Best Spurs team of all time

[HI-FI]

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

pretty much this.

this has been my favorite Spurs team, though the 2003 team meant a lot since it sent the Admiral off in the best way possible. This team though has so many stories, but the main ones to me would be Pop and Duncan earning the proper place in sports history, and seeing a star born in Kawhi.

[unleashbaynes]

Historically great team. Just has another gear and you never really worry about them.

[will_spurs]

i also wonder if this team is the best passing team ever. It looks like every player on the roster can make great passes. Diaw is a better passer than any player who isn't a All-Star PG.

[Horry Hipcheck]

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

Horry would. And that would be awesome.

[dg7md]

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

[ShoogarBear]

Outstanding jinx thread tbh.

[spursmike.]

No question about it. Greetings from Poland BTW.

[heyheymymy]

No question about it. Greetings from Poland BTW.

[Brazil]

No question

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Yes. Until this, I had '03 Spurs as the best with Rose and Jackson and Manu coming off the bench.

This might not be the most talented team, but its the BEST TEAM. This team is complete from top to bottom. Spurs can matchup with anyone and still maintain a high level of play. Not one team in the league can say that and only a handful in NBA history can say that.

[313]

Outstanding jinx thread tbh.

[DarrinS]

A team with a much younger Tim, Tony, Manu with Bruce, Malik, and Horry would kill this current squad, if they both played the same offensive system.

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

A team with a much younger Tim, Tony, Manu with Bruce, Malik, and Horry would kill this current squad, if they both played the same offensive system.

Tony is better today than back in '05, better shooter, better passer, better defender. He was benched by Pop.

Manu and Tim were better than they are now for obvious reasons. Kawhi is better than Bowen. Splitter is better than Rasho/Elson. Green was better than Finley at that point in time. Mills is better than Speedy. The big difference here would be Diaw. Spurs didn't have a dynamic player like him up front.

It would be close, but I would have to give the edge to the current Spurs team. That's just my humble opinioin.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Best, most versatile Spurs team I have ever had the privilege of watching.

[Prime Time]

For anyone using the 2005 argument, There's no way 2005 Manu could 'torch' Leonard. His ball-handling was too wild, luckily guys like Prince and Daniels never tried to swipe the ball away. Leonard would tap the ball out of his hands time and time again, just like he did with Westbrook/Durant/James/Wade. Not to mention the amount of pressure he would apply on every possession. Put Green on Parker, add a very mobile Splitter around the paint, all of a sudden the '05 squad doesn't have any fire-power on the perimeter.

[DarrinS]

Tony is better today than back in '05, better shooter, better passer, better defender. He was benched by Pop.

Manu and Tim were better than they are now for obvious reasons. Kawhi is better than Bowen. Splitter is better than Rasho/Elson. Green was better than Finley at that point in time. Mills is better than Speedy. The big difference here would be Diaw. Spurs didn't have a dynamic player like him up front.

It would be close, but I would have to give the edge to the current Spurs team. That's just my humble opinioin.

The irony is, the Spurs are running a very European-style offense, which relies more on skill than athleticism. So, in that regard, I see your point.

[Raven]

2014 spurs is probably a top 3 team all time, but the two past teams the spurs were way more deep. It's basically the staggering improvement of our young players that makes the difference.

[DarrinS]

I just think people forget how dominant Tim and Manu were 10 years ago.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

I just think people forget how dominant Tim and Manu were 10 years ago.

LeBron is more dominant now. He's averaging 30 PPG on something ridiculous like 70% FG and 60% from three. And the Heat still get blown out.

[DarrinS]

LeBron is more dominant now. He's averaging 30 PPG on something ridiculous like 70% FG and 60% from three. And the Heat still get blown out.

I agree that a great individual player will get blown out if he has no help.

[will_spurs]

I just think people forget how dominant Tim and Manu were 10 years ago.

Tim in particular. I think Kawhi could stop (or significantly slow) prime Manu, tbh. But Tim was something else. Anything short of a double or even triple team on him meant an automatic 2 points for the spurs (bank shot baby). None of our current bigs could even hope defending prime Duncan 1 on 1, and the current Spurs being generally a small team, I don't see how they defend prime Duncan at all.

It's important to remember that current NBA bigs are extremely weak.

[hitmantb]

Let's not jinx ourselves. This has been the feel good story of team basketball and vengeance but I still think a healthy OKC team with a real coach has an excellent chance to beat this team in a best of 7. If a hobbling Ibaka scared us, imagine what prime Duncan would do.

Miami blown out has more to do with effort and ironically, the way they breezed through the East and never had a proper tune-up like Spurs did. Vengeance is a very powerful emotion and after two les, what is there to gain for Bosh/Wade/role players? LeBron is the one getting all accolades, they weren't built like the GDP and don't have the brotherhood when things get tough.

The last championship in a three-peat is the hardest, it is impossible to fake hunger. Had Spurs won last year, this year's team simply won't be able to reach this level of intensity against the Heat and that makes all the differences in the world. This is why repeating champions usually do it off sheer talent, the desire is just not the same the second (or third) time around.

This team may be better than 2003 and 2007, but 1999/2005 versions are at least just as good.

Finish off the Heat, after 6, anything is possible and we really can not give them any breathing room.

[Vito Corleone]

The 2003 team would beat this team, it would be close but no way this team could match up to the 2003 team. This team doesn't match up well with teams with strong front lines.

MVP Tim would give current Tim fits and having David Robinson guarding the paint with him would absolutely shut the lane down. Having Bruce Bowen in his prime would be giving Leonard fits and then you have Manu in his prime and Stephan Jackson as an athletic big man who would give both manu and Green a tough matchup. Tony now is a savy vet but Tony back then would run him ragged. And that team also had killer Steve Kerr and Speedy Claxton who are better than Patty MIlls.

This team is great, might be my favorite, but the 2003 was amazing.

I'm not sure that this team could have beaten the 2003 Lakers based on match ups.

[hsxvvd]

Or the most disappointing ever if it all falls to from here.

1 more win.

[sook]

If the spurs win it this year, it would be the greatest le run in recent memory.