3 Western Conference Finals in the last 3 seasons...

[ElNono]

Pretty darn good...

Thanks to the Big 3, the FO that was able to reload on the fly with great pieces like Kawhi, Tiago, Danny, Boris and Mills...

The Spurs implosion and demise has been foretold for many years, yet, here we are... let's keep enjoying this stuff. :flag:

[Admidave50]

Good shit! It se go to the finals, we are planning à trop to SA with JP LE requin for real French Frogging

[crc21209]

Pretty darn good...

Thanks to the Big 3, the FO that was able to reload on the fly with great pieces like Kawhi, Tiago, Danny, Boris and Mills...

The Spurs implosion and demise has been foretold for many years, yet, here we are... let's keep enjoying this stuff. :flag:

:toast

[jag]

Fire Pop

[siraulo23]

F yes

Thank you Kawhi, Green and Splitter replacing HWMNBN, blair, bonner, hill in the rotation

and yes for duncan still playing at a high level for his age

now to get raped by OKC, or a chance to get back to the finals if it's against the clippers

[DAF86]

But I thought Spurs basketball wasnt made for the playoffs.

[Mikeanaro]

I hope we get another trip to the finals.

[Mugen]

Great accomplishment considering how done this team looked in 2010 and then re-signing RJ.....been a fun ride tbh

[Dex]

Fire Pop

:lol

[ElNono]

Great accomplishment considering how done this team looked in 2010 and then re-signing RJ.....been a fun ride tbh

yup

[timtonymanu]

Great accomplishment considering how done this team looked in 2010 and then re-signing RJ.....been a fun ride tbh

Biggest take away. Spurs fans that bitch about this core obviously weren't around for the 2009-2011 years. :lol

[MI21]

Great accomplishment considering how done this team looked in 2010 and then re-signing RJ.....been a fun ride tbh

:tu

[Kawhi]

:lol
Update your sig already

[Mugen]

Biggest take away. Spurs fans that bitch about this core obviously weren't around for the 2009-2011 years. :lol

:lol I remember a time when Spurfan was arguing if Keith Bogans was an adequate Bruce Bowen replacement tbh.

[Pound the rock]

Initial reports of the Spurs demise were greatly exaggerated.
Saw that in game stat where Spurs lead the NBA with 9 trips to the conference finals

[timtonymanu]

:lol I remember a time when Spurfan was arguing if Keith Bogans was an adequate Bruce Bowen replacement tbh.

"The Centerpiece" ughhh :lol

[ElNono]

:lol I remember a time when Spurfan was arguing if Keith Bogans was an adequate Bruce Bowen replacement tbh.

Remember Roger Mason Jr running backup PG? :lmao

[Dex]

Update your sig already

Okie dokie

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

Jacque Vaughn and Ime Udoka offensive abilities.... *shudders*

[DMC]

Pretty darn good...

Thanks to the Big 3, the FO that was able to reload on the fly with great pieces like Kawhi, Tiago, Danny, Boris and Mills...

The Spurs implosion and demise has been foretold for many years, yet, here we are... let's keep enjoying this stuff. :flag:

If we were true contenders we'd have 4.

[ElNono]

If we were true contenders we'd have 4.

:lol

[Southwest Texas Fan]

:lol I remember a time when Spurfan was arguing if Keith Bogans was an adequate Bruce Bowen replacement tbh.

The centerpiece.

[Kawhi]

Okie dokie
:tu

[FromWayDowntown]

Kawhi Leonard has never played an NBA season that ended before the conference finals.

[spursfan1000]

Fire Pop

[slick'81]

Obviously we hope this time around spurs bring that championship home

[silverblackfan]

It is a good vibe with this team. They seem really to be focused and enjoying the ride. When they get loose they really show a scary good offense. Except Manu. He is loose enough. He needs to keep focused. Sometimes the game seems to be going too slow for him ( and maybe Boris) as it is. Just hit your shots Manu, and keep being the meanest MF on the court.

[DPG21920]

The thing that makes it tough to evaluate are the wild swings. Basketball already has a ton of ups and downs, but with the Spurs it's wild. They win by 20, lose by 20. They go from looking in a groove to looking old and like they have never played together before.

Teams like OKC struggle too, but they have a lot more close games. Spurs get blown out and don't care.

