tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post9148604565233895754..comments2024-02-23T02:43:28.895-06:00Comments on Yellow Chair Sports: SpurssssssssUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-92217968236432913192007-06-25T04:55:00.000-05:002007-06-25T04:55:00.000-05:00About the 99 finals, there are a couple of points ...About the 99 finals, there are a couple of points that need to be made. The Knicks acquired Spreewell in the off-season, so they needed to glue. There was a 50-game season, so they basically started to click at the end of the very short regular season. If that would have been an 82-game season, it's obvious they would have ended up much higher than the 8th seed. So it's not like the Spurs played against the worse in the East, they played against one of the best, one which was expected, along with Indiana and/or Miami, to reach the finals when the season began.<BR/><BR/>What hurts the Spurs in this match-up is not the fact they played no.8, but they played a team without its most important piece. Ewing was out in the finals, and he was needed more against the Spurs than against any other team in the nba, because they played with 2 centers. So without Ewing the knicks did the maximum what they could do: win 1 game. If they would have had Ewing, the finals would have been much closer, and any case made against the Spurs for wining in that situation would have been nullified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-80760754798921890682007-06-20T20:00:00.000-05:002007-06-20T20:00:00.000-05:00On the contrary, I love debates like these. Despi...On the contrary, I love debates like these. Despite the fact that most commenters debated it at a Meathead level, it's actually one of the best NBA hypotheticals out there, since it involves two teams playing in the same era and by the same rules and structure.Zuchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155975823397091461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-6361731181582488592007-06-20T16:35:00.000-05:002007-06-20T16:35:00.000-05:00please...just...let...this fruitless debate...DIE!...please...just...let...this fruitless debate...DIE!Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889169796759342598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-46467120914248064512007-06-20T12:49:00.000-05:002007-06-20T12:49:00.000-05:00Yea, but half of these people must have just watch...Yea, but half of these people must have just watched 8 straight hours of SuperFan skits. As with anything remotely controversial, I was somewhat in the middle, but a lot of the Bulls fans totally dismissed the fact that Jordan was indeed human and not infallible. However, there two points I think that can easily be argued. MJ, despite the 55 point game, was not playing at the same level as previous seasons. Also, you don't know what the 1994-1995 roster would have looked like if MJ comes back at the start of the season/never retires, since personnel moves would have likely changed in lieu of this.Zuchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155975823397091461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-12192052250210892992007-06-20T12:04:00.000-05:002007-06-20T12:04:00.000-05:00Yeah, but I'm not sure how proud I should be when ...Yeah, but I'm not sure how proud I should be when half were to tell me what an idiot I am.Vinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836050864225262267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-16129589333908334372007-06-20T08:57:00.000-05:002007-06-20T08:57:00.000-05:00By the way, Vinnie, I forgot to congratulate you. ...By the way, Vinnie, I forgot to congratulate you. The Rockets '94-'95 post passed the Beckham post as the most commented-on article in YCS history.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181248524843705767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-23057203670099448542007-06-19T21:41:00.000-05:002007-06-19T21:41:00.000-05:00Your memory of the ['98-]'99 season apparently isn...Your memory of the ['98-]'99 season apparently isn't very good. A lot of guys (e.g. Shawn Kemp, Vin Baker, Glenn Rice) came back noticeably fatter after the strike. Also, I don't know the numbers, but FG% and FT% dropped fairly significantly from previous years--at least during the early stages of the season.<BR/><BR/>As for the column, I guess the guy has a point if he's arguing that dynasties are defined by a core of players and not just an organization. By that token, though, I guess he'd have to call the Bulls two seperate dynasties with Jordan and Pippen the only holdovers.<BR/><BR/>Either way, yeah, it's a dumb topic.Vinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836050864225262267noreply@blogger.com