tbqh, i think its arguable that the 05-06 Spurs were the best Spurs team ever. They just ran into a motivated Mavs team who matched up extremely well with the Spurs, and were barely on the wrong end of the stick at the end of perhaps one of the 3 greatest and most compe ive playoff series of all time.
But that Spurs team had some incredible chemistry and balance. I don't think I've ever been as intimidated by a Spurs team as I was that year. To me its a toss-up between the 05-06 Spurs squad, and the 04-05 Spurs squad. Both were quite tough.
I know people will say "05-06 Spurs didnt win a championship so they dont belong in the discussion of best Spurs team ever", but thats a bunch of crap. We already know that there have been a number of teams in NBA history that didnt win the NBA le, that in other seasons, could steamroll their way to a le, such as some of those Jazz teams who had the misfortune of running into the Bulls, or the years that the Lakers/Celtics were constantly duking it out against each other in the 80s, or even some of those Kings teams in the early 2000s. Applies in other sports as well, such as the 2007 Pats, who honestly would probably win 8 out of 10 times against the Giants, or the 2001 Rams who would probably win 8 out of 10 times against the Pats, or the 97 Packers who would probably win 8 out of 10 times against the Broncos.
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