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I felt ripped off by the Spurs' showcasing Butler for the Rockets to the exclusion of all the other players, but I was in Vegas so I got over it pretty quickly.
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This should be easy if you remember it so distinctly.
I felt ripped off by the Spurs' showcasing Butler for the Rockets to the exclusion of all the other players, but I was in Vegas so I got over it pretty quickly.
Solid D said: Just from a sheer energy and key contributor "6th man" standpoint, I would also want to mention Mike Gale - who backed up Jimmy Silas. That guy could really play and he played defense, too. Also Coby Dietrick and Paul Griffin were major contributors off the bench for 3 or 4 years - Coby had starter's minutes some of that time."
Count me in as a fan who thinks the topic is best off the bench for a substantial Spurs career rather than a series or a few games.
Gale was a superb backup at PF. I don't remember Coby ever starting but our centers were so bad some times...But these guys were all major contributors for 5-6 years. Add in George Karl.
If we had their PPG, rebounds, defense and assists and team spirit coming off the bench today we'd be delirious. Go look up their stats.
Another thing about their career here---All but Karl chose to retire here and have made substantial contributions to the community.
Okay I stand corrected again. Reviewiing the post-trade thread you were more PO'd about Scola.
Manu gets my vote since he doesn't start for a whole season.
Robert Horry could have done more in 2006 and 2007 playoffs. If you take a certain route one could argue I'm wrong and he singlehandedly destroyed the Suns in 2007, but I still refuse to look at the situation that way, and say the Suns owned themselves.
Did we ever have a legit (official) spurstalk poll of whether the spurstalk nation believes horry hardfouled nash to elicit a response due to his off the charts BBall IQ or was it just a hard foul he committed out of frustration?
That would be an interesting result.
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I'd say he did it for both reasons. He was frustrated, and his off-the-charts BBIQ channeled his frustration into hard-fouling Nash.
I never saw enough of him to answer this objectively, but he effin' torched the Suns. His mismatches in 2003 murdered any shot at an upset the Suns may have had.
OBI WAN GINOBILI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! period. and exclamation mark.
I'd rather choose Big shot Rob.
Ginobili and Horry.
I wouldn't consider Malik for that at all. He contributed. was a good team player and had longevity but FWD made better points about Horry, Kerr and Jackson. I loved his energy off the bench, too. Butthe above three made more significant contributions to winning a le than Malik did. Just IMO.
I'm pretty sure the best Spurs bench player of all time is Manu Ginobili.
Malik was good.... until he decided he wanted to be a scorer
I can certainly see why someone would think Horry is above Malik. Personally, I think it is either of these 2 who is the best. (If Manu returns to starter)
Jaren Jackson... hmm maybe, but he wasn't really good for a long period of time, but being such a large part of the 99 championship I can maybe just see why someone would rank him above.
But Kerr?
He had 2 good games as a Spur that meant anything.
Thing about Horry is, he's soooooo freakin clutch! He was huge in 2005 - without him we probably lose game 5 and the series. I mean 17 pts in the 4th/OT, then the huge lefty dunk, then the Sheed brain explosion... and this year, when we were having real trouble against Denver, he was the one who turned the tide. Game 2, Manu playing like a dog turns the ball over and somehow Horry gets back to swat AI's shot on the break. Manu picks his head up, scores the next 8 points, and we never look back... without the Horry hustle, we might have been 0-2 v Denver!
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