San Antonio Spurs

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While I commend you for giving your best effort on those stats, but this only goes to show how team age averages can change in a blink of an eye.

Around a month ago when you began barking out that the SPURS are older than the celtics, we we're actually younger by a negligible 0.5 years (before the Theo and Daniels signing). Imagine the impact on our ave age (as if it matters to us) if we go ahead and trade Mason and/or Bonner and/or Finley for SJax this/next week.

Bottomline, teams go out and do the best they can to fix their roster problems. As one poster here pointed out, a younger team ave age does not equate to an automatic championship.

PS
Sayop gihapon imo calculation sa imong celtics.


Hehehe. Mingaw kay wala pay training camp. Was just merely amusing myself with this tool who thinks; no wait, who KNOWS Griffin is going to be the next Kwame Brown/Michael Olowokandi.

Sige I'll behave na.

what we are we talking is the current roster... wa nakoy labot ug naa muy trades buhaton... ang punto tiguwang ang imung team...mao na ang sakto ...ug dili nana malalis kay claro ang evidence... if i am wrong then give me your EXACT calculation.... hahahaha ako ni paaboton... ato ni tanawon... sakto pa diay ka... bwahahahahahaha

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^ Is it just me or are you really that dense? Wa nimo ma gets akong post (1st part, that is) na imong gi-quote?

Un-be-lie-va-ble...

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Bowen sells No. 12, and Spurs should buy
Buck Harvey

Not everyone calls a press conference to say it’s over.

Sean Elliott, for example, didn’t.

But not everyone took public relations classes at UTSA during an NBA season. Not everyone has a salon and spa to promote, and not everyone waded into the community as Bruce Bowen did for eight years.

He would sometimes make as many as 50 appearances in a year, when the NBA contractually requires only a dozen from each player.

So Bowen worked every angle Thursday, as he did for a career, and along the way he made another case why the Spurs should someday retire his jersey.

Not everyone in the Spurs organization sees this yet.

When on the court, Bowen earned a jersey retirement, too. But just as his salesmanship was in play at his press conference, it was in the beginning.

Then, as a teenager, he disguised his voice, pretending to be his high school coach, and he put in a call to Cal-Fullerton.

His hot tip: You’ve got to see this Bruce Bowen kid.

“My brother taught me to have a go-get attitude,” Bowen said later. “If something’s not given to you, go get it.”

He wouldn’t always follow that. When he wasn’t drafted, he played in France, and he was disillusioned. He became both a pretty scorer and an ugly American; he would skip workouts as a protest.

Bowen later admitted he was “immature.” The one who helped counsel him, coincidentally, was Tony Parker’s father.

Bowen would return to both the U.S. and his instincts. He would work harder, and he would concentrate on something few others concentrated on. Defense.

He would still be traded and waived before finding a place with the Miami Heat. He earned $733,200 that season when he started 72 games, and he thought he might cash in.

He instead signed with the Spurs for the minimum of $716,000.

The summer of 2001 was a remarkable one. The Spurs added Bowen, Parker and Stephen Jackson for a combined total of approximately $2 million. In their second season together, all three would start on a championship team.

Bowen’s story stretched further. After all, he came to San Antonio at age 30, without a hint he would be special.

“But, for me, maybe that was better,” he said Thursday. “I got ‘it.’ If I’d been another player, maybe I wouldn’t have worked as hard.”

Instead, he’d head to the practice facility at midnight to drill with Spurs assistant Brett Brown. His energy was unmatched.

Still, even at basketball, selling was important. He could always move his feet on defense, and he understood every detail. Just as critical, however, was that he needed the refs to buy into his on-the-ball aggression.

He may have been dirty to the other 29 franchises, but not to league officials.

By 2007, after he’d irritated Steve Nash and LeBron James, the opinion printed here was this: Bowen, having established the defensive tone that led to three titles, deserved to see No. 12 raised in the arena.

Spurs officials are currently noncommittal. Replacing Bowen this offseason has been more pressing than honoring him.

So then came Thursday, when Bowen wanted some finality. He thanked everyone, answered some questions and peppered the names of various companies he’s worked with.

Asked whether his jersey should be retired, he gave the right answer. He said that was never what he thought about.

Still, even those words were telling. Bowen had sold himself, just as he had in the community for years, and in doing so he had outlined why a night to retire his jersey makes perfect sense for the Spurs.

It would be good business, wouldn’t it?

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We'll miss you Bruce! Hoping to see and hear your commentaries with Sean!

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Here's Bruce's full press conference video:

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/090903_bowen.html

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your point is pointless...dont try to divert the attention to something that favors you most... i guess this one tactic that he is using againts me... face your feaRS...live your dreams....

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mark these dates:

December 3, 2009 and March 28, 2010

mao ning mga petsaha mag dula ang spurs ug celtics...

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mark these dates:

December 3, 2009 and March 28, 2010

mao ning mga petsaha mag dula ang spurs ug celtics...

i cant wait for these match hahahahaha ato lang tanawon gyud ni

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De Juan will going to cook some balls

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hahahaha grabeh wala gihapon mahuman ilang lalis oie hehehe

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mark these dates:

December 3, 2009 and March 28, 2010

mao ning mga petsaha mag dula ang spurs ug celtics...

hahahah, maau ni part kay mu jud gepost...taas kaau rating ani ba kay bragging rights na ni hahahaha