Yahoo!: Spurs Top 10 Role Players 1999 onward

[lil'mo]

And Oberto shouldn't be on that list tbh no disrespect. That 07 run was very winnable without him IMHO.

LOL underating Oberto

I guess spurs could have won it all with a Duncan/Elson frot court then. We didn't need Oberto

idiots

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wasn't there a still image of finley throwing down a monstrous dunk and you see cuban in the background with a pissed off look on his face?

It was a great dunk, but didn't the Spurs lose that series?

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LOL underating Oberto

I guess spurs could have won it all with a Duncan/Elson frot court then. We didn't need Oberto

idiots

Yes, the finals would have gone, who knows, as many as FIVE GAMES without Oberto.

[Captivus]

The definition of role player is the problem here.

[mando6599]

Umm, didn't we win against the Knicks in 5 games? Not 4. They make it seem we swept the Knicks and AJ hit the winning shot or something heroic like that.

[Sec24Row7]

Um, wrong. Manu hit the first three, Jack hit the second and third off Kerr's passing which put the Spurs down three, and Kerr hit the one to tie it, the one to take the lead, and the one to extend it to 8. He also made the biggest defensive play of the game and an incredible save inbounds.

Long forgotten is that Kerr was the backup point guard for quite a stretch during the season because Claxton was hurt.

I see... how exactly was my statement wrong? 2 of Kerr's 3's came while we were down... vs 3 for Jack?

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And in fact... jack had 5 3's in the game to Kerr's 4.. 3 in the run... to kerr's 4... and his willingness to pass semi open looks to feed Timmy in the post is what left Kerr wide open when Dallas was behind rotating...

If they hadn't been worried about Jackson and Duncan... Kerr wouldn't have been open.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4caOwS6jI

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I see... how exactly was my statement wrong? 1 of Kerr's 3's came while we were down... vs 2 for Jack?

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The "mainly padded a lead" line, which is intended to minimize how ing instrumental he was to the Spurs winning that game, in addition to being completely and utterly ignorant, is also wrong. Kerr tied the game and broke the tie, then put a dagger in Dallas. One of three of his shots were when the team had a lead, so they could not be "mainly padding a lead", so you're wrong about that.

While heaping praise upon Jack, you also give him credit for starting the run, which a rookie named Ginobili did, so you're wrong about that too. It's pretty shameful to try to minimize what other players do in a big game, but it's ing re ed to do it on a message board full of people who saw the game and likely have it on a DVD on their shelf.

I'd have taken you on if you'd attempted to minimize Jack's contribution as well. He was huge. He just wasn't alone.

[Sec24Row7]

The "mainly padded a lead" line, which is intended to minimize how ing instrumental he was to the Spurs winning that game, in addition to being completely and utterly ignorant, is also wrong. Kerr tied the game and broke the tie, then put a dagger in Dallas. One of three of his shots were when the team had a lead, so they could not be "mainly padding a lead", so you're wrong about that.

While heaping praise upon Jack, you also give him credit for starting the run, which a rookie named Ginobili did, so you're wrong about that too. It's pretty shameful to try to minimize what other players do in a big game, but it's ing re ed to do it on a message board full of people who saw the game and likely have it on a DVD on their shelf.

I'd have taken you on if you'd attempted to minimize Jack's contribution as well. He was huge. He just wasn't alone.

My point is this bag...

If there is X amount of credit by spursfan to be given.

Kerr gets too much of X and Jack gets too little.

Read my edited post, cheap seats, because your memory isn't crystal either. Do you have a concrete column in front of your TV and computer too?

[SnakeBoy]

Avery Johnson wasnt role player, tbh.

^This...If their number is hanging in the rafters they weren't just a role player.

[thiste]

They forgot Mengke!!

Nah but seriously, how could they not mention Robert and Brent...

And as much as I like the Red Mamba, he has more often than not been a liability in the playoffs rather than an asset

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My point is this bag...

If there is X amount of credit by spursfan to be given.

Kerr gets too much of X and Jack gets too little.

Read my edited post, cheap seats, because your memory isn't crystal either. Do you have a concrete column in front of your TV and computer too?

Kerr gets the credit he gets. If you're going to try to make ridiculous statements about what happened in a game we all saw, you might stick to opinions instead of math, because the latter's kind of easy to refute. Sorry you're mad about that, but I'm not the one making up. There's simply no way to spin what you said to make it right. Kerr didn't "mainly pad a lead", he tied the game and took the lead, then padded it. My memory of that game is fine, thanks.

And that you skip right over the over-praise of Speedy Claxton to whine about people giving too much credit to Steve Kerr.

What a ing mouth-breather.

[Sec24Row7]

Claxton?

Weren't you and I talking about 1 game?

You want to talk about the entire playoff run with Jack and Kerr then?

WTF are you talking about?

[jdiggy0424]

Ah of course Kelly Dwyer wrote the article. No surprises on why it's re ed.

[Sean Cagney]

wasn't there a still image of finley throwing down a monstrous dunk and you see cuban in the background with a pissed off look on his face?

Finley had three of them that series! I remember his dunk over Dampier still! I also remember the head butt dunk when he dunked it and slammed ball with his head. He had key threes as well in that series, he played his ass off for all the hate he gets now. Finley the first two years here was a fine piece, after that Pop overused his value and he got too old, period.

Ah of course Kelly Dwyer wrote the article. No surprises on why it's re ed.

I agree fully with this here.

[100%duncan]

idiots

The same thing can be said with people overrating Oberto.

Idiot.

[therealtruth]

Yeah, he did a great job running the point when Parker was resting in the second half of game 7. No way they win that game without him.

He was also the anti-Bonner. If it was a wide open shot and we really needed it he was going to knock the shot down.

[therealtruth]

And Oberto shouldn't be on that list tbh no disrespect. That 07 run was very winnable without him IMHO.

You don't remember the sequence at the end of game 4 of the Finals when he just outhustled the Cavs frontcourt and his ability to tip back rebounds? Or maybe the 14 points in scored of easy baskets in game's 1-2 of the WCF?

[GaryJohnston]

Bowen easily over Avery. I wouldn't consider Sean ****** a role player. He was a contributor, he was more than a role player.

[davidbowie]

just seeing the list makes me a little sad. we're the best team ever! go spurs go!

[DMC]

Where's Roger Mason Jr?

[DMC]

Y is sean's name in * ?

To teach nubiles like you how to spell his name correctly.

[100%duncan]

You don't remember the sequence at the end of game 4 of the Finals when he just outhustled the Cavs frontcourt and his ability to tip back rebounds? Or maybe the 14 points in scored of easy baskets in game's 1-2 of the WCF?

Yeah, like we wouldn't have finished it in 5

[lil'mo]

Yes, the finals would have gone, who knows, as many as FIVE GAMES without Oberto.

The Spurs would have made it to the Finals without Oberto's contributions?

[lil'mo]

The same thing can be said with people overrating Oberto.

Idiot.

Nobody is overrating him, only idiots like you and OV underating him

[100%duncan]

Nobody is overrating him, only idiots like you and OV underating him

Putting him in the top 10 really?

Horry
Barry
Elie
Jaren Jackson
Stak
speedy
kerr
avery
finley
rose
mohammed
leonard
green
splitter
diaw

15. That's being generous for you, you little dumb because I'm not going to consider as Elliott and Bowen roleplayers.

oh and at doubting if the Spurs wouldve made it to the finals without oberto, if the spurs needed oberto to get to the finals then the spurs were ed in the first place.