Rank these Spurs bigs..

[HarlemHeat37]

Rank the following Spurs bigs..

- Robert Horry
- Tiago Splitter
- Rasho Nesterovic
- Kurt Thomas
- Nazr Mohamed
- Francisco Elson
- Fab Oberto
- Matt Bonner
- Dejuan Blair
- Malik Rose

[TJastal]

My ranking (in the order I would pick them)

Robinson
Splitter
Mohammed
Nesterovic
Oberto
Horry
Rose
Thomas
Elson
Bonner
Blair

[Dex]

- Robert Horry
- Rasho Nesterovic
- Tiago Splitter
- Fab Oberto
- Malik Rose
- Kurt Thomas
- Dejuan Blair
- Nazr Mohamed
- Francisco Elson
- Matt Bonner

[Kuestmaster]

Horry
Splitter
Mohammed
Oberto
Rose
Nesterovic
Blair
Thomas
Elson











Bonner

[14dave]

- Robinson
- Horry
- Blair
- Oberto
- Splitter
- Rose
- Nesterovic
- Thomas
- Bonner
- Elson
- Mohammed

[TJastal]

- Robinson
- Horry
- Blair
- Oberto
- Splitter
- Rose
- Nesterovic
- Thomas
- Bonner
- Elson
- Mohammed

Blair @ #3, really? Why the _____?

[14dave]

Blair, Oberto, Splitter and Rose are so close in my ranking. You can change them, it's the same.

[shraediggz]

- Robert Horry
- Tiago Splitter
- Nazr Mohamed
- Rasho Nesterovic
- Fab Oberto
- Francisco Elson
- Dejuan Blair
- Malik Rose
- Kurt Thomas
- Matt Bonner

What... no Antonio McDyess, Danny Ferry, Kevin Willis, or Tony Massenburg?

[TJastal]

Blair, Oberto, Splitter and Rose are so close in my ranking. You can change them, it's the same.


That's still outrageous, given his decline so far this season. No offense.

Don't get why you have Nazr Mohammed last either. Legit 7 footer, can protect rim, superior defensive player in general including rebounding, can score around the basket. All the things Pop generally dislikes nowadays.

[cherylsteele]

- Robert Horry
- Tiago Splitter
- Nazr Mohamed
- Rasho Nesterovic
- Fab Oberto
- Francisco Elson
- Dejuan Blair
- Malik Rose
- Kurt Thomas
- Matt Bonner

What... no Antonio McDyess, Danny Ferry, Kevin Willis, or Tony Massenburg?Kevin Willis was a solid back-up. I never considered Ferry a big. He was a clutch Bonner that actually was good. Massenburg, I feel, was great in the 1999 run...as was Kersey.

[cherylsteele]

My ranking (in the order I would pick them)

Robinson
Splitter
Mohammed
Nesterovic
Oberto
Horry
Rose
Thomas
Elson
Bonner
Blair
DRob wasn't on the OP's list. He is an automatic.

[TJastal]

Kevin Willis was a solid back-up. I never considered Ferry a big. He was a clutch Bonner that actually was good. Massenburg, I feel, was great in the 1999 run...as was Kersey.

Massenburg didn't come on the scene until 2000, one year after. Maybe you're thinking of chucky brown?

Kersey was great though, as was Jaren Jackson.

[TJastal]

DRob wasn't on the OP's list. He is an automatic.

He had DRob on there when he first posted, but only as the 2003 version. Which I'd still take over anyone else with the possible exception of Tiago (and only if I was picking for one year and no considerations of future).

[Dex]

Massenburg didn't come on the scene until 2000, one year after. Maybe you're thinking of chucky brown?

Kersey was great though, as was Jaren Jackson.

Negative. Massenburg came after the 2003 title. Pretty sure he was on the 2005 team, but didn't contribute much to that run.

[TJastal]

Negative. Massenburg came after the 2003 title. Pretty sure he was on the 2005 team, but didn't contribute much to that run.

lol yep

[cherylsteele]

I looked it up and Massenburg was here 2004-05, I could have sworn Massenburg was here in 1999.

