Spurs: Dynasty Or Just Nasty?

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Spurs: Dynasty Or Just Nasty?

By Marc Stein | ESPN.com
SAN ANTONIO -- Put Pat Riley in the camp that says the San Antonio Spurs don't have to win back-to-back championships -- as Riley did with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1987 and 1988 -- to be regarded as a team for the ages.

"I don't think so," Riley said Wednesday before Miami's 88-78 loss in San Antonio.

"That's media folly. Just lays a little more pressure on them, that's all it is. 'You're not going to be any good unless you go back-to-back.' That's our war cry [in the league nowadays].

"They have the opportunity to do that. But why they haven't done it is because of the depth out here in the West. You just talk about the three teams here: Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. They could be the three best teams in the league. To be able to get through that is going to be harrowing.

"In the [past] nine years, winning four les and close to 60 games a year, they have a dynastic quality. [And] there's probably some more world championships ahead of them."

[bejanicek]

very interesting, coming from a hall of fame coach and someone who has been in the league and seen other dynasties.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I like it better than Phil Jackson's answer.

He started off by bringing up his own accomplishments, "where we won back to back to back." and then, made an effort to give the Spurs accomplishments props.

[Walter Craparita]

You just talk about the three teams here: Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. They could be the three best teams in the league.