# Germany = San Antonio Spurs of international soccer? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 22, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-san-antonio-spurs-of-international-soccer/725848 "2015-07-22T02:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-san-antonio-spurs-of-international-soccer/725848/21 "2015-08-07T05:06:30Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Portland I think that’s pretty good. They have one glorious year in the ever more distant past and fanatically devoted though not very numerous fans, many of whom have unusual facial hair. On the other hand, they’re not constantly in the shadow of more popular and successful nearby rivals, so in that way Spurs might be more like the Clippers or Nets. But those teams don’t even have fading memories of glory to cling to. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-san-antonio-spurs-of-international-soccer/725848/22 "2015-08-07T12:20:39Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I question the premise that the Spurs don’t have superstars. They were “David Robinson, Tim Duncan and everyone else,” then “Tim Duncan and everyone else,” then “Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and everyone else.” And before that, “George Gervin and everyone else.” Fun fact about the Spurs. They’ve been a professional team for 48 years and have made the playoffs in their respective league 43 times, a make % of 89.5%. > **[San Antonio Spurs Historical Statistics and All-Time Top Leaders |...](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/)** > > Checkout the latest and historical year by year stats of San Antonio Spurs along with the list of all time top 12 players and more on Basketball-Reference.com ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-san-antonio-spurs-of-international-soccer/725848/23 "2015-08-07T12:35:42Z")
Ahh JohnT. I pine for the days of Iceman… Johnny “double 00” Moore and James Silas… and Billy “the Whopper” Paultz What’s funny and this is just a observation… I’m black… and a lot of my friends …also black . hate the Spurs… I’m a fan… OUtside of the Jordan bulls I delight in the way in which they play the game. I remember arguing in a facebook sports group… while Mr Duncan and his guys were slapping Lebron around… they were arguing that “pick and roll” was garbage basketball. I adore fans. They/We say the funniest shit when their team is getting handled. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-san-antonio-spurs-of-international-soccer/725848/24 "2015-08-07T13:18:32Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > And before that, “George Gervin and everyone else.” > > Fun fact about the Spurs. They’ve been a professional team for 48 years and have made the playoffs in their respective league 43 times, a make % of 89.5%. > > [San Antonio Spurs Historical Statistics and All-Time Top Leaders | Basketball-Reference.com](http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/) Well, yeah, but everyone makes the playoffs in the NBA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-san-antonio-spurs-of-international-soccer/725848.md?page=1)