Joey Crawford: 6 could have been replayed if the Spurs scored after Allen 3.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

He'd likely be retired. We'd also likely NOT have won in 2014. It was the bitter dregs of 2013 that drove the team to the heights of perfection in 2014. Miami would have probably turned the tables on US.

And LeBron would likely still be on the Heat.

I wouldn't swap 2014 for 2013. No way. That whole 2014 season was pure magic.

[VBM]

I wouldn't, the 2014 Spurs are one of the most unique teams I have ever seen. Winning a le without a legit star player is almost unheard of, but winning a le in such dominating fashion with nothing but role players having to build something so much greater than the sum of the parts was amazing to see. You couldn't just dump it to Duncan on the block like in 2003 or iso Kawhi at the key like now, all the superstar talent was either too old (Duncan, Ginobili), too young (Leonard), or too injured (Parker).

I see what you're saying. It was 2004 Detroit vs. LA all over again in that respect.

The only le that even comes close to how much I enjoyed 2014 was 1999, thanks to me witnessing 15 years of soul crushing losses before it. And even then, I think I enjoyed 2014 even more. The 2013 team really rode Parker and he was unbelievable, but he never had another year like that in him again. He was breaking down in 2014 and yet Pop spun that hardship into a team that was worlds better. It wasn't like the Spurs were just killing Miami. They were running OKC out of the AT&T Center with crazy ass blowouts. They walked into Portland and destroyed them in their building. The Dallas series was ugly for a while, but damn did the team respond in Game 7. I don't think any of that happens if Ray Allen doesn't hit that three and just stomp on the Spurs hearts. I mean losing that game really hurt as a fan because it would have been incredible to beat a 66 win Heat team that had won 29 straight, and I was always somewhat jealous of Dallas and Detroit fans getting to experience a le as a huge underdog. And that would have been one of the alltime great upsets. But instead it was something that made the team so much better, so much hungrier. For a le this season to even come close to matching how much 2014 meant the Warriors would probably have to win 75 games and Duncan would probably have to hit a three in OT of Game 7 in Oracle. Teams like the 2014 Spurs aren't supposed to win, and instead they were a record breaking great team.

Sure it's a great story. But I think it'd be an even better story that the Spurs had been written off (even by their own point guard) only to have Old Man Riverwalk himself put the team on his back in what should have been a series-clinching Game 6 and ride off into the sunset. Five for five in the finals plus a 4th Finals MVP...the narrative would have been insane.

[baseline bum]

Sure it's a great story. But I think it'd be an even better story that the Spurs had been written off (even by their own point guard) only to have Old Man Riverwalk himself put the team on his back in what should have been a series-clinching Game 6 and ride off into the sunset. Five for five in the finals plus a 4th Finals MVP...the narrative would have been insane.

Had the Spurs won in 2013, I think the storyline would have been LeBron throwing a le away with those two ridiculous turnovers right after Parker's three to tie it in Game 6 with a little more than a minute left. It would be considered a fluke le. The media narrative would have been about Danny Green and Gary Neal just getting hot at the right time, and LeBron getting scared, not being able to close the deal. Because they won everyone forgets that horrible airball pass (shot?) James threw right to Ginobili, but if the Spurs won in 2013 that would be the defining moment of the series that everyone remembered.

Another major storyline would be the Spurs daring LeBron to beat them with jump shots, and James not being able to do it. It's why the Spurs were getting away with guarding James so much with Diaw. The gameplan was to completely back off him. A 2013 Spurs win would have been viewed as a shortcoming of James.

Meanwhile in 2014 the Spurs actually guarded LeBron, they were all up in his . The 2014 le could never be viewed as a failure of James', it was all about an amazing team just denying him. Coming back from that horrible loss, man, the media and every NBA fan alive had to respect that. The 2013 Spurs were not an all time great team, but the 2014 Spurs were. I would take them against any team the Spurs ever fielded. And the Spurs were written off after losing the 2013 le. That was supposed to be the last opportunity to squeeze a le out of Duncan's career.

[TampaDude]

And LeBron would likely still be on the Heat.

I wouldn't swap 2014 for 2013. No way. That whole 2014 season was pure magic.

^ this

I rode that high all summer long. MASTERPIECE!

[kobyz]

I see what you're saying. It was 2004 Detroit vs. LA all over again in that respect.



Sure it's a great story. But I think it'd be an even better story that the Spurs had been written off (even by their own point guard) only to have Old Man Riverwalk himself put the team on his back in what should have been a series-clinching Game 6 and ride off into the sunset. Five for five in the finals plus a 4th Finals MVP...the narrative would have been insane.

Would have been much better story for sure!

[pookenstein]

Had the Spurs won in 2013, I think the storyline would have been LeBron throwing a le away with those two ridiculous turnovers right after Parker's three to tie it in Game 6 with a little more than a minute left. It would be considered a fluke le. The media narrative would have been about Danny Green and Gary Neal just getting hot at the right time, and LeBron getting scared, not being able to close the deal. Because they won everyone forgets that horrible airball pass (shot?) James threw right to Ginobili, but if the Spurs won in 2013 that would be the defining moment of the series that everyone remembered.

Another major storyline would be the Spurs daring LeBron to beat them with jump shots, and James not being able to do it. It's why the Spurs were getting away with guarding James so much with Diaw. The gameplan was to completely back off him. A 2013 Spurs win would have been viewed as a shortcoming of James.

Meanwhile in 2014 the Spurs actually guarded LeBron, they were all up in his . The 2014 le could never be viewed as a failure of James', it was all about an amazing team just denying him. Coming back from that horrible loss, man, the media and every NBA fan alive had to respect that. The 2013 Spurs were not an all time great team, but the 2014 Spurs were. I would take them against any team the Spurs ever fielded. And the Spurs were written off after losing the 2013 le. That was supposed to be the last opportunity to squeeze a le out of Duncan's career.

[Sean Cagney]

True. I would never trade the 2014 le for the 2013 one.

We retired Fisher, Allen and Battier... Tell me any better way to script that??? All three I could not stand tbh.

[kobyz]

Had the Spurs won in 2013, I think the storyline would have been LeBron throwing a le away with those two ridiculous turnovers right after Parker's three to tie it in Game 6 with a little more than a minute left. It would be considered a fluke le. The media narrative would have been about Danny Green and Gary Neal just getting hot at the right time, and LeBron getting scared, not being able to close the deal. Because they won everyone forgets that horrible airball pass (shot?) James threw right to Ginobili, but if the Spurs won in 2013 that would be the defining moment of the series that everyone remembered.

Another major storyline would be the Spurs daring LeBron to beat them with jump shots, and James not being able to do it. It's why the Spurs were getting away with guarding James so much with Diaw. The gameplan was to completely back off him. A 2013 Spurs win would have been viewed as a shortcoming of James.

Meanwhile in 2014 the Spurs actually guarded LeBron, they were all up in his . The 2014 le could never be viewed as a failure of James', it was all about an amazing team just denying him. Coming back from that horrible loss, man, the media and every NBA fan alive had to respect that. The 2013 Spurs were not an all time great team, but the 2014 Spurs were. I would take them against any team the Spurs ever fielded. And the Spurs were written off after losing the 2013 le. That was supposed to be the last opportunity to squeeze a le out of Duncan's career.

Man, cut the bs, you tryin too hard... This place is unbelivible, most denial place in all Internet!