Los Spurs

Heading to SA this afternoon (taking Mrs. Taras, daughter #2, and boyfriend of daughter #2). First stop will be Soluna on Broadway for some nice Nuevo Leon pre-game botanas and then over to the AT&T for the Spurs v Celtics game. Well, actually daughter #2 has tickets for her and young Mr. Wonderful, while Mrs. Taras and I will make a pathetic attempt to secure something from a scalper. Will probably get arrested in the process.

I'm really not that big on basketball so I would characterize yours truly as a fair weather, front running Spurs fan and wouldn't follow them much at all if they were not the great team they've been for such a long time as well as having some fairly good citizens, especially by NBA standards. Pretty good bunch of guys, the Spurs and I admire their organization and the way players and coaches who used to be with the Spurs always say positive things about their time there. Some even go as far to say publicly that they always consider themselves "a Spur." That's high praise. That's the same thing you hear about other sports franchises--the Patriots in football among a few others and the Astros in MLB. The common theme that you find with these organizations is a commitment to quality over the long term, a focus on doing things "the right way," and building around a core of good players that set an example of excellence for the rest of the team. Probably some other things, but you get the idea. Pretty much the same thing in any business, not just professional sports. Oh, another thing I like about the Spurs is the idea of a small market, backwater like San Antonio beating up on darlings of the east and west coast media. Nothing better than bitter, drunk Boston sportswriters becoming more bitter and more drunk after a sound thrashing at the hands of some red state knuckle draggers. Go, Spurs, go.