"He won". He had a favored team, that was deeper, fresher, more motivated and matched-up perfectly with the Heat, who were thin, on fumes and had their second best player decline significantly.
Parker may have been the only technical All-Star that season, but Duncan and Ginobili were still easily of that caliber. The only reason the latter wasn't a serious candidate in those years is because of the lack of minutes played.
So the grown men who actually played in it, didn't have sufficient motivation and commitment to attempt to avenge it?
- The greatness of those teams allowed him to manage the minutes and give the occasional game off to Duncan and Ginobili.
- Mills had shown himself to be a rotation caliber player beforehand.
- Diaw was a perfect fit and clearly motivated to show that he could still play and eke out one final sizable contract.
- Splitter was the MVP of the second best league in the world.
- Rumor has it they preferred Valanciunas or Thompson to S bag (typical) and his ascent was a tribute to his work ethic and the development staff.
- Duncan, so long as he was healthy, was always the Spurs best player until '16.