Why were the Spurs a much better team than the Heat in 2014?

[305Baller]

Good on Durant for cockblocking that CUCK

[Hey Yo]

oh please that shit was in the making before he agreed to sign there

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You have the link where James and Minny had an agreement before he signed with the Cavs? Or a link to where James held a gun to Minny's GM's head and made him trade Love to Cleveland?

Same with AD. Who else was going to give up a boatload for a 1yr rental on a team he didn't want to be??

[TheCorporation]

I'm assuming you are new to basketball...That Spurs team was much better than most teams in NBA history, not just the 2014 broken down Heat.

SRS, top 30 team all time

Keep up.

Sheesh

Anyone?

[Bronbron23]

Spurs were on fire from three and torched the Heat's defense.

They also shut down the Heat from three.

Pretty much this. Spurs system and ball movement is always elite. They just happened to hit everything that finals. They also had a defender that could disrupt LeBron which also helped. As far as the heat and LeBron not having good ball movement that's b.s. that heat team had great ball movement. It was the only time LeBron actually played somewhat within a system. He just got beat by a better team. It happens.

[paksat]

Yeah, James just snaps his fingers and other GM's just let him takes who wants and he gives them who he wants in return....

go play in traffic, dumbfvck.

another bad post by Hey Idiot

that's EXACTLY what happens actually

[Manny98]

LeBron was the only Heat player that showed up that series

Wade & Bosh were complete non factors

[Mr Feeny]

LeBron was the only Heat player that showed up that series

Wade & Bosh were complete non factors

In other words, he couldnt elevate better players than the ones Kawhi had?

[TheCorporation]

In other words, he couldnt elevate better players than the ones Kawhi had?

2014 Wade or 2019 Lowry
2014 Bosh or 2019 Ibaka/Gasol


Plus: Siakam, Vanvleet,


2019 Raptors were stacked

[superduper]

2014 Wade or 2019 Lowry
2014 Bosh or 2019 Ibaka/Gasol


Plus: Siakam, Vanvleet,


2019 Raptors were stacked

You're acting like Siakam and Vanvleet wouldn't have been part of some trade package for AD last December if they played under Bran ball. They would not perform up to the level that they did this year if their first option thought that padding individual stats was optimal in a 5v5 game. Newsflash, it is not.

[superduper]

Anyone?

Average SRS of teams Lebron faced in 1st round: -0.15
Average SRS of teams Jordan faced in 1st round: 3.03

Average SRS of teams Lebron faced in 2nd round: 2.93
Average SRS of teams Jordan faced in 2nd round: 3.68

Average SRS of teams Lebron faced in 3rd round: 4.11
Average SRS of teams Jordan faced in 3rd round: 5.39

Average SRS of teams Lebron faced in the finals: 7.75
Average SRS of teams Jordan faced in the finals: 6.84

Next?

[Mr Feeny]

2014 Wade or 2019 Lowry
2014 Bosh or 2019 Ibaka/Gasol


Plus: Siakam, Vanvleet,


2019 Raptors were stacked

But nowhere near as stacked as the Heat. Which means Kawhi can elevate his players much more than Lebron

[rmt]

As a Spurs fan, 2014 NBA Finals was such beautiful basketball from the Spurs that I said everything after was icing on the cake (and that I'd never ask for more) - just sublime. Kinda like Federer after Australian Open 2017 vs Nadal.

[Manny98]

In other words, he couldnt elevate better players than the ones Kawhi had?

No Wade is just dogshit hence why he missed the playoffs the year after no more LeBron carrying his weak ass

Raptors were 17-5 without Kawhi, he didn't elevate shit.

I'd bet any money that the Raptors win at least 55 games next year they don't need that overrated quitter

[Manny98]

Average SRS of teams Lebron faced in 1st round: -0.15
Average SRS of teams Jordan faced in 1st round: 3.03

Average SRS of teams Lebron faced in 2nd round: 2.93
Average SRS of teams Jordan faced in 2nd round: 3.68

Average SRS of teams Lebron faced in 3rd round: 4.11
Average SRS of teams Jordan faced in 3rd round: 5.39

Average SRS of teams Lebron faced in the finals: 7.75
Average SRS of teams Jordan faced in the finals: 6.84

Next?

Average SRS for MJ is inflated due to 2 expansion drafts which dilluted the overall competition around the league

https://aminoapps.com/c/nba/page/blo...1RZkWGb84aPrEr

[Micku]

Side question:


Which of MJ's Finals opponets comes close to 2014 Spurs SRS rank

This should be good

Jazz 97 (7.97) and Sonics 96 (7.40). The Spurs in 2014 had (8.00).

Not that it really matters. The Mavs pushed the Spurs to seven games. OKC pushed him to 6 games, and the sixth they went into OT.

The Cavs in 09 had a SRS of 8.68 and lost to the Magic with a SRS of 6.48. Were the Cavs better than the Spurs? Naw. But if you are somehow alluding that because of SRS that the Spurs were a better opponent than any teams that MJ has faced in the finals, then are you to at the same time conclude that the Howard did something that was also incredible and beat a team that was better than MJ has ever faced? Despite losing to the Lakers in the end?

Are you alluding that the Spurs of 2014 would also push the Bulls to game 7 or perhaps beat'em? It's pretty hard to compare them or face them across eras due to the style of play and rules difference I think. But I don't think the Spurs 2014 was not that much better, if they were better at all than the Sonics or the Jazz in their respectful era. Even despite the different rules and style, they pretty much had similar stats as the Sonics.

The Spurs just played really well and were on fire when they faced against the Heat. The heat ran out of gas defensively. Wade played like trash. LeBron was a little bit too late when he got his points, so the stats were a bit deceiving, but at least he showed up. But as I said before, the Mavs pushed them to seven. The Thunder gave them a tough fight. The Heat should've been better and played better before, but they weren't that time.