Is Malik Rose the Best of All-Time?

[timvp]

15 Best Bench Player of the David Robinson/Tim Duncan Era

1. Malik Rose -- A vital part of two championships.
2. Robert Horry -- Historic performance in the 2005 playoffs.
3. Jaren Jackson -- Legendary 1999 playoff run.
4. Chuck Person -- Hit 457 three-pointers in his three years in San Antonio.
5. Antonio Daniels -- Four seasons in San Antonio. Routinely played well in the playoffs.
6. Will Perdue -- Provided muscle next to Tim and Dave.
7. Terry Porter -- Was a team leader for his three-year stint in San Antonio.
8. Antoine Carr -- Three seasons in San Antonio averaging just under 11 points per game.
9. Brent Barry -- Hit big shots during the 2005 playoffs.
10. Danny Ferry -- Two year stint highlighted by his playoff saving Game Two of the 2003 playoffs.
11. Steve Kerr -- Four seasons in San Antonio. Hit big shots in 2003 playoffs.
12. Jerome Kersey -- Gave the Spurs toughness for two seasons.
13. Speedy Claxton -- Injured most of his season in San Antonio but played well in 2003 playoffs.
14. Doc Rivers -- Was a good role player in his two seasons of action for the Spurs.
15. Devin Brown -- Played parts of three seasons in San Antonio. Big in 2004 playoffs.

[T Park]

Id switch Brent Barry with Terry Porter.

Porter wasn't all together good in his 2 times in the POs.

[T Park]

Kidd won the matchup, but it was closer than anyone should care to imagine considering Tony's age, the pressure and who he was against.

games 1,3,5, would disagree with you.

BTW,


Heres my top five playoff guys


Malik
Horry
Jackson
Stephen Jackson
Doc Rivers


people forget how big Doc was in 95 against Houston, keeping them in game 6, helping them win the other games.

[MI21]

^^Huh?^^

Games 1,2,3,5 were all good games for Tony?

I don't understand what you are saying?

Anyhoo, I don't want to derail the thread. It's about bench players and Malik, not starters

[T Park]

Yeah game 2 VS New Jersey was a good game for Parker.

Rewatch the film, he singlehandidly brought the team back and had a great 1 on 1 battle with Kidd going.


Jackson hits that three, Spurs win in 5, Parker's dynasty is a whole of alot different.

[MI21]

Oh good, I agree with you. I thought you were saying Tony didn't play well in Games 1,2,3,5.

My fault.

[T Park]

Ive been one of the few defending Tony Parker tooth and nail on this forum.

[grjr]

Id switch Brent Barry with Terry Porter.

Porter wasn't all together good in his 2 times in the POs.

Can anybody think of Porter and not see him falling down on that out of bounds play?

[SequSpur]

Malik Rose sucks.

[slayermin]

Malik Rose sucks.

And Nazr rulz.

[Trainwreck2100]

Antoine Carr

[SequSpur]

And Nazr rulz.

Nazr is better than Rasho...

That is important.

There have been alot of important bench players. Just because Malik was here for a few years doesn't mean , have of that time he never played.

[SequSpur]

Tony Parker is the best player on the Spurs.

2006.

[sanman53]

Antoine Carr

That made me laugh out loud!

[ShoogarBear]

No way was Claxton a bigger part of the 03 le than Kerr...2 games? More like one game Speedy made a difference in...the final one, when he was left wide open from 10 feet out....even with that he still made a couple of bonehead TO's that could have proved fatal if not for a fortuitous bounce to the Admiral.

Sorry but Kerr was far and away more important to the 03 le than Claxton...and Kerr's Spurs career being a disppointment had as much to do with Pop not letting him get comfortable as it did with any flaws in Kerr's ability...Kerr seemed to play just fine under the intense pressure of the Jordan expectation. He never got a chance to matter until 03...and even that was due to Tim Duncan more than Pop.



Malik is the no brainer best bench player in Spurs history...

After that I'd say it's Jaren Jackson...remember...he outclutched Horry in 99. He was the difference against the Lakers...who would go on to win the next 3 les.

Then it's probably a tossup between Manu or Horry. Manu was pretty important in 03...

Horry is probably the best bench player of all time in terms of winning les...but he's just not that for the Spurs...he prolly won't ever be.

Who the is this n00bbb?

