Why The 2014 San Antonio Spurs Were Not Able To Repeat
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Living in San Antonio, 2014 really was fueled by revenge and redemption. I’m still amazed at how perfectly that team worked together
And a broken A/C
@@johnmarston5918 pffffft everyone tries to use that excuse. The Heat were destroyed plain and simple. They were outplayed that they only won once
@@johnmarston5918the A/C problem should've afected more the old Spurs than the young in-their-prime Heat. Yet LeBron got cramps and old Tim got the W
@@johnmarston5918plus broken wade 😂 spurs were the better team should have won back to back 13/14
@@ElecktroHasARedHoodiespurs destroyed them simple. But at the same time the heat were more athletic but the spurs were more skilled and fundamentally smarter.
As a hardcore fan of the Spurs Born and raised there. Man, I miss watching them live since I moved. But I've seen many of their transitions in eras. The 2014 played beautiful team basketball. There hasn't been another team like it.
The competition within the western conference was crazy
-The young thunder were more athletic and the old spurs could rarely keep up with them in a 7 game series
- The warriors were so damn good
- Dallas with our Texas rivalry, felt like we always had to go thru Dirk to get to the WCS
@@jng24true, but they fell off after 2011
No the 2014 Spurs were very athletic they took out the Thunder and some of those winds were blowout wins they won in six games and the 2015 where they couldn't repeat it's because they lost some of their key players they lost some key players and they also had some injuries too that's what happened and some of the other teams got a little bit better that year too in 2015 but no they handled that they handled the Thunder the Thunder were taking care of San Antonio took care of them the year before in six games three of those four wins were blowouts
The Spurs would have beaten the Clippers that year had they played a little bit smarter they could have took the Clippers out that year and they should have but part of the reason was and it's a fact they weren't quite as hungry they were inconsistent and yes the Clippers were more hungry that year San Antonio was not as hungry they may say they were but they weren't they lost some of their drive so that was another factor and that's just a true fact if they would have kept their foot on the gas they could have easily beat that Clipper team in six games
@@DoctaSalttim Duncan was. Carried by kawhi
2013 and 2014 was the best chance to get a repeat
By 2015 things were getting more complicated until they stopped being contenders a few years after this
Literally won 55, 67 and 61 Games from 15-17 they absolutely had a chance to win in 15 and 16 and were looking pretty formidable before Kawhi’s injury in 17
@@donali9020Won't beating 2016 Warriors and 2017 Warriors, they don't have an answer for Curry, Curry always torched Spurs w/ or w/o Kawhi, 2017 they were up 25 before Kawhi got injured but that doesn't mean they will win that series, Warriors were literally just missing in the first half. They can't even beat 2016 Thunder w/ KD, what makes you think they beating Warriors that had KD. 😂
Well with the aging core of Duncan, Parker, and Ginobilli, Plus with the emergence of the warriors and other top teams in the west, it was pretty clear after 2014 the Spurs were done.
given that they won like 67 games in 2016 with mostly the same core, they really coulve have had another chance if a few things were different
-- Kawhi stepping on Zaza's foot and destroying Kawhi's ankle changed the Spurs' fortune.
They would have remained competitive, BUT truly, the new marketing deal allowed KD to join the GSW super team. That was the nail in the coffin for everyone (including Lebron and the Cavs).
@@duyanhng8430 the rotation players remained mostly the same but imo it feels weird to say 2016 and 2014 were “mostly the same core” given:
how much better leonard had gotten, how much worse the big3 got, and the fact that we added prime Lamarcus
@@AwkwardJapaneseKidNot sure how bad the big core 3 could've gotten while the team having 2 more doninant seasons after the last championship. That being said, they had been having the same playoffs woes since before the two consecutive finals trips. The way I see it, they had every chance to win a championship in any of those years, and the couple of years after the last champuonship
We got screwed in 2015 with the seeding for the playoffs, and got bounced by a last second Chris Paul shot. The spurs could’ve dispatched the Warriors that year in my opinion, especially if Lebron took them to 6 games without kyrie and love.
If you've watched Dom2K, a friend of his said Spurs always became champions when the era is transitioning.
1999 (after MJ and before Kobe and Shaq Era)
2003 (Twin Tower's last championship together)
2005 (Post Kobe and Shaq)
2007 (Before Lakers and Celtics Rivalry)
2014 (Before Curry's and GSW dominance)
Nice theory. I'm not sure if I agree. Let's see:
'99 - yeah, but it's the Spurs that stopped the Lakers
03 - yeah, so the Spurs and twin towers were good and ended the kobe/shaq dynasty.
