“but this year’s team may be the greatest of all time.”
I don’t think so. The spurs played team ball, excellent defense and here is the biggie, had 5 guys on the floor at all times all of whom could shoot.
A lot of championship teams had this quality.
Magic, Kareem, Worthy, Fisher, and Byron Scott with Cooper off the bench were a team, all played good d and all could shoot.
The old Knicks with Frazier, Barnett, Debussere, Bradley, Lucas and cazzie russell, john stallworth off the bench. They played team ball, great D and everyone could shoot.
Same goes for Bird, Parrish, D Johnson, Ainge, McHale.
Same for the Pistons of Laimbeer, aguire/dantley, Dumars, Isaih, and Rodman, Salley and vinnie Johnson off the Bench.
When you played them, you couldn’t double anyone because the open man would kill you and on offense, it was a real challenge because they all played good individual defense and excellent team defense too.
Rodman couldn’t shoot. But he was one hell of a defensive player and a monster on the boards (And he was one dirty player too, who would pull down your pants while defending you ). I never liked the Pistons.