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99 is my favorite, being the first. Robinson and Duncan
03 and 14 are my favorite les
99 is my favorite, being the first. Robinson and Duncan
I didn't think the front office did a good job surrounding Robinson and Duncan with enough talent. Letting the Lakers win three in a row during the Robinson/Duncan era was a front office failure.
I remember my boy telling me at the start of that season that we are bringing over this guy Manu Ginobili who‘s the best player in Europe. Was only able to watch the Finals the next day as a kid on german television and Duncan dominated. Give credit to Speedy Claxton who saved us in game 6
Love the '03 Spurs. I agree it was carried by Tim, but I don't think the team composition was as terrible as some of you remember it. Rookie Manu was already 25 years old, so he wasn't your typical rookie. Stephen Jackson was really damn good and clutch in the playoffs. Second-year Tony was the fastest guy in the league. Bruce Bowen might have been at his defensive peak that year. And there were some solid role players like Steve Smith, Steve Kerr, Danny Ferry, and Speedy Claxton - none individually great, but all played their roles optimally. Robinson didn't play until he was 40 - he was a high quality starter until the very end, and he had the brotherly synergy with Duncan.
Plus, that team has the best version of Duncan. Doesn't that alone make it one of the best Spurs teams? I want the team with the best version of the best player.
Last edited by Arcadian; 06-17-2023 at 06:39 PM.
I was in front of my TV at probably 6AM in Paris France... My heart was in SA for sure.
yeah the amount of downplay you give their run is pretty funny. Too thin. They had the ing mvp (robbed that year) and a top 5 players in Wade plus a perennial all star in Bosh. We should be so lucky and be that “thin.” Young or not the Thunder had Westbrok, KD, and Harden all on the same team. And the Lakers were b2b champs. Idgaf about what ifs, especially when it’s Kendrick freaking Perkins being injured. They still had Pierce, KG, Rondo, and Allen. Find a way to win.
Tim’s is forgotten bc of a variety of reasons. There’s nobody on national tv (like Kenny Smith) reminding the world how great of a run it was. It took place before HD and the quality of the footage is absolute garbage. And the Spurs weren’t marketed at all. If Tim was more like Dave then the Spurs would’ve been marketed. Also outside of the Lakers who did they really beat? Starburys Suns? Dirkless Mavs? The Nets? There’s no real story there. Sometimes I wish the Spurs were in the East just so when they beat the ing Lakers it would be in the finals and people would realize how ing good Duncan was. Like nobody remembers 1999 either. And even 05 and 07 are forgotten bc there wasn’t any marquis matchups.
The cap was way lower in '11. The Heat squeezed in Haslem and Miller, but had no credible C or bench. This isn't NBA Jam.
The '11 Thunder weren't ready yet. Durant and Westbrook were pre prime and Harden was still a role player.
The Lakers were overrated and on fumes in '11. In '10, Perkins mattered greatly in a matchup vs two elite C's, especially when the alternative was washed up, out of shape Wallace being ran into the ground. The Lakers, who already had home court and the best player, bludgeoned them in the paint in game 7.
The '03 Spurs, a team thought to be in transition, with max cap space to chase Kidd, O'Neal or Webber to replace Robinson, not only dethroned but humiliated the 3-time defending champion Lakers who were expected to cruise to another championship. Not sure how the '05 Suns and Pistons and '07 Suns weren't marquee matchups.
And 20 years ago today Tim Duncan was robbed of a quadruple double.
My wife and I were behind our basket in 2014 and it was surreal. That being said, 2005 was unreal and my favourite.
I remember right after my friends came over and we stood at the corner of a busy intersection and shouted at the top of our lungs, "Honk Your Horn If You Like The Spurs!" ... I was 9
That still pisses me off to this day. One of, if not the greatest performance in finals history.
Huh? He got 8 blocks... How was he "robbed"?
The story is that there were 2 shots Duncan blocked that he didn't get credit for, meaning he should have had 10 blocks.
I don't know if it's true personally.
He had a clean block called as a foul because Byron Scott cried like a little at a block party thrown by two of the greatest ever.
IKR....I can't understand why they never reviewed it and added those 2 blocks. TD stayed getting cheated by statisticians.
that Nyets team was full of little es tbh. We were 2 shots away from a clean series sweep of their pathetic overmatched asses. Stephen Jackson makes that three in game 2 which he should have but he's no Sean Elliott (Luck the Fakers) I guess. Then in game 4 we pretty much control the second half of that game but the refs stick it to us down the stretch to lengthen the series.
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