"Jordan has never played a team in the Finals as good as the Spurs"--Michael wilbon

[BuckN20T]

We gonna act like Karl Malone isn't a top 5 player all time? Yes. We gonna act like Stockton wasn't the GOAT point guard? He's not

Lol'd

[DrSlam]

Everyone was just posting about how this spurs team is too old and beat up. Now wilbon gave the lebron stans something to run with, all of of sudden this 2014 spurs team is better than every other in the 90s?

Lebron nuthuggers get worse and worse every day I swear

[leafs43]

All about marketing.

NBA is utter chit anymore, so better try and make it look better than what it is.

[JaxBrah]

U wot m8?
I'm a Lebron fan but no just no.

Jazz: Malone and Stockton
Suns: Barkley, Majerle, Ainge, Johnson
Lakers: Magic, Worthy, Divac, Scott
Blazers: Drexler, Kersey
Supersonics: Payton, Kemp, McMillan

This. The names on the Spurs roster are great but they are also old as fuk at the end of a very long season/playoff. I mean there has been talk of their retirement for years now

[BusterMudd]

He is correct.

Jordan was fortunate to play in an era where he caught established superstars getting old/hurt while the young talent wasn't yet refined. Couple that with a talent pool thinned by expansion and you have a recipe for success.

Until tough defensive squads like the Pistons and Celtics got old and injured, MJ didn't win ****.

Ho lee fuk, an astute & thoughful analysis on the Misc, I'm impressed. repped

[Rebounds45]

nobody's rings count apparently. Everyone should just be winners. fukkin participation medal for everybody.

[nvrstopworking]

Wilbon might be right in this case. The Spurs aren't just a flash in the pan team. They've been championship calibre for over a decade now and boast 3 HOFers and one of the best coaches ever in the game. Closest thing that MJ faced to a team like that was probably the Jazz.

Personally I'm sad that Reggie's Pacers (coached by Bird) only played MJ that one time... because I think that THAT was a team that could have taken him down given another shot.

[JetLife21]

3 Top 50 all-time players with arguably the GOAT coach along with the best role players in the league. No, he hasn't. Lebron wins this he has secured the most impressive 3-peat easily. Doesn't put him above MJ of course, but top 3 becomes arguable.

Heat fans once again exposing their lack of awareness of Basketball history. ****in lol at Ginobli and Parker being top 50 players.

Did you start watching in 2012 or 2013?



People have been saying this Spurs team was done every year for the past 5 years and now people want to crown them as the best Finals team ever? GTFOH. The Spurs are a solid team and look to be the best team this year but they aren't close to some of those old teams that Jordan faced.

Shaq and Penny would do work against the Spurs.

[nvrstopworking]

Heat fans once again exposing their lack of awareness of Basketball history. ****in lol at Ginobli and Parker being top 50 players.

Did you start watching in 2012 or 2013?



People have been saying this Spurs team was done every year for the past 5 years and now people want to crown them as the best Finals team ever? GTFOH. The Spurs are a solid team and look to be the best team this year but they aren't close to some of those old teams that Jordan faced.

Shaq and Penny would do work against the Spurs.

Lulz. The same Shaq and Penny that got obliterated by Hakeem and the Rockets?

[niknguyen]

Heat fans once again exposing their lack of awareness of Basketball history. ****in lol at Ginobli and Parker being top 50 players.

Did you start watching in 2012 or 2013?



People have been saying this Spurs team was done every year for the past 5 years.

You mean dumb ass sports miscers a la musicalham? Amongst other fans of other WC teams that thing their poverty teams are good? Lol...

[DefensiveEnd896]

Craziness here. Lol @ you thinking Tony Parker wouldn't run cirlcles around Stockton.

Do you people realize that first of all its stupid to compare the game today to what it was back then? Do you realize that the league is full of players now with the athleticism that only the top few had back in Jordan's time? The Spurs would run those teams ragged. No need to even think about what would happen if LeBron played in those days. Physically those teams just wouldn't be able to match up... I don't even think thats debatable

No way would Parker run circles around Stockton.. Stockton was the better passer, stealer and shooter. Parker is the better scorer and better at driving to the basket. It''d be a toss up.

You also do realize Stockton is the all-time leader in assists and steals by a wide margin right? The guy was a great player. Most fundamentally sound PG to ever play the game. In his prime (not 1997 and 1998) no question I'd take Stockton over Parker.

Also the Spurs are not an athletic team. They really wouldn't have a huge advantage in that department. Physically, I give the advantage to the Jazz because of Malone. The guy was built like a tank...Malone would give the Spurs a ton of problems...

Not sure who would of won the series but for Wilborn to act like it's a guarantee the Spurs would win, no way do I agree with that and this is coming from a Spurs fan. Funny Wilbon says that after he tweeted this not too long ago

Michael Wilbon @RealMikeWilbon · May 25

OKC has done more than won a game; they found themselves...remind anybody of 2 years ago when they came back from 0-2 to beat Spurs in 6?

Personally I'm sad that Reggie's Pacers (coached by Bird) only played MJ that one time... because I think that THAT was a team that could have taken him down given another shot.

Remember this? That was a great series...

[lsiberian]

Closest they came was the Lakers, but they had fallen off a lot at that point. MJ vs MJ was a fun finals though.