[1Parker1]

Brent.....I mean Whott, you're back!!! We missed ya, where you been hiding?

[Willinsa]

Kerr played about ten good minutes of basketball for the Spurs. He sucked 99.9% of his time with team. How is he even in this conversation?

Yeah Kerr won how many rings?? So you would pick Malik over Kerr in the clutch. I think we need to let Malik go, he sucked and we all need to move on that he is no longer here.

If you talk with anyone outside of Texas if they would prefer Malik or Kerr, I dont think many people know who the Malik Rose is or what he ever did as a player. As for Kerr he just won 5 rings.

So in concluision Malik sucks let's leave it at that.

[slayermin]

Nazr is better than Rasho...

That is important.

There have been alot of important bench players. Just because Malik was here for a few years doesn't mean , have of that time he never played.

I really do think Nazr rulz. Nasty Nazr.

I agree with the contingent here that consider Malik Rose the best bench player in the Robinson/Duncan era. The dunk over Mutumbo in the '03 Finals made a huge emotional impact to change the mojo. One of my favorite games was his career high at Milwaukee. He dominated that game as if he was Sir Charles. He had 34 points and nine rebounds with the Admiral out of the lineup. TD went 25 and 15 but 6 to's.

Spurs won 105-102. It was a SPAM game and in the middle of a six game winning streak. To take the ramifications of this game to another level, the six game winning streak ended, three games before an eleven game winning streak. Between March 6th and April 11th, the Spurs went 18-2.

Horry and Jaren should be two and three. Timvp's list looks good to me.

[timvp]

Yeah Kerr won how many rings?? So you would pick Malik over Kerr in the clutch. I think we need to let Malik go, he sucked and we all need to move on that he is no longer here.

If you talk with anyone outside of Texas if they would prefer Malik or Kerr, I dont think many people know who the Malik Rose is or what he ever did as a player. As for Kerr he just won 5 rings.

So in concluision Malik sucks let's leave it at that.

Kerr sucked in '99 and made 7 shots in the '03 playoffs. Look through the legend that is Steve Kerr.

For the Bulls, that's totally different. Kerr had a much larger and more important role with them. On the Spurs, he was useless 99% of the time.

[scott]

It's not about what Steve Kerr did on the court... it was just important to have either Steve Kerr or Robert Horry on your team. 11 of the past 12 NBA champions can attest...

No Kerr = no championships in 99 or 03 for the Spurs.

[ShoogarBear]

No Kerr = no championships in 99 or 03 for the Spurs.

03 I'll give you, but I call bull on 99.

[scott]

11 of 12 Larry O'Brien trophies can't be wrong...

[polandprzem]

15 Best Bench Player of the David Robinson/Tim Duncan Era

1. Malik Rose -- A vital part of two championships.
2. Robert Horry -- Historic performance in the 2005 playoffs.
3. Jaren Jackson -- Legendary 1999 playoff run.
4. Chuck Person -- Hit 457 three-pointers in his three years in San Antonio.
5. Antonio Daniels -- Four seasons in San Antonio. Routinely played well in the playoffs.
6. Will Perdue -- Provided muscle next to Tim and Dave.
7. Terry Porter -- Was a team leader for his three-year stint in San Antonio.
8. Antoine Carr -- Three seasons in San Antonio averaging just under 11 points per game.
9. Brent Barry -- Hit big shots during the 2005 playoffs.
10. Danny Ferry -- Two year stint highlighted by his playoff saving Game Two of the 2003 playoffs.
11. Steve Kerr -- Four seasons in San Antonio. Hit big shots in 2003 playoffs.
12. Jerome Kersey -- Gave the Spurs toughness for two seasons.
13. Speedy Claxton -- Injured most of his season in San Antonio but played well in 2003 playoffs.
14. Doc Rivers -- Was a good role player in his two seasons of action for the Spurs.
15. Devin Brown -- Played parts of three seasons in San Antonio. Big in 2004 playoffs.

Good list by timvp.
I agree with tyhe top3 and the rest is more or less equaly.

[rwb]

I'd go with Malik...not just because of his bench play and his longevity, but for being an important part of the team and the city. And I agree with Kori--Speedy Claxton gets too much credit.

[travis2]

Give me a ing break...you put Jaren Jackson at #3 and Kerr at #11?

I think Kori needs to know you have a man-love relationship with Jackson.