Name tough bigs in Spurs history...

[UZER]

since Tim Duncan joined the team. Not just bench goons, but contributing bigs that were tough and not pushed around like Adams.

Horry
Oberto


That's all I got.

[ElNono]

since Tim Duncan joined the team. Not just bench goons, but contributing bigs that were tough and not pushed around like Adams.

Horry
Oberto


That's all I got.

Kevin Willis too, probably, he was too old though...

[rastaspur]

Anthony tolliver

[UZER]

Kevin Willis too, probably, he was too old though...

Mmm...Good call, but yeah, too old.

[GSH]

Kevin Willis was a badass. I don't care how old he was. He was an enforcer-type, and still strong as and tough, even if he was older. He had learned how to score farther from the basket, like older big men do. But on D, especially, he was always willing to mix it up under the basket.

I can't believe no one is going to mention Tim. He wrestled like a WWF star most of his career. Tim was a skilled big man, but also as tough as anyone in the league.

Other than those two, we've had a couple of marginal ones (Fabbs and Tiago). Baynes coulda-been. Horry was tough, but not your typical "big man". Other than that, you'd have to go back to Bruise Brother days.

[rastaspur]

Kevin Willis was a badass. I don't care how old he was. He was an enforcer-type, and still strong as and tough, even if he was older. He had learned how to score farther from the basket, like older big men do. But on D, especially, he was always willing to mix it up under the basket.

I can't believe no one is going to mention Tim. He wrestled like a WWF star most of his career. Tim was a skilled big man, but also as tough as anyone in the league.

Other than those two, we've had a couple of marginal ones (Fabbs and Tiago). Baynes coulda-been. Horry was tough, but not your typical "big man". Other than that, you'd have to go back to Bruise Brother days.

I think the post impliedly is exempting duncan from the list. Thats a given he would be on it.

[UZER]

Kevin Willis was a badass. I don't care how old he was. He was an enforcer-type, and still strong as and tough, even if he was older. He had learned how to score farther from the basket, like older big men do. But on D, especially, he was always willing to mix it up under the basket.

I can't believe no one is going to mention Tim. He wrestled like a WWF star most of his career. Tim was a skilled big man, but also as tough as anyone in the league.

Other than those two, we've had a couple of marginal ones (Fabbs and Tiago). Baynes coulda-been. Horry was tough, but not your typical "big man". Other than that, you'd have to go back to Bruise Brother days.

Yeah Rasta is right. Duncan was implied.

[south side spur]

Bonner, Blair, Thomas, Mohammed, Massenburg, Rose. If you're just talking about toughness but if your point is it's not a trait prevalent in Duncan era bigs I totally agree.

[mexicanjunior]

Mark Bryant... Cadillac Anderson...Larry Smith...

[hater]

Kevin Willis too, probably, he was too old though...

U read my mind nig

[lefty]

Rodman
Not David Robinson

[SPURt]

[UZER]

He played with Duncan?

[.G.]

I liked det will perdue

[MaNu4Tres]

Mengke Bateer

[GSH]

I think the post impliedly is exempting duncan from the list. Thats a given he would be on it.

Yeah, I see that now. It was during the game, and I guess I scanned.

His point is dead-on, though. We haven't had a lot of toughness in the paint. The really disappointing one for me was Rasho. That big bas had everything going for him, except toughness. They used to have drills in Minnesota, trying to get him to be aggressive. He could have been so much better.

[Arcadian]

The RASHO NESTEROVIC Minute

Nazr Mohammad

[DMC]

Tony Parker

[Russ]

Splitter was a major contributor to a Spurs le.

[UZER]

Yeah, I see that now. It was during the game, and I guess I scanned.

His point is dead-on, though. We haven't had a lot of toughness in the paint. The really disappointing one for me was Rasho. That big bas had everything going for him, except toughness. They used to have drills in Minnesota, trying to get him to be aggressive. He could have been so much better.

Yeah, that's what I mean. Spurs somehow always end up with guys like that, good but just lacking toughness. It's why guys like Manu and Parker have taken so many hard fouls and falls with no retaliation since Horry left. It's why teams always push them around. It's why they struggle with really physical teams.

[Capt Bringdown]

Horry towers above the rest. Did someone really type Oberto? in' .

[UZER]

Horry towers above the rest. Did someone really type Oberto? in' .

Yeah, I did. Sad right?

Kinda proves my point.

[rastaspur]

Yeah, I see that now. It was during the game, and I guess I scanned.

His point is dead-on, though. We haven't had a lot of toughness in the paint. The really disappointing one for me was Rasho. That big bas had everything going for him, except toughness. They used to have drills in Minnesota, trying to get him to be aggressive. He could have been so much better.

Rasho at over 7 mil a year was a huge disappointment. He wound up being the most effective at the tail end of his career. He was solid in toronto and seemed to have toughened up some.

[SPURt]

He played with Duncan?

that isn't a picture of David Robinson?

[GSH]

Splitter was a major contributor to a Spurs le.

Yeah, Splitter wasn't soft. In fact he was pretty good about scrapping under the basket. But that poor bas just got abused by the refs. The opposing bigs could use him as a punching bag and nothing - but he drew whistles for everything. Throw in all the injury problems, and it's hard to put him into the conversation. I wish he could have stayed healthy.