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OK, I've never liked the San Antonio Spurs. I wasn't even aware of the team until the media frenzy over the macho high-school jocks in Northern California known as "The Spur Posse." During my last year at OU, I finally developed an active interest in basketball. I excitedly followed Latrell Sprewell and my Knicks through the playoffs, only to lose to the Spurs in the championship series. Now that I live in the Lone Star State, I profess my fandom for OU alum Eduardo Najera and the Dallas Mavericks, which were unceremoniously knocked out of the playoffs this year by the Spurs, so I've been rooting for the New Jersey Nets for the past few weeks.

But tonight, I was a little glad to see the Spurs win the championship. Knowing David Robinson was retiring might have softened me up a little, but one moment warmed my heart. At the end of the fourth quarter, it was pretty clear the Nets were going to lose, but after a rebound, New Jersey's Jason Kidd deliberately fouled his buddy Tim Duncan, so Jersey could get the ball with time after Duncan shot his free throws. Knowing Kidd was playing his heart out, the San Antonio player gave his pal a warm pat on the back and headed for the line. Watching this, I felt warm and fuzzy all over.

After the game ended and the Spurs were on the court to collect their trophies, I noticed something a little odd. Spurs chairman Peter Holt was on the court with an usual fashion statement: he paired a conservative business suit with a "dinner-plate" cowboy-style belt buckle. (see image) I guess it is Texas and everything, but that just looks weird. Yeah, I still don't know what to think of them Spurs.