Who has been the worst 5 detrimental players in spurs history?

[TheGreatYacht]

I remember when Splits posted Apa's personal information, then he cried like a little to management.

remember when he quit ST, and then returned after his family had an intervention with him for wanting his aunt?

[KL2]

RJ is close, but Parker beats him.

-Leeched off prime TD/Manu for years.
-Refused his team's request that he not play in the Olympics to which he defied and pressured Diaw into joining having a negative impact on his play.
-Cheated with Barry's wife
-Is wasting Leonard's early years and will continue to waste them as long as he's on this roster, he's completely screwed up our rebuilding process.
-Is wasting Duncan-Manu & Pop's remaining years, not to mention D-West's.


That's just off the top of my head. This guys is a cancer.

[dabom]

RJ is close, but Parker beats him.

-Leeched off prime TD/Manu for years.
-Refused his team's request that he not play in the Olympics to which he defied and pressured Diaw into joining having a negative impact on his play.
-Cheated with Barry's wife
-Is wasting Leonard's early years and will continue to waste them as long as he's on this roster, he's completely screwed up our rebuilding process.
-Is wasting Duncan-Manu & Pop's remaining years, not to mention D-West's.


That's just off the top of my head. This guys is a cancer.

OMG

[Aztecfan03]

Apalisoc's minions think its Parker just like midnight said.

[dabom]

Apalisoc's minions think its Parker just like midnight said.

Dude was shielding the hardest. Preemptive posts.

[GSH]

Hedo Turkoglu... we had a lot riding on that choker... luckily it wasn't a long term deal.

Hedo's salary was only about $2 Mil that season. But getting him was the reason the Spurs had to absorb Ron Mercer's bloated salary, IIRC. Couldn't decide which was more damaging. Mercer was and cost almost $7M that season. Hedo didn't live up to expectations, but only cost like $2M, I think.

I can't believe nobody else mentioned the $10M or Stephen Jackson cost the cap, his second time around. Think about what another, different $10M player could have meant to that roster.

Sidney Green - Total tub of as a player. Cost two draft picks to get rid of him for JR Reid.
Nick Van Exel - Not even sure how the Spurs ended up with this guy, but he was signed based on past performances.
Derek Anderson - Probably the main reason Manu Ginobili wasn't brought over in 2000

Sidney Green is a blast from the past, but yeah.
Van Exel played for around the vet min, after making $12M the year before. That should have been a clue that he was done. I blame that debacle on the FO. Besides, he wasn't much different from Benoh - hard to mention one without the other.
I thought Anderson had about the best year of his career with the Spurs. The way he went out was , but I thought you chalk that one up to "it's a business".

[ginobilized]

Nick Van Exel
Stephen Jackson redux
Richard Jefferson
Jackie Butler
Mengke Bateer

[SouthernFried]

Larry Brown
Jefferson
Paul Pressey/Sidney Green/Maurice Cheeks (all part of the Larry Brown saga)
Dwayne Shintzius (sp? lol)
Johnny Dawkins

[Budkin]

Cluppers nation going ISIS on midnightpulp and spurstalk

"going ISIS"

[Spurtacular]

Black Ollie / Corpse McCallum

[ElNono]

I can't believe nobody else mentioned the $10M or Stephen Jackson cost the cap, his second time around. Think about what another, different $10M player could have meant to that roster.

Jack was great in the first season with the team on his second stint... one of the few guys that really showed up against OKC in the WC when Danny Green was choking badly.

It was his 2nd season where he mailed it in, tbh...

Plus he'll always get a pass from me because 2003 doesn't happen without his clutch shooting.

[Kawhitstorm]

Playoff disappointments:

2004-Hedo Chokoglue/Rasho Nestro

2001-Terry "Brick Layer" Porter

1998/2002- David "" Robinson

2006/2011: Porker

[spursistan]

Playoff disappointments:

2004-Hedo Chokoglue/Rasho Nestro

2001-Terry "Brick Layer" Porter

1998/2002- David "" Robinson

2006/2011: Porker

2009 Bonner/Roger Mason Jr choking combo ...

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Serious thread:


Strickland, Rodman, Jefferson, Turkoglu, Van Exel. In no particular order.

[Kawhitstorm]

2009 Bonner/Roger Mason Jr choking combo ...

Spurs were pretenders in 2009 so it's irrelevant.

[Kawhitstorm]

Serious thread:


Strickland, Rodman, Jefferson, Turkoglu, Van Exel. In no particular order.

As if anyone EXPECTED anything for Van Exel (maybe you did), his role was K-Mart status. (Barry/Manu were the backup PGs)

Might as well add Mighty Mouse to the list.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

As if anyone EXPECTED anything for Van Exel (maybe you did), his role was K-Mart status. (Barry/Manu were the backup PGs)

I saw Barry and Manu as the backup swingmen, assuming Finley and Bowen were the starters. Van Exel and Udrih were the backup PGs. Horry and Nesterovic, the backup bigs. Probably one of the deeper teams we had.

[Spurtacular]

Playoff disappointments:

1998 Robinson

Cost Timmy and the Spurs a back to back, imo.

[BSfromTX]

Charles Smith

huge contract and barely played. We were stuck for a long time with it too

[Kawhitstorm]

I saw Barry and Manu as the backup swingmen, assuming Finley and Bowen were the starters. Van Exel and Udrih were the backup PGs. Horry and Nesterovic, the backup bigs. Probably one of the deeper teams we had.

Van Exel/Beno were basically K-Mart/Miller status. Porker played a lot of minutes so Barry/Manu were able to spread their minutes as backup guards/wings. Van Exel only played spot minutes in the playoffs.

It was Rasho Nestro that went from being a full-time starter to being unplayable against the Mavs. (Nazr bailed him out in 2005)

[apalisoc_9]

Playoff disappointments:

2004-Hedo Chokoglue/Rasho Nestro

2001-Terry "Brick Layer" Porter

1998/2002- David "" Robinson

2006/2011: Porker

Love the Drop emoticon

[Spurtacular]

Van Exel/Beno were basically K-Mart/Miller status.

Rotation players vs. end of the bench players; so, no.

[hoopdreams11]

Lloyd Daniels

[Doe]

Turkoglu was a weird one. He was putting holes in the backboard with his errant shooting in the playoffs and looked scared against LA. Weirdly he became a pretty clutch player later on with the Magic. Who knows what could've been if he had stuck around and been used differently.

[Old School 44]

Alfredrick Hughes. The 14th pick in the 1985 draft. Not saying the Spurs would have picked him if he was available, but Karl Malone was the 13 pick of the draft.