When did BUMP get unbanned from this forum?
2005 - Big 4 in their prime, solid supporting cast including Big Shot Rob's heroics
1999 - Lock down defense of the Twin Towers spurs an amazing run through the playoffs
2003 - Duncan at his peak + Robinson in supporting role
2007 - Duncan showing signs of age, but Parker coming into his own
speedy set it off that year too.
'99 - they dominated then and they would dominate now on the defensive end. this duo downlow lol's at the duo they have over in LA.
'05 - i wanted to put them in first, but you just can't. Duncan and Robinson down low would smuther Manu and Parker imo.
'03 - an underrateed team. maybe the best chemistry of all the teams.
'07 - the weakest one and on t heir last legs with that group.
I think the 05 has to be the best of all four. They swept the Cavs 4-0 in 07 finals but it didn't suggest anything but the general poor compe iveness of other teams that season. IMHO in 04-05 the Pistons were still enjoying their best forms, they inherited the same gangsters that won the NBA championships the prior year.
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1. 2005 - Very versatile - could play any style - great defense (Duncan, Bowen), great passing (Manu, Barry, Beno), great 3 pt shooting (Barry, Bowen, Horry, Manu), good size (Rasho, Nazr), Bowen & Manu in their prime. Duncan slightly past his peak and Parker before his prime. And what a game 5 from Horry.
2. 1999 - Fantastic defense from the twin towers and a young, mobile Duncan.
3. 2007 - Not very talented but a well-oiled machine. Old (relatively) but mentally tough.
4. 2003 - Duncan at his peak but not much around him. Streaky but mentally fragile - lost a lot of leads. 2nd year Parker, rookie Manu, last year Drob, streaky Jackson. But Duncan was a beast.
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2003 was the best team IMHO. Also the one that made me cry
I see alot of people saying that the 03 Spurs were the worst of the four championships. I'll buy that...but 03 Timmy was better than 99,05,and 07 Timmy. And that's the reason I could not put the 03 Spurs last. Timmy was a beast that year. I think he barely missed a quad-double that Finals. He was single-handly winning playoff games that year.
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2007- Sweep in Finals(IMO almost impossible)
2005-Beat a very good defensive squad
1999- Twin Towers in New York
2003- One man wrecking crew in Duncan(Best Individual Performance)
The question is best Spurs TEAM?
Not what was Timmy's best Playoffs?
1999, 2005, 2003, 2007
1999 is IMO the best. The duo Drob and Tim was unstoppable then 2003 2005 and 2007
1. 05 (the most complete team, TD at his very best, Manu on fire, Tony better than most think, Horry as clutch as ever and loads of great role players, Bowen as a DPY)
2. 07 (Tony and TD at their very best, Manu being great when needed, great role players)
3. 99 (Drob and TD dominating the paint big time, great experienced role players like Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_, Ellie, Avery...)
4. 03 (TD at his very best, great mix of players on the rise: Tony, Manu, Jax, Rose and solid veterans: Drob, Kerr, Bowen)
Defensively 1999 was the best ...
and though I agre duncan may have had better years in following seasons ...
Robinson actually allowed Duncan to play PF on defense and center when needed on offense ...for that alone '99 has to be their BEST team
Plus isnt that the squad that closed out the Forum IIRC?
Like many said David could still play and it's also pre-Duncan injury ...though Tim has obviously bounced back big time ...
1999 and 2005 are the best IMHO yes Parker was a noob but Manu was deadly and they beat a tough Pistons squad ..the other 2 years were average Finals teams ...
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The 2005 Spurs team was by far the best. They had the most versatile team of all the Spurs le teams. They could beat you inside or outside. They could adapt and run in an uptempo game or a slow down grind it out game. They put together a COMPLETE le run not only going through a good Western Conference but also beating a quality East opponent in the Finals...probably the only West team in the 00's to do so.
And honestly that's the only Spurs le team that would have beaten that tough Piston team in 2005. The '99 Spurs had a cakewalk in the Finals beating a Knicks team that couldn't score. The '03 le team was fortunate to face a cupcake Nets team in '03. And the '07 Cavs team may be the worst Finals opponent in the last 20+ years. If any of those Spurs team faced the '05 Pistons they're going down.
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03 and 05 are tied
The 05 team beat a very good Pistons team that destroyed the Lakers (which broke our back) in five games.
07- A Spurs team that was still good, but no longer as dominant as before. TP's rise to super s om was one of the reasons this team was excellent.
99- A rising Duncan and a still capable D-Rob.
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99 and 07 can switch spots, but I do think 05 was the best and 03 was the least. Everyone has crazy different opinions about the topic.
We can debate the merits of the le teams till the cows come home, but the above sentence really is the kicker for me. We're talking about a Pistons team that had everything to play for (not just happy to be there, like the '99 Knicks and the '03 Nets; and not burdened by a prima donna, like the '07 Cavs). They were proven winners--taking out the lakers in '04 even without home court advantage (one of only two teams in the decade to do so). In fact, they were the first team EVER to sweep the three games at home in the Finals, so to say they weren't intimidated going on the road against SA is an understatement. That Pistons team was built to win les, and if it weren't for the '05 Spurs' uncanny ability to win playing ANY style, they'd have folded early in that series.
Face it, any other Spurs team (including '04 and '06), would've fallen to those Pistons in 6 games or less. That's what makes '05 the best, in my opinion.
I didn't watch these teams throughout the whole year because I don't live in the San Antonio area and some of this was before League Pass. But my recollection, as flawed as it may be, is the following:
1. 2004-05--They beat the Suns and the Pistons at their own game. That's tough to do. They have a solid 9-man rotation that was frustrating to try and stop. I say that cheering for a team in the Finals that tried. I got to a point and said "there's no way to stop this team."
2. 2006-07--They were a much more efficient offensive team than any of these teams. They were a sound defenisve team and the two together made them all but unstoppable.
3. 1998-99--They were mentally tough and never-said-die. They were tough defensively and they could dominate. There's some real chemistry this season between Duncan and Robinson. Avery Johnson had perhaps his finest year for the Spurs. They got on a roll and that was that. They were great in the postseason. You couldn't put this team away.
4. 2002-03--I honestly don't like this team. They had no offensive chemistry, most of it was one-on-one play, and their defense, while effective, was very simple. Can we just admit that 2001-02 and 2002-03 were two of the worst years the NBA has ever put together? Most teams played bad basketball.
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