Best Spurs team of all time

[jkid12456]

What u think?

[Horry Hipcheck]

What u think?

Quite possible. The 2005 and 2006 teams were pretty great, but I have no idea if they could stop the 2014 Spurs offense.

[Malik Hairston]

the 2014 Spurs are by far the best Spurs team, tbh..

I have never seen a team this good in all my years of watching NBA ball..they won't receive the credit, though, because they're the Spurs and because they don't have the star power at the top..

However, based on any advanced metric, this is the deepest le team in NBA history..they did something that has never been done before, win by utilizing depth, rather than star power..

- 3 great passing bigs, including one of the best passing bigs in NBA history
- GOAT coach
- Parker and Ginobili to run pick&roll
- 2 great wing defenders that can shoot 3s
- 3 capable wing, ISO scorers(Leonard, Manu, TP)
- A ton of shooters
- A great all-around defensive big and a great rim protecting big
- Capable of playing both defensive grind basketball or run&gun offensive ball

[ironman2886]

No question.

[Chinook]

Many Spurs heroes of championships past wouldn't even get minutes on this team.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

They're amazing, they can play any type of game, match up with any type of team.

Truly a special team, one for the ages

[jon123spurs]

Not just the greatest Spurs team of all time. But if and when they win this series they have to be up there with the greatest team of all time. The way they played the regular season, and now the playoffs its certainly a debate worth discussing.

[Sean Cagney]

I like this team, ALOT.... Lets hope they close it out Sunday.

[Malik Hairston]

^^Absolutely..

I have a hard time believing this team wouldn't face- any team from the 2000s or 90s..

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

This Spurs team sweeps 2003 and 2007 Spurs. 1999 and 2005 probably go 6, maybe 7. It's strange that regardless of the complete lack of a superstar, arguably even an all-star caliber player, the 2014 team looks better than teams from Duncan's prime. Never seen such a great ball movement in my life as a basketball fan.

[Mikeanaro]

I feel this version is better than the others in the past.

[z0sa]

I still take 2005 over this one.. its close, though..

[ElNono]

I called this in March, peeps thought I was drunk...

What are you afraid of, a heart-break? That's what being a fan is all about. I still don't really share your concern about the Thunder. They won't be a walk in the park, but if healthy, I think we can take them.

The whole "only appreciate when they win a championship" thing is really spoiled stuff. This is a great team (one of the best Spurs teams, IMO), regardless if they lift the LOBT next June or not. Last year, they were also a great team, regardless of the ball bouncing a different way. Everybody wants to win every year, and I'm sure the Spurs aim for that every season, but it's unrealistic. I'll save the "negligent" stuff when we actually have a team that can't even sniff the playoffs.

EDIT: FWIW, it's not just the Spurs. The Heat lost in 2010, and they were a great team too, IMO.

IMO, one of the best. You could argue they were much more dominant when TD was in his prime, and it would be difficult to argue with that, but back then they also had much less options.

This is a team with great fits, likeable players, they seem to like eachother too, bought fully into the system, depth like we've not had in a long while... and yet I still think they have room to grow... I think TP can play better more often, and I think Kawhi can get better. Beli is just really only getting his feet wet out there.

They're not unbeatable or anything like that, but they really execute a great and efficient brand of basketball most of the time that can be dominant and very enjoyable (at least to me).

Winning it all would be great validation, but I don't think it removes merits from the team... I think this is a team you can look back 10 years from now and say, like WH said above, "those were the good old days"... last year's team was pretty darn good too, even with the heart-break, IMO.

[phxspurfan]

This Spurs team sweeps 2003 and 2007 Spurs. 1999 and 2005 probably go 6, maybe 7. It's strange that regardless of the complete lack of a superstar, arguably even an all-star caliber player, the 2014 team looks better than teams from Duncan's prime. Never seen such a great ball movement in my life as a basketball fan.

No way dude. 2005 Spurs would play great defense and would still have Pop as coach (less senile). And Big Shot Bob would do his thing. Manu would be Playoff Manu. Duncan of 05, 03 or 07 would dominate this team and block all the shots at the rim. And 1999 Spurs defense was best ever. Too bad they didn't have offense.

[MarioSpeedwagon]

Itd be in the top three or four ive seen. 1996 bulls team was amazingly deep when you really look at them. 2001 Lakers team that went 15-1 in the playoffs is up there too obviously. That 2009 Celtics them that started 27-2 in a bid to repeat before KG blew out his knee and was never the same player had a chance to be up there too

But this is truly one of the greatest teams I've seen since I became a die hard fan in 91

[emanueldavidginobili]

I think 2005 would win solely because of prime Duncan and Prime Manu

[gilmor]

This is prob the best quote I have read so far:

There’s even precedent against this very Heat team. Just like the Mavericks, the Spurs had been so close to beating Miami. Just like the Mavericks, the Spurs had been cast as a team on the wane. And just like the Mavericks, the Spurs look like they’re about to exorcise that which haunted them. On Thursday, with Dwyane Wade's Eurostep conjuring old men playing bocce ball, the Heat looked like a crumbling empire. With young, ubiquitous, Kawhi Leonard playing so brilliantly, the “been there” Spurs looked like a power on the rise.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

No way dude. 2005 Spurs would play great defense and would still have Pop as coach (less senile). And Big Shot Bob would do his thing. Manu would be Playoff Manu. Duncan of 05, 03 or 07 would dominate this team and block all the shots at the rim. And 1999 Spurs defense was best ever. Too bad they didn't have offense.

Less senile Pop? Pop of 2012-2014 would coach circles around his early versions.

[baseline bum]

This is prob the best quote I have read so far:

There’s even precedent against this very Heat team. Just like the Mavericks, the Spurs had been so close to beating Miami. Just like the Mavericks, the Spurs had been cast as a team on the wane. And just like the Mavericks, the Spurs look like they’re about to exorcise that which haunted them. On Thursday, with Dwyane Wade's Eurostep conjuring old men playing bocce ball, the Heat looked like a crumbling empire. With young, ubiquitous, Kawhi Leonard playing so brilliantly, the “been there” Spurs looked like a power on the rise.

I hope this doesn't mean RC lets Kawhi go in an attempt to sign Deron Williams one year later tbh

[spurraider21]

imagine if Duncan was younger and wasn't a liability out on the perimeter

[Malik Hairston]

Itd be in the top three or four ive seen. 1996 bulls team was amazingly deep when you really look at them. 2001 Lakers team that went 15-1 in the playoffs is up there too obviously. That 2009 Celtics them that started 27-2 in a bid to repeat before KG blew out his knee and was never the same player had a chance to be up there too

But this is truly one of the greatest teams I've seen since I became a die hard fan in 91

Some of Jordan's Bulls could challenge them and maybe the 2009 Celtics, since they had a similar team-oriented style..

I'm not sure about the 2001 Lakers..they didn't play against any notable teams, and the 2002 Lakers were outplayed by a Kings team that utilized a similar offensive approach to these Spurs, but with less shooters and defenders(technically, Webber and Peja were stars, but they were completely unreliable in that series)..

[Floyd Pacquiao]

imagine if Duncan was younger and wasn't a liability out on the perimeter

8peat, tbh...

[howbouthemspurs]

This team plays the most beautiful basketball I have ever seen! Yes they are the greatest! Game two was a fluke! This should've been a sweep!

[baseline bum]

imagine if Duncan was younger and wasn't a liability out on the perimeter

If Tim was younger this team would be running a steady diet of 4-down

[baseline bum]

Still, this thread is pretty god damn premature, as it's 3-1, not 4-1.