Quote of the Week: At dinner Sunday night, I mentioned that final episode of "The Sopranos" killed the Spurs and Cavs last week in the TV ratings "war".
A dinner companion said, "They needed to kill SOMETHING!"
All Hail The King.
Not you LeBron.
I'm talking the San Antonio Spurs... The Spurs have moved into dynasty status with their sweep of the Cavs.
But I am SO not feeling the capital "D" dynasty.
Why? Shouldn't a dynasty team go at least back-to-back once?
Don't blame them for being "boring" - that's a function of horrible Finals matchups as anything else. The 99 Knicks? Strike year. Ewing was hurt (which might have helped the Knicks that year), and the Knicks were outgunned. The '03 Nets? Offensively challenged, and I'll be nice and leave it there. The '05 Pistons were the most worthy competitor, but played as bland a band of basketball as the Spurs.
And you can read this entry to see what I thought of the Cavs, a team that made the '03 Nets look like the second coming of the Showtime Lakers.
It is not the Spurs fault that their stiffest competiton came within their conference, and they took care of business when they could. They have been the most consistent team of the decade, a tribute to their front office, coaching, and players. But their "dominance" hasn't been the type that inspires awe. The Lakers' pulled off a Thee-peat on Duncan's watch, as Kriegle misses that point.
Great organization.
Not a great dynasty.
But I'll be damned if I bet against them right now.
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Bud Selig just doesn't get it.
As any happily married couple will tell you, it never hurts to same "I'm sorry".
"We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward ... Steroids and all that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it." -Jason Giambi
Speaking truth to power can get you in trouble. Speaking truth to no one in particular can get you suspended in MLB. Jason nailed it, and his reward?
Speak to George Mitchell - or get suspended.
If I was Jason, I'd tell Bud to stick it. The man shows a conscience, and THIS is what he gets? Barry Bonds looks smarter every day.
Re: the Spurs, you're right. That Knicks team was talented, but without Ewing, it was an unfair fight.
However, we must keep in mind, the Spurs were also one Derek Fisher prayer jumper and one ill-advised Ginobili foul on Nowitizki away from being in two more Finals.
I'm willing to let them slide for not winning titles back to back.
But I'm easy.
A dynasty to me means an extended period of dominance. Not necessarily consecutive years of doing so.
You know, the thing that #### me off the most is the way MLB is acting like they were in the dark about the steroids when guys like Sosa and McQuire were helping them regain the fan base the sport had lost to labor issues. Now all of the sudden they want to play holier than thou. I don't blame Bonds for acting like he could care less about what baseball thinks, he's right, get yours homey and get paid as well!
Exactly. When MLB owners stand up and say - "We blew it too", and the media...who chose to ignore the story until it was low-hanging fruit...the hypocrisy is sickening to me.
G.H. Brooks (aka "Dr. Midnight" to his loyal fan base) is a 2-time Next Great Sportswriter (NGS) Finalist. One would think that bringing game like that would net me *something* - a cool icon to mark my site, some love from Fox Sports, cash, but noooo... :-)
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