Spurs Mount Rushmore

[Old School 44]

Stumbled upon this pic on the interwebs. With my screen name, I'm sure you can guess who I think needs to be added. But who would you take out if you can only have 4? :stirpot:


http://cdn3.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/28613427/mount-rushmore-robinson-big-3.0_standard_730.0.jpg

[Joseph Kony]

Gervin needs to be on it, no question. imo it should be Gervin/Robinson/Duncan/Popovich

[td4mvp2k]

tp for gervin tbh

[Gospursel]

Gervin needs to be on it, no question. imo it should be Gervin/Robinson/Duncan/Popovich

Agree

[SpursFan86]

Gervin needs to be on it, no question. imo it should be Gervin/Robinson/Duncan/Popovich

Yeah I'm fine with this tbh.

[FromWayDowntown]

Agree on the Duncan/Robinson/Gervin/Popovich, but if it has to be 4 players, it would be difficult to dispute Tony Parker's qualifications to take that 4th spot with 6 ASGs, 3 All-NBA selections, 3 rings and a Finals MVP -- and (despite the crap from some fans about playoff failures) a long history of coming up big in playoff games for more than a decade. He's 4th in points in franchise history and 1st in assists in regular season games and in the top 5 in most statistical categories in franchise history in playoff games.

[EVAY]

Agree on the Duncan/Robinson/Gervin/Popovich, but if it has to be 4 players, it would be difficult to dispute Tony Parker's qualifications to take that 4th spot with 6 ASGs, 3 All-NBA selections, 3 rings and a Finals MVP -- and (despite the crap from some fans about playoff failures) a long history of coming up big in playoff games for more than a decade. He's 4th in points in franchise history and 1st in assists in regular season games and in the top 5 in most statistical categories in franchise history in playoff games.

Agreed.

TBH, you need another mountain. Spurs have more than 4 all-time greats, just like the U.S. does with presidents

[Prime Time]

Gervin being snubbed made me cringe. It's amazing how much unappreciated the old-school Spurs are.

[Solid D]

Just put the Iceman's face on the NBA Statue of Liberty and a ball replacing the torch, as part of a finger roll.

[Drom John]

My heart and my jerking knee had Gervin ahead of both Parker and Ginobili.
But WS as a Spur says otherwise.
1) Duncan
2) Robinson
3) Parker
4) Ginobili
5) Gervin

16) Bonner
25) Splitter
27) Leonard
40) Green
49) Diaw
62) Mills
77) Belinelli
94) Joseph
111) Ayres
145) Baynes
226) Daye

[DarrinS]

Gervin needs to be on it, no question. imo it should be Gervin/Robinson/Duncan/Popovich

this

[urunobili]

Pop should be there, so should Gershvin... so no Manu and MVParker :depressed

[DAF86]

Ginobili is the better player, Parker is the better Spur.

[Mister Sinister]

Just put the Iceman's face on the NBA Statue of Liberty and a ball replacing the torch, as part of a finger roll.

This, tbh.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Ginobili is the better player, Parker is the better Spur.

You have that backwards for sure

[DAF86]

You have that backwards for sure

How?

[Prime Time]

My heart and my jerking knee had Gervin ahead of both Parker and Ginobili.
But WS as a Spur says otherwise.
1) Duncan
2) Robinson
3) Parker
4) Ginobili
5) Gervin

16) Bonner
25) Splitter
27) Leonard
40) Green
49) Diaw
62) Mills
77) Belinelli
94) Joseph
111) Ayres
145) Baynes
226) Daye
Gervin's the man, but to be honest.. I think Ginobili could have been a much better leader for the 70's Spurs. Think about it, what if Manu was from the 70's? Imagine how much his athleticism, play-making, and shooting/clutch factor would have been worshiped. It would be like Erving and Pistol's love child.

Then again, I could see Gervin (replacing Manu) help the Spurs to a '05-'07 3peat. So it's really debatable overall.


