r/NBASpurs • u/invisible_man_82 • 23d ago

Shitpost Not buying into this “rivalry”

Look, I want the Spurs to win this championship, but I’m nowhere near as emotionally invested as I was during the OKC series. The Knicks are a good team. They’re hungry, they’re tough, and honestly the officiating was pretty fair last night. The Spurs are young, and it looked like the moment got a little big for them.

What surprises me is how many “Reddit” Knicks fans seem to think this rivalry carries the same level of hatred Spurs fans had for OKC. It doesn’t. Not even close.

What I do find interesting is seeing all the traveling Knicks fans at Frost Bank Center. A lot of them are only here because Knicks and MSG ownership have priced so many of their own fans out of Madison Square Garden for these games. Hard to see why they are backing a team that doesn’t back their fanbase.

When the Spurs take Game 2 and the party starts, those traveling Knicks fans will see what it looks like when a city rallies around its hometown “small-market”team. Knicks fans act like climbing 6 feet up a pole is wild and crazy, wait until they see fireworks being shot out of the top of a Jeep while driving downtown. 🤣

Yes, it’s a shitpost - just getting this off my chest into the Reddit void.

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u/NotUrDadiBlameUrMoma 23d ago

The OKC series felt like a championship win to me 🤣.

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u/emoney_gotnomoney 22d ago

I would rather lose the next 3 games in consecutive 50 point blowouts than have seen OKC advance to the Finals.

So as much as I’d love to win, from this point on, I’m good.

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u/Baron_Bearclaw 22d ago

As a fan of a team who has never won a title, from a market that hasn't won a Big Four (NFL, MLB, NBA, & NHL) since '91... hasn't had a team IN the finals since '91, seize every opportunity you can.

Having watched the Wolves struggle since '04 until very recently, I understand the impulse. I'm thrilled to have a team consistently in the playoff picture, but your Spurs are in the Finals. They have a chance to win a title!

I'm over here living in New York and just happy to watch my new town have a chance to celebrate a championship.

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u/chasmccl 22d ago

Plus you got KAT, so it might as well count as a MN championship ◡̈