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Malik sucks.
STFU and get over it.
Uh it's not about retiring his # as far as I'm concerned. It's about this little group that likes to go off on the man as if he didn't contribute anything during his time in SA. People tend to forget that for five seasons the big rotation was TD/DRob/Malik with Malik filling in often and quite well for DRob, even closing out games. Malik was huge during both the '99 and '03 le runs. Spurs fans wet themselves when Brent Barry hits a couple of regular season jumpers but then they dump on Rose as if he was dog . I think an appreciation for Malik's game serves as the best litmus test for whether a fan understands the game or they think what matters most is that a big be 6'10" tall.
Malik sucks.
STFU and get over it.
MB is right on this topic as usual. We as Spur Fans pride ourselves as being the best fans in the league.
I'm not fussed with the number business, but Malik was arguably one of the most influential and important players to our franchise. Regardless of some poor games, he's featured in 2.5 of our only le runs. Malik always showed respect to the franchise and it's sad that many fans don't return it.
I agree 100% and Avery sucks also.
I'm not fussed with the number business, but Malik was arguably one of the most influential and important players to our franchise. Regardless of some poor games, he's featured in 2.5 of our only le runs. Malik always showed respect to the franchise and it's sad that many fans don't return it.
So we shouldn't have given Van Exel the number 31, because we have to "remember" Malik?
Uhhhh ok.
No one is discounting what Rose brought to the table, but were just saying, someone else has the number, MOVE ON.
Oh please.I agree 100% and Avery sucks also.
Rose and Avery Johnson did not suck.
Without them there is no 99 and 03.
Dont ruin the point some of us are making children.
You were thinking of retiring the jersey in the rafters, maybe? There's no crying in basketball.
Malik was a valuable reserve for many years. Godspeed to him.
But chafing over somebody else wearing #31 is absurd.
Did anybody get bent out of shape when Antoine Carr got Larry Kenon's #35?
Malik had a lot of heart and I respect him tremendously. He contributed a lot to the Spurs success.
But why in the are people sentimental about his freakin' number?
I loved Malik...I am ok with someone like Nick the Quick taking his number I'm ok with that.What I am not ok with is people(generalizing here so I don't get beat up) acting like Malik was totally horrible all of the time. Which is not true. He had some pretty ed up moments, but all in all represented the silver and black well.
Now you know how I felt when Tim Duncan took Dominique Wilkins number
Where's Don Harris when you need him? He would take up this cause and devote an entire week to it on his radio show.
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Last edited by Mr. Peabody; 08-23-2011 at 06:43 PM.
Ill tell you what.
I was pretty damn pissed when Jason Hart took Rod Strickland's number 1.
Read what I wrote again T Park.
"I'm not fussed with the number business". In other words, I don't give a stuff that NVE has 31. I just don't see why people need to jump all over Malik like a dog whenever the topic comes up.
you sound like they handed van exel malik's rings along with the number.
Frankly I wouldn't retire Rose's number (but I would retire AJ's and Bowen's).
mattyc is on point. This is about all of the dumping on Rose as if he wasn't a major part of those le teams and did not contribute like he did during his time in SA. You can pretty much tell who knows the game and who doesn't by their comments on Rose.
no, you can tell someone's personal preferences on players by their comments on rose. rose's play his last year and a half landed him on the bench. san antonio did very well to trade him, it led to a championship. rose contributed to those le teams, but his contributions did not help last year.
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