Stupidity of Heat Culture

[slightly biased bias fan]

Recently I saw a video short of Erik Spoelstra running with his coaches and it was emphasising hEaT cUlTuRe. Just yesterday I saw a new Nike commercial with Tyler Herro talking about the same culture garbage.

The way Miami self promotes that rubbish everywhere, like their jerseys & on their court makes me nauseous. To casual NBA fans you would think the Miami Heat are the gold standard in NBA history.

In their 37 year existence the Heat have won 3 titles. Their first was because they got Shaq. A guy who was notoriously lazy, out of shape and selfish. He was all these things for the Heat. The other two titles were because of LeBron James. Winning titles with one of the greatest players in NBA history (in his prime) does not scream culture.

The real NBA franchise of culture is the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs just do not constantly toot their own horn about it.

[Phantom255x]

I agree, it's nauseating. I still laugh very hard even at my Heat friends that they have this atrocity on their courts during "heat culture" moments 

[Moranis]

Spurs? The franchise that did one of the most blatant tank jobs in history to land one of the 10 greatest players in history who won at least 50 games every year of his career, went 5-1 in finals with said player, and have 0 finals appearances without said player.  A franchise that has one of the longest playoff droughts in the sport now into their 7th year. 

The entire Spurs culture was Tim Duncan.  He was the winner. He is the one that got them titles and wins.  They've been a mediocre franchise without Tim Duncan.

[slightly biased bias fan]

Spurs? The franchise that did one of the most blatant tank jobs in history to land one of the 10 greatest players in history who won at least 50 games every year of his career, went 5-1 in finals with said player, and have 0 finals appearances without said player.  A franchise that has one of the longest playoff droughts in the sport now into their 7th year. 

The entire Spurs culture was Tim Duncan.  He was the winner. He is the one that got them titles and wins.  They've been a mediocre franchise without Tim Duncan.

The Spurs won the Western Conference in 1994-95 (pre Duncan) and won 61 games in 2016-17 (post Duncan).

David Robinson & Gregg Popovich were military guys, Tim Duncan was malleable enough to fit into their military style environment. The Spurs ethos is that everyone is accountable and does their job.

The Spurs go for coachable players who understand their role. Go back and look at nobodies who have come through the Spurs development system, become high level role players, got paid elsewhere but were never as good.

Look at the Spurs coaching tree across the NBA. Heck look at the Oklahoma City Thunder and the environment they have built, that has all come from Sam Presti and his experience in San Antonio.

The Spurs are the New England Patriots of the NBA.