Spot Number 48 - Top 50 Spurs

[Obstructed_View]

Oberto top 50?

Let's see someone make a case for that!

He was the center for one more championship team than Rasho. Oberto jumped ahead of Rasho in the playoff rotation when he was a rookie. He's never been so bad that he got benched for a playoff run, which had happened to Rasho twice by the time he'd been with the Spurs the same amount of time.

[samikeyp]

He was the center for one more championship team than Rasho. Oberto jumped ahead of Rasho in the playoff rotation when he was a rookie. He's never been so bad that he got benched for a playoff run, which had happened to Rasho twice by the time he'd been with the Spurs the same amount of time.

Ok, that makes the case for him being ahead of Rasho, but not for him being one of the top 50 Spurs of all time.

[sendman]

To quote the immortal Timvp (not sure he's actually "immortal" but a man can dare to dream):

This is the MOTHER of suck-ups!

[FromWayDowntown]

If Rasho had actually been as valuable to the Spurs as suggested, they likely wouldn't have given up substantial assets to acquire Nazr Mohammed, eventually replace Rasho with Nazr, and diminished Rasho's playoff role to appearing in about half of his team's games and playing less than 8 minutes per appearance.

Rationally-acting, successful teams don't frequently replace valuable players with less valuable players. At the very least, it would seem reasonable to say that Nazr Mohammed belongs on the list before Rasho Nesterovic does.

[2centsworth]

how does Dale Ellis have only one vote. I'm going to vommit

[anakha]

You guys are relentlessly lame.

Just making a joke based on how the voting has gone the past several days.

Why so thin-skinned all of a sudden?

[Obstructed_View]

Ok, that makes the case for him being ahead of Rasho, but not for him being one of the top 50 Spurs of all time.

Sorry, but the Rasho voters have ed up the last few spots of this poll. It's a smaller tragedy to have Oberto and Nazr and Ellis and Person and Coby on the list than to have Rasho on it. We don't have to outrun the bear...

[samikeyp]

Sorry, but the Rasho voters have ed up the last few spots of this poll. It's a smaller tragedy to have Oberto and Nazr and Ellis and Person and Coby on the list than to have Rasho on it. We don't have to outrun the bear...

Two wrongs don't make a right.

[Typhoon]

Its time for Oberto to leave its mark among the top 50, no doubt.

[remingtonbo2001]

If "his attributes really didn't fit well with the other parts of the team" then he really isn't a top 50 player for the SPURS.


To quote the immortal Timvp (not sure he's actually "immortal" but a man can dare to dream):

"...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."




Rasho may be worth millions to some team out there, but truth is he was never worth millions to the Spurs during his time in a Spurs uniform.

By that reasoning Dominique Wilkins should be on the list seeing as he once wore a Spurs uniform. He was worth millions upon millions.

Moses Malone was on the Spurs roster...he should get the nod by that reasoning.






I have yet to see a valid argument for what makes Rasho worthy of a top 50 spot, other than "he was always in good defensive position"............Yay. You could put a tree stump in good defensive position, which is precisely what Rasho was to this team.

My remark about Rasho being worth millions was synical.

The remark was directed more so at Bottomtooth's remark about an individual being less worthy than a pile of steaming manure.

It's as though Rasho purposely sabatoged this team, unlike Rodman, or Strickland.

Is Rasho worthy of being in the top 50? In reality, no. However, neither should Rodman or Strickland for that matter. They're not even close to Spurs material.

Any Spurs Top 50 list without David Robinson holding the #1 spot is a pile of steaming manure.

[rAm]

Any Spurs Top 50 list without David Robinson holding the #1 spot is a pile of steaming manure.

Couldn't agree with you more.

[SlovenianGuy]

Let me explain my case for Rasho.

He wasn't worse than Steve Kerr, who's main quality was shooting the ball, but managed to score only 3.7 points per game in his 206 games with the Spurs.

Steve Kerr was chosen as the 42nd best Spur.

Until that point I was voting for guys like Jones, Banks, Vinny or Hill, but when I saw that Kerr got the 42nd spot I started to vote for Rasho.

[rAm]

Let me explain my case for Rasho.

He wasn't worse than Steve Kerr, who's main quality was shooting the ball, but managed to score only 3.7 points per game in his 206 games with the Spurs.

Steve Kerr was chosen as the 42nd best Spur.

Until that point I was voting for guys like Jones, Banks, Vinny or Hill, but when I saw that Kerr got the 42nd spot I started to vote for Rasho.

no sry

[timvp]

I'm jumping on the Coby Dietrick bandwagon. He's easily the most deserving of the players near the top. He played in a ton of games for the Spurs and was a fan favorite. He's arguably the second best bench player in team history behind Rose. He was a rare forward that could help in just about every category - points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Plus he almost always upped his game in the playoffs.

Oberto had a good playoff run but that's about all he's done. He hasn't been good in any regular season. Last year in the playoffs he wasn't as good as in '07. Maybe by the time his contract runs out he could be top 50 but he needs more added to his resume.

Nesterovic was a decent player for the Spurs in the regular season. He helped win a lot of regular season games. He had some pretty good stretches when Duncan was injured. But he just doesn't have the stats or the playoff accomplishments to warrant top 50.

Person was a fun player to watch because he'd bomb threes from anywhere on the court. But his all around game wasn't there. He was a one-dimensional bench player. And most importantly, when the Spurs needed him most, he played horribly. In the '95 playoffs, he laid a gigantic egg. Fans like to blame Rodman, Hill and Del Negro but Person rolling over and dying was just as big.

[Obstructed_View]

Two wrongs don't make a right.

See "smaller tragedy".

[velik_m]

If Rasho had actually been as valuable to the Spurs as suggested, they likely wouldn't have given up substantial assets to acquire Nazr Mohammed, eventually replace Rasho with Nazr, and diminished Rasho's playoff role to appearing in about half of his team's games and playing less than 8 minutes per appearance.

Rationally-acting, successful teams don't frequently replace valuable players with less valuable players. At the very least, it would seem reasonable to say that Nazr Mohammed belongs on the list before Rasho Nesterovic does.

Unless the player gets injured.

[Obstructed_View]

Unless the player gets injured.

Very true. And Rasho was healthy for the playoffs every year he was here, yet watched two of them from the bench.

[angel_luv]

Just making a joke based on how the voting has gone the past several days.

Why so thin-skinned all of a sudden?

What, no one told you it was Thin-Skinned Thursday?