Devin on the playoff roster

[whottt]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA042105.spursbrown.en.1fde77907.html

NEW: Devin Brown makes Spurs' playoff roster
Web Posted: 04/21/2005 03:36 PM CDT

Johnny Ludden
Express-News Staff Writer

The Spurs included Devin Brown on their 12-man playoff roster this afternoon.

Brown has not played since March 21 because of a herniated disc in his lower back. He has yet to completely regain the strength in his right leg and won’t be ready to play when the team begins its first-round, best-of-seven series against Denver on Sunday.

Mike Wilks, Sean Marks and Linton Johnson III did not make the roster

[ducks]

barry better defend boykins

[whottt]

Mine was posted first!

[whottt]

I figure he can give up 23 points to him as do as good of a job as Wilks did the last time we played them.

[ducks]

mine was posted at 2:20 yours was 2:24 my link was posted at the same time as yours though

peace bro!

[Gummi]

Just like I would pick it. You have to have Devin on the roster, even if he's not 100%. He has earned the spot.

[ducks]

Just like I would pick it. You have to have Devin on the roster, even if he's not 100%. He has earned the spot.


if there was no chance he ever would play would you put him on the roster

[whottt]

As long as it kept Wilks off of it.

[Hook Dem]

To me this is a no brainer! They made the right choice.

[MadDog73]

oh, no, not hypothetical arguments again!

If Devin doesn't play in the Playoffs, then it was a bad choice.

If he plays decently at some point, good choice.

Doesn't surprise me really, since Wilks obviously did not impress Pop against the Grizzlies (4 pts, 3 reb in 20 min).

(of course, he actually played better than Parker last night, so who knows? Maybe Pop knows that Devin is getting better)

[Gummi]

If Devin was out with a broken leg or something, then no. But he will be back in this series I think, limited minutes, but he'll most likely play. If (when) we're going to advance, Devin will be a valuable part of the team so I agree with Pop's picks.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

Wilks was really only there for his defense, he would of been our best choice on Boykins, now Parker will have to log heavy minutes

[whottt]

Wilks was really only there for his defense, he would of been our best choice on Boykins

Link?

Boykins best game against us, and our worst loss to Denver this season, came in the game where Wilks got his most minutes against Denver...

Wilks and our best games against him came when Wilks got DNPCD'ed...

[cherylsteele]

(of course, he actually played better than Parker last night, so who knows?

Wilks stunk it up last night...did you not see the easy pass he missed when GRob's defender fell down? He practically threw it out of bounds.....GRob was ready for the pass because he knew he was open.....Wilks is not as good as people say.....his mistakes had been cleaned up by Duncan and Rasho during the year.

[Hook Dem]

Wilks was really only there for his defense, he would of been our best choice on Boykins, now Parker will have to log heavy minutes
So you would make a choice based on one bench player on one team?

[ChumpDumper]

Wilks was here to keep up with Parker in practice. Any pt has been a result of TP's being injured or Beno sucking.

[whottt]

So you would make a choice based on one bench player on one team?


It's not only that...but Boykins and Denver destroyed us the only game Wilks got substantial minutes in...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=250401007

[Kori Ellis]

SPURS ANNOUNCE PLAYOFF ROSTER



SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Spurs today announced their roster for the 2005 NBA Playoffs. The Spurs open the NBA Playoffs against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. at the SBC Center.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS 2004-05 ROSTER

NO PLAYER POS. HT. WT. DOB COLLEGE NBA YEARS

17 Brent Barry G 6-7 210 12/31/71 Oregon State ’95 9

12 Bruce Bowen G/F 6-7 200 06/14/71 Cal State Fullerton '93 8

23 Devin Brown G 6-5 220 12/30/78 UTSA ’01 2

21 Tim Duncan F/C 6-11 260 04/25/76 Wake Forest ‘97 7

20 Manu Ginobili G 6-6 205 07/28/77 Argentina 2

5 Robert Horry F 6-10 240 08/25/70 Alabama ’82 12

34 Tony Massenburg F/C 6-9 250 07/31/67 Maryland ’90 12

2 Nazr Mohammed C 6-10 250 09/05/77 Kentucky ’99 6

8 Rasho Nesterovic C 7-0 248 05/30/76 Slovenia 5

3 Glenn Robinson F 6-7 240 01/10/73 Purdue ’94 6

9 Tony Parker G 6-2 180 05/17/82 INSEP (Paris) 3

14 Beno Udrih G 6-3 205 07/05/82 Slovenia R

PLAYERS NOT ON PLAYOFF ROSTER
43 Linton Johnson III F 6-8 225 06/13/80 Tulane ’02 1

