User Blog: syllabear Posts made by syllabear on From Where Are You Pounder? ROLL CALL!!! syllabear Mon, 09 Dec 2013 08:51:32 -0500 <p><br><img height="400" src="" width="600"></p> <p></p> <p>This is some random, light-hearted thing to do while waiting for the next <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Spurs</a> game. Something to steam off our doubts and frustrations for our sucking team. A team who sucks so bad it reached the playoffs ever since the worst PF in the game was drafted in 1997 and got 4 championships in 5 trips to the finals. Yes our team sucks. Period. Trade everybody. Fire Pop. </p> <p>I got this idea from Blazers Edge, so I'm not being original here. I really just wanted to know where every PtR members are from. I mean, we gotta be scattered all over the planet right? Heck, our players are scattered all over the planet. We might even enjoy this. Who knows. Anyway, here it is, I'll do it first.</p> <p><b>From The Philippines, The Island of Mindanao</b></p> <p><i>Where, through earthquakes and super typhoons, basketball endures. ;)</i></p> <p> </p> <p>From where are you pounder?</p> Thank You! syllabear Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:41:15 -0400 <p><img src=""></p> <p>Thank you <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Aron Baynes</a>. For not backing down against D12.</p> <p>Thank you <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Patty Mills</a>. For the towel waving.</p> <p>Thank you <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Tracy McGrady</a>. For being here.</p> <p>Thank you Captain Jack. For the toughness and passion.</p> <p>Thank you <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Nando De Colo</a>. For being Nando.</p> <p>Thank you CoJo. Back up PG is now a "non-issue"</p> <p>Thank you Nail. For nailing it.</p> <p>Thank you Red Mamba. For being a red mamba.</p> <p>Thank you <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">DeJuan Blair</a>. For getting into shape.</p> <p>Thank you Sparkles. For sparkling.</p> <p>Thank you <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Boris Diaw</a>. We know you'd show up in the playoffs.</p> <p>Thank you Green Light Danny. For breaking the record and more.</p> <p>Thank you Manu. For giving everything you've got.</p> <p>Thank you Tony. For being our MVP.</p> <p>Thank you Timmy. For defying conventional theory.</p> <p>Thank you Scissorhands Kawhi. Future and now.</p> <p>Thank you Coach Pop. You are still the best.</p> <p>Thank Pounders! Amazine.</p> <p> </p> <p>For a wonderful and magical season. Thank you!</p> Why The Spurs Will Beat The Warriors syllabear Mon, 06 May 2013 06:12:51 -0400 <p></p> <p><img src=""></p> <p><i><a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Stephen Curry</a> is on fire, <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Andrew Bogut</a> has been great in the <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Nuggets</a> series, <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Draymond Green</a> has come on and stepped up, <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Jarrett Jack</a> is a Spurs-killer, the Dubs lost <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">David Lee</a> to an injury and still they were able to eliminate the supposedly "scary" Nuggets team. Now, they "will" eliminate the Spurs. Ha!</i></p> <p> </p> <p>First of all, let me stress this fact: <b>The <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">San Antonio Spurs</a> is the better team. </b></p> <p>I'm not really a big fan of "crunching numbers", rather, I'll just point out some <b>obvious</b> facts to support my opinion. So here we go.</p> <p>Fact 1: <b>The Spurs aren't the Nuggets.</b> Regular fans tend to think the Nuggets are THAT good just because they play run-and-gun offense, have athletic players who can dunk and penetrate and they have swagger. Well, it is not as simple as that. The Nuggets don't play defense, well, they try but with pathetic results. The <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Warriors</a> killed them because of their defensive miscues and their inability to defend PnR. It's entirely different with the Spurs, a team that can score on breaks, score on half-court sets and can DEFEND.</p> <p>Fact 2: <b>Duncan is better than Bogut.</b><br><img src=""></p> <p>There is nothing to explain here really. Also, Leonard is better than Barnes. Stephen Curry might be on fire but Parker is, honestly, better.</p> <p>Fact 3: <b>We got stoppers/containers. </b>CoJo, Tony and Green can give Stephen Curry fits. Green can also be put on Thompson. And oh, we got Kawhi "Scissorhands" Leonard while Duncan will anchor the defense around the basket, as if the Warriors have any post scorers now that Lee is out. So basically we have guys who can match up defensively with their offensive weapons.