Thank you Dallas Mavericks...

[G-Nob]

Now they've gone and inflated the market on Leonard with the contract they offered to Parsons.

Thanks, Cuban.

Dallas didn't get the ball rolling on that front.

[KaiRMD1]

Seriously, the ol' sports deserve the credit nobody will give them.

[benstanfield]

What sucks is now teams will try to emulate Dallas' strategy.

Meh. spurs just really weren't playing well as a team til game 7. Had the series gone longer than 7 hypothetically, I think we would've steamrolled them consistently after 7.

[moisaenz]

Dallas didn't get the ball rolling on that front.

Whoever chose Kawhi as Finals MVP did that.

[therealtruth]

I called it back then. I said the Spurs would be thanking the Mavs and Carslile for challenging them.

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

I would have been happy to see either the Spurs or Mavericks win the championship.


The Spurs, of course, were more likely to win all four playoff series, though.

[DBMethos]

As ridiculous as it sounds, we quite possibly were one Blair-kick-to-Splitter's-head away from not winning the le.

[urunobili]

Blair should be given a ring tbh

[to21]

I'll give them credit because in the end they did take the Spurs the distance. However, it took a very lucky Carter shot to get them there....don't forget that. Plus, I have to admit going in with all the dominance we displayed with the last 10 games played I thought they were gonna be a cake walk, which they weren't.

[EVAY]

The Mavs series definitely woke up the coaching staff, and that is to commended.

Carlisle proved himself in that series, and the Mavs players proved they were willing to be coached. Those are huge pluses for that team heading into the next season.

They will likely be a huge obstacle for the Spurs going forward.

As much incentive as the Spurs' veterans had in this PO, they were totally motivated to 'find a way' against the Mavs.

I hope they find something as meaningful to incent them this coming year.

[Jimcs50]

The round 1 series with Dallas just matched all the other round 1 series. It was by far the best round 1 in NBA history. The OKC Memphis series with 4 straight OTs was incredible. Portland beating Houston in that 6 game series on buzzer beater miracle 3 was another reason why Spurs won the championship. Had we had t play Houston, we might still have won, but they would have taxed us like Dallas did, instead of having it easy against Portland, and we might not had enough in the tank to beat OKC.

All the stars aligned just right for us to win that 5th le.

I thank my lucky stars

[Jimcs50]

The round 1 series with Dallas just matched all the other round 1 series. It was by far the best round 1 in NBA history. The OKC Memphis series with 4 straight OTs was incredible. Portland beating Houston in that 6 game series on buzzer beater miracle 3 was another reason why Spurs won the championship. Had we had t play Houston, we might still have won, but they would have taxed us like Dallas did, instead of having it easy against Portland, and we might not had enough in the tank to beat OKC.

All the stars aligned just right for us to win that 5th le.

I thank my lucky stars

[pgardn]

The round 1 series with Dallas just matched all the other round 1 series. It was by far the best round 1 in NBA history. The OKC Memphis series with 4 straight OTs was incredible. Portland beating Houston in that 6 game series on buzzer beater miracle 3 was another reason why Spurs won the championship. Had we had t play Houston, we might still have won, but they would have taxed us like Dallas did, instead of having it easy against Portland, and we might not had enough in the tank to beat OKC.

All the stars aligned just right for us to win that 5th le.

I thank my lucky stars

The luck was not in our playoff match ups.
The luck was no serious injuries.
Injuries will be the most likely factor denying us a repeat.