99' Spurs top 10 FINALS team of all-time?

[Jacko]

The Showtime Lakers are the best NBA team ever assembled and they took a hot ALL OVER the Celtics in '87.

[Blake]

2003 Spurs > 2009 Lakers

[Blake]

1955 dog crap > 2007 mavs

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

The 1996 Bulls are by far the best team. They would have nutted over either the showtime Lakers or Bird Celtics.

[dirk4mvp]

1955 dog crap > 2007 mavs

The 07 Mavs would've worked the 99 Spurs.

[Unforgivable]

The 07 Mavs would've worked the 99 Spurs.

Me and Bovice would run train on either team.

[Darthkiller]

wtf. since when did the 88 lakers team play boston in the finals... and kareem is no finals mvp.

[Blake]

The 07 Mavs would've worked the 99 Spurs.

the same way the 07 warriors worked the 07 mavs?

naw

[Cry Havoc]

The 07 Mavs would've worked the 99 Spurs.

Trollfail.

[poop]

And the 95 rockets had the toughest opposition in NBA history as they made their way to the finals and swept the Orlando Magic who were 39-2 at home that year during the reg season and lost like only 2 home games in the playoffs to jordan's bulls, 4 straight 50+ win teams and without HCA.

extremely true. NOBODY gives this team any credit. of course every list is a lakers-bulls ball-licking fest. but have no doubt NO TEAM EVER could have beat the rockets that year. when all factors are considered they had maybe the most impressive run ever.

they would have raped the bulls also.

[jman3000]

I think that 99 team doesn't get the credit it deserves just because it steam rolled through. If the Lakers and Blazers series' had gone to 7 games, I think the Spurs would get a lot more props. It's not our fault they were a buzz saw and for the most part made it look easy.

[Trainwreck2100]

the 11 game win streak they had in the playoffs that year fudged up his equations

[z0sa]

The 07 Mavs would have killed everyone on their way to a le if they only went 50 games into the regular season before the playoffs.

but the 99 mavs couldn't.

[dirk4mvp]

Warriors and 99 Spurs were exactly opposites. Spurs wouldn't have put up much of a fight.

[crc21209]

The 09' Lakers being on this list is ing pure comedy!

[crc21209]

2003 Spurs > 2009 Lakers

+10000. 2005 Spurs as well.

[dirk4mvp]

The Celtics set a record for a champion with 10 postseason losses, so it's a bit of a surprise that they cracked the top 10. But a strong postseason

Strong postseason, but set a champion record of 10 postseason losses.

wtf, Hollinger?

[crc21209]

The 2008 Boston Celtics shouldnt be up there either, I agree. They NEEDED homecourt deseperately in EVERY series to survive.

[monosylab1k]

the same way the 07 warriors worked the 07 mavs?

If the 07 Mavs only had to play 50 regular season games, they would have beaten the Warriors. 50 games had the Mavs at their peak.

[Greg Oden]

The only way the Mavs would win with Devan George starting a C is if they played the 99 Spurs.

[NewcastleKEG]

btw, the 87 lakers would ass kick the 96 bulls.

I love how he doesn't take into consideration the level of compe ion when checking his stats. If we made every team in the league 10 times tier, and one team just 5 times tier, i bet they could come up with stats that could make them a candidate up there.

Hollinger is the biggest head on ESPN, actually pretty much all of them except wilbon and a few are

LOL @ this clown

Lakers in the playoffs beat
37-45 Nuggets - 1st Round
42-40 Warriors - 2nd Round
39-43 Sonics - WCF

To get to the Finals. WOW what a freaking fraud! 96 Bulls would skull those Lakers

[lefty]

The 07 Mavs would have killed everyone on their way to a le if they only went 50 games into the regular season before the playoffs.

Now that's funny

[z0sa]

If the 07 Mavs only had to play 50 regular season games, they would have beaten the Warriors. 50 games had the Mavs at their peak.

The 07 Warriors would work the 07 Mavs over no matter how many games they played.

99 spurs >>>>>> 07 mavs, you know our defense was insane, you know we have young Timmy and DRob against Dampier/Dirk, I guess we both have AJ so they cancel eacother out, just let it go.

[Blake]

If the 07 Mavs only had to play 50 regular season games, they would have beaten the Warriors. 50 games had the Mavs at their peak.

bwahaha. what a in fail.

GS owned them all year.

Nov 6, 2006 GS 107, @DAL 104
Mar 12, 2007 @GS 117, DAL 100
Apr 17, 2007 @GS 111, DAL 82

If only the 07 Dirk wasn't a puss.

[DrHouse]

LOL @ this clown

Lakers in the playoffs beat
37-45 Nuggets - 1st Round
42-40 Warriors - 2nd Round
39-43 Sonics - WCF

To get to the Finals. WOW what a freaking fraud! 96 Bulls would skull those Lakers

What's your point? The fact that their compe ion was weak doesn't mean that they were weak themselves (see 2001 Lakers).

The 1996 Chicago Bulls would have absolutely no answer for the Showtime Lakers. They had nobody who could even dream of stopping Kareem and Jordan/Pippen would have their hands full trying to keep Magic and Worthy in check.

It would be a good series, but ultimately LA would prevail because they just had that much more firepower than any other team ever assembled in NBA history.