Kersey was here 1998-2000

[Fabbs]

Robert Horry
Tiago Splitter
Fab Oberto 2007 version only
Nazr Mohamed
Malik Rose* stopping Shaq was priceless
Dejuan Blair knees might be going
Rasho Nesterovic
Kurt Thomas
Francisco Elson
YMCA rec league guy
T_Park and Chump
Flo the progressive insurance girl
Matt Bonner

* all of these with the exception of Malik Rose played/were-are misused during the Moron Pop era 2006 - infinity and beyond. So that needs to be factored into their performance rating.

[cherylsteele]

Rank the following Spurs bigs..

- Robert Horry
- Tiago Splitter
- Rasho Nesterovic
- Kurt Thomas
- Nazr Mohamed
- Francisco Elson
- Fab Oberto
- Matt Bonner
- Dejuan Blair
- Malik Rose

Rasho
Fab...smart player
Splitter...smart like Fab, but more athletic
Horry......he was a clutch shooter (obviously)
Nazr
Elson
Malik
Thomas
Blair


Bonner isn't even a good highway cone.

[Spurs Brazil]

Robert Horry
Malik Rose
Nazr Mohamed
Fab Oberto
Rasho Nesterovic
Tiago Splitter
Dejuan Blair
Francisco Elson
Kurt Thomas
Matt Bonner

[jjktkk]

Rank the following Spurs bigs..

- Robert Horry
- Tiago Splitter
- Rasho Nesterovic
- Kurt Thomas
- Nazr Mohamed
- Francisco Elson
- Fab Oberto
- Matt Bonner
- Dejuan Blair
- Malik Rose

1. Tiago Splitter
2. Robert Horry
3. Malik Rose
4. Fabricio Oberto
5. Nazr Mohamed
6. Rasho Nesterovic
7. Kurt Thomas
8. Dejuan Blair
9. Francisco Elson
10. Matt Bonner

[ElNono]

Robert Horry
Malik Rose
Nazr Mohamed
Fab Oberto
Rasho Nesterovic
Tiago Splitter
Dejuan Blair
Francisco Elson
Kurt Thomas
Matt Bonner

I think the ones that had a critical role winning a ring should top the list, tbh...

I do think Tiago is probably going to end up being a better player than Oberto (probably already is) or Nazr.

[baseline bum]

Malik Rose
Robert Horry
Kurt Thomas
Nazr Mohammed
Fabricio Oberto
Rasho Nesterovic
Tiago Splitter
Dejuan Blair
Francisco Elson
Matt Bonner

[baseline bum]

Wow, I'm the only one who likes Thomas? He was pretty good for the team against Shaq in that Phoenix series. They would have seriously lost that matchup had they not made the trade and had Fab guarding Shaq.

[baseline bum]

Mohammed is probably a little too high if you consider his entire body of Spurs work, as he was not awful only in that stretch of the 05 season after Rasho got hurt. He was pretty good in that 05 series with the Suns though, and I remember him having a pretty good series against Seattle too. Too bad he reverted to his pre-Rasho-injury form in the 06 season though.

[TJastal]

Wow, I'm the only one who likes Thomas? He was pretty good for the team against Shaq in that Phoenix series. They would have seriously lost that matchup had they not made the trade and had Fab guarding Shaq.

I liked Thomas alot, I just thought he never got comfortable with his role on the team since it seemed he was always fighting Bonner and Finley for minutes at power forward and was usually the odd man out in that love triangle.

[Texas_Ranger]

Horry
Rasho (LOL traded for Bonner)
Splitter
Rose
Nazr
Oberto
Blair
Thomas
Elson





Bonneshit.

