Duncan-Parker-Ginobili / .341 FG%/ Spurs win by 20

[navy]

They are going to choke in the playoffs again. [COLOR="White"]Bait[/COLOR]

[ThePhantomCreep]

They have been the best franchise since Duncan's rookie year in 98...

Everyone from the owner to gm to coach to players deserve a lot of credit, but I do think that sometimes Duncan doesn't quite get as much as he deserves.

Having a franchise player with no ego that it easy to play with on both sides of court is what has made it all work. He is willing to and can play just about any role the team needs him to...while continuing to play some of the best interior the league has seen.

Duncan anchored the Spurs to a top 3 defense each year from 98 through 08...often the best defense.

In 09 they had the 5th best defense.
In 10 they had the 8th best defense.
In 11 they had the 11th best defense.
In 12 they had the 10th best defense.

The last two years they are back to being elite with the 3rd and 4th best defenses.

Crazy shit...

They're the best franchise...with less rings and Finals appearances than the Lakers? Does not compute.

[SCdac]

They're the best franchise...with less rings and Finals appearances than the Lakers? Does not compute.

we talking about the 22-46 Lakers? or the Lakers that missed the playoffs in the mid 2000's?

[Grey Dawn]

I'm a big Spurs fan, with the Sixers in the tank. I love intelligent basketball. I love team ball, where every player produces, and is valued. Notice how players, who were not valued in other systems, suddenly produce for Pop.
Really hurt when they lost last year to a team they should have beaten in the Finals.

Agreed

[ThePhantomCreep]

we talking about the 22-46 Lakers? or the Lakers that missed the playoffs in the mid 2000's?

The one that won more championships than the Spurs and routinely crushed them in the postseason.

But yeah, all those seasons with 57-wins (followed by a second round exit) for were incredible. Losing to an 8th seed is the stuff of legends. Definitely trumps an extra championship.

[tpols]

They're the best franchise...with less rings and Finals appearances than the Lakers? Does not compute.

Lakers are lucky they can attract any star to come to them in a way most teams cant.. spurs overall management is best in the league

[TMT]

The one that won more championships than the Spurs and routinely crushed them in the postseason.

But yeah, all those seasons with 57-wins (followed by a second round exit) for were incredible. Losing to an 8th seed is the stuff of legends. Definitely trumps an extra championship.

Lakers did it with two different cores, each composing of the then best big man in the league along with Kobe Bryant. Spurs have had this run over a decade of the same core still competing for championships with their centerpiece being almost 38 years of age. Call it what you want but there's close to zero differential in terms of legacy, you could even tip the argument to the Spurs due to consistency and not missing the playoffs at any point.