Game-winning buzzer beater in Finals Game 7 - who'd you want to get the honor?

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

If you could pick a Spurs player to be known as the one who made the clutch game-winning buzzer beater shot in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, who would it be?

This is not a thread about who would be the most clutch shooter on the team - the question presupposes that the shot goes in, and wins the championship. Whether it goes in or not is not in question. The question is, who would you want to have that particular honor and glory added to his legacy?


I'd love for Ginobili to be known as the guy who made the epic buzzer-beating three as time expired in Game 7 of the Finals.

[Manu-20]

Matt fucking Ice veins Bonner of course

[lefty]

TJ Ford :cry

[Rapper]

Timmy.- a man of legend.

and do you have any better choice?

[goPaTTY!]

Patty ofcourse!!

[Beanzamillion21]

Patty ofcourse!!

I think that I speak for everyone on here when I say that we hate you.

[100%duncan]

Manu mfkn Ginobili or Timmy GOAT Duncan

[siraulo23]

jax

[mkurts]

Matt Bonner because he spreads the floor better than anyone else on the Spurs team

[therealtruth]

Don't want Bonner on the court. He'll freeze and hold the ball till the time is almost expired.

[TheSkeptic]

TJ Ford :cry

:depressed

I like Tim or Manu.

[ViceCity84]

Duncan going out the ULTIMATE WAY

[Kuestmaster]

Timmy. No doubt.

[Ginobleed20]

Tim motherfucking Duncan. Word.

[angelbelow]

Ginobili would be "my ideal" choice.

Neal would be the "obvious" choice.

Bonner would be the "most fun to watch" choice.

Duncan would be the "magical" choice.

Jackson would be the "I have tears in my eyes" choice.

[jiggy_55]

Timmy without a doubt.

[mudyez]

Is that a trick question or anything?

It has to be Bonner!

[mudyez]

Ginobili would be "my ideal" choice.

Neal would be the "obvious" choice.

Bonner would be the "most fun to watch" choice.

Duncan would be the "magical" choice.

Jackson would be the "I have tears in my eyes" choice.

Mills hitting a up and under 3 which will be go into the books as the "down under".

[Bambililos]

Tony Parker. That would be a good way to make Spurs fans remember he's done something for them, as they tend to forget.

[Chachachango]

Tim Duncan.

[Venti Quattro]

Matt Bonner. The reaction would be an instant classic.

[Sa_Spursfan20]

As much as I want to say Manu, I'll have to go with Timmy for this. It would be simply another moment in his fantastic career.

[TMTTRIO]

Timmy, Tony, or Gary Neal. As much as I would love for Manu to have and get some recognition too before he retires especially with a game winner (he'll never get a Finals MVP like the other Big 2) I can't see that happening.

[thOOdee]

jax

[Mr Fundamental]

Kawhi !

[TJastal]

Ginobili would be "my ideal" choice.

Neal would be the "obvious" choice.

Bonner would be the "most fun to watch" choice.

Duncan would be the "magical" choice.

Jackson would be the "I have tears in my eyes" choice.

I'll add my own:

Patty would be my "I'm booking my flight to Australia ASAP!" choice.
Diaw would be my "Boris you are so sexxx-ehhh can I have your number choice"
Anderson would be my "Hells ya, I'm joining the fan club, trade Green!" choice.
Blair would be my "You go big B! Have another what-a-burger on me!" choice.

[JRHernandez88]

Giiinnnnnoooobbbbiiilllllllllliiiiiiiiiii

[TheTruth]

Giiinnnnnoooobbbbiiilllllllllliiiiiiiiiii

This

[baseline bum]

James Anderson, so he can get a nice contract elsewhere next season.

[Borosai]

Bonner, sending SpursTalk into a shit-eating binge.

[Steve-O-Matic]

Robert Horry

[TVI]

As long as he's wearing silver and black, I couldn't care less.

Having said that, Duncan deserves that honor, and then Manu.

[hooperflash]

I'd say Timmy!!!