05 - yeah, but they beat the team that totally killed off the Shaq/Kobe era. And Pistons were a team that Shaq couldn't beat that year with Wade either.
07 - ok, maybe. But Suns could have been a mini dynasty if not for Spurs (who beat them again)
14 - No way. They totally decimated absolute prime Miami, including prime Lebron. That was supposed to be the dynasty of the time.
So all in all, seems it was the Spurs who caused the transitions and beat dynasty-caliber teams.
They delayed the Shaq/Kobe Dynasty, then ended it. Then beat the team that killed off the last Kobe/Shaq super-team. Then they destroyed and ended the Heatles.
@@pakstathey still were unable to repeat as champions. I think it's quite odd that they weren't able to do so, especially behind a generational talent like Duncan.
I always used to say and think the spurs can only win during odd number seasons
Even after they failed to win in 2009 i still believed that lol
@@atlien1988 Thats just shows how Western conference was crazy.
They had few tough losses:
2000-TD was hurt
2004-Fisher 0.4 buzzer, before that it should have been foul on Duncan (even Shaq said that).
But even if they went to the finals, I think the Pistons would win against anybody that year.
2006-Manu had a bad foul on Dirk in game 7 which led to OT.
They would probably win against the Suns, and they would be a tougher opponent to the Heat.
2008-Kobe&Lakers were better
2013-Ray Allen
2015- I think they were the worst match up for GSW, but CP3 had the best game of his life :D
I think they were the best team 2005-2007 and 2013-2014
@@atlien1988 Yeah, for sure. If we even think of them as a dynasty, then they are certainly a unique one in NBA history.
Edit: tbf the were one shot away tho.
Us Grizzlies fans from the grit and grind era knew these guys too well. They were the evolved grit and grind. Tony Parker was a sharper Mike Conley and the same with Duncan and Randolph. I bet Pop would have loved Big Spain on that team, they would have absolutely dominated for years. You always expected the Grizzlies to lose by like 6 or something, and beating the Spurs was like winning the finals even in the regular season. Truly an amazing team these guys!
Edit: That shot at 3:21 sent the game into 3OT. Grizzlies ended up winning that one, and that game is part of Grizzlies lore.
Obvious answer:The Warriors and KD.
Edit:The Clippers too in 2015
They weren’t that good in 2015. Even if they made it past the Clips they would’ve got stomped by the Warriors
@@DoctaSalt yeah players were getting older especially Duncan who retired the year after lol
10 years after 2013 NBA Finals I am still crushed by this loss to the Miami.
I believed that this was the year to get 5th ring for Timmy.
1999,2003,2005,2007 - all pointed that 2013 will be their championship year as well.
But happened, what happened.
And even if I enjoyed revenge chip in 2014, I felt at the same time that... something is over. Mostly due to aging the Big 3.
My hopes was revived when LaMarcus Aldridge joined Spurs, but still it wasn't enough for capturing next title. So, the era ended... Since 2014 I am waiting for the next trip to the finals and I believe that the dryout will ends very soon.
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Kawhi should've just stay and try to become the guy who could take Timmy's spot as the face of the franchise though granted if that happen they will be no Wemby.
superstars usually don’t consider playing in a city that wouldn’t get them a massive shoe deal and other sponsorship, which expectedly exceed their paychecks for playing professional ball
No he shouldn’t have he got another ring from leaving so it definitely worked out in his favor all in all you can’t said he wouldn’t have gotten hurt either because getting hurt is what literally caused the beef between him and the spurs
@@smittywerbenjagermanjensen4737were so thankful he got out of San Antonio. we don't want people who don't want to play for our team. Just so you know, the Spurs admitted that they really missed that opportunity to make him the highest paid player on the team, and Jordans at that time realized that they haven't offered much sponsorship to Kawhi. The Spurs had offered a max contract to him, and Jordan brand has also introduced a new signature shoe for him. But his uncle really wants him to go home and play in LA and was not convinced by Pop. Now, he got two DPOY from Spurs, and 2 rings. I doubt he can add more. But I'm pretty sure, Wemby can make a huge impact in the future, and can add more rings to the Spurs franchise, and will have a better career than Kawhi. Prediction, he will never be a champion once again, especially with that Clippers team with so many ball dominant players. We all know it's not gonna work 🤣🤣
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That specific team had the fuel that Dirk had with the Mavs in 2011. Losing a pretty much confirmed series and coming back stronger, to take revenge. I may be a Mavs fan,but that Spurs team had probably the best chemistry I've ever seen
2015 they did themselves no favors with that 6th seed. If they couldve gotten just a couple more wins & got the #2, things wouldve been different. They could've definitely had a chance vs the Warriors, but if i remember, the spurs had injury & chenistry issues all year, & it was too late by the time they got it together.