Still; Gervin deserves a slot just for his impact alone. Without him, the Spurs would have discussed relocation a LONG time before 1990.

[spurraider21]

Ginobili is the better player, Parker is the better Spur.
http://hypixel.net/attachments/wat-jpg.8515/

[spurraider21]

My heart and my jerking knee had Gervin ahead of both Parker and Ginobili.
But WS as a Spur says otherwise.
1) Duncan
2) Robinson
3) Parker
4) Ginobili
5) Gervin

16) Bonner
25) Splitter
27) Leonard
40) Green
49) Diaw
62) Mills
77) Belinelli
94) Joseph
111) Ayres
145) Baynes
226) Daye
:lol forget WS... Gervin was the franchise player for over a decade. he deserves a spot

[Blake]

Duncan, David, Ice and put Parker up there with a big nose and bald spot.

[DAF86]

http://hypixel.net/attachments/wat-jpg.8515/

Ginobili is the better player. Parker has more pts, assts, accolades, games as a Spur.

[DesertSpur50]

If there only had to be four faces it would have to be

Tim/Dave/Ice/Pop or Tim/Dave/Manu/Parker

Having Parker but not Manu (or vice versa) wouldn't seem right because they own a great amount of success to each other and to Timmy.

[crc21209]

If it has to be 4 players, the 3 automatic locks are Duncan, Robinson, and Gervin. It's the 4th sport that becomes tough to judge...

[Prime Time]

If it has to be 4 players, the 3 automatic locks are Duncan, Robinson, and Gervin. It's the 4th sport that becomes tough to judge...
Inset Johnny Moore :lobt2:

[spurraider21]

If it has to be 4 players, the 3 automatic locks are Duncan, Robinson, and Gervin. It's the 4th sport that becomes tough to judge...
Matt Bonner

[Mugen]

Manu is already on the Heat's Mt. Rushmore after last year, I say we give that last spot to Frenchie tbh.

[Drom John]

:lol forget WS... Gervin was the franchise player for over a decade. he deserves a spot

Apologies to Gervin. I thought I ran an all Spurs/Chaperrals sort. Instead, my numbers were NBA only.

Reran with ABA numbers:
1) Duncan
2) Robinson
3) Gervin
4) Parker
5) Ginobili

19) Bonner
29) Splitter
34) Leonard
49) Green
61) Diaw
75) Mills
93) Belinelli
114) Joseph
138) Ayres
182) Baynes
289) Daye

[024]

After Ginobili's turncoat game 6 performance, it's hard to give him that 4th player spot. Parker definitely deserves the fourth spot. In fact, his accomplishments have quietly dwarfed Ginobili's. More all-stars, all-NBAs, and even a finals MVP. Parker even has a Eurobasket title and MVP to round out his resume.

[DarrinS]

After Ginobili's turncoat game 6 performance, it's hard to give him that 4th player spot. Parker definitely deserves the fourth spot. In fact, his accomplishments have quietly dwarfed Ginobili's. More all-stars, all-NBAs, and even a finals MVP. Parker even has a Eurobasket title and MVP to round out his resume.


Pop deserves to be on it more than TP or Manu. Lol, dwarfed.

[td4mvp2k]

Ginobili is the better player, Parker is the better Spur.better both tbh

[baseline bum]

Gervin needs to be on it, no question. imo it should be Gervin/Robinson/Duncan/Popovich

http://i.imgur.com/ztIhyfE.png

[024]

Pop deserves to be on it more than TP or Manu. Lol, dwarfed.
If you had adequate reading comprehension, you would realize I said player spot.

[Old School 44]

Just put the Iceman's face on the NBA Statue of Liberty and a ball replacing the torch, as part of a finger roll.