[silverblackfan]

I am not a big fan of the 'flip the switch' mentality, but it really looks like game 4 was a game they allowed to get away pretty easily. Portland played well, but Pop seemed to be trying a few wild ideas out on that athletic team also. They were much more focused tonight.

[ElNono]

The thing that makes it tough to evaluate are the wild swings. Basketball already has a ton of ups and downs, but with the Spurs it's wild. They win by 20, lose by 20. They go from looking in a groove to looking old and like they have never played together before.

Teams like OKC struggle too, but they have a lot more close games. Spurs get blown out and don't care.

Agree... yet, even through that inconsistency, they've managed to to consistently get to this top 4 level the past 3 seasons...

You know as well as anybody how difficult is to get this far. As Mugen pointed out, this looked like a relatively distant place 4-5 years ago.

Truly a tribute to everyone involved.

[Sean Cagney]

Great accomplishment considering how done this team looked in 2010 and then re-signing RJ.....been a fun ride tbh

........ 011 WE were Fully done to the media and fans.

[SnakeBoy]

Kawhi Leonard has never played an NBA season that ended before the conference finals.

:wow Hadn't thought about that.

It's going to take a decade for the Blazers team to rack up the playoff experience Kawhi already has at age 22.

[vma16]

:wow Hadn't thought about that.

It's going to take a decade for the Blazers team to rack up the playoff experience Kawhi already has at age 22.

Kawhi is above the likes of Curry, Irving, Lillard, Paul, Griffin, in this department... gives you perspective

[Brazil]

Kawhi Leonard has never played an NBA season that ended before the conference finals.

and he has been pretty essential to that achievement.

It's fun and cool to see him progress with the Spurs tbh he has been playing amazingly well in the POs

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

And people still bitch.... go figure.

[look_at_g_shred]

Unreal tbh... Enjoy dis Spurs fans !

[Seventyniner]

RC earning his award after it was given.

But seriously, the EoY award should be given out after the playoffs.

[baseline bum]

Great accomplishment considering how done this team looked in 2010 and then re-signing RJ.....been a fun ride tbh

Indeed. Who would have guessed that one player could drag a team so far down? It really looked like the team should have been blown up in 2011 when he shit the bed again and everyone looked old.

[FromWayDowntown]

and he has been pretty essential to that achievement.

It's fun and cool to see him progress with the Spurs tbh he has been playing amazingly well in the POs

Yeah, I don't think there's any question that Kawhi's arrival and blossoming, particularly after the Jefferson deal, are a substantial reason that the Spurs have now played into June for three straight seasons. No Kawhi and this team is likely struggling to get through Round 1 and maxing out in the conference semifinals.

Now we get to see how much difference there is between 3rd year Kawhi and rookie Kawhi, as the next opponent is someone the Spurs played 2 years ago.

[quentin_compson]

That's a great achievement indeed for a team whose core players seem to be in the waning years of their respective careers for a good five or so years now.

Among many other things, it's also a testament to Pop's ability to adapt and change his formula, something quite a lot of people seem to think him not being capable of doing. The days of "lockdown defense and throwing into the post to Duncan" are gone, and the current edition of the Spurs is much more offense oriented (with Parker and no longer Duncan as the focal point), yet still able (at least in the last two seasons) to be a decent to good defensive unit.

[spurs1990]

Another trinket: out of the 13 active roster players, only Baynes, Belinelli, and Ayres weren't on that 2012 WCF roster.

Chance for the entire group to gain vindication.

[lil'mo]

Mills

[lil'mo]

I was wrong

[z0sa]

Great accomplishment from a relative standpoint but its been title or bust for 15 years now tbh.

[hommeaetage]

Oh, the days of Keith Bogans, Roger Mason, Jr. RJ, Ime Udoka, Drew Gooden and Matt Bonner playing 35+ mins :lol

[hater]

means nothing unless you have a championship to show for it

[ezau]

For the Spurs to contend in 2014 when I thought they were done in 2010 is pretty amazing. It's a pleasure to watch these guys all these years, tbh.

