Why did the Spurs only win 1 championship since 2007?

[Dray n Klay]

They've been contenders every year since 2007, they are supposedly the GOAT organization, yet why only 1 championship in practically the last decade? :confusedshrug:

[FreezingTsmoove]

Theres nothing wrong with 2 championships in 10 years :facepalm

[34-24 Footwork]

Theres nothing wrong with 2 championships in 10 years :facepalm


Lakers, 2008
Ray Allen, 2013


2015 Western Conference- Playing the Clippers in the 1st round was pretty unfair.

[Lebronxrings]

great coaching can only take you so far

[BigKAT]

Give me one championship.
Just one.

Hell. Give me the playoffs.

You're just nitpicking at this point man. Amazing organization. 50 Wins every years. Tons of WCF's. 5/6 Finals Success rate. Come on man. They only won once since 07' because the competition was awesome, not because they lacked anything. Except maybe that memphis blunder.

[lilteapot]

What kind of question is this?

It's because they ran into superior competition.

[Kblaze8855]

They've been contenders every year since 2007, they are supposedly the GOAT organization, yet why only 1 championship in practically the last decade? :confusedshrug:


No matter who the think the GOAT franchise is...they have gone well over 10 years without a ring. The Lakers didnt win from Mikan to 72...didnt win from 88 to 2000...and might not win again til 2026. The Celtics had a 22 year run without a ring. The Bulls didnt win till 91 and they started in the 60s. The Pistons lost for 35 years before winning. The 76ers won in 67 and 83...and never again. The Knicks have 2 in 70 years.

All that considered im not sure what the problem is here. The greatest franchise in any major american sport...would still have cold streaks. And the Spurs didnt go cold like the Celtics who were awful for years...or the Lakers who have been for years...or the Bulls and Pistons....and warriors...and Rockets...who all went bad and stayed bad for years.

In 48 years the Spurs have gone under 30 wins just 3 times. And one was as the Dallas Chaparrals in the ABA...and one was when they lost Drob and tanked for Duncan.

So I dont know who you could even be comparing them to in order to throw that "Supposedly" in there and attach it to "only" winning 2 rings in a decade.

The winningest franchise went over 20 years without a ring. The Spurs cant "only" make 3 finals and win 2 rings in a ten year period...one of them lost by a single shot?

[Bigsmoke]

The spurs were aging and kawhi was either too young or wasn't there at all

[GrapeApe]

Because winning a championship is really hard? Most organizations would love to have 2 championships in 10 years. The Spurs have also played in a historically competetive conference. The fact remains that year in and year out they are in the mix to win a championship. They haven't had a bad season in nearly 20 years. That in and of itself is remarkable.

[Dray n Klay]

No matter who the think the GOAT franchise is...they have gone well over 10 years without a ring. The Lakers didnt win from Mikan to 72...didnt win from 88 to 2000...and might not win again til 2026. The Celtics had a 22 year run without a ring. The Bulls didnt win till 91 and they started in the 60s. The Pistons lost for 35 years before winning. The 76ers won in 67 and 83...and never again. The Knicks have 2 in 70 years.

All that considered im not sure what the problem is here. The greatest franchise in any major american sport...would still have cold streaks. And the Spurs didnt go cold like the Celtics who were awful for years...or the Lakers who have been for years...or the Bulls and Pistons....and warriors...and Rockets...who all went bad and stayed bad for years.

In 48 years the Spurs have gone under 30 wins just 3 times. And one was as the Dallas Chaparrals in the ABA...and one was when they lost Drob and tanked for Duncan.

So I dont know who you could even be comparing them to in order to throw that "Supposedly" in there and attach it to "only" winning 2 rings in a decade.

The winningest franchise went over 20 years without a ring. The Spurs cant "only" make 3 finals and win 2 rings in a ten year period...one of them lost by a single shot?

Thats exactly my point :confusedshrug:



The only time great organisations go into a cold streak is when they are completely rebuilding.



The Spurs have contended with 50+ win seasons every year in the last 9 years, and only won 1 ring



Thats pretty bad :confusedshrug:







Its the equivalent of the 60's Celtics only winning 1 ring with their talented roster

[Dray n Klay]

Its pretty weird that the Spurs only managed 1 ring since 2007







That would be like the Dynasty Celtics only managing to win 1 ring the entire 60's :confusedshrug:

[GrapeApe]

Not surprising at all to me.

