Buck Harvey: Numbers worthy of a parade: 3 lift 12

[samikeyp]

I wasn't sold completely on #12 going up after last season.

This season and especially this post-season clinched it for me.

12 goes up also.

[Walton Buys Off Me]

I just read some idiot comparing Robert Horry to Malik Rose and using the logic that if Horry's jersey were to be retired by the Spurs, as should Malik's.

I know it's hot in South Texas but you've got to be kidding right?

Robert Horry won the 2005 le with his historic, remarkable performance in game 5 against Detroit and the most Malik Rose ever did in crunch time of a championship game was wave a towel while watching from the sidelines.

Malik Rose will go down as the one of the hardest working, overpaid Spurs of all-time. To idiots on this board, he's the second coming of Moses Malone. To anyone not wearing blinders, he's an under-sized, average basketball player with a big heart.

Can we put the Malik Rose crap to bed already?

[whottt]

I just read some idiot comparing Robert Horry to Malik Rose and using the logic that if Horry's jersey were to be retired by the Spurs, as should Malik's.

I know it's hot in South Texas but you've got to be kidding right?

Robert Horry won the 2005 le with his historic, remarkable performance in game 5 against Detroit and the most Malik Rose ever did in crunch time of a championship game was wave a towel while watching from the sidelines.

Malik Rose will go down as the one of the hardest working, overpaid Spurs of all-time. To idiots on this board, he's the second coming of Moses Malone. To anyone not wearing blinders, he's an under-sized, average basketball player with a big heart.

Can we put the Malik Rose crap to bed already?

Bandwagoned after 03 did you?

[ObiwanGinobili]

Anyone who thinks #12 should not be retired needs to be tied to a chair and forced to watch the entire 2001 Lakers series for 72 hours straight. With Sean out of action, and Bowen not yet signed, they ASSRAPED us. Without Bowen, we may have one trophy in the case. If you think about how close the 2004 and 2006 seasons were to two more rings, you understand the fine line between champions and also-rans. Now, imagine of Kobe goes off again in 2003, or Rip or Chauncey does in 2005...we don't win.

A FREAKING MEN!

Seriously - is spurscenter on crack?

I would retire Bowen's #12 over Manu's #20 in a heartbeat - and my screename is ObiwanGinobili !!

[Walton Buys Off Me]

Been a Spurs fan since you were waxing poles for 5$ Whott. Long enough to know the difference between one of the biggest clutch shot makers in NBA HISTORY and an overpaid scrub that got lucky because he shared an agent with Tim Duncan.

[ShoogarBear]

Robert Horry won the 2005 le with his historic, remarkable performance in game 5 against Detroit and the most Malik Rose ever did in crunch time of a championship game was wave a towel while watching from the sidelines.

[ShoogarBear]

Oh, and just for the record, I don't think either Horry or Malik's numbers should be retired.

Bruce is a no-brainer.

[whottt]

Been a Spurs fan since you were waxing poles for 5$ Whott. Long enough to know the difference between one of the biggest clutch shot makers in NBA HISTORY and an overpaid scrub that got lucky because he shared an agent with Tim Duncan.

Spurs jersey retirement has nothing to do with career outside of the Spurs really...that's why Nique and Moses don't have their jerseys retired.

Just talking Spurs career...Horry isn't more deserving than Malik.

Malik had some huge playoff games and moments for us that you either, don't remember, or didn't see because you weren't watching.


Case in point...the reason Malik got paid so much is that the Lakers(with Horry) were offering him that much...


Someone that was doing more than working the glory hole at their local porn shop at that time, would have known that...

Bandwaggoner....and pole smoker.

[MadDog73]

If Horry wins another Championship with the Spurs, does he get his Jersey retired then?

Right now, I don't think so.

Tim
Tony
Manu
Bruce

[ChumpDumper]

Oh, and just for the record, I don't think either Horry or Malik's numbers should be retired.

Bruce is a no-brainer.

Agreed. I don't think AJ merits it either, but there's no true accounting for this stuff. I won't stage a protest if it happens for those guys.

Bruce absolutely needs his number retired, if only to try and make up for all the DPOYs and now Finals MVP that he deserved but never received.

[whottt]

Like I said earlier...if we retire Horry's jersey right now, we'll be retiring it for stuff he did with the Spurs, and in some cases stuff he did against the Spurs.

I just don't think his jersey is quite there at retirement status...

And I am big Horry Fan...I think he belongs in the HOF....I just don't think he's done enough as a Spur to have his jersey retired unless it's done in an unusual way...like along with the Lakers and Rockets retiring it.

[my2sons]

Yes to Tim, Tony, Manu and Bruce...and BTW, great points on Bruce.


Horry is a special case...like debating his HOF worthiness. If you retire his jesey, how do you not retire Malik's? You'd be retiring it for stuff he did not in a Spurs uniform, and in some cases, stuff he did to the Spurs in an opposing uniform.

The only way I could see Horry's jersey getting retired is if it was some joint venture on the part of the Rockets, Lakers and Spurs...paying tribute to a unique and hard to classify player.

I could see the Spurs and Lakers going for it...but Horry doesn't seem to be remembered as fondly in Houston.

Anyway...Tim, Tony, Manu and Bruce are definites....and yes, what Bruce did in this series was truly amazing. A 36 year old 200 lb 6'7 guy should not have been able to do to LeBron what Bruce did to him....it was what made that series a joke instead of a nightmare IMO. Bruce was the true finals MVP.

That would be awsome and unique to see those three teams do something like that simultaneously, it would be a first thats for sure

[BigBeezie]

I don't see Avery getting retired while he is coach of the Mavs. You just can't give a Maverick an honor like that.

They should retire Duncan, Tony, Manu and Bruce. Horry is also a possibility...

[sprrs]

yea but i think Bruce should be remembered by a statue or banner or plaque or display, the championship banner honrs the whole team.

Jersey retirement is for super stars over careers, in my opinion.

Like Harvey said, championships play a big part in retiring jerseys. Bowen was a HUGE part in the last three les. Tack that onto what he's meant to the city and the team, there's no way anyone can make a case that his jersey shouldn't be retired.

[nkdlunch]

LMAO Malik sucks.

Bowen's jersey will be retired.