billyshelby
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Didn't get to see the game, but I thought it was very sporting of the Spurs to spot the Clips a 20 point first quarter lead.
Pop's Brilliance
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The Fresh Prince
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Hayward shooting threes? Ill pass on that if he plays like he did at the end of this season. Gordon should stick to being a choir boy. Real, honest answer.
DutchJazzer
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do you think leanord would be as awesome on the jazz.
with veterans like howard/bell playing inf ront of him because of some mythicla playoff experince and vet pressence? NO WAY!
DutchJazzer
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no if i wa slike prodigy i would make some youtube clips.
there where plays when all cetrtain players did was stand in one spot. just stand there feet set.
the whole offensive possesion. until the defense collapsed and parker passed it out
viola a wide open three whcih even reggie evans would make.
okay not reggie evans but you get my gist
Gyp Rosetti
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Frank Viola? I think he won 15+ games like 10 years in a row. No Greg Maddux or anything but still.
DutchJazzer
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Are you high or drunk? Which is it?
They are playing tremendous team basketball. Every guy knows his role and fills it well. They are not super talented with Duncan and Ginobli having lost a bit and the rest are just a bunch of role players. But what a coach.
NAOS
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I don't see them sweeping OKC or Miami, but I wouldn't be surprised if they dispatched both teams in 5 games. I don't see them losing more than 3.
Doesn't look like it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Playoffs#History
"The San Antonio Spurs own the longest NBA Playoff winning streak for a single postseason with 12 straight wins in the 1999 Playoffs and a 15–2 finish overall. The Los Angeles Lakers own the most dominant post-season appearance with a 15–1 record in the 2001 Playoffs"
For some reason I thought the Lakers went 16-0 once during the Shaq era.
I think there is something to be said for the way Jackson can manage big time personalities and star players.
What about Jackson making Derek Fisher's career last way longer than it should? Or making Trevor Ariza a sought out FA? Jackson has also taken his fair share of small time role players and made them have small, but integral parts on teams
NAOS
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I would probably lean that way too, but I think it's pretty hard to judge.
Jackson has obviously had a incredible amount of talent, but he did lead 3 separate dynasties to championships (Jordan teams, Kobe/Shaq, Kobe/Gasol).
Popovich for the most part has gotten all of his success out of the same main group of Parker, Ginobili, and Duncan but done a great job of rotating support pieces in and out. I'd be interested to see what he can do with a completely new cast though.
NAOS
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but Parker and Ginobili are fully his own creations. He's been lucky to have Duncan, no doubt, but his teams have been more thoroughly conjured by his own genius than any team ever handed to Jackson. If that sounds too harsh on Jackson, well, it is... but the contrast needs to be stark because I think it's hard to appreciate in any other way when I can only type a few sentences.
Jackson can handle personalities. Cool. Well, I don't support that **** anyway, so whatevar.