[siraulo23]

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- Matt Bonner

[timtonymanu]

Robert Horry
Malik Rose
Nazr Mohammed
Fabricio Oberto
Kurt Thomas
Tiago Splitter (may move up later)
Rasho Nesterovic
DeJuan Blair
Francisco Elson

Marcus Haislip


Matt Bonner:lol

[DMC]

Other than Oberto and Horry, meh

[therealtruth]

Mohammed is probably a little too high if you consider his entire body of Spurs work, as he was not awful only in that stretch of the 05 season after Rasho got hurt. He was pretty good in that 05 series with the Suns though, and I remember him having a pretty good series against Seattle too. Too bad he reverted to his pre-Rasho-injury form in the 06 season though.

Nazr was important in '05 against the Pistons.

[timvp]

In the regular season, my order would be:

Malik Rose (2003)
Robert Horry (2005)
Rasho Nesterovic (2004)
Tiago Splitter (2011)
Fabricio Oberto (2007)
DeJuan Blair (2011)
Kurt Thomas (2009)
Matt Bonner (2009)
Nazr Mohammed (2006)
Francisco Elson (2007)


The two hardest to place, IMO, are Blair and Thomas. Blair could very well be second on the list if he were put in a system that fit him better. In the Spurs system that calls on bigs to protect the rim, he's a pretty bad fit, TBH.

Thomas was a solid player but he wasn't a very good fit next to a non-prime Duncan.

And there's no way Malik Rose isn't first or second. In the regular season he was much better than Horry. Even in the playoffs, it's not that easy to say Rose was better than Horry. In 2002 and 2003, Rose was pretty damn good in the playoffs. Horry's Pistons Game 5 obviously gives him a big boost but Rose had similar huge games (27 and 13 in Game 5 against the Suns in a must-win; 25 and 6 in Game 2 against the Mavs in a must-win; 12 and 11 in the Steve Kerr game; and that dunk in Game 3 of the Finals over Mutombo that jumpstarted the game-winning run).

[timvp]

While I'm thinking about it, here's my playoff-only order:

1. Robert Horry (2005) and Malik Rose (2003)
3. Fabricio Oberto (2007)
4. Nazr Mohammed (2005)
5. Kurt Thomas (2008)
6. Rasho Nesterovic (2004)
7. Tiago Splitter (2011)
8. DeJuan Blair (2010)
9. Francisco Elson (2007)
10. Matt Bonner (2010)

[baseline bum]

While I'm thinking about it, here's my playoff-only order:

1. Robert Horry (2005) and Malik Rose (2003)
3. Fabricio Oberto (2007)
4. Nazr Mohammed (2005)
5. Kurt Thomas (2008)
6. Rasho Nesterovic (2004)
7. Tiago Splitter (2011)
8. DeJuan Blair (2010)
9. Francisco Elson (2007)
10. Matt Bonner (2010)

That's the only one that matters.

[DAF86]

Rank the following Spurs bigs..

- Robert Horry
- Tiago Splitter
- Rasho Nesterovic
- Kurt Thomas
- Nazr Mohamed
- Francisco Elson
- Fab Oberto
- Matt Bonner
- Dejuan Blair
- Malik Rose

Horry
Splitter
Mohamed
Nesterovic
Thomas
Oberto
Rose
Bonner
Blair
Elson

[baseline bum]

Where's Scola on the list though?

[InK]

- Robert Horry
- Malik Rose
- Rasho Nesterovic
- Kurt Thomas
- Fab Oberto
- Dejuan Blair
- Nazr Mohamed
- Tiago Splitter
- Francisco Elson
- Matt Bonner


By what they brought to the table at the time they ate. Blair and Rose are midgets though, hard to rank those two amongst real bigs since their skillset are so different.

[urunobili]

robert horry
malik rose
nazr mohamed
fab oberto
rasho nesterovic
tiago splitter
dejuan blair
francisco elson
kurt thomas
matt bonner

this

[Josepatches_]

Splitter
Horry
Malik
Rasho
Nazr
Oberto
Blair
Elson
Bonner

My list is about who is/was a better player,not about how good they played here.

[angelbelow]

Horry
..
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Splitter
Malik Rose
Oberto
Nazr