[ezau]

I remember the years when the Spurs had Finley, RJ, Roger Mason Jr., Drew Gooden, and Keith Bogans:lol

[JP le Requin]

Good shit! It se go to the finals, we are planning à trop to SA with JP LE requin for real French Frogging

YES we are planning..if spurs win Game 3... we will begin to think hardly about it ^^ in fact, even now we think about to go to san antonio between 4th and 9th of june.. for the game 1 and 2... but dont jinx this serie...its not over! GO SPURS GO !!!!

[BillMc]

And people still bitch.... go figure.

Most those that are bitching now won't stay around when this bubble finally bursts, I'm sure.

[Russ]

Three in a row is a great accomplishment.

But to be contrarian, Detroit was never a real championship threat after their title in '04 and narrow loss in '05 (to the Spurs).

Yet Detroit went to numerous conference finals after that. It signified nothing but an orderly decline.

That said, Go Spurs -- get number Five.

[exstatic]

Three in a row is a great accomplishment.

But to be contrarian, Detroit was never a real championship threat after their title in '04 and narrow loss in '05 (to the Spurs).

Yet Detroit went to numerous conference finals after that. It signified nothing but an orderly decline.

That said, Go Spurs -- get number Five.

Eastern conference, tbh.

Their fans and Dumars would probably like a do-over on their breakup, too.

[xmas1997]

Most those that are bitching now won't stay around when this bubble finally bursts, I'm sure.

This is probably true.
Unfortunately some of the bandwagon fans on here only stay around to troll other REAL fans because they hate on a particular player or the coach.
It is pathetic and completely classless and unfunny.
It is what it is.
:lol
:flag:

[Arcadian]

Amazing. Back in 2011, when I first joined this forum, nearly everyone thought the Duncan era was over and we needed to rebuild. :lol Nearly everyone was wrong.

[SpursDynasty]

The 1997-2014 Spurs are the greatest sports organization of all time.

Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili are the winningest NBA trio of teammates in history in the playoffs recently passing Magic, Kareem, and Cooper.

If Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili play together after this season, they will become the longest-running trio in NBA history (currently tied for 1st with Bird, McHale, Parish).

Not only that, but after sweeping OKC soon, also the only trio of teammates to be in an NBA Finals 11 years apart with the same team.

Much like Duncan last year become the only player ever to appear in 2 NBA Finals 14 years apart with the same team.

No team comes close to this sustained excellence. Not Jordan's Bulls, Bird's Celtics, or Shaq/Kobe's Lakers, or even the fake Laker/Celtic dynasties of the 50s/60s when the league only had 10 teams and anyone could win.

Notice the Spurs have increasingly gained media respect the last 2 years and are becoming the biggest story in the NBA, as LeBron, Bosh, and Wade end their 4 year run.

[cd021]

Three in a row is a great accomplishment.

But to be contrarian, Detroit was never a real championship threat after their title in '04 and narrow loss in '05 (to the Spurs).

Yet Detroit went to numerous conference finals after that. It signified nothing but an orderly decline.

That said, Go Spurs -- get number Five.

They won 64 games after the Game 7 loss in the Finals in '05 but lost in the semi'. They weren't really relevant afterward.

The East ,for some reason, has a bunch of teams that make the Conference Finals year after year. That Pistons team went to 6 straight. Bad Boys I went to 5 straight and 3 straight Finals appearances. The Nets before them went to the ECF twice and back2back Finals appearances. The Pacers went to the ECF 5 times in between '94-2000 (5 for 7)

The Bulls went 5 straight times and 8 times in a 10 year span. This Heat team has 3 straight appearances as well.

[cd021]

Amazing. Back in 2011, when I first joined this forum, nearly everyone thought the Duncan era was over and we needed to rebuild. :lol Nearly everyone was wrong.

Duncan pulled off an epic rope a dope

I remember him walking off the court in Memphis and thought he was done being a quality player. He averaged 13 points and 9 rebounds that season and looked so slow and plodding.

The following seasons he upped it to (points/ rebounds blocks ,rounding up) 15/9/2 then 18/10/3 and now 14/10/2

he looks much better now at 38 than he did at 35.

[HI-FI]

It's still hard to believe. I remember being really pissed after 2011. If you had told me Spurs would be in this position, while the Lakers are tanking (and doing a terrible job at that) I would've said get the fuck outta here, axel foley style.

No matter what happens, Spurs have created something special, and the book still isn't finished.