The last eighteen NBA championships have been won by eight NBA teams.
The Philadelphia 76ers won the title in 1983. The
Los Angeles
Lakers won the title five times in the 1980’s and three more times to
begin this decade. The Boston Celtics won the championship in 1981,
1984, and 1986. The Detroit Pistons won back-to-back championships
in 1988 and 1989 and again in 2004.
The Chicago
Bulls 3-peated twice — once from 1991 to 1993 — and again from 1996
to 1998. The Houston Rockets captured the two titles
between Chicago 3-peat’s.
Magic Johnson’s Lakers, Isiah Thomas’ Pistons, Michael Jordan’s Bulls, Hakeem Olajuwon’s Rockets, and
Shaquille O’Neal’s Lakers won the NBA championship in consecutive seasons.
Larry Bird’s Celtics never did and neither have Tim
Duncan’s Spurs.
But with three NBA championships within a decade, both teams should be
considered dynasties. [Read]
Interesting read, you know I don't believe in "Duncan's Celtics", much less Magic's Celtics.
Lol.
Seriously, now that you are writing for RealGm and getting press credentials and everything, you need a proofreader to catch those embarrassing typos before the articles post.
Feel free to email this English major for a quick check before you submit.
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I think the story of the year that has gone unnoticed was the fact that the Spurs had Luis Scola on their roster and traded him for a pair of Air Jordans and a pack of Marlboros. You think they could use a young, athletic low post player on their roster right now? The Spurs should be considered a dynasty. Their consistency has been awesome to say the least. I'm still not betting against them to come back and win this series. Like Wilbon said on PTI, you could go broke betting against the Spurs.
The Spurs made a terrible decision trading Scola. I'm not exactly sure how big he is but I can all but guarantee the choice stemmed from Duncan's reluctance to play center.
Oberto is big enough to play the 5 but definitely doesn't have Scola's skill.
Seriously, email me for a quick read in the future.
Duncan's Celtics was an attempt to talk about the non-consecutive Spurs championships, similar to the 80's Celtics (I don't blame you for not getting the lame reference).
The relatively short time between games 4, 5, and 6 may be more of an issue for the Spurs than the younger Hornets. If the Spurs win tomorrow as I expect, they get an extra day's rest before game 7, which could make a difference in their outside shooting...
What's interesting (and you may find this hard to believe) is that I've always scored high on proofreading aptitude tests.
Unfortunately, I don't post the articles myself. I send them to RealGM and they post them so I can't go in and edit them afterwards.
That's one of the advantages of having a personal blog.
Tim Duncan deserves criticism for his play in San Antonio's losses away from home too. I need to calculate his shooting percentage in those games but I'd be surprised to find out it's over 30%.
What's odd to me is how much worse I do proofreading my own writing than something unfamiliar, something about the brain knowing what was intended makes seeing what was actually written more difficult.
No one can complain about your consistently high literacy quotient, hope RealGM updates your edits as timely as possible.
Bowen is not done yet, Udoka is up and coming. The Spurs need replacements for Horry and Berry and they are good for another odd year title run. They could also use a back up point guard.
The Spurs have some nice young players playing n the development team in Austin and one really good one in Europe, Can't remember his name for the life of me, whose contract is up this season and will be coming to SA.
It is a little too soon to count the Spurs out for this season. I admit, it is an uphill climb, but funny things happen on the way to championships.
And the Spurs have been counted out after every season they didn't win the championship. The Spurs really mean it when they say, "Wait 'til next year."
Bowen is 36 and his selection to the All-Defensive first team this year was probably ceremonial. Battier deserved the nod.
Even if Bowen is effective next season, San Antonio needs to get more athletic. They're being outrun and outgunned by the Hornets.
With New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Utah's up-and-coming talent, I think this might be the end. Not to mention the Trailblazers who could easily win 50 games next year with a healthy Greg Oden.
"What's odd to me is how much worse I do proofreading my own writing than something unfamiliar, something about the brain knowing what was intended makes seeing what was actually written more difficult."
That must be it because I have the same problem.
Thanks for your kind words and your continued support.
If the Spurs are taken out by the Hornets, do you think this will be the end of the their dynasty or do you think they'll come back and contend next season?
Hoffman
I'm an avowed Spurs' fan and I'm as passionate as they come about the franchise. But now they're beginning to perplex me. Fabricio Oberto just isn't cutting it and boy it really shows. Tim isn't yet on the downside of his career but it's like all the willpower he once had seems to have disappeared. If they can't regroup and get it together tonight then they're done !
It saddens me somewhat to say but now perhaps is the time to start to think about the future. Duncan may well at best have two good years in him before things start to get shaky. So Ginobili and Parker have got to pick up the reins.
If I'm not mistaken, Ginobili was the next-to-last selection in the draft he was chosen in. So not being in the lottery isn't as big a factor. But while this team is a dynasty, it's not going to rank among the best dynastys because they haven't won back-to-back, which the legendary teams did. Still, the Spurs aren't dead until they are beaten in a seven game series, which this is likely to go.
Isiah's Pistons and Hakeem's Rockets won back-to-back. Do you think they belong aside Duncan's Spurs? The Spurs have already won 3 championships in this decade.
Bird's Celtics won 3 rings in the 80's but never won back-to-back. Do they compare to Magic's Lakers or MJ's Bulls?
All I know is that if they can't dictate the pace and flow of the game. Then they'll play into the hands of Byron Scott and the Hornets. And then all that they'll need to do is just nail the coffin shut once and for all. It's as simple as that.
Each of the games thus far where they've won we've allowed the Hornets to dictate every facet of the game. And who amongst you would've anticipated that the Hornets would be playing better defense than the Spurs at this juncture ?
rampant aka tophatal .........
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With Bowen's age and the Spurs lacking another impact player at the small forward position who can be a potential go-to guy in the post when Duncan is in foul trouble or is having a bad game (which we've seen a lot of in this series), there is one possible acquisition that makes total sense for the Spurs in order to maintain their dynasty.
Go after Ron Artest.
This would bring another legitimate scoring threat that would provide more punch but more importantly keep their defensive presence as a team intact.
Secondly, it would allow Udoka to play more two-guard and be Ginobili's main backup. The aging Brent Barry is almost done and Michael Finley will lose a step or two in the next two years so this is huge.
Thirdly, the Spurs will have the luxury of bringing Bruce Bowen off the bench saving his legs in the process and potentially lengthening his career by one or two more years.
If the Spurs nab Ron Ron next year, they'd be able to compete with the Lakers and Hornets for years to come until Tim Duncan retires.
When Duncan retires, that's when the Dynasty is officially over.
Down, it was even worse than that. Parker was the next to the last draft pick in his year. Manu was not drafted until the second round. But he might have gone higher if people had not been scared off by his European contract.
Iago Splitter is one of the players the Spurs are expecting to have next season. Supposed to be a player the quality of Ginobli, but a big man. Hope he is as good as they say.
Barry is still an unknown quantity. He was playing great before his injury this season, and never had time to get back his form before the season started. I keep hoping Imay Udoka is going to get better. He shows a lot of promise at times and then just goes south on us for awhile.
Hoffman
Spurscse
Thankfuly they redeemed themselves tonight. And it should now augur well for game 7. There'll be a raucous crowd there in attendance ready to get behind the team for what'll be I hope one last assault at getting rid of a pesky Hornets' team once and for all.
rampant' aka tophatal ........
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