San Antonio Spurs

[aykiman]

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dejuan blair!!!

idol kaayo nako!!!

[ick]

mura naman ni patay inyo thread oi kelangan naay mupuli sa inyong no.1 fan diri. Post sab mog articles oi.

[ManWhore]

Wala na man gud si tackie. Mao ra to ngpabuhi sa Spurs thread.

[ick]

Unsa man gud ning mga spurs fans gamay ra kaau unya wa pa juy lami kay basin mga casual fans lang ni sila mao ingon ani sila. Ang rabid fan pud usa ra kabuok na ban pa jud. Speaking of tackie and icon muted user na lang ilang status from banned user. Murag naka-ginhawa na ni silag gamay da. hehe

[owNinZ]

Tim Duncan 5th on the list of top rebounders of the decade


The top 10 rebounders of the last decade - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

[koontz_circle]

Unsa man gud ning mga spurs fans gamay ra kaau unya wa pa juy lami kay basin mga casual fans lang ni sila mao ingon ani sila.

Post sab mog articles oi.

Spurs fan here, i'm sorry if i'm not posting articles as active as what tackie is doing. Just plain busy with work and of course.. playing Spurs type basketball.. winning every game of course.

[mab]

[QUOTE=ick;5527522]Unsa man gud ning mga spurs fans gamay ra kaau unya wa pa juy lami kay basin mga casual fans lang ni sila mao ingon ani sila. Ang rabid fan pud usa ra kabuok na ban pa jud. Speaking of tackie and icon muted user na lang ilang status from banned user. Murag naka-ginhawa na ni silag gamay da. hehe

nganu diay bai kelangan diay mg cge ug post para matawag ug rabid fan?

[menderouv]

France defeats Russia at Euro basketball worlds

Golden State center Ronny Turiaf had a double-double, and Spurs point guard Tony Parker added 17 points to help France sweep Group B with a 69-64 win Wednesday over defending champion Russia at the European basketball championship in Gdansk, Poland.

France won three games in three days, while Russia and Germany advanced thanks to points differential after they and Latvia were all 1-2 in group play.

Turiaf had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Charlotte Bobcats forward Boris Diaw added 19 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.

“It was a tough game, very hard for both teams,” Turiaf said. “We stayed focused for 40 minutes and played together, and we are very happy to have beaten a tough Russian team.”

Parker scored eight of his points in the first seven minutes of the third quarter, hitting two 3-pointers that kept Russia from pulling away. Parker had his 17 points by the end of the third quarter, and France led 52-51.

From there, Turiaf and Diaw led the way.

France now has three games against qualifying teams from Group A before possibly moving on to the Eurobasket quarterfinals. It plays Friday, Sunday and Tuesday with every game starting at 2 p.m.

Friday's game will be against Macedonia (1-2). On Sunday, Les Bleus meet Croatia (2-1), and on Tuesday they have a showdown with Greece (3-0).

Mahinmi injured: Ian Mahinmi, the star-crossed Spurs center, sat out his second consecutive game for France while nursing a left hip contusion. He suffered the injury during a four-minute stint in Monday's victory over Germany. He did not play in Tuesday's win over Latvia.

He has been cleared to resume playing for France and is considered day-to-day for EuroBasket.

[menderouv]

The 10 best sixth men of the decade

credit to Yahoo sports


We're not buying the idea that a sixth man has to be some shoot-first combo guard, too small to start at off guard (though he's often heaps better than the bigger, more palatable off guard he's replacing), too shot-happy to be considered at point guard. Not buying it.

So why is most of our list composed of shoot-first guards? Hey, we told you we're not buying, buddy. Leave us alone. Things just happen that way.

What follows is a list of the 10 best sixth men of the last decade. Sub!



10. Donyell Marshall(notes)
The journeyman forward wasn't a true sixth man. Year to year, he often started more than half the games he appeared in during the decade in question, as his mix of long-range shooting, sound D and stout rebounding was too good to keep out of the starting lineup. But ‘Yell did make a mark as a bench performer with the Jazz, Bulls, Raptors and Cavaliers.

He also may have enjoyed the best reserve season of anyone who hasn't won the actual Sixth Man award over the last decade, averaging 11.5 points and 6.6 rebounds in 2004-05. Marshall only played 25.6 minutes per game that year, precious few considering his per-game averages, alongside 41.6 percent shooting from behind the arc. Considering the per-minute play, and David Lee's(notes) (his closest competitor) defensive issues, I'm pretty confident in that assertion.



9. Earl Boykins(notes)
Boykins wasn't ever spectacular or award-worthy during his time in the NBA, but he did come through with six seasons of sound sixth man hoopage from 2001 to 2007, providing the sort of instant offense that seems to typify most fans' sixth man expectations.

At 5-5 and 33 years of age, Boykins is unlikely to see more than a camp invite or scant NBA minutes at this stage of his career, but his ability to weave in and out of defenses for so long was quite the accomplishment.