I think if they had won that last gm I think it was vs NO I think, they could've gone high as the 2 seed.
I remember that game vs the Pelicans. Danny Green was out there for like 25 minutes and didn't attempt a field goal.
Their record had nothing to do with where they finished in standings.
Do your research.
Trailblazers were automatically 4th seed, even though teams below them had far more wins than them, because Silver made a rule that division winners (which Portland were in 2015) automatically secure a top-4 seed.
That's what happened. That's why we unexpectedly got to see Clippers and Spurs in the 1st round. It didn't make sense
@coldhoops How about you re-read the second sentence of my comment? If they had won 2 more games & finished ahead of Houston in the standings, that would've put them in the 2nd seed. That's research right there.
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That was suppose to be the repeat year!! That was the greatest stain on the dynasty!! That they never repeated!!
They're not a dynasty.
@@michlo3393 they won 3 championships in 5 years that makes them a dynasty lol they won 4 championships in 9 😬
@@jgar3185 So? they weren't even the most dominant team of their era. If anything, they share the title of "co-best team of the 2000s" with the Lakers. Unless you want to call them both dynasties, I suppose that would make more sense, but you can't just call the Spurs one. SA: 5 titles in 15 years, LA: 5 titles in 10 years. People throw around the word "dynasty" so much it has no value anymore. Hey, Denver won the title last year, and they haven't lost yet this year, I guess they're a dynasty now.
@@michlo3393u sound stupid , it’s hard asf to win one ring let alone 5 in 15 years . They were a dynasty bro
@@michlo3393 good points and yeah I get what you’re saying but unfortunately the NBA recognizes them as a dynasty still. The NBA I swear, unless I’m mistaken because I don’t know everything but feels like it’s the only league that I know can have two so-called dynasty play in the same decade.
They could not repeat because Manu was getting bald. Tim was using dark magic, sacrificing Manu’s hair to keep his body from aging. Manu did not have much hair to be sacrificed so Tim got old, leading to the team’s downfall.
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5:03 As you can see, the Warriors had an extremely favorable playoff field in the West that season (keep in mind that the Thunder also missed the playoffs due to KD’s injuries)
That noise they got lucky fueled their desire to prove everyone wrong and won 73 games the next season and then blew a 3-1 lead in the finals ending goat team discussions.
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2014 should have been the repeat 🤣
That Tim Duncan missed layup costed them 2013,then Ray Allen lmao
Ray Allen 🐐
@@BokuGlack kawhi missed free throws in the clutch too
And duncan was subbed
@@BokuGlackfr duncan blew the easiest shit. And also goofy ahh pop taking out all his rebounders in that last defensive position which gave Miami 50 chances to score 😭😭😭
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That era was something else man!! I loved it!!
with the aging core of Duncan, Parker and Manu Ginobili , plus with the Warriors emerging as championship contenders, it was pretty clear after 2014 the Spurs were pretty much done, plus not to mention, the OKC team with Russ and KD before they broke up, they were still pretty formidable, this core wasn't gonna last forever but yeah the old Spurs pretty much couldn't even keep up with the young OKC team
That's not true that's not true first of all the Spurs were not old they were a little bit older but they weren't old and the last time that they had played OKC they destroyed OKC three out of the four victories were blowouts we're talking in 2014 in 2015 they weren't quite as good and they didn't play OKC in 2015 also in 2016 they had they didn't play OKC after 2014 the last time San Antonio met OKC they destroyed them in six games the last game being a 5-point win but all the others wins were by blowouts go back and check your history I lived through that that OKC team could not keep up with San Antonio San Antonio took them out
This the team that got me into basketball. Forever have respect for pop and the spurs
Great vid you should do this with the 2011 Mavs
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9/10 those Spurs teams go back to back in 2013-14
Do the 2010 lakers next
86' Celtics would be interesting.
