Spurs my be on the verge of decimating the OKC Dynasty............. Thoughs?

[gambit1990]

if okc is a dynasty then what does that make the spurs?

[CosmicCowboy]

I don't think OKC can learn to play great defense overnight. If they keep leaving the Spurs wide open Westbrook and Durant won't be able to score enough to win even if the Spurs don't shoot as well as they did Saturday.

[313]

Since this thread is mostly a fail...I want to bring up a point I heard in the nba forum. While it's cool we beat the Lakers and heat, two of the best historical teams of the era we only won after each had been to multiple finals trips and it could be argued that the spurs only beat those legendary dynasties because they were tired and ripe for ending.

Now obviously the spurs have been on the reverse end of being too tired to defend. And the spurs can only play the teams they are assigned Rio play. But is this a legit point or just your usual Lakers fan insecurity.

Valid point point. We lost to the Shaqobe Lakers and big three heat in their prime (2001, 2002, 2013). We beat both teams after they had been to three/four straight finals. And we didn't really break up the Shaqobe Lakers, they came back and beat us the next year. The Pistons and Kobe being a cancer broke them up.

[tholdren]

My Though is this:

OKC was hyped by the media and you took the bait. OKC has never won anything, so how are they a Dynasty? Just another reason to pass on bringing a loser from OKC to SA.

[Tully365]

It has to be discouraging for OKC fans & players to think that they were the young, up and coming team with multiple superstars and the Spurs were the team with aging superstars... passing the Spurs looked inevitable, but it definitely didn't happen, and now the Spurs have retooled with Kawhi, LMA, and smart role players while the Thunder are still dealing with essentially the same issues that became evident in their one trip to the finals against LeBron & the Heat. The free agency decisions are going to weigh heavily on both Durant & Westbrook now, because they have to realize that the reality of never winning a le in OKC is a distinct possibility.

[313]

My Though is this:

OKC was hyped by the media and you took the bait. OKC has never won anything, so how are they a Dynasty? Just another reason to pass on bringing a loser from OKC to SA.

They're the equivalent of the 2000s Suns or Mavs. Had the stars but could never get over the hump.

[tholdren]

They're the equivalent of the 2000s Suns or Mavs. Had the stars but could never get over the hump.

so are they really "stars" if they didnt win anything?

[Tully365]

so are they really "stars" if they didnt win anything?

I think if someone can lead their team to a position where they are legitimately one of the three or four best teams in the NBA, that qualifies them for star status...
Sure, winning a championship is the ultimate goal, but I think it would be unreasonable to say that Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, Steve Nash, or Kevin Durant aren't true stars...

[hater]

Exactly.

It was one game re s. Post this if we up 3-0

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[ViceCity86]

10 years from now theres gonna be an ESPN 30for30: the dynasty that never was.

Like the 1990s Orlando Magic recent doc.

[NameLess Scrub]

Holy this was funny!! Potato bags?! ROFLMAO

Thanks.