8. Jason Terry(notes)
I'm a huge Terry fan, and I think he's been long underrated despite his high recognition level even among casual NBA fans. That said, I can't rank the 2008-09 Sixth Man award winner too high because of his only recent introduction to the ranks of pine-based contributors. JET has been a starter for the bulk of his career.

The Mavericks have made a point to bring Terry off the bench over the last two seasons, but even with that it hasn't been a complete dedication to the crafto del six-o: Terry has started 45 out of a possible 156 games over the last two seasons.

And he's been absolutely brilliant over the term. Averaging 17.5 points per game with a few assists, Terry has spread the floor, run the offense in a pinch and taken advantage of every bit of those 32.5 minutes per game.



7. J.R. Smith(notes)
Smith's youth, inconsistency, iffy defense, inattention to facets of the game outside of shooting and scoring ... we'll stop. We know what his issues are. And, we swear, he's just pointing out how great a sixth man he is in the photo above. Check the digits. Everything's fine.

Smith can score. That's it. He's one of the best in the league at it, it takes him no time to warm up, he can take some bad shots but ... again, it hardly matters. Almost 12 points per game in almost 23 minutes on his career, he just turned 24 last week, and few public complaints thus far as to his role as Denver's backup scorer.



6. David Lee

I'm wary of my own reputation and the fact that Lee is the darling of the per-minute set, but his first three seasons were absolute killers, and the guy just couldn't buy a start.

PERs of 15.4 (average, as a rookie), 20.2 and 18 for Lee in his first three seasons, with just 55 starts combined over that stretch. You want to tell me he has no real moves down low? Fine. That he relies on good passes and garbage pick-ups? Sure. At the end of the night, he's scored efficiently and he's rebounded expertly. Doesn't matter how he does it, he's done it. Thank Jeebus he's starting now.



5. Corliss Williamson(notes)

As noted above, Big Nasty won a Sixth Man award, so he's hardly unheralded. But it wasn't a flashy turn for Williamson during the decade in question.

Starting with a trade that sent him to Detroit in 2001, Williamson turned in consistent, solid turns as the first man off the bench for the Pistons. Sure, he was a shockingly poor rebounder, and his defense (given the wrong matchup) was pretty suspect, but the man could score. In any situation, not just mismatch heaven. And his drawn-out turn as that sort of scorer has him at the midpoint on this list.



4. Leandro Barbosa(notes)
Despite a sound reputation, Barbosa was actually pretty subpar in his first two seasons (his 19.5 turnover rate in his rookie season is about as bad as we've ever seen for a guard playing big minutes), but his ability to get to the rim allowed him to work and grow with the benefit of a rotation slot in hand. That always helps.

And Barbosa helps, these days. I'm not going to tell you he does anything else but score, score, score; he's started fewer than a quarter of his career games, and he's coming off a career year. This will only get better.



3. Ben Gordon(notes)
Gordon's actually started about 40 percent of his career games, he hates coming off the bench, there's no real statistical difference between his bench work and starting production (especially when you account for his typical slow starts to the season, and the caliber of opponents), but the stigma remains. Especially during the Scott Skiles era in Chicago. Gordon came off the bench ... well, just 'cause.

Silly, that. But Gordon kept at it. Won a Sixth Man award in his rookie year, the first time that's ever happened, and dealt with having to point at and replace Chris Duhon(notes) at the six-minute mark of every first quarter, with the Bulls already down 12-4. He averaged 18.5 points in 31.4 minutes in a five-year run, and signed with Detroit over the offseason.

You remember Detroit. They start Rip Hamilton at off guard.



2. Bobby Jackson(notes)
As a combo guard, the first thing off the bench, Jackson was just damn good for years.

For the purposes of this list, he worked quite well for the Timberwolves, Grizzlies, Hornets and Rockets - but especially for the Sacramento Kings. He won the hearts of that city with his all-out hustle, quick scoring, opportunistic passing, fine rebounding and leadership qualities. They/I loved watching that guy play.



1. Manu Ginobili(notes)
I'm aware of the history of the role, I'm aware of the Hall of Famers who have taken to the role, and I understand that Manu hasn't been able to walk straight for 82 games in a row for most of his career.

I'm also confident in calling Manu Ginobili the most potent sixth man in recent NBA history.

John Havlicek still has his number, overall. But Manu tops Frank Ramsey and Kevin McHale, at least in comparison to McHale's time coming off the pine. We've been over this before, and while it pains me that Manu is often in pain, that shouldn't take away from how brilliant he's been when he's healthy.

And for the purposes of our little run. Our little decade? Manu's it. Drives at all angles, defends, boards, passes, plays tough, plays smart, plays passionately. We just wish he'd play more.

[johnnyblues]

nganu diay bai kelangan diay mg cge ug post para matawag ug rabid fan?

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