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I'm not a Malik hater, but I don't think he was the most important...
I'd say Steve Kerr, closely followed by Robert Horry...
Dunno...it's weird. If we rank importance relevant to our most successful times who impacted our success in such a way that history would have been MUCH different without him:
Speedy Claxton
Robert Horry
Steve Kerr
I'm not a Malik hater, but I don't think he was the most important...
I'd say Steve Kerr, closely followed by Robert Horry...
Neither Kerr nor Horry provided the consistent play over such a long period. Horry has a chance to do so. Kerr knocking down shots in one game to me isn't as important, though they were huge shots.
Bateer Menk ...
kidding aside...i go for Robert Horry...
One game??? Oh puhleeeze...now you're acting like those whom you complain about...
C'mon, it's pretty obviously Malik. You guys have short memories.
Horry had a role in 03 championship and 05 championship
Yup - Malik was a warrior (not from GS), but he was batteling and doing his best. And he was the first frontcourt player of the bench. Unbelivable.
In the years I remember he he have my vote that is Robert then is Kerr then is Jaren and then is Gino AD 2003, but maybe I'm forgoting somebody
I can't even wright two sentences correct
Spurs fans have the shortest memories. In 2003 versus the Suns, the Spurs don't make it out of the first round without Rose. Robinson was banged up and even missed a game in that series? Remember?
In Game Five with the series tied 2-2, Rose scored 27 points, pulls down 13 rebounds in 29 minutes. That came off of a Game Four where Rose put up ten points and 14 rebounds. In that same game, the great Manu Ginobili scored zero points in 23 minutes. For the series, Rose averaged 13.8 points and 8.7 in 26.2 minutes per game.
In the series versus the Lakers, much like in 1999, Rose did a good job guarding Shaq. That freed up Duncan and company to do their magic.
Versus the Mavericks, Rose gets knocked out (literally) in Game One and the Spurs go on to lose. Facing a must win Game Two, Rose puts up 25 points on 11 shots to lead the Spurs to victory. In Game Six, where Spurs fans only remember Steve Kerr hitting wide open threes, they forget that Rose's 12 points and 11 rebounds while playing the whole fourth quarter was arguably a bigger reason for the victory.
Spurs fans remember the two good quarters of basketball Kerr played for the Spurs in the playoffs. They remember the couple good minutes Speedy played. However, they forget the huge role Rose played on two championship teams. Why? Not sure, but probably their judgement is clouded by how his tenure with the Spurs ended.
Well he did clank alot of jumpers for the Lakers in 03 if you want to call that a contribution to the Spurs.
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?
Because he's Steve Kerr. Why does Radoslav have a following in SA? I don't know nor pretend to understand.
Well - he was backup PG in 1999
Yeah and I remember when Portland was leaving him open in the '99 WCF.
In the '99 playoff run, Kerr shot 27% from the field. His three-point percentage was south of 20, IIRC. In the '03 playoffs, he hit 7 shots.
Total.
The legend of Steve Kerr is amazing
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Okay so I will move him to the spot numba five on my list.
(List still in progress)
Stevie's so cute, though...in a retro Huck-Finn-kind-of-way.
Timvp, I think you're dead on as to why there a lack of Malik love in this thread. Kerr retired while the memory of his contributions were fresh. Malik left after a protracted and rather public stint in Pop's dog house and his worst play here (which one caused the other is still topic of debate). It's just like an old western. Which ending would the fans rather see? One where the sheriff rides into town, clears out the outlaws, and rides off into the sunset? Or one where the sheriff settles down, opens a restaurant, then falls out of favor with the mayor after his gun jams thwarting a bank robbery, causing him to pull his chaps over his face, at which point the robbers jump on their horses and make an easy getaway?
No one can touch Malik's longevity, yet. If Horry decides to play hero for the Spurs one more time I might give him my vote, but for now it goes to Malik.
Kerr's legacy is for obvious reasons. You simply don't expect someone to sit on their ass for months on end and then be put into an enormous spot with the season on the line and come through with the clutch shots he hit. Granted not that many, but HUGE. Timing is everything.
Rose, however is the correct choice.
Personally I think that Kerr's legend lives on around here because it allows so many of us who sit around typing all day to say that our level of athletic ability is on par with one of the greatest bench players ever.
Malik was huge in multiple playoff games across a number of years, as well as being a consistent part of the rotation for years. I look at Kerr as I do at Claxton. Sure, both hit big shots at key points in the postseason, but that doesn't equate to being a consistent contributor plus multiple big playoff games. With DRob's back so iffy those last few seasons, Rose's play was all the more important.
Kerr hit a couple wide open shots with the worst defender in the modern era (Steve Nash) "guarding" him. It was a great game and he hit the shots when it mattered, but honestly Stephen Jackson and Malik Rose were bigger keys of that victory.
Kerr wouldn't crack my top ten list of most important bench players of the Spurs three championship teams.
The thing that amazes me is how Spurs fans dump on guys who were vital to championship runs and the team's success across multiple seasons like AJ and Malik, yet are so willing to jock guys who saw only a cup of coffee in SA.
I gotta say Malik here. I agree that no one else really comes close, except maybe Horry.
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