The Real Reason Why Tim Duncan’s San Antonio Spurs Dynasty Was NEVER Able to Repeat As Champions

The Real Reason Why Tim Duncan’s San Antonio Spurs Dynasty Was NEVER Able to Repeat As Champions

It’s almost been 10 years since the S Antonio Spurs won their last championship one of the most successful small Market franchises especially with number one picks David Robinson and Tim Duncan a new generation of San Antonio basketball has arrived 7 foot4 Prodigy Victor wanyama looking to take the team

Back to relevancy as long as the front office surrounds him with the right guys given the history of almost every Dynasty from the 1960 Celtics Magic Kareem Showtime Lakers to Jordan’s 90s bows Kobe and Shacks Lakers and the Steph Curry Warriors all wanton at least one back-to-back titles for newer NBA

Fans the most common questions they ask about the Duncan Pap ofish spurs why were they never able to repeat from their first championship in ’99 Timmy’s second season until 2014 his 17th year in the league being topnotch contenders every year not only did Timmy had the

Chance to win a ring every season but never winning below 50 games in a full regular season without a doubt the big fundamental still by far the greatest power forward to ever play and still undoubtedly a top 10 player doesn’t get talked about as much as the Jordans

LeBron’s and Kobes and Curry’s of the world had Duncan captur back to back perhaps he’ even be on many top five lists from the moment Timmy came to the league the 21-year-old Superstar ad of Wake Forest became one of the best players from the jump surrounded by the

Right vets David Robinson Avery Johnson Vinnie delgro Jared Jackson Senor all in their 30s and 29-year-old sea Elliott put the franchise back to contention but fell to a more established Malone and Stockton’s jazz in 98 but 99 the lockout year 50 Game season Duncan finished thir

For MVP 30 first place bolts time for the League’s best record The Proven call Malone the most comfortable choice for bers wanted 23-year-old Duncan put his team on his ER dismantling Kevin Garnett’s wolves got the best of 27y old Shaq sweeping the Lakers closing down the Great Western Forum of inle woods

Swept the Blazers and dominated the smaller Knicks in the finals going an impressive 15-2 in the playoffs and route to the franchise’s first championship including winning 47 of their last 54 games after a slow start whether somebody thinks the 99 shorten season was an asteris San Antonio flat out dominated and Duncan’s greatness

Didn’t get appreciated in the moment till years later which have been rolled onto the floor are on Duncan spins and hits off the glass he’s almost too good how good is that leading to 2000 where the Blazers Lakers and Spurs three favorites to win it all the defending

Cham stormed out the gate winning 14 of their first 17 games3 and 29 overall bunkin average over 23 and 12 sea Elliott had a kidney transplant considered super career ending but coming the first player to return to the sport after undergoing such a procedure made his season debut March 14 for the

Final 19 games just in time for another title run but the untimely injury of Duncan’s knee toring his lateral miniscus on that left leg crushed the Spurs title hopes just four games left in the regular season the franchise had to make a difficult decision to go with

Timmy in the playoffs and risk much more serious injury or keep him on the sidelines until next season the franchise chose the ladder despite Duncan doing everything he could to get ready realizing the bigger picture for a potential long-term franchise player s Antonio understood the risk and rewards

Eventually falling to the fifth seated Suns round one without him winning just one of the four games San Antonio didn’t stand in a chance for Robinson the only spur to average more than a dozen points as Shaq and Kobe made their repeat run Duncan Spurs fell victim to those lers

Both in ‘ 01 and 02 missing 15 and 1 Half Point score Derek angerson the first two games having a shoulder injury s Antonio lost by an average of 22 points combined with Kobe’s Excellence MVP Duncan The Following season did average 29 and 17 held Prime sha to 21

Points on 44% shooting but lost to LA in five cuz of course the team had no answers for Kobe after that series The ambero announced he will play for one more season then officially retire after 20 three no matter the outcome having seconde 20-year-old Tony Parker and signing argentinians monu Joby whom they

Drafted back in 99 was 25 making his official NBA rookie debut with a healthy Steven Jackson Prime Timmy wasn’t going to be stopped capture his second MVP award the only Allstar on his team let s Antonio to a league best 60 wins beat all four playoff opponents in six games

Knocked off AC SE to Phoenix a semis rematch with rival Lakers who finished the fifth seed winning just 50 games after Shaq elected to get foot surgery draw training camp famously quoted I got h on company time I’ll heal on company time La started 11 and 19 leading to an

Epic game five Spurs survived a 9694 win thanks to Robert or’s in and- out three for the series Big Shot Rob became brick shot slop going all of 18 from Deep Duncan 37 and 16 close out ruined the Lakers for Pete h proceeded to put on the greatest defensive finals