</p> <p>Fact 4: <b>Experience. </b>Momentum can only take you so far. The Warriors may have caught the Nuggets by surprise but the Spurs is entirely another animal. They are disciplined and definitely know what they doing. Why? Because they haven't missed playoff since Duncan was drafted in 1997. The Spurs will discombobulate their opponent by PnR's after PnR's and series of misdirections. I don't think this Warriors team is equipped defensively to handle that.</p> <p>Fact 5: <b><a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Gregg Popovich</a>.</b> Need I say more? <br><img src=""></p> <p>I can continue typing lots of obvious facts that regular ball fans likes to ignore just because a guy can shoot the ball at a ridiculous level and his team defeated a team that has not really proven anything in the post season yet, but I think I'll just waste my time. A real basketball fan knows it already. </p> RANT: BRING ON THE LAKERS!!! syllabear Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:48:39 -0500 <p> </p> <p><img src=""><br><i>This will seems like a rant because it is. </i></p> <p>I just visited the Silver and Screen Roll(<a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Lakers</a> SBNation Blogsite, I did not troll around) because there were a lot of buzz about the 8th spot in the West playoffs race and I was interested to read some articles about it in Lakers fans perspective. I clicked a link about which team will fall and which team will eventually be overtaken by the Lakers. It was unanimous it was the <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Jazz</a> they were all EXPECTING to drop out f the race(they sound pretty sure about it. Hah!). Then, I read the comments. It made me flare up. I thought Kobe was my #1 hated Laker but I'm wrong, it was the fans. Why? Read these(not exactly what they said but pretty much the gist), according to THEM(fans):</p> <p>1. They hoping to meet the <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Spurs</a> in the first round because THEY ARE EASIER opponent than the Thunders and the CLIPPERS.</p> <p>2. Somebody joked about an upset. (Really???) </p> <p>3. They even dreaded to meet the <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Nuggets</a>. </p> <p>Really, Lakers fans??? Really??? BRING ON YOUR LAKERS. BRING THEM ON and EXPERIENCE SOME ****-KICKING FROM THE SPURS. #Hate.</p> You'll Know You're a Fan, It Hurts When "they" Lose. syllabear Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:01:04 -0500 <p> <img src=""></p> <p><i>I know we(<a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Spurs</a> fans) don't want to be reminded of the beating we received from the Thunders in the last season's WCF. It is not my intention to do so. </i></p> <p>I am a Spurs fan from 2002-2003 up to the present. I have witnessed 3 Spurs championship(03, 05 and 07). I have witnessed the 2007-2008 Spurs can't get pass the <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Lakers</a> because of Manu's ankle. I witnessed the down years of 2008-2010. I am a Spurs fan. But how does one know that he is? You may or may not agree with me but I think it's about the pain you feel every time the Spurs lose a game. As the saying about love goes "if it hurts, it's true".</p> <p>I was not so pumped up last season when the Spurs, again, was the West #1 seed. The first round exit against the <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Grizzlies</a> was still there in my mind. When the Spurs ran over the <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Jazz</a> like a tank, I was not that pumped up either. In my mind, it was the Jazz, the 8th seed. I'm just glad the Spurs made it out the first round. But when the Spurs dominated the <a href="" class="sbn-auto-link">Clippers</a> in the WCSF, I started to get excited. On to the WCF and just one series away from a 5th Finals appearance.</p> <p>Game 1 of the WCF, I watched the Spurs overcame a 9-point deficit and win the game. Game 2 was another story, the Spurs won it convincingly. Then, Games 3, 4, 5 and 6 happened. As I watched those games I got angry, I cussed, I shouted, I criticized the Spurs for not being able to stop Perkins and Ibaka from draining those twos but deep inside I was hoping against hope that somehow the Spurs will find a way to win. They didn't. </p> <p>I was devastated, an impressive 10-0 playoff winning streak ended with a 0-4 losing streak. For the entire off-season, I stopped reading PtR posts and articles(I was already a reader long before I signed up). I did not open either. I dreaded all the articles those journalists would write. I lost enthusiasm in sports articles, something that I consider my hobby. </p> <p>Fast forward to 2012-2013 NBA Regular Season, here I am again, hoping for that elusive 5th championship, keeping the faith, rejoicing every win and feeling down on every defeat.</p>