These Spurs teams were your average role players who were fortunate enough to have a coach like Pop to prop them up.

Two great examples are Duncan and Kawhi who would be role players in any other system.

They also only won rings when they had lucky breaks in the playoffs.

They won 5 championships due to lucky breaks?

Also, there was no "Pop system" in Duncan's early years. Duncan was the system.

[Ca$H]

They've been contenders every year since 2007, they are supposedly the GOAT organization, yet why only 1 championship in practically the last decade? :confusedshrug:

2008- Kobe

2013- Ray Allen

[D-Wait]

The Spurs are so lucky that they weren't in the Beastern Conference... they would not have won anything there!

[FKAri]

Because they're terrible. Just a terrible organization that plays terrible basketball. They should all be executed.

[sunnyboy91]

Not surprising at all to me.

These Spurs teams were your average role players who were fortunate enough to have a coach like Pop to prop them up.

Two great examples are Duncan and Kawhi who would be role players in any other system.

They also only won rings when they had lucky breaks in the playoffs.
:biggums: :biggums: :biggums:
Worst post I've ever read.
Pop was lucky to have Duncan and Kawhi. They both would be great in any system.
I'm sick of Pop getting all the credit for every great Spurs player.

Did you even watch some of the awful lineups Pop was putting just this year vs OKC????
West/Boban vs Adams/Kanter in every 3rd q doesnt seem like great coaching to me.
Theres not a coach in the world that could transform a typical 'role player,' as you put it, into a superstar like Timmy.
What do you think Timmy would have been like in his prime with another team?

[feyki]

Duncan was passed his prime .

[Uncle Drew]

Asking why they only won one championship since .... is the biggest compliment you could give them. It means that they've been great for decades. People would be dying to see their team be legitimate contenders for one year, let alone more than 15.

Therefore your thread just backfired.

[SpaceJam]

Not surprising at all to me.

These Spurs teams were your average role players who were fortunate enough to have a coach like Pop to prop them up.

Two great examples are Duncan and Kawhi who would be role players in any other system.

They also only won rings when they had lucky breaks in the playoffs.

OH BOY.


OH BOY.

[BigKAT]

Asking why they only won one championship since .... is the biggest compliment you could give them. It means that they've been great for decades. People would be dying to see their team be legitimate contenders for one year, let alone more than 15.

Therefore your thread just backfired.

You're right.
I think any fan here would love having a thread like this about their team.

[greatest-ever]

Because 07 was the last season of Duncan's prime.

[Rockets(T-mac)]

Thats exactly my point :confusedshrug:



The only time great organisations go into a cold streak is when they are completely rebuilding.



The Spurs have contended with 50+ win seasons every year in the last 9 years, and only won 1 ring



Thats pretty bad :confusedshrug:







Its the equivalent of the 60's Celtics only winning 1 ring with their talented rosterYea cuz 50 wins guarantees a championship.

[ninephive]

Duncan had a gradual decline that bottomed out in 2011. Granted, he improved afterwards, but it wasn't quite enough.

Manu was hit or miss with injuries or really bad series (2013 Finals for example).

Parker peaked and carried the team in those years, but he needed a little more help. He had a couple 30 PPG playoff series and some good 25/10 ones as well, but you don't see point guards carry teams to multiple titles too often.

Parker had an amazing 2007 Finals even when Duncan & Ginobili had bad series, and then Parker was the Spurs only All-Star & All-NBA player in 2014 when he led the team in scoring and assists throughout the regular season and playoffs. He even led the team in scoring in the Finals, but Kawhi had a better all around series.

[ninephive]

Thats exactly my point :confusedshrug:



The only time great organisations go into a cold streak is when they are completely rebuilding.



The Spurs have contended with 50+ win seasons every year in the last 9 years, and only won 1 ring



Thats pretty bad :confusedshrug:







Its the equivalent of the 60's Celtics only winning 1 ring with their talented roster
You're seriously comparing the 60's to today's era? There were 8 teams in the league, not 30. In the Celtics championship runs in the 60's, they literally had to win 2 series. That's the equivalent of MAKING the Conference Finals, which the Spurs have done 5 times since 2007.