Performance of the century given the net nightmare every time they shot the ball near the rim helped the Rob and Steve cerr retire on top winning one of the most impressive titles all time the following year Robinson replaced by Rashel nesterovich team signed veteran Robert Ori Devin Brown and young hio

Turkalo but the Lakers decided to load up forming an insane super team with old col Malone and Gary Payton La became the heavy title favorites Duncan having to carry San Antonio for years dealt with knee issues missed 13 total games anchoring the number one defense 57 wins

Second best in the west behind Minnesota dominated and swept Hol gz round one also dominated the Lakers the first two contests Duncan 30p point game one 24 in game two two nothing series Le before La tied things up leading to a pivotal game five an ugly lowc scoring Affair score

Was 6255 end of three crazy finishes down by as many as 16 Duncan drain backto back fourth quarter jumpers gave his first the first lead since the opening minutes down to the wire Kobe drained the clutch J Lakers took back the lead followed by a series of timeouts Duncan drained an incredible one-handed

Runner to Duncan he gets double sha all over him he gets away a fade away he makes it with more T left unbelievable over the outstretch arms of Shaq could have been one of the craziest game winners of all time until the improbable 4 seconds of Derek fiser classic happened shocked the entire

World they get it to fer he scores f as Sha said postgame one lucky shot deserves another gave the Lakers a 3-2 series lead Timmy stood there in Silence with no reaction gave the Lakers the momentum of the series Kobe scored 12 of his 26 fourth quarter of game six

To close out and exhausted Duncan played over 40 minutes five of the six games following off season team sign Sharpshooter Bren Barry while job shock Duncan Team USA Squad in the Olympics leading Argentina to the gold medal gave modu the timman confidence to start the 05 season with a much improved Tony

Parker and Bruce Bowen still at his defensive Apex Spurs one 59 games Duncan de with a serious angle spring late March m 16 total contest played the entire 05 playoffs with Plana fasciitis easily knocked off seven seated Denver Round One Duncan struggle M League game

Six close out in Seattle went five of 20 before hitting the game-winning Layin from a gorgeous job dime surviving another injury scare grabbing his left foot crashing into Nick hollison before being okay later abused the smaller sons in five games went on to face the defensive tough grinded Pistons Big Shot

Rob finally made his value spelled dream five bombs game five on the road plus the go-ahead game winner in OT DET try did bounce back winning game six but game seven Duncan with a confident Joby put on the finishing touches Timmy solidified himself as a top 10 player all time unquestionably became the

Greatest to ever play the power forward position talks of a potential Dynasty more engaging despite s Antonio being labeled as boring slow paced and heavy defensively driven the six 62 win Suns proofed offense can only take you so far with other teams in the Western Conference changing their identity

Sacramento after trading Chris Weber contending days basically over Garnett’s Timberwolves got way worse Kobe having a weak supporting Cass post Shack era and the maps viewed as a great team but not considered to be on S Antonio’s level 2006 was s Antonio’s best chance at a

Repeat but one stupid NBA rule not only ruined their title hopes but eliminated them one round too early recorded a franchise best 63 wins knocked off Ron arest Kings in six before the 60 win Dallas Mavericks being the fourth seed despite having the second best record in the conference matched up due to

Divisional winner Denver Nuggets in the weak Northwest finished first in their division but won just 44 games which would have been tied for the E best record in the west heading into round two no other head coach new pops Playbook better than the one and only Avery Johnson Duncan

Played the five that series big body sadonna do and Eric Danier thrown at him after a nail Biden game w 8785 win on a Joby closeout on Jerry stack outs Dallas proceeded to win the next three late game three hand off to Joby who lost the

Ball off his foot resulted in a costly turnover Dallas survived the one-point win while the fourth game resulted in a map’s OT win saying Antonio managed to stay alive by their skin of their te game five job having a big time steal and Bruce Bowen’s clutch block on nisy

Resulted in a one-point win Jason Terry also suspended for game six for punching Michael Finley on the floor Spurs even up the series resulting in one of the greatest second round matchups all time an Unstoppable Duncan Pon 41 nisy 37 including a clutch in one down three

Joby with a costly foul that ruined the spur hope of a repeat last possession questionable contact on Duncan no call Dallas Big held Timmy D to one of seven shooting in OT having two 60 win teams battling before the Conference Finals Peak basketball of the 2000s this series

Resulted in the NBA changing his playoff format eventually letting the overall record decide on seeding those same Maps ended up losing to Miami in six could you imagine what a series with Wade and sha versus Manu and Duncan would look like Robert Ori even said Spurs would

