Spurs Make It Five Championships in Dominating Form

San Antonio Spurs are one of the best franchises in sports. They had won four championships in 14 years as well as a duration of great seasons as well. San Antonio captured their fifth championship beating Miami Heat in five games in a blowout fashion for the last three of them. San Antonio won with a pure team effort with beautiful passing and always finding the open man. The way the Spurs put Miami to sleep was extremely impressive.

Kawhi Leonard is one of the youngest players to win NBA Finals MVP. Leonard, the soft-spoken assassin, dominated the series with his enhanced scoring and defense of LeBron James. He was a worthy candidate to take home the MVP award due to the series changing when Leonard started taking over on the offensive end. In the last three games, Leonard averaged 23.6 points a game with 9.3 rebounds shooting a stunning 68 percent from the field. Kawhi took total control of his series looking like the star people thought he could in the future. He had three big games vaulting him into another echelon of players whether the quiet Leonard likes it or not.  Although it might not be fair to him.

People might have forgotten Leonard averaged 12 points with six rebounds a game for the season. Leonard did not have an All-Star season by any means. He looked like an All-Star in the last three games but will this immediately correlate into him being a consistent All-Star?  The jury is still out. Leonard is still a young player with a developing offense game. The expectations for Kawhi will be sky high, but in reality, we need to take a step back in thinking about him as a premier player in the league. He is a good one, and Leonard has the skill set to be a great yet at this point of his career, we need to take it day by day instead of making rash overreactions about him.

Many people including yours truly believe Duncan has reached the end of the road. Not many athletes can retire on top like Duncan will be able to if he decides to retire. This would almost be a mic drop for Duncan's career letting people know he is one of the best to ever play the game. The question is what if Duncan and the Spurs decide to run it back for another year? San Antonio could be contenders for the title again next season if most of the team comes back. Patty Mills will likely be elsewhere, same could be the case for Matt Bonner. Sure, they will have battle in the West with Oklahoma City, Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State and Houston, but San Antonio is still on the iron throne. If one of these teams want to take control, they need to beat San Antonio first.

This is the dream scenario for the LeBron haters.  People will point to LeBron James being 2-3 in NBA Finals, but there is a definite flaw with that record. First of all, like quarterback wins, it is completely stupid to judge a player's NBA Finals as an indication of what he is as a basketball player.  LeBron lost his first Finals appearance playing with a gang of nobodies against San Antonio's team in their prime. The lost to Dallas is really the only surprise out of those five honestly. For perspective, Magic Johnson went 5-4 in his NBA Finals career and lost the last two of his career. LeBron will get back to the Finals at least one more time whether it is with Miami or not. The only time the Finals things becomes a discussion is if he doesn't win one ever again.

NBA season is over in a quick instant, but what a season. I keep saying there is no hotter sport than the game of basketball. Sure, NFL might be king, but the Internet is dominated by the NBA. It will only continue as they are many things to watch in the upcoming offseason.

Charlie.