Are the Spurs the worst sports team at defending World les?

[TampaDude]

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.

It would be like Steve Ballmer griping about having ONLY $21 billion instead of $79 billion like Bill Gates. Yeah, life's gotta suck when you only have 21 billion dollars.

[hitmantb]

Teams that repeat usually have dominant rosters vs the era, and big market location to attract free agents to refresh the roster (i.e. Ray Allen and Heat in 2013).

MJ/Pippen/Rodman, Shaq/Kobe Lakers, Miami big three, etc, you also need to catch a period when there is no super team.

Shaq/Kobe three-peat because they caught Spurs mini-rebuild mode when there is no other top team.

Spurs is a small market team and let's face it, Parker/Ginobili is not the same as Pippen, Wade/Bosh, Kobe. The margin of error is simply much thinner when you are trying to work with the 28th and 57th picks of the draft as the foundation. Both are on the fragile side and Parker's size/limited shooting makes him much more vulnerable to long/athletic defenders or strong shot blockers.

[Juggity]

"repeating" is a nitpicky, desperate criterion that fans of other franchises parrot specifically to discredit the spurs. It's pretty similar to the way Galileo cherry picks Duncan stats once every few weeks to discuss how he's the first player older than 38 years, two weeks, and three days to record a 23 point, 12 rebound, 2 block game while wearing adidas shoes and maintaining an Elo rating above 1989.

There's no special "repeat championship" trophy that teams earn by doing do. There's no "repeat champion" le awarded by the NBA to recognize the feat. A championship is a championship. Ordering is irrelevant. Five is five tbh. the specific cir stances that prevent a team from "defending world les" (which aren't actually world les at all, but NBA les), are unique to a given year, not an inherent characteristic of a franchise.

[SpurPadre]

I get the point...lol. Still a topic worth discussing when comparing sports dynasties. All that matters to me right now is that we shock the world and pull out the win tonight.

[TampaDude]

"repeating" is a nitpicky, desperate criterion that fans of other franchises parrot specifically to discredit the spurs. It's pretty similar to the way Galileo cherry picks Duncan stats once every few weeks to discuss how he's the first player older than 38 years, two weeks, and three days to record a 23 point, 12 rebound, 2 block game while wearing adidas shoes and maintaining an Elo rating above 1989.

There's no special "repeat championship" trophy that teams earn by doing do. There's no "repeat champion" le awarded by the NBA to recognize the feat. A championship is a championship. Ordering is irrelevant. Five is five tbh. the specific cir stances that prevent a team from "defending world les" (which aren't actually world les at all, but NBA les), are unique to a given year, not an inherent characteristic of a franchise.

^ this

I remember an NBA player, I think it was LeBron, being asked about "defending" the le, and he said something to the effect of "we're not trying to defend a championship, because last season is over, so there's nothing to defend...we're just trying to win one this year."

TBH, the only sport where a team could legitimately say they are "defending" a le is hockey, because there is only one Stanley Cup, as opposed to a different trophy being awarded each year in the NFL, NBA, and MLB.

[Obstructed_View]

Shaq/Kobe three-peat because they caught Spurs mini-rebuild mode when there is no other top team.

[Spurminator]

The Bucks won their only Championship over 40 years ago and haven't repeated since.

[Obstructed_View]

The Bucks won their only Championship over 40 years ago and haven't repeated since.

And there are probably many NBA teams that envy that one Bucks le a lot.