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I take a WGAF stance on it, myself.
With so many people in the media claiming Manu to be the Spurs' MVP and best player I'm wondering how many of you guys are buying into this.
Is there anyone here that believes Manu is the MVP of the Spurs?
I take a WGAF stance on it, myself.
For this season, yes.
There's no doubt that in order for the Spurs to be great, they need Tim Duncan as the foundation and backbone at both ends of the court. But, performance wise, Manu has done pretty much everything you can think of to carry the Spurs this season.
For me, Duncan is always the MVP of this team.
Manu is vital to their success. So is Parker. So are the role players.
But take away Duncan and this team does not win Championships.
Duncan MVP
Tony Parker 2nd
Bowen third
Manu 4th
There is a huge drop off after Parker goes out.
Bowen is 1st team all defense, but manu is not 1st team, all offense.
without Manu this year we would be fighting for a playoff birth, and I think I even heard duncan say that after a recent game.
Manu puts them over the top in many games, but your MVP is the foundation that you build on, and that starts and ends with Tim. To me, Manu is 1A and Tony is 2.
manu is the closer for this team.
tony, when back to his old form, blows the other team away.
but its tim that keeps the team in the game.
For most of this season is like he's always there to save the game.
There is not a single person in the league, KG included, who could replace Tim Duncan on the Spurs.
There are several other players in the league who could be inserted for Ginobili, Parker, or Bowen and the Spurs wouldn't miss a beat.
yes
No.
i was like, WTF when i saw manu down at fourth, but then i realized what you said has a little grain of truth; albeit, i would easily argue that parker and ginobili are interchangeable at the 2 spot.
Given his efficiency, clutchness and selflessness (i.e. flip-flopping between bench player and starter on the coach's whim), I don't think there is any single player I can think of that could replace what Ginobili does for us right now.
I can't believe you would state this when every basketball analyst says that there is noone in the league that can do all the things that Manu can do. So that's not to say there aren't better players because , of course, there are; but nobody can replace him( at ude, multi-faceted game, unorthodox, diificult to defend, cunning, passion etc).
yes
bowen plays most minutes, duncan is amazing, parker has great times and manu is having a great year. spurs have 4 mvps.
No
Mo Williams could replace him.
I'm from Wisconsin, and yes, Manu is a very good player. But he could be replaced by any other of dozens of NBA players who can drive and shoot threes.
The Spurs are all about Tim Duncan, the best basketball player in NBA history. The rest of the team are role players.
Just a followup to this thought, I still believe Tim is the foundation and MVP of the team.
I do not agree with that
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