re: What's your favorite sports phenomena that you actively followed?

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Even if the saints were to win another Super Bowl, it won’t come close to the first one..

Can’t even really explain it tbh, it’s one of those things where you’d had to have been in NOLA to understand.. when we started 13-0, then entered the playoffs, the city was ELECTRIC.. not sure we will ever experience that (feeling) again

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I can relate--there are few things sweeter than being a part of a franchise's first title run (or first one in over a generation).

San Antonio in 1999 would have been my answer if there was a "1b" part to this question. It was magical. And it's a feeling that, you're right, is never truly captured again (at least not en masse ).

Winning the title in 2003 was special/unexpected, but also more about sending off David Robinson than anything.

2005 was more of a relief. That team should have won in 2004, and got pushed to the damn brink by Detroit.

2007 was gravy. Mainly got lucky that GSW took out Dallas.

2014 was probably the closest to 1999 in terms of meaningfulness. Primarily because of getting our hearts ripped out in the Finals the year before, but also because no one knew how much longer Duncan would play. That we got redemption vs. Miami and ran them off the floor in the process was cathartic.

2014 was probably slightly more special for me personally, but probably 9 out of 10 Spurs fans would cite 1999 as their most cherished. Can't replicate that type of euphoria.