Spot Number 45 - Top 50 Spurs

[timvp]

SpursTalk's Top 50 Spurs
1. Tim Duncan
2. David Robinson
3. George Gervin
4. Gregg Popovich
5. Angelo Drossos
6. Manu Ginobili
7. Tony Parker
8. Sean Elliott
9. James Silas
10. Bruce Bowen
11. Larry Kenon
12. Avery Johnson
13. Alvin Robertson
14. Johnny Moore
15. RC Buford
16. Artis Gilmore
17. Peter Holt
18. Mike Mitc
19. Bob Bass
20. Malik Rose
21. Robert Horry
22. Red McCombs
23. Doug Moe
24. Terry mings
25. Mario Elie
26. Willie Anderson
27. Billy Paultz
28. Robert McDermott
29. Stephen Jackson
30. Mark Olberding
31. Stan Albeck
32. Brent Barry
33. Mike Budenholzer
34. Swen Nater
35. Larry Brown
36. Rod Strickland
37. Michael Finley
38. Jaren Jackson
39. Hank Egan
40. PJ Carlesimo
41. Sam Presti
42. Steve Kerr
43. Rich Jones
44. Gene Banks

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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 45. 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.

[Kamnik]

How isnt Oberto in here yet :O :O :O

[timvp]

How isnt Oberto in here yet :O :O :O

I'm not sure that Oberto is more worthy than Rasho.

To complete the old school run, I'm probably voting Mike Gale here.

[Texas_Ranger]

Rasho should be infront of Oberto!

[Kamnik]

Um... Oberto helped Spurs to get 1 championship and Rasho really didnt.

And im fan of Rasho and a Slovenian...

[Texas_Ranger]

Um... Oberto helped Spurs to get 1 championship and Rasho really didnt.

And im fan of Rasho and a Slovenian...

You still voted Rasho!

[temujin]

One of the top 5 defensive players in the game's history was Spurs and he is NOT on the list.

Time to question the knowledge of the voters here.

[MrChug]

I'm goin John Lucas on this one. Dude was an inspiration and allowed the players to PLAY. He's still a of a person (community aspect) and I always loved his sideline antics and interviews. He did a uva lot for the organization and the city.

[baseline bum]

One of the top 5 defensive players in the game's history was Spurs and he is NOT on the list.

Time to question the knowledge of the voters here.

off. Rodman didn't play defense here; all he did was pad his rebounding numbers. He gave up on the team in the 95 WCF, the most important series the Spurs had ever played in up to that time. Rodman's net worth to the team was negative, which is why he was dumped for practically nothing after sabotaging the WCF. Rodman shouldn't be judged on his play in Detroit or Chicago in a ranking of Spurs all-time greats, unless you want to put Moses Malone and Dominique Wilkins in the top 5 of this list.

[2centsworth]

Dale Ellis, Chuck Person and Willie Anderson need to be on the list somewhere. Plus, Antonio had his moments too.

[baseline bum]

Seriously, make a case why Rodman deserves all these votes when he prominently displays his "I don't give a " at ude here in a must-win game 2, with the Spurs in an 0-1 hole.







All of this in one quarter. Then he decides to become a distraction again before game five. You'd think someone who is such a great winner would have been ecstatic to see the Spurs even the series at 2-2 from an 0-2 hole with the next game at home. But no, Rodman decides to pick a fight with Bob Hill by coming to practice 35 minutes late, forcing Hill to bench him in another must-win game.

Anyone who votes for Rodman has a short memory.

Notice how Rodman pushes Sean Elliott out of the way of an easy rebound and the ball ends up going to Olajuwon for a second chance basket in video 3. Pretty clear example of how all Rodman cared about was padding his rebound numbers in SA.

Notice how Rodman turns around and smiles at the Rocket bench instead of getting back in transition, giving up the lob dunk to Horry in video 2. Pretty clear example of how bad he was in getting back on defense in his time in SA.

Big ing joke to Rodman. Haha... our season goes down in flames. LOL

[rascal]

Agree

Rodman was a joke and doesn't deserve to be on any top 50 Spur list . Winning wasn't important to him when he was with the Spurs. The only thing he put much effort in was getting rebounds.

[rascal]

What is the vote count? I'm voting now more to keep Rasho, Rodman and DelNegro off the list. Rasho and Del Negro were weak links on good spur teams and don't deserve to be in the top 50. Their games were ugly to watch.

Mohammed > Rasho But neither should make it into the final 6 spots.

Rodman gave up on the Spurs in the playoffs with the intentional dirty play and don't care at ude.

[MrChug]

DENISE RODMAN???!?!?!?!? Are you ing kidding me?

The worthless cancer that did nothing to help us win, then trashed the entire city of San Antonio (David Robinson the most) when we didn't? You think this made him a good Spur??? WHAT THE ??? All he did here was pad his stats and his ego. You gotta be kidding me.

[timvp]

I voted Del Negro. He sucked for the most part but at least he tried. Plus he had two solid regular seasons and two clutch playoff games.

Del Negro > Rodman

[Kona]

'toine carr

[Obstructed_View]

I'm not sure that Oberto is more worthy than Rasho.

To complete the old school run, I'm probably voting Mike Gale here.

I'm not sure that Oberto isn't more worthy than Rasho. He contributed to a playoff run.

[baseline bum]

Anyone who votes Rodman in the top 50 is a ing re . inagra, KEDA, manufor3, rAm, Rogbok, samikeyp, Spurs Brazil, temujin, urunobili... every one of you.

[Obstructed_View]

Anyone who votes Rodman in the top 50 is a ing re . inagra, KEDA, manufor3, rAm, Rogbok, samikeyp, Spurs Brazil, temujin, urunobili... every one of you.

Rodman, Del Negro, Rasho. Pick one now.

[Dex]

Can we get Kevin Willis added to the ballots?

If we're going with one hit wonders like Kerr already, then KWill deserves a shot. He was vital to defending Shaq and had some big moments during the 2003 playoff run, and if I remember correctly, he also filled a spot while Tim went down for a bit that season. He was the last real enforcer this team has had, and was definitely a fan favorite.

I know it's a stretch, but I don't wanna give the spot to Rodman or Rasho.

[kobe_bryant]

who hired mouse to swing the vote?

[barbacoataco]

Mike Gale and Coby Dietrick are worthy. Dietrick played in a lot of games as a Spur and was kind of a fan favorite. Mike Gale was a really good defender and a better player than some of the other guys on this list IMO.

[The Truth #6]

Vinny sucked but he probably had a better Spurs career than Finley. His behind the back dunk on Worthy is top 5 Spur dunks of all time. And his wife was hot.

And what a shock, Baseline Bum is posting the same youtube videos for the one millionth time. Yawn.

At this point the only thing I care about is Ed Nealy getting the 50 spot.