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

Don't want Bonner on the court. He'll freeze and hold the ball till the time is almost expired.

Well, the thread title says "Game-winning buzzer beater." In order to launch a buzzer-beater shot, you kind of have to have or retain possession of the ball with only very little time remaining.

[TJastal]

Yes, but since the thread question assumes that the shot will go in, in time, to win the championship, what's the harm of him holding on to the basketball until time is nearly out?

Thousands of spurs fans simultaneously having heart attacks all across the world would be my guess.

[G-Dawgg]

Matt Bonner, Kawhi, or Timmy....

[jon123spurs]

I can see it now Bonner for three spurs fans what the f*ck is he doing on the court, makes shot omg matt clutch Bonner lol no but I would rather have Captain Jax or Timmay

[JRHernandez88]

Thousands of spurs fans simultaneously having heart attacks all across the world would be my guess.

:rollin

[jon123spurs]

RJ oh wait.....

[vander]

Matt fucking Ice veins Bonner of course

yeah, and from like 27 feet too

[justinandimcool]

TP already has his finals MVP. Duncan would be amazing, but c'mon. That's just greedy.

I would love Manu to win it with a step back jumper.

There's no way Bonner would be left open, but it would be so amazing if he hit a three on a tap out offensive board. the ultimate fuck you to ST :lol

to dream...

[Juanobili]

Tim's game winners always have a little bit of magic in them. I'll go with him.

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

Hard to understand why some fans dislike Bonner so much.

[TheSkeptic]

Hard to understand why some fans dislike Bonner so much.

It's the playoffs.

More seriously, how do you watch Spurs-Mavericks games without looking weird?

No sarcasm intended.

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

It's the playoffs.

More seriously, how do you watch Spurs-Mavericks games without looking weird?

No sarcasm intended.


Well, I generally hope that if there has to be a playoff meeting between the two teams, that it comes later rather than sooner. So 2009 and 2010 were kind of irritating, that one was bound to be eliminated in the first round.

[ffadicted]

Any of the big three, but Gino for obvious reasons

[007nites]

Timmy.

[Dex]

I can just see it now....

Finals, Game 7. Spurs down one. 8 seconds left. Tim, Tony, and Manu...Jack and Bonner in the corners.

Tony inbounds to Manu. Ginobili looks for Tim inside...he's covered up. Manu takes two steps back, crosses over, and tries to beat his man off the dribble. But things go terribly wrong. As he reaches the top of the key, his defender gets a hand on the ball...it bounds off of his knee and skitters out towards the three-point line.

Matt Bonner takes two steps over. In one motion, he sweeps up the ball from going out of bounds and, like a firey-haired trebuchet, launches the ball toward the basket just as the final buzzer sounds.

Time stands still.

Money.

Spurs win. Heads explode all around SpursTalk.

15 years later, as we point to the Bonner jersey hanging in the rafters, we'll tell our kids the legend of how a sandwich-mongering quasi-Canadian overcame the odds.

[spurbyheart]

Tim duncan. The man is going to be retiring if he ever did that and made it..thats the prefect way to leave. Just ask Jordan

[spurbyheart]

Lmfao!
I can just see it now....

Finals, Game 7. Spurs down one. 8 seconds left. Tim, Tony, and Manu...Jack and Bonner in the corners.

Tony inbounds to Manu. Ginobili looks for Tim inside...he's covered up. Manu takes two steps back, crosses over, and tries to beat his man off the dribble. But things go terribly wrong. As he reaches the top of the key, his defender gets a hand on the ball...it bounds off of his knee and skitters out towards the three-point line.

Matt Bonner takes two steps over. In one motion, he sweeps up the ball from going out of bounds and, like a firey-haired trebuchet, launches the ball toward the basket just as the final buzzer sounds.

Time stands still.

Money.

Spurs win. Heads explode all around SpursTalk.

15 years later, as we point to the Bonner jersey hanging in the rafters, we'll tell our kids the legend of how a sandwich-mongering quasi-Canadian overcame the odds.