i don’t think so

Everyone has this mentality. SGA said it after winning game 5. Brunson said it after game 4.

Are the Spurs the first ever team to have a winning mentality?

The mentality that they realize that they still have another series to play? Did you think they were going to land in San Antonio and someone would surprise them with this fact? This subs takes are Magic level

We hear this line like 100 times a season. It’s a meme at this point. Every single player has this mentality lol. You hear it whether a team just won a game, won a series, made the finals.

We got ourselves an ancient being here

Kobe had psychopathic levels of tendencies and cheated on his wife to the point where it may have been a rape case.

Dude could fucking ball and is an NBA All-Timer but let’s not act like the Kobe mentality is always a good thing.

Who gives a fuck what Kobe woulda done

This narrative isn’t even accurate. Kobe celebrated like crazy after beating the Trailblazers in 7 games in 2000

And who gaf anyway. People are allowed to express emotions.

Kobe would’ve celebrated by going back to his favorite hotel in Colorado

^ This guy clearly didn’t even read the quote lmao

Ya’ll just say anything lol. The quote is him acknowledging the moment and great accomplishment but also saying that the job ain’t done. Let kobe rest in piece and allow others to build their own legacy apart from someone they probably never met.

I think he’ll get there either way. The Spurs may win it all this year, but I guarantee there’s going to be a season where he gets knocked out in the West playoffs or Finals and will get even more motivated

It’s very possible he gets hurt and loses his ability like Kristops did in his 4th year. I’d rather him win now and lock him in as one of the greats in case his window closes quicker than anyone wants

I disagree mostly because of Wemby’s window. With his physique I don’t think he’ll be able to play at this level into his mid 30s (would be so stoked to be wrong).

I want him to just run shit for his physical prime and if he starts now he’ll have a shot at catching Duncan and beyond.

This is why I want him to win this one. I don’t want him being even more motivated next year

Reminds me that he’s out for revenge LA Olympics 2028, doubly so if Chet makes the team

I want them to lose bc I hate them being so good.

Dad fuck you for moving us to Houston and not San Antonio all those years ago.

this dude watched whiplash and thought jk simmons was the main character

dude i get so sick of people acting like he’s guranteed a long career. I do think he has a GOAT ceiling but losing here hardly helps him. He already acknowledged nobody knows the next time he might find himself in the Finals.

he already had his big loss at paris 2024

It stops there

Enjoy the NBA Cup trophy.

Do you not follow NBA Reddit, Twitter, or YouTube?

It’s an entire thing where people are making fun of him for being emotional. Vic actually has a great quote about this, because it isn’t the first time this has happened —

Personally, I refuse to carry the burden of having to hide my emotions.

Didn’t the last finals went to 7 and went all down to a Hali injury? And the previous champs were from the east? This series could also easily go to 7.

The Knicks are one of the few teams that actually has some tools to slow down Wemby offensively as well as pull Wemby out of the paint in defense.

Instead of propping up the Knicks for their impressive finals run despite being a lower seed, all you did was shit on other teams and thrive on negativity. Which is sadly is an exhibit A of basketball discourse in general these days.

Fair enough. I didn’t know that

There’s a documentary about Jordan playing against aliens out already. I think it’s called Space Jam.

5 recent titles and one of them already against the Knicks. It’s enough already. I just want one in my lifetime.

still can’t believe this dude is a spur. this dude is about to dominate the league in a way we haven’t seen in along time, and yet, if we were to make a list of every team based on how much they needed a player like this based on their history, spurs would’ve been bottom 3 lmao

No way man. The NBA needs the Spurs to keep being competitive in order to have some sort of check to the Thunder’s young core and stockpile of picks; complacency will only lead to further Thunder domination. Nobody wants that! Let’s go Knicks!

Damn, even as a Spurs fan this comment is cold af lol

I’d rather not. I’m actually a Spurs fan.

I know but it’s been a couple days already 

Not the only one. They lost to the Wolves too but won the series 

False. Wolves, Cavs, Nuggets too. Wasn’t only the Knicks.

For real though. They just lost the ECF… analytically, of course.

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Watch game 2 against Boston last year, second 20 point comeback on the home of the defending champs, straight faced ready for business, Brunson been like that