Wednesday, June 5, 2013

I have something I need to get off my chest...For 2 years, before I moved to Dallas, I liked the San Antonio Spurs. Forgive me, I was young and lived there. The young mind is easily impressionable and malleable, hell before that I lived in Northern California and rooted for the A's(Rickey rules).

They were a middle of the road team, without an obnoxious fan base. A former ABA team that had never done shit in the NBA, there was nothing to boast about. The great George "Iceman" Gervin was on his last legs, but it was really cool to watch him play. He still put in 21 PPG that last season in SA, but the recently deceased Mike Mitchell led the team with 22 PPG. Man, I loved Mitchell. The point guard was UT's own Johnny Moore. He was a real solid dude, averaged a double/double and real easy to root for. He came down with a life-threatening case of meningitis, it was some scary shit in the local news back then. He made it, and is currently coaching Corpus Christi in something called the American Basketball League. The center was the great Artis Gilmore, talk about a cool motherfucker. 7'2" with an afro that averaged 19 and 10, shooting 62% from the field...Looking back it's surprising they weren't better.

The real joy was going to those games at the Hemisphere Arena, on the Riverwalk, and watching the big names come to town. Such great memories, saw Magic and Larry and Jordan. Malone and Barkley and Kareem, etc...Get there early, watch shootaround, and get autographs. And root for the Spurs against them. The nite I saw Jordan, Spurs put up something like a 28 point halftime lead on them. Jordan led a crazy 2nd half comeback to win the game for the Bulls. At one point he got a wide open steal and did the 'rock-a-bye-baby' dunk. Place went nuts and I'll always remember the cat in front of me jumping in the aisle, yelling "That's what I came to see". Yeah, same here...First playoff game in person was there vs. the Nuggets. It was during Fiesta, huge party, great times. And I'll be damned, I really liked those teams.

With that being said, I will take no joy in watching them raise the trophy if they beat the Heat. I'm a firmly entrenched MFMFFL(Motherfuckin' Mavs Fan For Life), have been for a quarter century. The Spurs, and their fans, are the enemy. Duncan and Parker annoy me to no end. I take Joey Crawford's side vs. Timmy. The Mavs' Game 7 win in '06 is one of my favorite sports' moments. Bruce Bowen sucks. Finley in black and silver was disgusting. I like Pop, but who doesn't?

But motherfuck, I'll be rooting for them against the Heat. Floppin' mofos are bad for basketball. Having a 'bad guy' to root against is good for sports. I embrace it, but fuck this floppin' shit. Really Lebron, you're a top 5 talent all-time in this league, be a fuckin' man. You're a fuckin' bull, stop acting like a gnat....Wade, ha, no point in asking you to man up. Bitch. Bosh has turned into a joke with his screaming. Weirdo. Chalmers reminds me of Nick Cannon, but that's an insult to Nick. Birdman, you showed your colors with that shit on Hansbrough. Really dude? Used to be okay with Udonis because of the UF connection, but his shit on Hansbrough last year was even more pussy than Birdman. Fuck, I hate this team...

So I'ma just pretend it's the Iceman, Mitchell, Moore, and the A-Train...Go Spurs, fuck the fuckin' Heat.