My favorite solution by far.

http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o518/tcatz/IceLiberty_zpsab61f3ef.jpg

[bigfan]

Gervin, TD, David, Pop

[Solid D]

My favorite solution by far.

http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o518/tcatz/IceLiberty_zpsab61f3ef.jpg

Perfect!!! Thanks, Old School! My photo editing abilities fall short.

Instant classic!

[Mikeanaro]

No one, this list is perfect.

[Solid D]

Now, we just need Pop's head on "The Thinker" statue. Haha.

[ohmwrecker]

Give Timmy a statue outside the AT&Twhen retires and be done with it.

[Mark in Austin]

Gervin - Without Ice, San Antonio probably doesn't get included in the ABA / NBA merger. No Gervin, no Spurs.
Robinsoin - Without 5-0, the team either folds or moves. Even with David, there were some dicey years. No Robinson, no San Antonio Spurs.
Duncan - Without Timmy, no ring in '99, and no franchise cornerstone. Which very likely means no new arena in 2003 and the team moving / being sold. No Duncan, no San Antonio Spurs
Popovich - Without Pop, the culture of the team that played a big part of Duncan staying in San Antonio and building championship teams around him wouldn't be here. No Pop, no Duncan, no rings.

Other people might have major roles over the years on and off the court, but no four people have had a bigger impact on the Spurs in San Antonio than Gervin, Robinson, Duncan, Popovich. They should all have statues in front of the AT&T Center someday.

[ElNono]

It's fine like that... biggest representatives of the Spurs' winningmost years...

When you start trying to please everyone you end up with Avery's jersey hanging from the rafters, tbh... :downspin:

[Darkwaters]

Gervin needs to be on it, no question. imo it should be Gervin/Robinson/Duncan/Popovich

When I read the thread title that was my exact thought also

[hooperflash]

Gervin needs to be on it, no question. imo it should be Gervin/Robinson/Duncan/Popovich


This, tbh.

https://m.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-h.ak/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/1975191_814248275256741_1742262198_n.jpg

[SupremeGuy]

Gervin needs to be on it, no question. imo it should be Gervin/Robinson/Duncan/PopovichThis, tbh.

[Kidd K]

Tbh I could see putting Popovich on there, but Gervin has to be there. Of Parker and Manu, I would go with Parker. I haven't forgotten the good times where Manu came through for us and put us over the top, but I find it hard to forget all the recent disappointments where he's missed postseasons due to injury or either gone into the playoffs injured or gotten injured early in it to play at a fraction of what he usually does. Not to mention his notoriously bad game 6 last year, a game we would've probably won in a blowout if he just played an average basketball game.



Apologies to Gervin. I thought I ran an all Spurs/Chaperrals sort. Instead, my numbers were NBA only.

Reran with ABA numbers:
1) Duncan
2) Robinson
3) Gervin
4) Parker
5) Ginobili

Literally the exact order I value those 5 players in. But WS had nothing to do with it.

[Mikeanaro]

After Ginobili's turncoat game 6 performance, it's hard to give him that 4th player spot. Parker definitely deserves the fourth spot. In fact, his accomplishments have quietly dwarfed Ginobili's. More all-stars, all-NBAs, and even a finals MVP. Parker even has a Eurobasket title and MVP to round out his resume.
You can put Parker over Manu because you prefer it, but Manu won the olympics which is more important than an eurobasket title, and that MVP was a joke he was getting some attention because that Longoria marrying stuff (look on wikipedia if you dont remember that, section Coverage Controversies, Article NBA Finals 2007) so it was part of the NBA circus, what about all stars? some fat kids voting with their cellphones define which player is better because of his popularity? To dwarf Manu our buddy Tony needs to born again at least 3 more times, if Manu wanted to score like a pig he would drown Parker in a finger snap, Tony can´t even make 3s after 14 years.
I understand people blaming Manu for game 6 too (I still do sometimes) but where was Tony? same in 2003 and 2005, after that ¨glorious finals mvp¨ Parker ¨took the leadership¨ and did nothing but complain Spurs were not about winning championships anymore.

