Move over, Dallas Cowboys. The San Antonio Spurs are now “America’s Team.” At least they should be, according to Slate’s Matthew Yglesias.
According to Yglesias, the Spurs manner of play embodies everything that America thinks it is. Hardworking, humble, and resilient:
America—at least in its own imagination—stands for certain things. For the idea that hard work and sound judgment bring success, and that success deserves celebration. That winners should be celebrated as long as they play by the rules. That teamwork, leadership, loyalty, and excellence all count for something. And that’s why the San Antonio Spurs, currently riding a stupendous run of 19 straight victories, are America’s favorite professional basketball team.
Everyone — even the haters — can agree that for the Spurs, the team comes first. If that’s the case, and if they truly embody American ideals, why is it that people love to cheer for the Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers, or the Orlando Magic: teams whose main focus is keeping their superstars happy at all costs (in the case of the Magic, Dwight Howard got his coach fired)? If the Spurs are truly America’s Team, why do so many people root against them?
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No, the Cowboys are already called America’s Team. Texas doesn’t need to have 2 America’s Team’s.
America’s team competes at the Olympics. Just sayin’.
they have to win more than 2 championships before they can be ANYTHING lol
yeah I don’t know.
Hell nah!!! Estan locos!!
oh Matthew Yglesias and his articles smh
uh no — they are boring
What a joke.
I guess 4 championships dont count!!
I think you guy’s are dumb to even ask that dallas aint never been my team becuase my hometown is oakland calif. so when they say americas team niether san antonio or dallas are my team and i am from america. Go Raiders and lakers baby………..
if earned and can be undeniably considered, yes! Otherwise. NO! LOL!!
Respect to The Spurs team not the fans. They’re the worse douchebags ever. And for that I have to say No but F*cken NO! In that case why can’t the bulls or celtics, they happen to have more Rings.
I’m with Kev, America’s team is the Olympic Team. Personally, I don’t know anyone who would consider the Spurs “Americas favorite professional basketball team”, just because Matthew Yglesias thinks they should be, doesn’t mean they are.
I think the point that people are missing is that, as the author of the Slate piece wrote, the San Antonio Spurs–on paper– represent and embody a lot of the ideals that people like to associate with America: hard work, being humble, being blue collar, etc.
Hell noooooo!! Lakers should be! Everyone in the world knows who the Lakers are!
Once I saw the post, I knew this would turn into a shameless “root for my team” comment-a-thon.
With that said: 4 championships within an 11-year span all with above .500 seasons, consistently contenders in the supposed ‘better conference’, a true powerhouse basketball team in an uppopular city that ‘superstar’ athletes don’t want to go to because it isn’t LA NY or Miami, with disciplined players who define ‘team’ that aren’t loud mouths nor reinforce the stereotypical selfish basketball superstar atmosphere… I mean, the question is why not? They’re a last of the dying breed in a terrible soon-to-crash league. Props due.
The title needs to be a different name and it should be voted on by the public:))
I have to say I think the title should go to Champions, so each year it would change, and no team not in the Playoffs would qualify. No team should be called “America’s Team” just because.
Hell Yea!
NO!!! PLS.. THE MOST ABURRIDO EQUIPO DE LA NBA. THEY PLAY LIKE ROBOTS, THEY ARE BORING.
I’ve been an extremely devoted Spurs fan for most of my life, back when to the days when it wasn’t cool to be a Spurs fan (and the kids at school made fun of you because of it), and I don’t agree that they should be called “America’s Team” at all. That belongs to the Dallas Cowboys, which sucks to admit because they’re super annoying. As for the standard Spurs criticism, the fact that they’re “boring,” I’ve given up trying to defend them in that aspect. Being the most consistently successful franchise in the NBA over the past decade isn’t enough. They’re almost always ranked as one of the top franchises in all of US sports (see ESPN’s annual rankings: http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/teamrankings). And they’re players respect each other, love playing together, and whatever other positive things you’d associate with a TEAM.
Of course a lot of people missed the point of the article as Miguel B. pointed out, but yeah, they do represent a lot of the values that this country takes pride in (or at least values we claim to take pride in, but whatever). So you can have your Kobe Bryants (don’t forget Colorado), Lebrons (“The Decision”), and Dwight Howards, but I’ll keep my boring team that wins titles and may very well win another one. GO SPURS GO!
NO..That “Americas Team”tag is already taken by the best team in football!! Dallas Cowboys!!…:)
America’s Team is the Dallas Cowboys.
America’s team is the Chicago Bears