Perhaps consistency — they’ve never missed the playoffs and they never won less than 50 games in a season.
Consistency sounds appropriate.
What about success — 5 NBA championships, 6 Conference titles, 12 Division Titles. Ok, it sounds right.
Maybe model — their former staff members became head coaches of other NBA teams, implementing the “Spurs way” throughout the entire league.
That’s a strong case for model franchise. The truth is all these words could perfectly describe Spurs.
But there is one that is most important and fundamental, the one that reaches far beyond basketball and sports.