more than any team in recent memory (other than my Niners....and Rangers...).

 

[illmatic99]

You haven't watched the last 8 years of Spurs basketball, have you? They've choked more than any team in recent memory (other than my Niners....and Rangers...).

Dude. 4 rings in 15 years. get outta here with that shit.

 

[magnifier661]

I remember a lot of articles being posted about various health ailments, but looking through the archives a lot of them were actually jokes. I also do notice a lot of Spurs fans did like him, but would've taken Durant first.

Link? I would like to read that thread

 

[julius]

Exactly.

I still can't understand why some of your other Portland fans are taking this nonsense from an entitled Spurs fan who has never experienced his team failing.

Outside of Game 6 of course, but still.

we're bored because we can't talk about the Blazers winning? That's my best guess.

 

[illmatic99]

You haven't watched the last 8 years of Spurs basketball, have you? They've choked more than any team in recent memory (other than my Niners....and Rangers...).

Dude. 4 rings in 15 years. get outta here with that shit.

Sorry I meant 4* rings

 

[magnifier661]

Mid twenties. So no.

Yeah you should look it up. How we remember that Elliot shot in game 2, many of us remember Rod Strickland doing a behind the back pass to Porter.

 

[Rz4k]

Dude. 4 rings in 15 years. get outta here with that shit.

1999-2007 was great, after that was pretty rough.

 

[Rz4k]

Link? I would like to read that thread

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72000&goto=newpost

 

[Rz4k]

Yeah you should look it up. How we remember that Elliot shot in game 2, many of us remember Rod Strickland doing a behind the back pass to Porter.

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

 

[magnifier661]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72000&goto=newpost

Read that forum and you guys were talking about trading your whole entire team, Duncan included, for him.

Get the fuck outta here with your "told you so" shit! Lmao!

 

[OneLifeToLive]

1999-2007 was great, after that was pretty rough.

Your best teams are when you had DRob and Duncan together. The D was stifling.

 

[Rz4k]

Read that forum and you guys were talking about trading your whole entire team, Duncan included, for him.

Get the fuck outta here with your "told you so" shit! Lmao!

That was sarcasm by DarkWaters. Guy is one of the biggest Big 3 lovers around.

 

[Rz4k]

Your best teams are when you had DRob and Duncan together. The D was stifling.

1999 was good, but by 2003 DRob was done (almost as bad as KG is now). The best teams were 2005 and 2007 though.

 

[magnifier661]

That was sarcasm by DarkWaters. Guy is one of the biggest Big 3 lovers around.

No, I read everything else... And it's funny you used one thread you aren't even on. The good thing about this format is you can go back and check. So far, you've only proved your forum justified picking him first. Lmao

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Mods, just curious has Commissioner Stern er I mean Commissioner Crane told you to loosen up and let them play in here?

 

[Natebishop3]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72000&goto=newpost

That's not a prediction. Every Blazer fan had that fear going in, but nobody came out and said they thought we should draft Durant.

 

[Splitman4evah]

Mods, just curious has Commissioner Stern er I mean Commissioner Crane told you to loosen up and let them play in here?

Why do you get so butthurt with opposing team views on your forum? It's just basketball + internet.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Why do you get so butthurt with opposing team views on your forum? It's just basketball + internet.

I don't give a damn. Nothing you say means anything. I was just making an analogy

 

[Rz4k]

No, I read everything else... And it's funny you used one thread you aren't even on. The good thing about this format is you can go back and check. So far, you've only proved your forum justified picking him first. Lmao

I didn't post on ST back then; they've always been pretty bad at approving new accounts. Again, that's only one thread and most of them ended up being troll threads (didn't know they were back then due to denseness on my part).

 

[Rz4k]

That's not a prediction. Every Blazer fan had that fear going in, but nobody came out and said they thought we should draft Durant.

Ya, most of the articles were trolls (The Onion, Deadspin, etc). I didn't realize it back then.

 

[Natebishop3]

I didn't post on ST back then; they've always been pretty bad at approving new accounts. Again, that's only one thread and most of them ended up being troll threads (didn't know they were back then due to denseness on my part).

As someone who seriously considered drafting Durant, I could see the strange parallel with the Jordan/Bowie draft, but how the hell were we supposed to pass up the guy that was supposed to be the next Bill Russell? Seriously, it would have been like you guys taking Hakeem only to have him completely break down. That's how hyped Oden was. How would you feel about that draft if Hakeem had been plagued by injuries and had ultimately left after only four five years? You'd have no championships and you'd be the team everyone talked about for passing on MJ.

 

[Schilly]

Original post was spot on. Our head coach hasn't head coached deep into playoffs. The players experience is very limited as well. Even the Heat didn't win their 1st year together.

 

[Rz4k]

Batum is fucking good tbh. I mentioned before the series began that Batum > Leonard, and so far its held true. Just get a better bench with some defenders; the offense will come from your starting unit but the bench needs to be able to slow the opposition's.

 

[julius]

Original post was spot on. Our head coach hasn't head coached deep into playoffs. The players experience is very limited as well. Even the Heat didn't win their 1st year together.

Miamis first year together wasn't the first time most of those players had reached the finals. Wade won with Shaq in whatever year they won, and the Cavs went in 07 when they got steamrolled by the (guess who) Spurs.

The key thing now, moving on, is to improve the team. Both defensively and offensively. They need to have much better scorers coming off the bench, too.