This team is much better than the 03 team. Manu and Tony are studs now they were just young players who gave you it in spurts back then. That 03 team was young and blew a lot of leads in the playoffs if you remember.
Man for man I think the 2k3 team was the best. Duncan was much more dominate and they beat the Lakers when they were champions. Robinson in 99 was about 70% of his former self while the 2k3 Robinson was about 30% of his former self. Then there is Manu and Stephen Jackson vs Mario Elie and Jaren Jackson. Parker is twice the player Avery Johnson is but not in 2k3, so I say they are equal. Probably the big difference between the 2 teams was 2k3 had a much better bench and Manu.
That team was a of a lot deeper, younger, and had a lot of balls. Stephen Jackson and Manu played for that team, and they were damn awesome. DRob still had a little in the tank, and most importantly they beat the Laker's dynasty team.
But like I said call it a draw and revisit it after the finals.
Jackson was up and down and Manu was more turnovers than anything else in 03. D-Rob was pretty shot by then he was running on empty. Duncan willed that team to a le, he was not to be denied in his 2nd straight mvp season. He has much more consistant help with this team and what he had with the 05 team, they were better as well.
I would still probably take the 03 team
Tim Duncan | David Robinson | Stephen Jackson | Malik Rose | Tony Parker | Emanuel Ginobili | Bruce Bowen | Steve Smith | Speedy Claxton | Kevin Willis | Steve Kerr | Danny Ferry | Devin Brown | Anthony Goldwire | Mengke Bateer
It was stacked.
Kerr> Barry
Jackson> Finley
Drob+ Malik = Oberto
Duncan 03 = Duncan 07
Bruce 03 > Bruce 07
Claxton > Vaughn
Can't say this is the best team, yet. So far my vote is the '05 team. They had the toughest road and definitely the toughest Finals opponent in the Pistons. The Knicks were gravy on the road to the '99 le and the Nets weren't that much better.
yes it is, the picture below says it all...
2003. Still had DRob. Had Manu, Bruce and Tony. Duncan almost gets quad dub in last game.
You are forgetting 2 huge ones though.
Manu 07 > Manu 03
Tony 07 > Tony 03
In Tony's case that is not even close he is twice the player now that he was then.
IF this years team had run into those Lakers...they've have been beaten by them.
It's not near as good as the 03 team.
That team had Manu, Parker and Jack...
It also had a back up PG that's been a starter...Kevin Willis, Drob of course. Malik...
Out of the 3 Spurs Championships team...
The 03 team was the only one that I absolutely knew was going to win a le. That team bore the unmistakeable mark of a champion earlier than any of the others.
That team won every big game...
And neither the 99 nor 05 teams faced anyone the caliber of the Lakers...
Except of course when the 99 team swept the Lakers, but I agree with most of the sentiment. The 03 team beating the Lakers was a huge huge deal, and it makes them a far better tested team than any we have seen since.
Although beating the Pistons in 05 is a close second.
Jack >
Drob >
Willis >
Speedy >
Kerr >
And I don't think Tony is twice the player now that he was then...he was pretty good then.
He smoked Jason Kidd's ass so bad Kidd begged for someone else to defend him...that's Jason 9 time All NBA D Kidd.
And Manu was pretty damn good on that team as well...he wasn't as much of a scorer for it...
But everyone forgets how important Manu was against the Lakers...just in all facets.
That Spurs team is the only team to defeat a Phil Jackson defending Championship Team with it's stars intact...
It's like...one of only 3 teams in history to bump off a 3 time defending champion(no one beat the Bulls, and the Celtics arte the only other).
And it also went through a 60 win Mav Team and even the Nets were a retuning Finalist.
They have been on that stage 3 times already, have you any faith?
This is the best the big 3 have played together at one time.
I'll agree with that...
And I think this is Duncan's finest post season....
But this team has had some shaky moments...all season, and it has a glaring hole at the SF position...I mean a true SF, not slighting Bruce here...he's a 2 guard.
Big difference between the 3 championship teams is the rules in each year were completely different. The 99 team was allowed to maul people in 2k3 the rules were very different. In 05 I believe they had employed the zone defense.
For reasons already mentioned in this thread (mainly SilverPlayer's post, even along with Dbreidon's qualification of that), I would have to agree with those who say 2003 team. 99 team holds special sentimental value though.
Best offense team bar none!
Tough one...I have to think about it. But the 2003 team has the best series victory ever by killing the laker dynasty and making kobe cry. I put that on the same level as all our finals series.
I say yes.Timmy is healthier,Manu has improved a bit on rebounds and asists,and TP plays the way He does in the reg season(something that he wasn´t doing in the 2005 playoffs)+Oberto gives the team more tham Rasho and Nazr did together in 05.and them Finley and Barry hiting the mid and long range shots when needed.Horry and Bowen are in 07 as good and efective as they were in 05.
So I would say this is a bit better tham the 05 team.
I'm not sure yet. Historical rankings are best done at leisure during the off-season.
But so far, I think this team's players understand their roles better than any other.
If they're so good why don't the fans in San Antonio support them?
Is mouse actually happy the Spurs are in the finals?
Closet fan!
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