texasholdem wrote:Yeah I'm mad
I'm mad Morey passed on Kawhi for someone we gave up for a 2nd round pick.
I'm mad Duncan is going to have 5 rings vs Olajuwon's 2 and more people will think he's better than Dream.
I'm mad floppy mcflopperson is going to have 4 rings to go with his giant bald spot.
I'm mad the jerk fans of San Antonio with their busted ass arena will lord this over Houston fans.
I'm mad that both Dallas and San Antonio will have won titles this decade.
I'm mad that Gregg Popazit will win his 5th championship after snaking his way into the job.
and I'm mad at so called Rocket fans rooting for the Spurs just because they are in Texas
To be fair, so did 13 other teams in front of us. Steve Fisher was considered toxic, considering that he was ousted from Michigan with a lot of hoopla. He's considered a basketball pariah. There probably weren't many people who would take his phone call vouching for his prospect.
It's difficult to see how smaller conference schools match up against bigger schools, since you are trying to see if prospect's talents would translate to the NBA. Leonard had no outside shot, no left hand, was not a super astute passer, but he was a great defender, rebounder for his position. His offensive numbers were _terrible_, like a 0.9 PPS, his efg is around the 46%. On top of that, he's only got a 33 inch vert and he could only do about 3 reps of 185 on the bench. He did not wow anyone physically.
Draftexpress said that his best case was Shawn Marion, which looked like a real long shot at that point. I mean, Fisher couldn't get good guards on his teams, so there is something to be said about his inability to find transition points (something draft express also noted), but without watching a lot of tape, it was difficult to tell what he could do. At the 14th pick, Morey just wanted a contributer in rotation, someone whom Marcus Morris obviously was, so he went for the safer pick.
I'm okay with Ginobli having 4 rings. I mean, Mitch Richmond and Glen Rice both have rings, at least Manu did something for his rings and is more deserving of a championship than Laimbeer or Rick Mahorn.
I'm not sure how Greg snaked his way back into the job. I don't wish Bob Hill on any professional team. Sometimes the responsible thing to do is to boot an underling.
The Spurs will have to rebuild/reload some day, and that day is coming sooner rather than latter. We'll get ours soon enough.