6:36 probably the most random edit I’ve ever seen on this channel but I love it 😂
Hey Andy you should do a video about why the NBA got rid of the playoff and finals decals that we as NBA fans loved so much. I noticed the playoffs haven’t been the same since.
I think due to Coach Pop's philosophies being incorporated by his proteges like Steve Kerr (he mixed is philosophy with Phil Jackson's philosophy)
as a spurs fan since i can remember (i’m 25) that 2017 playoff run is so much more than that game 1 in the wcf, folks forget TP got hurt tha series b4 playing damn near tha best ball i had seen ina postseason since 2013/2014 & LA was doin his thing like we expected but after that damn kawhi injury i knew it was over & it was def gonna b sum rebuilding goin on considering we already had dejounte
2015 is one of the years that really shows why playoff seeding based on conference should go away. Just have it be the top 16 teams record wise
Teams that weren't able to repeat
1979 Seattle Supersonics
1983 Philadelphia 76ers
2006 Miami Heat
2021 Milwaukee Bucks
this was my favourite team all time!
The 2014 spurs should’ve been the repeat year of 2013. It was built perfectly for that squad and the timing of the era and teams competing at the time. After that it wasn’t the same
Spurs always had bad luck after winning a championship.
Spurs my fav team as a kid
Had me dead with the okc meme😭😭
If Kawhi made his FTs late in game 6 of the 2013 Finals, Ray Allen’s 3 wouldn’t have mattered; and the Spurs would have been back-to-back champs
Pop made it nasty nuff said.
From what I remember the team played rather complacent throughout the year. Parker, Ginobili and Diaw all regressed. Kawhi was supposed to take over but didn't - only the next year did he reach superstar level. Only Duncan seemed fired up to win. They could've been 2-seed with 56 wins but dropped the ball on Game 82 getting blown out by NO. That left them with 55 wins and losing tiebreakers, dropping to 6th. I knew then that they didn't have it to win the title. Still, I was looking forward to them challenging the Warriors. Being up 3-2 on the Clippers and not closing the deal in Round 1 was a mild surprise, because the Clippers were really good that whole year. I don't remember Parker being injured because he wasn't playing well all season, but I should have, because 10.9ppg can't be explained otherwise.
2014 WAS the repeat essentially. I know people say the spurs wouldn’t have gotten back in 14 had they won in 2013, but I think they would have, and would have repeated as champions.
No
I never realized how recent some of this stuff was
Greatest basketball franchise in history and all time
La or Boston but a close 3rd imo
@@i_fuze_hostages6 Bulls ?
5:34 got me😅
I mean when you think about it 2012-14 we’re the best teams they had even though they only won it in 2014. After the 2014 title Parker aged in dog years and even with Kawhi getting better they just simply couldn’t overcome Duncan’s body finally giving out. If they didn’t do it in 2014 it wasn’t going to happen considering how close they were in 2012 and 2013 (especially 2013).
My wife is from the San Antonio area and a big Spurs fan. She moved up here to Timberwolves territory and now we both rep our respective 21 jerseys out and about
The NBA rule change with the best team based off of wins and not division was a good rule change.
I don’t remember what year it was specifically, but the opening season game between SAS vs GSW was so good. Jonathan Simmons blocked tf out of Curry, The Spurs won, and it really made me think that maybe the Spurs are really one of the few teams that can matchup well against them. I think it was 2017 when Kd just joined GS.
Yep. Then Kawhi got injured
Their best last run was in 2017 they can beat the Warriors I'm sure of it. Pachulia though was the hidden dirty MVP of till Championship. But we can't witness the Raptors run if that's the case. Raptors where the young and defensive Spurs should be and was not just Leonard.
Amazing how that 1 dirty play changed everything
7:08: Timmy looked old bc in December of that year his right knee finally gave out. That’s why he finally retired.
The title should be “Why Greg Popovich never repeated?” Why? Because that 2014 team wasn’t the only Spurs team that didn’t win back-to-back titles.
That's the reason I don't hold that franchise in high regard.
I respect champions, but never being able to go back-to-back?
How good were you, REALLY? 🤔
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Their 14-15 season serves them right after their multiple DNP-old decisions during the season. They lost homecourt advantage that led to their early exit in their campaign.
im happy the raptors were able to squeeze one last good year out of Kawhi :^)
Chris paul is the main reason why 😂
Big problem aging core Tim Duncan, Tony Parker & Manu Ginobili
I remember screaming the first time i watched Tim Duncan miss that layup that could've won it all
They kept the same team from The Year before and didn't make the changes they needed to keep up with gsw and Cleveland
Always said this
They played the most beautiful basketball
They were old AF
That’s all… Didn’t even need to watch
NEXT!