[peteyyytran]

mavs have been getting their fudge packed by the spurs in the regular season, mind was blown that they put up a fight in the playoffs

because regular season elvel of play = playoffs level of play.......................

lel

[lsiberian]

because regular season elvel of play = playoffs level of play.......................

lel

The Mavs always play the Spurs close in the Playoffs. Both teams know each other very well.

[broboma2012]

it is hilarious to see certain posters complain about an environment that they heavily contributed to. then blaming that environment and not their seemingly uncontrollable posting. 23,000 posts......burnt out........No kidding!

[broboma2012]

this team has never beaten a team in their prime. all the teams were either too young or too old.

if you think this statement applies to the 90's bulls more than the heat i have some bad news.

okc: too young
spurs: too old

[lsiberian]

this team has never beaten a team in their prime. all the teams were either too young or too old.

if you think this statement applies to the 90's bulls more than the heat i have some bad news.

okc: too young
spurs: too old

That's why the Spurs only have 62 wins this season because they are so old.

[JetLife21]

Lulz. The same Shaq and Penny that got obliterated by Hakeem and the Rockets?

Yup that same team. Duncan is still a beast but he would have nothing for a prime Hakeem or Shaq right now. Who would TP guard? I don't see him having much of a chance against Penny, Scott or Anderson.

[JetLife21]

this team has never beaten a team in their prime. all the teams were either too young or too old.

if you think this statement applies to the 90's bulls more than the heat i have some bad news.

okc: too young
spurs: too old

Exactly. Heat fans started watching two years ago so they don't know the difference either way.

[lsiberian]

Yup that same team. Duncan is still a beast but he would have nothing for a prime Hakeem or Shaq right now. Who would TP guard? I don't see him having much of a chance against Penny, Scott or Anderson.

The Spurs would sweep that team. It would be like the Portland series all over again. Shaq wasn't great until Phil coached him up.

[broboma2012]

That's why the Spurs only have 62 wins this season because they are so old.

is this guy really arguing that this spurs team is in their prime?

[Navillus13]

Were any of you even old enough to actually watch basketball in the 90s??? The style of play every team ran is similar to what the Spurs do today, and the defense was WAY better back then.

current era:
- size
- speed
- athleticism


90s:
- intelligence
- defense
- fundamentals
- teamwork


Don't really know who would win, but saying the 90s were "watered down" is fking laughable. the early 2000s were watered down garbage solo ball. It's getting better now.

[cashinout]

lol its funny

one second its: this western conference is the best conference to ever exist of all time and every team in this conference is the GOAT team that would chit all over miami in the in the first round

next second: the 62 win Spurs suck, easy conference, out of their prime, no real competition

make up your mind, the finals are almost here and the straws are getting shorter!

[broboma2012]

lol its funny

one second its: this western conference is the best conference to ever exist of all time and every team in this conference is the GOAT team that would chit all over miami in the in the first round

next second: the 62 win Spurs suck, easy conference, out of their prime, no real competition

make up your mind, the finals are almost here and the straws are getting shorter!

wtf are you talking about? you are taking the eastern conference being one of the worst of all time and making the leap that the contrapositive of that argument is that the western conference is the greatest of all time. how funny. please answer this question: are the spurs in their prime?

[cashinout]

wtf are you talking about? you are taking the eastern conference being one of the worst of all time and making the leap that the contrapositive of that argument is that the western conference is the greatest of all time. how funny. please answer this question: are the spurs in their prime?

so no sports miscer ever has said that the western conference is amazing? stfu

what does it matter if they're in their prime? They won 62 games, first seed and have a bench that can score 50 in a play off game. They are the elite of the elite with probably the GOAT coach in existence

oh right because tim duncan and ginobli aren't in their prime, that must mean the entire team just sucks cawks all day

[broboma2012]

so no sports miscer ever has said that the western conference is amazing? stfu

what does it matter if they're in their prime? They won 62 games, first seed and have a bench that can score 50 in a play off game. They are the elite of the elite with probably the GOAT coach in existence

uh the only time the western conference is presented as great is relative to the eastern conference. if i am smarter than you does that alone make me smart? that is how the argument is framed. please stop making up story lines.

[cashinout]

uh the only time the western conference is presented as great is relative to the eastern conference. if i am smarter than you does that alone make me smart? that is how the argument is framed. please stop making up story lines.

lol let me FTFY

"the only time the western conference is presented as great is when it's to discredit lebron and the heat"

[broboma2012]

lol let me FTFY

"the only time the western conference is presented as great is when it's to discredit lebron and the heat"

it is really too bad that lebron fans went the way of the kobe. the eastern conference is undeniably historically weak

[cashinout]

it is really too bad that lebron fans went the way of the kobe. the eastern conference is undeniably historically weak

weak in comparison to...? oh right, the western conference
which the spurs just took a giant dump all over, but somehow are just an OKAY old, out of their prime team

[broboma2012]

weak in comparison to...? oh right, the western conference
which the spurs just took a giant dump all over, but somehow are just an OKAY old, out of their prime team

never said they were just ok. please tell me this team is in their prime.

weak in comparison to the eastern conference in other years/eras. this is what the term 'historically' infers. the more you know...