I found the more button after posting this, will attempt to use less fp real estate henceforward.

I have nothing to contribute but I hope someone else does, because I know less than zero about basketball, but I also really like when people have strong opinions about something I don't know about and I get to read them.

Is all.

Glad to see somebody EXCITED about their team. My baseball team is doing a late season fade away, and it's most depressing.

(let's go Mets!)

You mean "Pirates."

As far as sports orgs go, and they ALL have their faults (especially the NFL corporate office) i find the Spurs fascinating to watch because they're so damn cerebral and methodical. Gregg Popovich is an interesting & complex man whose "team-first, win games, leave the egos in the high school gym" approach appeals to me. He has said he won't hire a player who "hasn't gotten over themselves," and if you read poundingtherock.com (the Spurs SB nation Fan sub-site) you'll see plenty of gnashing of hands and wringing of teeth concerning Aldridge's ball-hogginess & whether that will fit in with the spurs good-to-better, pass to the open man style of offense.

They're always at their best when the move the ball side to side until that moment when they catch the defense leaning the wrong way, then blam. Aldridge hasn't played that type of offense so much, so I'm intensely curious as to whether Popovich adjusts for him & if so how much. This is their first off-season Big Name Free Agent signing in a long, long time.

Others say they he'll be good for Tony Parker, whose most nimble years are behind him, in that Aldridge is a great mid-range shooting big, who will draw defenders out of the paint & open up holes for parker's driving layups.

Let the season begin already.

As an Arsenal supporter I fucking hate Sp*rs..... oh, basketsport. Never mind.

It makes googling weird sometimes, eh?