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yes. they lack killer instinct
So you put the accomplishments of the early 2000s Lakers ahead of what the Spurs have done since 99?
Come on son. People need to do a serious read up on what the word dynasty means.
yes. they lack killer instinct
At least we aren't the Seattle choke hawks. Or the god damn rangers. Or the Jim Kelley bills. Or the Tennessee ans. Or colt McCoy. Or the Mexican national team. Or Maria Sharapova. Lots of losers in the world. Spurs will never be among them.
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...-for-the-spurs you are correct. i forgot about that
Kentucky basketball never does, except way back before anyone cared about basketball. And the Spurs aren't even the worst lately, look at the Giants, who appear to be at it again this year.
Most teams that repeat are only truly winning les in one particular era with that team they've built. The Bulls dominated the '90s, The Lakers dominated the 2000s, so it's obvious they'd repeat and even threepeat, but look at how we've won — we've won in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014. There's much more room there in terms of how we win other than just winning within 3 years.
You guys are forgetting that we've basically ringed every time as a result of one player — Tim Duncan. Without him, we'd be lucky to get one ring let alone 5.
It kinda sucks, but it doesn't and shouldn't come off as a blight on us. A lot of factors go into championship teams and I'd say it's harder to repeat than ever before. It'd be nice to repeat, but it's even nicer to be a championship level team for almost 20 years.
Depends on the equation. Do you get more or less points for winning more les that you don't defend? What about long decades lulls between les?
The difference is that there's a continuity in all Spurs les: Duncan and Popovich. Those other teams winning so many les with no repeats have done it in different eras.
The closer example I can think of is Panathinaikos winning six Euroleague les with no repeats, five of them with the same coach, Obradovic (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011). However, the 2000-02 teams are very different from the 2007-11 ones, and the Final Four format makes it more difficult to repeat IMO.
I don't think we can come up with anything similar to the Spurs situation. Not even in soccer.
tbh, I don't believe the Spurs would've won in 2014 if they had beat the Heat in 2013. There would be no "drive for redemption."
Regarding soccer, my first thought was VFB Stuttgart (3 times, no repeat)
Since you mentioned MLB, the Cardinals record has to be listed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals
World Series les (11)
2011 2006 1982 1967 1964 1946 1944 1942 1934 1931 1926
Also: Multiple le in one era!
5 les is impressive, but there's something to be said for not having the mental for ude to defend your crown--on 5 different occasions, no less. In 2000 they had somewhat of an excuse--but even when fully healthy they were probably the 3rd best team in the WC that season. In 2004 they choked, 2006 choked, and 2008 choked (20-pt leads in Games 1 and 5 of WCF as evidence). If they lose this year it won't be because of choking but more stupidity (inexplicably half-assing it in Game 82).
Just an abysmal team when they have the bulls-eye on their back
Regarding soccer, my first thought was
Everyone says defending les is the toughest thing. Till Pop can do that I think that is a mark against him.
The 80's Celtics never defended their les. It didn't seem to hurt their status too much as the years passed.
IMO there's nothing wrong about not repeating (aside from the less amount of les you might end up with). But it's certainly an extremely strange cir stance for a team that has won so many of them under the leadership of the very same two guys.
That's because they always had to play the Lakers. As a matter of fact, only one of their les came over the Lakers, the other two came over...you guessed it...the Rockets.
Five rings, gots!
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What a spoilt bunch of fans. Boo hoo we've failed to defend our FIVE les. Most teams have never won or even made a Finals.
Ah, almost forgot that commercial! Good one!
If you asked any young basketball player coming into the NBA if he would be happy with an 18+ year NBA career and 5 NBA Championships, with the only caveat being he wouldn't win any back-to-back, I guaran ingtee you he would say " yeah, I'll take that!"
This is kind of like asking if it sucks to be the poorest billionaire in the world.
You summed it up pretty well. This is the equivalent to asking Steve Jobs prior to his death does it suck to have less money than Bill Gates.
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