4 Sean Marks F/C 7-0 245 08/23/75 California ’98 5

11 Mike Wilks G 5-10 180 05/07/79 Rice ’01 2


Head Coach: Gregg Popovich (Air Force Academy ‘70)

Assistant Coaches: P.J. Carlesimo (Fordham ’71)

Mike Budenholzer (Pomona College ‘93)

Don Newman (Idaho ‘87)

Brett Brown (Boston University ’83)

Athletic Trainer: Will Sevening (Wisconsin-La Crosse ‘90)

Assistant Trainer: Joe Gutzwiller (Indiana University '86)

Strength Coach: Mike Brungardt (Central State University '77)

Captain: Tim Duncan


HOW THE ROSTER WAS BUILT

THE NBA DRAFT

Tim Duncan First round pick in 1997 NBA Draft, first overall selection

Manu Ginobili Second round pick in 1999 NBA Draft, 57th overall selection

Tony Parker First round pick in 2001 NBA Draft, 28th overall selection

Beno Udrih First round pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, 28th overall selection

TRADES

Nazr Mohammed Obtained from New York on 2/24/05 with Jamison Brewer in exchange for Malik Rose and a pair of first round picks

FREE AGENTS

Bruce Bowen signed on 7/31/01 Brent Barry signed on 7/15/04

Rasho Nesterovic signed on 7/24/03 Tony Massenburg signed on 8/4/04

Robert Horry signed on 7/24/03 Linton Johnson III signed on 8/25/04

Devin Brown signed on 8/1/03 Mike Wilks signed on 10/27/04

Sean Marks signed on 9/29/03 Glenn Robinson signed on 4/4/05

[timvp]

This was a no-brainer. Wilks or Marks in a playoff game is suicide.

If Brown can play some minutes against Phoenix, he can help. Until then, anything he can give would be gravy.

[Kori Ellis]

Tony will be logging heavy minutes against Denver, but this was the right decision.

[whottt]

If something should happen to Bruce we'll be glad Devin is on the active roster...

And should we wind up playing the Heat in the finals...Devin can be invaluable being put on Wade.

[MannyIsGod]

Yeah, I don't know why it was even debated. Boykins is not Jordan, and Wilks is not Bowen. The matchup was severely overestimated.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

Link?

Boykins best game against us, and our worst loss to Denver this season, came in the game where Wilks got his most minutes against Denver...

Wilks and our best games against him came when Wilks got DNPCD'ed...


Beno can't even get the ball up the floor with Boykins defensive pressure, much less stay in front of Boykins on defense. Just because boykins had one good game against wilks doesnt mean he's not best suited on our team to guard boykins.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

So you would make a choice based on one bench player on one team?

No, but i realize Beno wont be able to hang with boykins. And tony will have to play 40 + minutes a game.

[whottt]

The only game Boykins was a factor against us this entire season was the game where Wilks defended him....The other 3 games Boykins did next to nothing...including the game without both Duncan and Manu that we lost.

[Jimcs50]

With the long 1st round, Devin has enough time to get well by the Phoenix series.

[spurster]

There is quite of bit of time for Devin to recover with 1st game Sunday, 2nd game Wed, and 3rd game Sat.

[picnroll]

With the time between games and the commercial breaks during games Parker should have no trouble playing 40 minutes. Beno, Manu, Bowen can handle a few minutes on Miller.

Brown will be very useful down the road particularly against Seattle, Phoenix or Dallas

[TMSKILZ]

Thank GOD D.Brown was added, before long he's going to be Steve Kerr reincarnated this playoff run!

[Rummpd]

REASON has prevailed.

Devin Brown Fan!!!

[exstatic]

You don't set your playoff roster for one matchup against your first round opponent's backup PG. As stated, Tony will play heavy minutes, which is not bad since they seem to have plenty of time off between games.

[xcoriate]

exactly as it should be IMO

a boykins wilks matchup will be one by boykins every day of the week and twice on sundays

Boykins vs Parker, Barry or even Udrih most times will be won by us.

[tw05baller]

nazr should strt until rasho shows he truly deserves it

[Solid D]

This was a no-brainer. Wilks or Marks in a playoff game is suicide.

If Brown can play some minutes against Phoenix, he can help. Until then, anything he can give would be gravy.

I see you're tagging along on the strength of Jim's insights again, timvp. Come on. Be original. :hat

[timvp]

I see you're tagging along on the strength of Jim's insights again, timvp. Come on. Be original. :hat

I'm not ashamed to follow the teachings of Nostradamas.

:hat

[milkyway21]

good choice. This player's composure when Spurs played the Lakers last season is outstanding. i hope he'll be ready to play before the 1st round series is over.

thanks, Pops! it's definitely worth the blood! :D