2007 NBA CHAMPION SPURS

2007 NBA CHAMPION SAN ANTONIO SPURS


There is no doubt as to why the remaining two teams in the West are still competing: coaching and execution...Gregg Popovich and Jerry Sloan are two of the top 5 coaches in the past 10-20 years in the NBA...in an era where kids are multi-millionaires before they can post someone up, it takes something special from a coach to be able to discipline his team...

The spurs are unique in that they have 3 superstars, and above average role players (i.e., Oberto, Barry, Finley, etc.)...additionally, they have championships...Utah will never see a championship this year, nor will the East...Williams had 31 last night and Boozer w/ 27, but it was in the thin air, where the spurs have yet to win a playoff game...w/ the series at 2-1, and another game in Utah, San Antonio will need to get a win on the road if they r to avoid a deciding game 7...

I am a sixer fan and always have been...but we r never going to be in the position of competing for a title, or back-to-back titles, or 3 titles in 5 years kinda shit...it just wont happen w/ coaches like Jackson, Popovich, and Sloan around still...for me to wish for sixer glory is selfish and silly, but i feel for every team that wont ever win too, except the knicks...this league has very few that know what it takes to win, like Duncan and Parker, making these playoff games very uninteresting...

I bring all this up because i caught the celtics-pistons 1987 Eastern Championship Finals last night on Classic, where Bird steals the inbound to win the game in the last 5 seconds...it was as real today as it was 20 years ago...we dont have competition in the league like we used to, even if Utah did win a game last night...but think about it, if Utah loses last night, then the series is 3-0 and virtually over...



is there a way to make this garbage interesting?...and i dont mean this year or next, but w/ maybe a 5-year plan, can the league get to be where it was even before Jordan arrived?...i highly doubt it, and probably will lose even more interest this week...



its such a shame when i can recall sitting on the edge of my bed, wondering if Jordan was gonna hit the shot...and he always did...there was something refreshing in the fact that one guy was guaranteed to bring it that night, and the only new champions would be those that could match his effort and intensity...but that never happened once he was on top...

so here is my nod to wishing u all a happy 2008 NBA season, because the current season is terrible...to the 2007 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs, mazel tov...