Someday, I hope Danny and Brad Stevens can turn the Celtics into this

[Global Celtic]

Danny Ainge understands "The Secret" of basketball - I truly believe this. I just think he wasn't able to replicate the beautiful side of basketball in the modern Celtics... yet. The Truth and KG and Ray Ray and Rondo were great. But only the Spurs truly epitomize team basketball in the modern era. This video is a thing of beauty...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6NbJMq-QfU

[Clench123]

That is a really good video.  Thanks for sharing.

[michael 26]

The Spurs are truly great role models for a team. I think every team in the NBA should try to achieve what they have done.

[manl_lui]

I agree - I Love the Spurs, Pop and his players are what every team should be. I mean drafting Tim Duncan did wonders for them, and they never really traded for a top talent, and since drafting Duncan, they've been consistent.

I wonder how the future looks like without Duncan though

[Celtics18]

I'm a big fan of the way the Spurs play basketball, but to me the 2008-2012 Celtics played some extremely beautiful basketball of their own.

[pearljammer10]

I'm a big fan of the way the Spurs play basketball, but to me the 2008-2012 Celtics played some extremely beautiful basketball of their own.

They certainly did but there was also many, MANY excruciatingly boring and frustrating Celtics basketball played during those same years.  There were times, when they were on top of their game playing at the highest levels, but sometimes it was brutally boring basketball.

There were few points in those years however, that matched what the Spurs have done consistently for 17 years.

[D.o.s.]

I'm a big fan of the way the Spurs play basketball, but to me the 2008-2012 Celtics played some extremely beautiful basketball of their own.

They certainly did but there was also many, MANY excruciatingly boring and frustrating Celtics basketball played during those same years.  There were times, when they were on top of their game playing at the highest levels, but sometimes it was brutally boring basketball.

There were few points in those years however, that matched what the Spurs have done consistently for 17 years.

There aren't many teams more excruciatingly boring than the historically dull Duncan/Robinson Spurs of the turn of the century.

[Celtics18]

I'm a big fan of the way the Spurs play basketball, but to me the 2008-2012 Celtics played some extremely beautiful basketball of their own.

They certainly did but there was also many, MANY excruciatingly boring and frustrating Celtics basketball played during those same years.  There were times, when they were on top of their game playing at the highest levels, but sometimes it was brutally boring basketball.

There were few points in those years however, that matched what the Spurs have done consistently for 17 years.

Of course there were times when it wasn't attractive basketball, but there have been times that the Spurs have played some boring basketball as well.  Every possession over the course of the past seventeen years from the Spurs hasn't looked like the ones picked for that video. 

[GreenWarrior]

I give the Spurs a lot of credit for getting more out of role players than any other team and drafting coachable players and getting the most out of them. if there was one NBA team that was like the Patriots it's them...or I guess you could reverse that and say if there was one NFL team like the Spurs it's the Patriots.

but that's where i'm done giving them credit, in fact what I just said might be a more attributed to Popavich than anything. other than that if they don't land Duncan their run probably ends after Robinson retires. and even then if Duncan goes anywhere else I doubt he wins as much he did without Pop and his ability to surround him with the same players.

[alecmcafee]

To have that we will have to get lucky like the Spurs did in drafting a player like Duncan. Without that pick they don't have any of the success that they have had.

[LarBrd33]

Easy peasy... just draft one of the 10 greatest players ever to live and build around him for 15 years.

[freshinthehouse]

I'm a big fan of the way the Spurs play basketball, but to me the 2008-2012 Celtics played some extremely beautiful basketball of their own.

In our lifetimes we may never see a Celtics team play better defense than that 07-08 team.  They were out of this world on D.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Easy peasy... just draft one of the 10 greatest players ever to live and build around him for 15 years.

signed,

Pops

[86MaxwellSmart]

with all due respect....Spurs wouldn't be JACK-*%&*....if the Lottery Balls had dropped differently.....
...in 1997, if the Celtics get Duncan....what then---?

[knuckleballer]

with all due respect....Spurs wouldn't be JACK-*%&*....if the Lottery Balls had dropped differently.....
...in 1997, if the Celtics get Duncan....what then---?

Pitino probably would have traded him away... or at least found some way to screw it up.