#3 – San Antonio Spurs
The Spurs are the only team in the league that can rival the Lakers’ success over the past decade. Led by Tim Duncan and the sage Gregg Poppovich, they have been a formidable foe over the years.
Despite being a legitimate rivalry and having its fair share of memorable moments, it has lacked vitriol. The Spurs, for the most part, have always lacked a villain. Sure, some fans considered Bruce Bowen “dirty,” but he was just more of an old school basketball player who was going to make you know he was guarding you around the clock. Their best player, Tim Duncan, is just like his play: boring. I don’t like the guy, I don’t hate the guy, but there is no doubt that I respect him. I guess that sums up the Lakers-Spurs rivalry.
This summer, the Spurs traded a bag of peanuts, three Spalding basketballs, and some athletic tape for Richard Jefferson. At the time, it was hailed as a coupe d’état that would lead to the re-vitalization of the Duncan-led Spurs. Unfortunately, it now appears that Milwaukee Bucks were the hustler and not the hustled, because Richard Jefferson died sometime during 2006. Somebody is just wearing his skin as a costume, as originally seen in Men in Black.
As it stands now, the Los Angeles Lakers dropped the death-knell to the Duncan era in the 2008 Western Conference Finals. It was an honorable death indeed.
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