More impressive? Spurs legit 3 of 5 or Lakers *threepeat*?

[Medvedenko]

SpursDynasty makes no sense..... Fisher and Kobe were barely in their second year in 97-98, hence not really part of the core until Phil arrived.

[LakeShow]

And if the Spurs win 5 les in 9 years, or 6 in 10, will that not be awesome as well? Sustained dominance over a long period of time is every bit as hard to compile as a short burst of winning. In today's salary cap league, keeping a championship team together is nearly impossible -- and proved to be far too much for Kobe and Shaq (after just 4 years) to handle.

The Spurs have been one of the top 2-3 teams in the league since 1999. It's now 2007. If they win this year, they will have a back-to-back as well as three OTHER championships in less than a decade. That's not awesome, that's insanity.

If the Spurs win 6-10 it would take them winning 3 les in a row. If they do that, it is no question their feat would be more impressive than the Lakers 3peat. They would be 2nd to only the bulls. I'm not trying to take anything away from a team that wins 5-9. I just put the 3peat in a league of it's own.

[Fabbs]

Thread was meant for those who actually saw the games and "have an ounce of discernment". If all you can do is say 3>2 with no supporting reasons or make some Humpy remark about how the Spurs championships were rigged, your ignorance speaks.

While indeed the Spurs had their moments, including Horry the Laker shot that went in and out and allowed the Spurs to avoid Popping away a 20 pt halftime lead, it's true Phil >>> Pop. But it pales in comparison to the Portland choke job and the Kings Gm 6. Nonetheless, the Lakers did repeat.

Spurs have the chance to go 4 of 6 and strenthen any pro Spurs stance.

Good point about Lakers being 3-7 with the same core of Kobe-Shraq-Fisher. Spurs with GNob are 3 of 5.

[Medvedenko]

The Kobe and Fisher arguement can't be started, as they had an entirely different team and structure when Phil came on board. Kobe went into the starting line up and they lost nick van excel and Eddie jones....Now, with the team they had prior, they should have at least went to the finals. It took the emergence of Kobe and Phil to actually get them there.

[samikeyp]

Favorite Lakers Player - Buck

My nephew goes to his High School up here and I will be seeing the doctor he sees up here on monday.

[leemajors]

Even though the Lakers 5-9 record in Championships in the 80's and the first team to repeat in 20years was very impressive, along with what the spurs are able to accomplish by repeating, I find what Shaq\Kobe\Phil did far more impressive. Can you imagine what it takes to be motivated and driven to accomplish that? I give Phil a lot of credit as well. Players that have experience winning back to back will tell you that the hardest thing to do is to defend your le. September to June for 3 years, after the parade and the hoopla you end up with 2 months off for the summer. Of course you're doing a lot of PR work, commercials, appearances, etc. and you're right back playing ball. The Lakers dealt with injuries throughout and players just stepped up.

All of these runs are impressive, but the 3peat is on a larger scale than impressive, it was AWESOME!

it would be more impressive if a team hadn't done it twice in 8 years the decade previous.

[Medvedenko]

How many 3peats have their been through out the NBA's history.......not too many...

[LakeShow]

My nephew goes to his High School up here and I will be seeing the doctor he sees up here on monday.

Cool! I bet he's a legend at Everett High.

[leemajors]

How many 3peats have their been through out the NBA's history.......not too many...

i'm not diminishing the accomplishment, but it had been done twice very recently before.

[TonyParkerSux]

3peat. the 3 in 5 years is very impressive, but by definition the 3peat is much more impressive as it is much more difficult to accomplish. Even as dominant as the Spurs have been over the better part of the last decade, they have never won back to back championships.

[B and P Cats]

How many 3peats have their been through out the NBA's history.......not too many...

The Lakers have 3peated - (they also have many assorted championship wins over the years)

So have the Bulls - twice in the 90's

So have the Celtics, but they did more than 3 peat. (I am not sure how many in a row for them. They have 16 championships overall)

Just my small amount of knowledge on championship history

[spursfan09]

3peat, because thats 3 years in a row, where nobody can beat you. What Spurs have done is great and all, but they so need to repeat.