Could The 2007 Spurs Beat The Other Great Championship Teams

[Tippecanoe]

tough call to make. i still like the '99 team better

[Dave McNulla]

i remember a 53 win spurs beating the lakers in two games in the western conf finals (83).

spurs: gervin, mitc , gilmore, moore, banks...
lakers: jabbar, worthy, magic, nixon, wilkes, mcadoo...

i think the current spurs could take them. of course there would be some fights. players were allowed to fight then and they didn't like being defended.

[dbreiden83080]

tough call to make. i still like the '99 team better

Not so sure Avery can't hold a candle to Parker. He was a good leader but always a mediocre player.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

This is probably the 455th thread about this subject.

[ploto]

This team is better than the 05 Spurs. How much better were the Nuggets this year than in 05? A load better. Suns leaps and bounds better. This team is just as deep and with Tony finally being great in the playoffs they are much better than in 05.

Parker is better but the 2007 version of Manu comes nowhere close to the 2005 version. I think people forget just how amazing he was that year.

The Detroit team of 2005 was way better than any other team the Spurs ever beat in the play-offs any time, any year.

I also think that championships are- like Pop says- a combination of talent and luck. Other Spurs teams hit bad luck and even without an NBA le were actually a better team than the 2007 Spurs team was.

[ArgSpursFan]

Parker is better but the 2007 version of Manu comes nowhere close to the 2005 version. I think people forget just how amazing he was that year.

The Detroit team of 2005 was way better than any other team the Spurs ever beat in the play-offs any time, any year.

I also think that championships are- like Pop says- a combination of talent and luck. Other Spurs teams hit bad luck and even without an NBA le were actually a better team than the 2007 Spurs team was.

I agree on that without luck you can´t win championships.
Manu sure wasnt the same as 2005(and never will be again)as far as scoring,but He putted better numbers in rpg apg this year.So I would say that 05 manu and 07 manu would be a push.
them Tony wasn´t even half a player He is now in 2005,and timmy Got to these playoffs in better shape tham in 2005.
I think the 2007 is a more balanced team tham the 2005 team,but both teams are/were great.
Oh,almost forgot,the 2007 team played small ball better tham the 2005 team.