[Johnny RIngo]

After Ginobili's turncoat game 6 performance, it's hard to give him that 4th player spot. Parker definitely deserves the fourth spot. In fact, his accomplishments have quietly dwarfed Ginobili's. More all-stars, all-NBAs, and even a finals MVP. Parker even has a Eurobasket title and MVP to round out his resume.

Parker shot 6-23 in game six last year. Anytime there was an important game on the line, Parker failed to show up. Blew it against the Lakers in 2004. Sucked against the Mavs in '06. People make a big deal about 0.4 or the Ray Allen three being really unlucky for the Spurs but the Heat or Lakers never would have been in striking distance if Parker wasn't so goddamn terrible in those games.

[Johnny RIngo]

If it's a regular season Mount Rushmore? Sure, put Parker up there. Playoff Mount Rushmore? Doesn't deserve it. He's a mental midget when it comes to post-season bball.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Parker shot 6-23 in game six last year. Anytime there was an important game on the line, Parker failed to show up. Blew it against the Lakers in 2004. Sucked against the Mavs in '06. People make a big deal about 0.4 or the Ray Allen three being really unlucky for the Spurs but the Heat or Lakers never would have been in striking distance if Parker wasn't so goddamn terrible in those games.

Shooting 6-23 is far less offensive than 8 goddamn turnovers.

6-23 is 6 shots away from being respectable (12-23) which, for TP, translates to a net loss of 12 points.

With 8 turnovers you not only lose the chance to score the ball on your end (let's call it 8 points assuming you can live with a hypothetical 4-8 shooting from 2), but you also potentially feed Miami for easy fast break buckets. So it's 8 points + anything Miami scored easily from those turnovers.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Give Timmy a statue outside the AT&Twhen retires and be done with it.

Solo action pose, or maybe a combo with #50?

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/files/2012/02/tim-duncan-david-robinson-306x478.jpg

[FkLA]

How soon people forget that while Parker was busy shitting the bed and getting replaced by the likes of Speedy Claxton, Emmanuel Ginobili was busy being the best closer in the game.

Well see how much Parker has in the tank when he's Manus age...

[Arcadian]

We should have 5 faces. It's unfair to say there should be 4 when you know all 5 are deserving. And it perfectly aligns with the 5 positions:

PG-Parker
SG-Ginobili
SF-Gervin
PF-Duncan
C-Robinson

*I agree that Pop should be there too, so make it 6 faces.

[spurraider21]

Gervin, Robinson, Duncan were the 3 franchise players. they deserve to be the faces more so than TP/Manu...

give me those 3 + Pop

[Blue Duck]

This has been a very rousing debate and one of the rare instances where a thread remains on topic for an extended period. I assume this is due to the fact that it brings to the surface the on-going Manu vs TP debate. Anyhow, im happy with all 3 members of the big three and regardless of who you think deserves the #2 spot in the trio, i recall huge moments in this teams history by both. For Manu haters........he's not limping into the playoffs this year, and you're about to witness greatness BOOK IT!!!! Go spurs

[FromWayDowntown]

When you start trying to please everyone you end up with Avery's jersey hanging from the rafters, tbh... :downspin:

Come on. Like THAT would ever happen.

[ElNono]

Come on. Like THAT would ever happen.

:lol

[buttsR4rebounding]

Gervin needs to be on it, no question. imo it should be Gervin/Robinson/Duncan/Popovich

I agree. Except Popp is so self-effacing that one day visitors will look up and see a giant RC Buford DUI photo disguise covering Popp's likeness.

[SpurSwag]

I agree, if it has to be 4 players there's no way the Big 3 shouldn't be on there. Yes George is an all time great, but there is no way to exclude the Big 3. They are spurs basketball

[dbreiden83080]

For 4 players

Gervin, D-Rob, Timmy, Parker..