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Robert Horry.
Does Malik go down as the best and most important bench player in Spurs' history? If not, who does?
Questions.
Robert Horry.
Ed Nealy. :p
Henry Ward - he was the MVP of the Spurs all-warmup team during the Gervin era.
I second thisRobert Horry.
Can't deny what he did last season but Rose played eight years in San Antonio. This is Horry's third year ... and that first year wasn't anything to brag about.Robert Horry.
Now if he helps the Spurs to another championship or two, the case can be made.
Manu Ginobili in 2005 playoffs is the most important Spurs bench player ever.
Yeah, the three games he came off the bench.
DITTO..Robert Horry.
I dont remember seeing malik making game winning shots for us.
But i do miss malik
exactly!Yeah, the three games he came off the bench.
we would have lost that series if not
Are we talking about longevity?
He provided more off the bench than Radosoft has as a starter. It would be interesting to see how differently 1999 through 2003 would have gone without a dependable backup big on the team. Interesting, but I prefer to see the team win championships.
I have a question- is timvp on acid, crystal meth or qualludes?
The love affair with Malik Rose continues to baffle me......it's right up there with Keannu Reeves continuing to land leading roles.....why?
Those are difficult questions because bench players don't often hang around a franchise long enough (or don't remain bench players long enough) to make any sort of historical difference.
In terms of the Spurs' various franchise accomplishments, perhaps the three most vital bench players have been Jaren Jackson, Steve Kerr, and Robert Horry. None of those guys has a long Spurs resume like Malik had, but each of them had arguably larger -- and more direct -- roles in the Spurs les. Just a thought.
Malik certainly wins the award for career service, though.
So your vote is for....?
Did someone seriously state that Malik Rose might be the best/important bench player for the spurs of all-time?-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I guess I'll just wait for the Devin Brown comments, good gosh.
I guess I only care about bench players when we win the whole thing, so Robert Horry and Steve Kerr come to mind. Oh yeah, what about SPEEDY CLAXTON???
Speedy Claxton is probably the most overrated Spur of all time.
I'll never forget the year after the le people were raving about how he saved the Spurs over and over again throughout the season and postseason with his stellar 3 point shooting.Meanwhile, he never hit a 3 in a Spurs uniform.
Speedy did a good job here (when he could stay healthy), but he's definitely overrated by a lot of Spurs fans.
I just remember Parker choking in the Nets series and he saved our buttsSpeedy Claxton is probably the most overrated Spur of all time.
I'll never forget the year after the le people were raving about how he saved the Spurs over and over again throughout the season and postseason with his stellar 3 point shooting.
Speedy did a good job here (when he could stay healthy), but he's definitely overrated by a lot of Spurs fans.
So two games makes him great?
In Malik's eight (?) years here what did he average 8 and 6?
I think there's probably a bench player that was here for more than a couple years who averaged that, isn't there?
Found this story, haha, here's going overboard
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playof...ory?id=1568514
I just remember Speedy helping us win the le, I can't remember Malik every having that direct effect on that big of a game
Amal McCaskill
Malik provided the Spurs with consistent play off the bench as the primary reserve bigman for 5 straight seasons, which included two championship runs. He averaged 10.4 pts and 6.4 rebs in 24.5 minutes a night in '02-'03. Spurs fans would nut all over themselves if a certain Slovene center put up those kind of numbers today. Malik's play was all the more vital due to DRob's ever present back injury flareups. Remember when Malik started in place of DRob against the Sonics ('02 I think)? Remember when he ripped the Mavs a new one in the '03 playoffs? How about when it was him and not Will Perdue backing up TD and DRob in the '99 Finals? Think he wasn't vital then?
Spurs fans who hate on Malik Rose have no appreciation for how the 1st two championship banners that hang in the SBC, er Verizon, er Sprint, er...whatever center got there. You people disgust me.
Yeah and he couldn't successfully play defense on anyone taller than him, which is just about everyone in the league who plays PF.
Bull . He guarded bigger players all the time. He always saw substantial minutes against Shaq. Be gone.
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