I don’t blame Kawhi for wanting to leave my Spurs. I believe it was Uncle Dennis who made things ugly
With the Clipper the dude was found to be exposed for wanting so much incentives. He wouldn’t even let Pop talk to Kawhi man to man to try and work things out
Really wish Kawhi would’ve stayed
The reason is the man they called CP3.
I think the clippers just matched up too well with us that year, if we beat la i think we get to the finals.... idk if we beat cleveland, on one end no kevin love but on the other end kyrie wouldn't have got hurt
Warriors happened that’s why, no need for a 12 minute video to explain
Shoulda mentioned how CP3 beat them with a tough buzzer beater over Tim Duncan of all ppl
2016 i really thought OKC had figured it out
Always thought that it is 1-1 for Lebron's miami team against Duncan's Spurs now they can decide who is the best the 3rd year on a showdown but ran away to go to cleveland to trade wiggins, bennet for love because cleveland got 3 number 1 picks in 4 years. Running away from challenge and take the easy way out is always what he does.
There best chance was to win it in Game 7 with the home court advantage in 2013 finals but they blew it.
Yup! Thanks for reminding me how much I hate Zaza! 😂
Please make video why Miami heat 2013 can't three peet
Because pop lost the last game on purpose so the pelicans could get in and it warped the standings. The 2 biggest challengers to the warriors met in the 1st round instead of the spurs playing and beating gsw in round 2. It ruined the bracket and started the warriors reign
can we do one of the bucks team?
10:17 That was the dirtiest play in the entire NBA history.
Pls do why 2020 lakers were not able to repeat
The Spurs never could repeat at any point. They had injuries in 2000, lost in the 2nd round in 2004, lost in 2006, lost in the WCF in 2008, and lost in the first round in 2015. They could never get over the hump. And yet people call them a "dYnAsTy" LMAO. Please, come on, great team? absolutely, but let's have some standards, that word gets thrown around way too often.
Why do we as the audience always expect championship teams to repeat?
Let me tell ya if it was early to mid 00s they would've steamrolled all those teams but unfortunately time doesn't stop for no1. Spurs were my team back in my highschool days
if kawhi had hit that free throw or ray allen didnt make that legendary 3, it wouldve been a repeat
No player averaged over 30 minutes per game in the regular season
What temperature does the nba run in their arena's?
Probably because OKC was good and Golden State was coming up and the clippers were still good that's why and because LeBron teamed up with a young Kyrie and young Kevin love
Zaza Pachulia is the real finals mvp in 2016. 😂😂😂
Did he injured him on purpose that's the real question
@@BEASTXGAMING19 he has a reputation on hurting other players intentionaly.
*2017
Ask Zaza Pachulia, he knows why.
They weren't able to repeat because the team they played in the playoffs made more baskets than they did.
And that's how it goes sometimes.
They Still Were Contenders For Three More Years
Short answer: they ran into the Warriors
2014 wasn't that bad. 2013 was the one that hurt. I was actually ok when the Spurs lost and Timmy waved bye to the game as he was heading out. Always mentioned 2014 was good enough to last me a decade.
Interestingly enough, Spurs got Wemby. Made those mediocre years after the big 3 era was worth it.
IF CP3 doesn’t go off in that game 7 win that first round series matchup against them, and Kawhi not going M I A, I truly believe they could’ve gav the warriors a run for their money in the WCF had they matched up …
2015 could of won but okc exposed our rebounding woes and 2016 could of won since we match up perfectly with the warriors but Zaza had other plans
OKC weren’t even in the playoffs in 2015, it was 2016 when they beat the Spurs.
Zaza injuring Kawhi was in 2017
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Where would Tim Duncan be all-time if the spurs won the 2013 Finals? Mind you he'd be 6-0 in the finals and would prolly have won the finals mvp as well.
9:17 this is actually ridiculous.
Didn't appreciate them enough previously, style over substance basketball.
That Zaza move was dirty as heck, else I think they match-up really well and I'm not saying they'll definitely win BUT we would definitely have a different history.
& Having the #2 player in the league JOINING the #1 TEAM that defeated them is insane.
Zaza Pachulia happened
2 words: injured Khawi
2016 i thought they had a shot at beating the warriors