Originally Posted by
Menses
The fact that the Spurs only have 4 Championships in 14 years of highly competitive basketball tells you how RIGGED THE NBA actually is....You have to look at the history of this particular squad, specifically Pop and the big three....they usually don't make it to the finals in back to back years...and it is my contention, that this is by design...this is the real source of friction between Pop and the NBA head office whom despise everything Pop and the Spurs stand for....the Spurs should be the favorite every year...and yet they have not won a ring in 6 years....this is by chance, as their is competition..but it is also by design....
Stern has given them extremely rough schedules year after year....especially on the road...and for an older team, this usually means, they run out of gas come playoff time...I expect the same to happen this year...and if it is indeed close, Crawford and his band of merry men...will step in and see to it...that they do not advance....There is a real possibility this year...of a Pacers/Spurs final...even more so with the recent departure of Derrick Rose....
One of those teams will NOT BE ALLOWED to advance to the Finals....this league is about storylines and narratives...the players with biggest shoe deals and most commercials will be front and center....Stern might tolerate Paul George and Hibbert who are becoming superstars right before our eyes...but the Spurs twice in a row? not bloody likely....