Have three repated if muu didn’t foul which he does have a very strong point franchise captur title number four the following year their toughest battle in the semis with 61 wins Phoenix thanks in pars to Steve Nash’s bloody no game one couldn’t finish out the game Phoenix

About to even the Series game four Robert ory’s hip check on Nash resulted in a Mari and Boris di suspensions for coming off the bench allow s Antonio to win a close game five thanks to Bruce Bowen’s clutch Trey with half a minute left Utah and Cleveland the following

Rounds easy cakewalks which leads us to 2008 an insanely stacked Western Conference every playoff team won at least 50 games San Antonio just a game short of time the Lakers for first place got by the 55 win Suns round one and five their Championship experience helped them knocked off Chris Paul’s

Hornets game seven on the road in the semis giving us a Conference Final show Showdown with Kobe and pal Gasol’s Lakers given s Antonio’s wear and tear the previous series and many deep postseason runs the last several years and their plane delayed after game seven in New Orleans no hotel rooms available

Players slept on the plane Monday night having to play game one in La less than 20 hours after beating New Orleans Kobe was looking to prove a point make his first Finals without about Shaq despite all the logistics Spurs opened up game one with a 20-point lead until Kobe

Dropped 25 of his 27 points in the second half a go-ahead game-winning jumper on Bowen Duncan despike averaging 22 and 17 for the series Manu struggled badly dealt with an angle injury suffered in round one while the bench of Kurt Thomas Fabricio Alberto e udoka and

Final season of Robert Ori way too old game four a questionable no call on Bren Barry’s three attempt with Derek Fischer closing out resulted in the Spurs down 3-1 ran out of gas game five blew a 17-point lead Kobe went bananas relentlessly torching both Bowen and

Duncan at the same time in every way imaginable netting in 14 of his 39 in the fourth from then on a weird transitional period a combination of having weird role players the Roger Masons not a good fit Richard Jefferson danan Blair Underside center with no knees The Big Three needing to get

Lighter reduced minutes on a superloaded West Trading Hill for 2011 Pacers strap pick kawi Leonard later developing him to a defensive animal having Danny Green and snatching Boris di from a buyout being offensively Driven Credit to pop for Reinventing his system s Antonio recaptured a second win made the 2013

Finals the famous Ray Allen tying bomb from pop leaving Duncan out the game on defense leading to two Miami Heat offensive rebounds led to a heartbreaking game seven loss before getting rench flawless dominating the 2014 playoffs playing some of the most beautiful basketball the world will ever see seven years

Removed from the old7 title 38y old Duncan 36y old Manu and 32y old Parker reached the Promised Land once again Duncan’s fifth and final title couldn’t have come at a sweeter time of his career then came 2015 kawi Parker and Thiago splitter had some injuries resulting in the six seed winning 55

Games because Portland wander division was oddly given the four seed despite having a worst record and absolute travesty by the NBA resulting in a first round Series against Prime Lop City Clippers losing the last game of the regular season s Antonio could have finished as high as the second seed

Imagine dropping that far losing the final game in New Orleans where the pels needed to win to guarantee a spot for the eigh seed over OKC due to the NBA stupid seating rules this was the second time Duncan Spurs screwed by these decisions the NBA then changed their

Seeding rules with seeds later becoming solely based on your record that’s the way it always should have been if you ask me Parker would injure his angle first game being a non-factor most of the series 39-year-old Duncan bald out even had some amazing moments out playing Prime Blake Griffin alongside

23-year-old kawi had a 3-2 series lead Parker wasn’t in crunch time game six resulting in Paul cooking Patty Mills for a game sealing bucket leading to an intense classic game seven on the road went down to the final possession Chris Paul refused to let the Clippers lose

Drain the game winning Banker crushing s Antonio’s back-to-back title hopes if the spur had the two seed they likely would have beaten the Clippers with home court advantage a combination of the lame seating rules and losing the last game of the regular season this ruined a potential conference final showdown with

Young incoming Golden State despite winning 67 and 61 games the next two seasons 2016 would be Duncan’s last getting beat by the bigger Mo athletic OKC team 2017 kawi and Parker’s injuries just too much to overcome Zaza patulia close out basically ended Leonard’s time in s Antonio many things caused the

Spurs at a chance of a repeat things like injuries the great Kobe Bryant point4 of a second y 60 wi Dallas somehow ended up the four seed having the dirt best record in the league if Manu wouldn’t have fouled Dirk sadonna do turning into Bill Russell in overtime

Why Portland got the four seed and of course Ray Allen had a couple bounces would have went differently Tim Duncan might very well be in the serious goal conversation nonetheless his greatness truly exemplifies winning Basketball 19 years of Excellence forever cemented as one of the truly great ones

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