2000 - 2015 Champions Who would win

[Odinn]

Top 5 teams among the choices; (no order)
2001 Lakers
2002 Lakers
2005 Spurs
2013 Heat
2014 Spurs or 2015 Warriors

After them, we have 2008 Celtics, 2010 Lakers, 2007 Spurs and 2004 Pistons.

[Derka]

01 Lakers vs. 08 Celtics

01 Lakers would win that series

[White Mamba]

01 lakers and it wouldn't be that close

What he said.

[HOoopCityJones]

Top 5 teams among the choices; (no order)
2001 Lakers
2002 Lakers
2005 Spurs
2013 Heat
2014 Spurs or 2015 Warriors

After them, we have 2008 Celtics, 2010 Lakers, 2007 Spurs and 2004 Pistons.

2010 Lakers over the 09 squad?

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Don't think it's fair to have that Lakers team in this. They're put near or at the top of the list of all time great teams in the history of the NBA. Better question is who's #2.

[rmt]

Since the consensus seems to be 01 Lakers, I'll go with 05 Spurs.

Duncan, Rasho, Nazr - Shaq
Bowen - Kobe
Manu/Brent Barry - Fox
Parker - Fisher
Horry - Horry/Grant (05 Horry - 9.3 pts vs 01 Horry 5.9 pts)

So the depth/versatility of Spurs vs dominance of Shaq

For those who say 2015 Warriors - don't think any of the championship teams from 2011 (or even 08 Celtics) have the big men to deal with Prime Shaq.

[HOoopCityJones]

Since the consensus seems to be 01 Lakers, I'll go with 05 Spurs.

Duncan, Rasho, Nazr - Shaq
Bowen - Kobe
Manu/Brent Barry - Fox
Parker - Fisher
Horry - Horry/Grant (05 Horry - 9.3 pts vs 01 Horry 5.9 pts)

So the depth/versatility of Spurs vs dominance of Shaq

For those who say 2015 Warriors - don't think any of the championship teams from 2011 (or even 08 Celtics) have the big men to deal with Prime Shaq.

I'm sorry, but this is a sweep.

You say vs the dominance of Shaq yet Kobe had better numbers vs The Spurs that year.

[rmt]

I'm sorry, but this is a sweep.

You say vs the dominance of Shaq yet Kobe had better numbers vs The Spurs that year.

My criteria is how the teams match up vs each other - not the relative strength of teams using criteria like SRS which is judged against opponents from that year. Sports is all about match-ups - do you have players to defend your opponents and still put up decent amount of points. For instance, I think that any of the teams from 2011 onward would have no chance vs 01 Lakers because of the way the league is now (no good big men), they have no one to defend a prime Shaq. Likewise, even though 2008 Celtics is considered a great team who is gonna defend a prime Shaq? KG? Perkins?

I'm not worried about Kobe because 05 Spurs had a prime Bowen (to defend) and a prime Manu to (somewhat offensively) offset him. Once Shaq and Kobe are covered, then 05 Spurs are deeper/more talented than the rest of the Lakers. I'm not saying that 05 Spurs would beat 01 Lakers, but it would be an interesting contest vs no contest (say vs Lebron's Heat).

[HOoopCityJones]

Sweep.

[imnew09]

01 Laker v 2012 Heat in the finals

Lakers win 4-2

Heat got no C.


4-0

[Cold soul]

I would of loved to see these fantasy matchups in last fifteen years.

14 Spurs vs 08 Celtics

09 Lakers vs 12 Heat

02 Lakers vs 05 Spurs

01 Lakers vs 13 Heat

11 Mavericks vs 15 Warriors

[SwayDizzle]

probably 09 lakers

[SCdac]

Spurs would rock that shit ... 2005 nearly swept a Suns team that averaged 110 ppg and won 62 games with Nash, Amare, Joe Johnson, Shawn Marion, etc... Then they beat the defending champs and best defensive team in the league outside of themselves... Teams built around the Twin Towers were good too - alot depends on what kind of rules (pre/post hand checking) they're using imo




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