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Gregg Popovich I really don't need to write why
SpursTalk's Top 50 Spurs
1. Tim Duncan
2. David Robinson
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To pass the time until the start of preseason, let's see how SpursTalk.com ranks the Top 50 Spurs. Those eligible for the list include all players, coaches and owners. I don't want to define "top" too narrowly, but I think the best way to do it would be to think of the list as a list of the 50 most influential people who have helped make the Spurs one of the most successful franchises in the history of sport.
For more information on what we are doing, check out this thread.
In this thread, we will vote for spot number three. Please place your vote. If you will, also explain in this thread why you voted how you did.
Thanks.
P.S.
Poll options listed in alphabetical order. If you want to vote for someone not on the list, post in the thread and I'll add the person.
Voting will end 2AM CST Tuesday morning. Please vote only once.
Gregg Popovich I really don't need to write why
This one is either Gervin, Drossos or Pop.....I love Manu but he shouldn't go above any of those three choices. I'm voting for GG even though I think Drossos might be more deserving because GG is more likely to win!
This one isn't as cut and dried for me. I'm down to Pop and Gervin. I'm going to wait for insight from the brilliant minds here before I choose.
This is tough.
Gervin- The inventor of the finger roll. He played with such grace and was so damn smooth hence the nickname Ice. He was before my time but I have watched plenty of videos and talked to so many sports fans that admire this guy so much. From what I hear he was humble too, and never a distraction for teammates. Without him the Spurs making all those playoffs in the day was impossible. He was a career 20K point scorer even if you don't count the ABA with a total of 26,595 scored making a career average of 25.1 making him 10th all time on the NBA stat list and lead the league in scoring 4 times. In other words he was a well oiled machine. He also played some defense too, ranking 50th all time in steals per game while also averaging a career 5 boards per contest. And Ice always stepped it up when it mattered the most- with a higher PPG average of 26.5 and also rebounds at 6.9 per. Machine, like I said. 12 straight All Star appearances, finished 2nd in the MVP voting in 78' and 79', 3rd in 80' as well. And that's just a run down.
Apart of me wants to go Pop on this one, but I can't. The winning tradition of the Spurs was started by Ice, and Pop will have to settle for a lower spot in my books.
The Iceman is the 3rd greatest Spur in the history of Spurs Basketball.
My list:
1. Robinson
2. Duncan
3. Gervin
Number3, 4 and 5 should be Gervin, Drossos and Pop. I don't know enough Gervin and Drossos to say what should be the order. I will wait to read what people have to say before choosing one.
Drossos was the savvy (and tight) businessman who kept the Spurs afloat against the odss. Gervin was the one who gave the Spurs their early NBA iden y (not their ABA one, though, that was Silas) and put fans in the seats.
As far as importance for the team, it's Gervin on the basis that without the superstar, the franchise would have failed no matter how good the management was.
Wilt Chamberlain was doing finger roll before George.Gervin- The inventor of the finger roll.
My vote goes for Iceman.
Ice.
Pop no question
I just voted Coach Pop
Gervin
Do you think we could have just given the 'gold' to Duncan, Robinson and Gervin? A case could be made for all 3 superstars from the different eras being each as vital as possible.
But damn, if it was a 'cool' compe ion, Gervin would win hands down. The man just is cool. The laugh is infectious. The smile is so broad. And from what i have seen, he is just so damn friendly and is such a 'Spur' through and through.
Plus, somethings got to be said for his ability to score. Made it look so easy! If you have ever seen the highlight of Gervin going baseline, and doing that amazing finger roll from way down low, how can you not be impressed? Such a graceful shot. Plus, isnt he generally credited with teaching Jordan how to score that last few years of his career in Chicago?
Shoog makes my argument -- I think after Gervin, we start getting into executives who made all of this possible. But I think that all of the executive brilliance in the world wouldn't have meant much if there hadn't been these three superstar players who committed their careers to San Antonio and the organization that those executives put together.
Some newer Spurs fans don't give Ice the credit he deserves -- and whottt does a fabulous job of making the arguments to establish the disrespect that comes from arguing that any players other than Duncan and Robinson were ever better for this franchise -- but there's no doubt that he's one of the greatest players in the history of basketball and deserves to be no worse than 3rd on any list like this one.
Pop???????? U people are nuts.
To me, Pop's contributions transcend what any single player could ever do. I think what Pop has done with this team in the past decade has secured their legacy and stability for a long, long time.
I think if you performed this on a Celtics board, Red Auerbach would win. While Pop is no Red at this point, in my opinion he's "our" Red... and Duncan is his Russell.
I had to go with Ice. He was the franchise in the 70's and early 80's.
Yeah, my thoughts are line with a few others here. Pop and Drossos are key figures in the big picture, but Ice (along with the first two names on the lists) were the sort of transcendent talents that when you say "San Antonio Spurs" 9 out of 10 people's first mental image is one of those three players.
Iceman. For same reasons as ones already stated.
Gervin....easily.
Iceman
Ice.
I voted for "The Iceman," George Gervin. Put us on the map.
Same here
Iceman. How many guards do you know who can shoot 50%+ in their careers? Beautiful mid-range game, and his creativity at the rim is rivaled only by Dr. J and Jordan. Iceman would go nuts in today's league with how much the refs handcuff perimeter defenders. He's probably second only to Jordan in scoring ability in this league's history. The curse of the small market has ensured that Ice will be perhaps the most underrated star this league has ever had.
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