Comics in mainstream Basketball

[Mean Green]

Hah! I wonder how many people understood the Wolverine reference? "What? Michigan Wolverines regenerate? Huh?" Awesome

The Spurs had a great regular season, winning 61 games to finish with the best record in the West by a four-game margin. Unfortunately for them and their fans, they ran into a tough matchup with the Grizzlies in the first round and suffered only the second loss to a No. 8 seed in the best-of-seven era (and fourth all-time). It was a sad moment for a team that had greater aspirations this season.

In fact, it was bad enough to force one of the San Antonio's stars to claim that the franchise's championship window has closed. From the French paper L'Equipe, as translated on the FIBA website (via SB Nation):

Parker says that age has finally caught up with the Spurs.

"At the start of the season I said this was our last chance," he said.

"Tim and Gino (Manu Ginobili(notes)) are getting old. It's going to be tough to regenerate ourselves.

"We will always have a good team but we can no longer say that we're playing for a championship."

Parker's right -- it is very tough for an aging team to regenerate itself, unless its coach is Wolverine and its best player is a starfish. Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan(notes) often seem to have magical qualities, but I'm pretty sure regeneration is not one of them.

Tony Parker thinks the Spurs are no longer playing for rings

[Mean Green]

Sorry for double post! System froze...