They are the definition of what being a team means. A group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task, job, or project. This team has done just that.
Putting their egos aside and completing the task at hand-winning an NBA title.
What players on San Antonio do so well is operate with a high degree of interdependence, share authority and responsibility for self-management, are accountable for the collective performance, and work toward a common goal and shared rewards.
A team becomes more than just a collection of people when a strong sense of mutual commitment creates synergy, thus generating performance greater than the sum of the performance of its individual members.