Spot Number 47 - Top 50 Spurs

[timvp]

SpursTalk's Top 50 Spurs
1. Tim Duncan
2. David Robinson
3. George Gervin
4. Gregg Popovich
5. Angelo Drossos
6. Manu Ginobili
7. Tony Parker
8. Sean Elliott
9. James Silas
10. Bruce Bowen
11. Larry Kenon
12. Avery Johnson
13. Alvin Robertson
14. Johnny Moore
15. RC Buford
16. Artis Gilmore
17. Peter Holt
18. Mike Mitc
19. Bob Bass
20. Malik Rose
21. Robert Horry
22. Red McCombs
23. Doug Moe
24. Terry mings
25. Mario Elie
26. Willie Anderson
27. Billy Paultz
28. Robert McDermott
29. Stephen Jackson
30. Mark Olberding
31. Stan Albeck
32. Brent Barry
33. Mike Budenholzer
34. Swen Nater
35. Larry Brown
36. Rod Strickland
37. Michael Finley
38. Jaren Jackson
39. Hank Egan
40. PJ Carlesimo
41. Sam Presti
42. Steve Kerr
43. Rich Jones
44. Gene Banks
45. Vinny Del Negro
46. Mike Gale

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To pass the time until the start of preseason, let's see how SpursTalk.com ranks the Top 50 Spurs. Those eligible for the list include all players, coaches and owners. I don't want to define "top" too narrowly, but I think the best way to do it would be to think of the list as a list of the 50 most influential people who have helped make the Spurs one of the most successful franchises in the history of sport.

For more information on what we are doing, check out this thread.

In this thread, we will vote for spot number 47. Please place your vote. If you will, also explain in this thread why you voted how you did.

Thanks.



P.S.

Poll options listed in alphabetical order. If you want to vote for someone not on the list, post in the thread and I'll add the person.

Voting will end 2AM CST Thursday morning.

Please vote only once.

[Spurminator]

Nazr Mohammed solidified the center position in 2005 when our other options were . He was an important piece of that Championship. To vote Rasho over Nazr would make no sense given that one of them directly contributed to a Championship as a replacement for the other, who was relegated to the bench.

[SenorSpur]

Rodman

[AnotherArgie]

Center fight! Rasho-Nazr-Oberto.

[Dre_7]

Wow, no love for the Rifleman?

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I'm going for George Johnson again. Leading the league in blocks in under 24 minutes a game his two years here should earn a spot methinks.

[CubanMustGo]

Bob Hill. 121-43 in his first two years as Spurs coach, canned during Robinson's injury year. Gotta be up there ahead of banana slug, I mean Rasho, and stone hands Nazr. Oberto? GMAFB.

Yeah, he was a jerk after he got canned, and couldn't win in the playoffs, but then again he had DRob and a bunch of spare parts.

[FromWayDowntown]

I'm going with Rodman until he makes the list. Then I'm going with George Johnson.

Voting for Rasho in this spot is absurd; you might as well vote for Will Perdue or Steve Smith if you're going to vote for Rasho.

[remingtonbo2001]

I'm going with Rodman until he makes the list. Then I'm going with George Johnson.

Voting for Rasho in this spot is absurd; you might as well vote for Will Perdue or Steve Smith if you're going to vote for Rasho.

Oh, well if that's the case then I'm changing my vote to Rasho.

[FromWayDowntown]

I should say it strikes me as absurd to vote for Rasho -- for a variety of reasons.

I'm wrong to say such judgmental things about other people's opinions.

[rascal]

Anyone who wears a dress should not be on the spurs list. Rodman wore the dress and Rasho needed a dress, his play was so soft.

[rascal]

Bob Hill. 121-43 in his first two years as Spurs coach, canned during Robinson's injury year. Gotta be up there ahead of banana slug, I mean Rasho, and stone hands Nazr. Oberto? GMAFB.

Yeah, he was a jerk after he got canned, and couldn't win in the playoffs, but then again he had DRob and a bunch of spare parts.

Agree. Bob Hill had an impressive overall record.

[remingtonbo2001]

I should say it strikes me as absurd to vote for Rasho -- for a variety of reasons.

I'm wrong to say such judgmental things about other people's opinions.

Rasho's rump sitting on the bench was more benefical to this team than anything Rodman ever did.

Really, Rodman...You might as well vote for Uwe Blab.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Good gawd. I can't believe spot 47 is going to come down to a 7 foot pile of Slovenian worthlessness or the 6'9" Clown of Rebound.


I cast my vote already for George Johnson.

If it came down to a tie between Rodman and Rasho I'd have to request that Timvp change my vote to Rodman I'm afraid. In some ways I'd argue that Rasho was just as detrimental to the Spurs in the playoffs as Rodman by proving himself to be not even good enough to sniff the floor in the playoff games that mattered. This, in spite of his being a starter most of the regular season. People can argue all they want that the Rash had no control over his playing time, but the truth is he let his team down by being worthless. Personally, I don't think either deserves much love but at least Rodman filled the stat sheet with rebounds. Rasho was just good at taking up space......not worthy of a spot on the top 50.......at all. It's insulting to all the other players who wore the silver and black to put Rasho ahead of any of them.









Dave Corzine was twice as good of a center as Rasho and he hasn't sniffed a vote yet.

[baseline bum]

I'm voting for Rasho from here on out, as any poll that selects Rodman as one of the 50 greatest Spurs is already a joke.

[Taco]

I was going to say -- in this forum, wouldn't exclusion of The Coyote from the list be seen by some as particularly controversial, given The Coyote's contributions to the club's history?

IF YOU ARE INCLUDING OWNERS AND COACHES WHY NOT THE COYOTE?

HE IS AFTER ALL A HALL OF FAMER

[rascal]

I'm voting for Rasho from here on out, as any poll that selects Rodman as one of the 50 greatest Spurs is already a joke.

Walter Berry > Rasho

[rascal]

I wouldn't mind seeing the coyote at spot 50. The list is getting thin now and its more who you don't want to see get in.

[remingtonbo2001]

I wouldn't mind seeing the coyote at spot 50. The list is getting thin now and its more who you don't want to see get in.

+1 Coyote definitely deserves the #50 spot.

[baseline bum]

Walter Berry > Rasho

Coyote > Rasho. Beer vendor > Rasho. Might as well make an absurd pick if the list is going to be a joke.

[FromWayDowntown]

Coyote > Rasho. Beer vendor > Rasho. Might as well make an absurd pick if the list is going to be a joke.

SequSpur?

[Slomo]

Please understand my vote more as against Rodman than for Rasho. There's a point to be made that Rasho shouldn't be on the Spurs' all time 50 list, but neither should Dennis, so I'll rather vote for someone I at least like.

[xtremesteven33]

People who are voting for Rasho over Rodman should be banned....geesh

[Anti.Hero]

Slydragon knows what's up.

[baseline bum]

People who are voting for Rasho over Rodman should be banned....geesh

Make a case for Rodman. Shoot down the case I made in the previous thread. Rodman was a who ed this franchise over at a time they had a serious shot at a championship.