Just read this article, that is three minutes of wasted time, ridiculous article written by someone who has a very rudimentary knowledge of san antonio.

I thought most of it was spot on.

Lots of spurs fans in Austin down the street. Are they considered in the san Antonio market?

The only part of that article that is "spot on" is the brilliant deduction that Duncan and Ginobili are in the their final few years. The rest is garbage.

Why? Because if you look closely you'll see that the Spurs have actually done a very good job of rebuilding young. Duncan and Manu are the only old guys on the team now. Parker is in his prime at around 30, that's not old. The team is fun to watch and Spurs fan appreciate that. We like winning at all times, even in the regular season. There were a lot of winning seasons before the Spurs finally won a championship and it may be many more before the next one. But that doesn't mean it's "sad", it's just basketball.

Austin is definitely considered a Spurs market, as we only get their games on FSS and they seem to be local pro sports franchise of choice by most local businesses. However, Austin is not part of San Antonio's metropolis, and I think you'd be hard pressed to find many Austinites who would go so far as to get Season tickets considering the commute to SA for the games. Not saying there aren't some but they'd have to be the most hardcore fans.

Plenty of Mavs fans around Austin too though. I got tons of compliments on my Mavs jerseys and t-shirts last year during the Finals.

The West is wide-open this year and I think the Spurs are deeper than last year's #1 seed Spurs. Splitter is getting better adding depth and the Neal/Green/Leonard/Ginobili G rotation is going to be awesome. There is no denying they are riding on Duncan fumes at this point, but with a Pop-coached team you can't count them out. I have hope, just like I did last year, and just like any fan would.

That article actually angered me, in that I just wasted 3 minutes reading that piece of drivel. And that's coming from a Mavs fan who hates the Spurs.

San Antonio will be just fine. The guy makes the Spurs out to be a team that just happened upon success and has maintained it through a series of role players. The fact of the matter is guys with the skillsets of Bowen, Neal, Hill, etc are a dime a dozen in any given year. And yet, the Spurs somehow almost always find the guys that fit their system and philosophy almost perfectly. That's no coincidence. The reality of things is that even though San Antonio may be a small market, they have one of the best front offices, coaching staffs, and loyal fan bases in the NBA. The players will always come and go. The intangibles of the Spurs organization will help ensure their relevance for years to come.

^The Rockets have a terrific and active front office and owner. And even though they're currently in the playoff race, I don't think anyone in Houston is going to argue the importance of having a marquee superstar to build around given the players currently on the roster.

So yeah, I think Tim Duncan has a little to do with San Antonio's success over the past 15 years.

[This message has been edited by Head Ninja In Charge (edited 2/24/2012 11:44a).]

losing duncan will suck, but it won't be the end of the world.

when pop decides to walk away, then you can write doomsday articles.

Pop is the best current coach by far.

Rick Carlisle calls him the greatest coach ever.

He is the best in the league today. Absolutely.

I think it's unfair for me to claim he is the best ever. I don't know much about the coaches before this era. But then again I claim Duncan to be the greatest PF of all time. So...

best coach ever?




oh, and this is the only way to determine it:

#1. Phil Jackson
#2. Pat Riley
#3. Lenny Wilkens
#4. Billy Donovan
#5. Gregg Popolzitz
#6. Doc Rivers
#7. Rick Carlise
#8. Charles Barkley
#9. Don Nelson
#10. Damon Stoudemire

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=best+nba+coach+ever&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=2266l6407l0l6469l23l15l2l0l0l1l500l3096l3-5.2.1l10l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=796&wrapid=tlif133010909771310&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=sdpHT7y5MozMmAWz6t2WDg

it doesn't get any more definitive.

[This message has been edited by Simplebay (edited 2/24/2012 12:45p).]

That gif is hilarious. I cannot stand Dantoni. I can't stop watching that. I laugh every time.

Defend That honor simple!

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#5. Gregg Popolzitz

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What are you 12?

I agree that Phil Jackson is probably the best coach of all time, but anyone that has followed basketball for the past 10 to 15 years knows that Pop has done more with much less. You put Pop on the sideline with the Bulls teams of the 90's and they win just as many championships.

Not quite saying Pop is the better coach, but he's darn close. If Pop can win a couple more with the Spurs, I'd say he's on the same level as Phil.

I'd be curious to see which of the two has a better winning percentage. Anyone wanna look into that?

After 09-10:

Phil Jackson .705
Billy Cunningham .698
K.C. Jones .674
Gregg Popovich .670
Red Auerbach .662
Pat Riley .636
Tom Heinsohn .619
Rick Adelman .610
Jerry Sloan .604
George Karl .595

Pop up to .675 after last year. Will be interesting to see how close he can get to .700 before retirement.

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Spurs fans....where pop has done more with less and Duncan is still the greatest power forward of all time.

Not a contradiction

Less than the Bulls teams of 96-98? Yes. You want to argue that?

Simpletards dumpster fire / abortion hybrid of a team just signed Rasheed ****ing Wallace and he wants to post on spurs threads. What a chicken dick.

Still obssesing over me are we? Take it to.the rasheed wallace thread i broke the news earlier today

Your mother's an astronaut

You have a radar that alerts you to every thread where the word spur is mentioned so you can rush to your computer and type some nonsensical sheet and then you call other people obsessed. You need help. Seriously.

I'll tell you what simply****ingdumb, if I am the obsessed one, why don't you be the total badass you are and walk away while I continue to post in this SPURS thread and be obsessed about a team from a town I actually live in, mmmkay pumpkin?

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sureeee ok ill do what you want.

Or you can grow a pair, EAD, and die

ya, i'm obsessed.

Oh man what a mad burn. Wow. I just reeling in pain

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San Antonio is the #37 media market

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San Antonio is #25 according to the 2010 census.

I wonder just how much larger the area has to grow to lose the "small market" moniker

Bigger than 25th. There are only 30 teams in the league.

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San Antonio is #25 according to the 2010 census.

I wonder just how much larger the area has to grow to lose the "small market" moniker

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Bigger than 25th. There are only 30 teams in the league.

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That pretty much sums it up. The SA area isn't necessarily "small," just not nearly as big as some of the other markets. When you start talking Houston, Dallas, LA, NY, Boston, Chicago, Miami, etc. --you start to realize that SA doesn't really compete with those areas from a market standpoint.

[This message has been edited by aggie_2001_2005 (edited 2/26/2012 8:21p).]

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That article actually angered me, in that I just wasted 3 minutes reading that piece of drivel. And that's coming from a Mavs fan who hates the Spurs.

San Antonio will be just fine. The guy makes the Spurs out to be a team that just happened upon success and has maintained it through a series of role players. The fact of the matter is guys with the skillsets of Bowen, Neal, Hill, etc are a dime a dozen in any given year. And yet, the Spurs somehow almost always find the guys that fit their system and philosophy almost perfectly. That's no coincidence. The reality of things is that even though San Antonio may be a small market, they have one of the best front offices, coaching staffs, and loyal fan bases in the NBA. The players will always come and go. The intangibles of the Spurs organization will help ensure their relevance for years to come.

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Took the words right out of my mouth. Im also a Mavs fans who that thinks that article was lame.

I post on the RealGm board and the amount of East Coast bias on a lot of the national basketball boards is sickening.



The Spurs have been a 50 win team for 19 out of 21 years......that is insane good.

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san antonio is the 7th largest city in the US

it's not a small market

Oklahoma City = Small Market

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As others have mentioned you must go by Metro Area and San Antonio is one of the smallest metro areas in the NBA.