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Bruce is great, but he is also a product of having enough talent surrounding him that we can emphasize his strengths and mask his deficiencies.
No way Bruce would get off the bench for the Cotton Fitzsimmons Spurs.
C - Dwayne Shintzus
PF - Alfredrick Hughes
SF - Carl Hererra
SG - Vernon Maxwell
PG - Rod Strickland
Bench
Zarko Paspaj
Bill Curley
Willie Anderson
Lloyd Daniels
Uwe Blab
Walter Berry
Frank Brickowski
Bruce is great, but he is also a product of having enough talent surrounding him that we can emphasize his strengths and mask his deficiencies.
No way Bruce would get off the bench for the Cotton Fitzsimmons Spurs.
.. and there is no way Bruce wouldn't be starting on a Pop led team.
Coach: Larry Brown
Assistant Coach: Gregg Popovich
C - D Robinson
PF - T Duncan
SF - S Elliot
SG - B Bowen
P - Avery Johnson
C - A Gilmore
PF - M Rose
SF - T mings
SG - G Gervin
PG - J Moore
J Silas
Larry Kenon
Just paying respects to the team that brought us our first championship. As much as I loved Mario Elie, I didn't include him because like other great Spurs (Dominique, Moses Malone, Rodman) I don't think he played here long enough to make an All-Time Spurs team
Yeah, on an All-Star team lets start a point guard who averaged more than five assists only once in his career. And actually, if this was a team I'd be taking into the playoffs to try to win a championship, my team would look like:
Coach: Pop
C David Robinson
PF Tim Duncan
SF Bruce Bowen
SG Manu Ginobili
PG Avery Johnson
C A Bruise Brother on Steroids
PF Malik Rose
SF Sean Elliott
SG George Gervin
PG Tony Parker
U James Silas
U Mario Elie
For as great as Gervin was, Pop would have made him into Brent Barry because he played no D.
You picked "WON'T PERDON'T" geez!
did not think I would see that!
*shrug*, okay, put him at shooting guard. The fact remains that he was a better player than either one of your starting guards.
Better than 2005 playoff Manu?
Are we going to granulate down to a single season or a single playoff performance? If so, then we need to put Jaren Jackson on these lists.
But to answer your question, yes, Silas was that good.
Incidentally, discounting his assist totals don't work once you account for differences in eras. In 1976, Silas' 5.4 APG was fourth in the ABA.
So, when TP or Manu rank in the top 5 in assists or make first-team All League, we'll have an argument.
We need an all-time Spurs list, I think John Lucas would be the best pick for coach.
Jack Haley (AKA Rodman's ) would be the starting center.
lol shoogarbear... how many finals MVP's did he almost win?
I think we need to throw in some seasons for clarification. For example, it's easier to say Manu over Elliott when you compare '05 to '99, but much harder when you compare '05 to '96. Plus, I think it'll make the whole thing more fun (by that I mean it will give us more to argue about). My starters:
C: Robinson '95 (27.6, 10.8, 3.2 blocks, MVP, First Team, All-Star)
PF: Duncan '03 (23, 13, 2.9 blocks, MVP, Finals MVP, First Team, All-Star)
SF: Elliott '96 (20, 5, 41% 3s, All-Star)
SG: Gervin '80 (33, 5, Scoring le, First Team, All-Star)
PG: Moore '85 (13, 10 assists, 2.8 steals)
That's some monstrous scoring, and amazing D at the 1, 4, and 5. We know Gervin and Moore play well together, and we know that Sean, Tim and David play well together. We also know that both DRob and Tim can defer to the teammate with the hot hand. My bench:
C: Artis Gilmore '83 (18, 12, 2.3 blocks, All-Star)
F/C: Horry '05 (pretend it's Game 7 of the NBA Finals, 5 seconds left, down by 2...what All-Time Spur do you want taking the shot for the win?)
F: Larry Kenon '78 (20, 9.6, All-Star)
F: Bowen '03 (what he did to Kobe in Game 2 of WCSF is the stuff of legend)
G: Ginobili '05 (All-Star, Finals MVP *ahem*)
G: Alvin Robertson '88 (19.6, 6, 7, All-Star)
G: Silas '76 (23.8, 5.4 assists, 1.8 steals, All-Star)
IR: Parker '06 (only IR because this team is guard heavy and we don't know if he can keep it up in the playoffs)
Coach: Pop
That bench is ridiculous. Defense all over the place, plenty of scoring and clutch shooting. Overall, the team is very deep at the 1, 2, and 3, not as much at 4 and 5, just like the Spurs of today. Maybe not enough muscle and size down low, but DRob in '95 owned Shaq, so that's good enough for me.
Who got left off:
Rodman: yeah, he could board, but he didn't defend when it mattered like he did as a Piston or Bull, and his presence would have screwed the chemistry of any team that played in "boring" San Antonio
Avery: no good if he's not the leader of the team (i.e. starter)
Terry mings: could score his first couple of years with the Spurs, didn't play D one single game of his entire 18 year career
Malik Rose: no way he's one of the top 12 Spurs ever...please
Elie, SJax, JJax: have to be on the bench, and none of their seasons with the Spurs top Silas or Ginobili
Do you really want me to destroy the logic here, or are you being facetious?
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