The Top 30 NBA Spurs

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The Top 30 NBA Spurs: Stephen Jackson, Willie Anderson

Web Posted: 11/04/2006 09:23 PM CST
San Antonio Express-News

Thirty years ago the Spurs played their first season in the NBA after being one of four teams from the American Basketball Association to join the older league. To commemorate this anniversary, on Sundays the Express-News will recognize our selections as the 30 greatest NBA Spurs. Here are Nos. 29 and 30:

30. Stephen Jackson, 2001-03: Though he played only two seasons with the Spurs, a total of 103 regular-season games, it was Jackson’s outstanding play during the team’s NBA championship run in 2003 that earned him a spot on this list. The ultra-competitive Jackson, a 6-foot-8 shooting guard, averaged 12.8 points in 24 playoff games during that title run. It was his willingness to take — and make — big shots in big games that most endeared him to Spurs fans and coaches alike. During the 2002-03 season, he averaged 11.8 points and 3.6 rebounds.

29. Willie Anderson, 1988-95: Anderson played seven seasons with the Spurs and averaged 13.2 points and 4.0 rebounds in 451 games. He made an immediate impact after the Spurs made him their No. 1 draft pick in 1988, leading the team in scoring during his rookie season, 1988-89, with an average of 18.6 points per game. He also led the Spurs in scoring in 10 playoff games that season, averaging 20.5 points. The 6-foot-7 shooting guard from the University of Georgia ranks 10th on the Spurs’ list of NBA games played.

  • Mike Monroe

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The Top 30 NBA Spurs: 28 Dave Corzine, 27 Coby Dietrick

Web Posted: 11/12/2006 02:04 AM CST
San Antonio Express-News

Thirty years ago the Spurs played their first NBA season after being one of four teams from the American Basketball Association to join the older league. To commemorate this anniversary, on Sundays the Express-News will recognize our selections as the 30 greatest NBA Spurs. Here are Nos. 28 and 27:

28. Dave Corzine, 1980-82: A 6-foot-11 center from DePaul, Corzine led the Spurs in rebounding in the two seasons he played for the club before he was included in a trade that brought Artis Gilmore to San Antonio. On teams built around George Gervin’s scoring, Corzine averaged 10.5 points and 7.8 rebounds in 1980-81 and 10.1 points and 7.7 rebounds in 1981-82, starting all 82 games both seasons. He elevated his performance in the postseason, too, especially in the 1982 playoffs, when he averaged 13.6 points and 9.4 rebounds as the Spurs advanced to the Western Conference semifinals.

27. Coby Dietrick, 1976-1983: Dietrick was one of the players who helped the Spurs make the transition from the ABA to the NBA. After playing the final three ABA seasons with the Spurs, he played all 82 games in the first NBA season. He also was a solid contributor on the 1977-78 team that came within one game of making it to the NBA Finals. A 6-foot-11 center, he averaged 4.8 points and 4.2 rebounds in the infamous “Fat Lady” series with Washington. Popular in the community, Dietrick was the color commentator on Spurs broadcasts for a number of years after his playing career ended.

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The Top 30 NBA Spurs: 26. Chuck Person; 25. Mike Gale

Web Posted: 11/18/2006 08:33 PM CST
San Antonio Express-News

Thirty years ago the Spurs played their first NBA season after being one of four teams from the American Basketball Association to join the older league. To commemorate this anniversary, on Sundays the Express-News will recognize our selections as the 30 greatest NBA Spurs. Here are Nos. 26 and 25:

26. Chuck Person, 1995-98: “The Rifleman” was a key contributor off the bench on the Spurs’ back-to-back division champions in 1995 and 1996, including the 1994-95 team that established a club record for victories (since eclipsed) with 62. One of the most feared 3-point shooters in league history, Person led the team in 3-pointers made in both those seasons, hitting 172 in 1994-95, 190 in 1995-96. He made the 1,000th 3-pointer of his career in a March 14, 1996 game against the Heat. He also was part of a trade in 1999 that brought Steve Kerr, higher on our list of Top 30 NBA Spurs.

25. Mike Gale, 1976-81: With James Silas battling injuries when the Spurs entered the NBA in 1976, Gale assumed a key role as an outstanding point guard and led the club in assists in its first three NBA seasons and was eighth in the league, at 5.8 per game, in 1976-77. An outstanding defender and free-throw shooter, he also led the club in steals for three seasons. He was fourth in the league in 1977-78, with 2.27 per game. He ranks sixth on the all-time Spurs steals list (680) and 10th on the all-time assists list (1,634). He is fifth on the all-time free throw percentage list (82.7 percent).

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The Top 30 NBA Spurs: 24. Gene Banks; 23. Mario Elie

Web Posted: 11/25/2006 09:39 PM CST
San Antonio Express-News

Thirty years ago the Spurs played their first NBA season after being one of four teams from the American Basketball Association to join the older league. To commemorate this anniversary, on Sundays the Express-News will recognize our selections as the 30 greatest NBA Spurs. Here are Nos. 23 and 24:

23. Mario Elie, 1998-2000: Although Elie didn’t come to the Spurs until he was 35, and after eight NBA seasons, what he brought with him played a vital role in the team’s first NBA title run: NBA Finals experience and a toughness under pressure that can’t be taught. Elie averaged 9.7 points in his first season with the Spurs, the lockout-shortened 1999 season that culminated in the first championship in club history. He was a key contributor off the bench in the playoff run, too, hitting some big 3-point shots on the way to the title. His leadership skills were such that he moved to the Spurs’ bench as an assistant coach when his playing career ended.

24. Gene Banks, 1981-85: The Spurs picked Banks in the first round of the 1981 draft after his standout career at Duke, and he moved immediately into the team’s regular playing rotation, averaging 9.7 points as a rookie. He assumed an even greater role in his second season, averaging 14.9 points on a solid team that went to the Western Conference Finals a second-straight season. He averaged 15.9 points in 11 playoff games in that run to the conference finals and averaged 6.9 rebounds, as well.

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22. Vinny Del Negro, 1992-98: The Spurs signed Del Negro as a free agent in 1992, and he was an integral part of teams that won two Midwest Division titles, including the 62-20 team that advanced to the 1995 Western Conference finals. He averaged 11.2 points in his 433 regular- season games, 9.5 points in 46 playoff games. Del Negro left the Spurs after the 1997-98 season and joined the Bucks. He later played for the Suns and Warriors. Del Negro ranks 10th all-time on the Spurs’ list of 3-pointers made (205) and fourth in free-throw percentage (82.8). He is now Director of Player Personnel for the Suns.

21. Steve Kerr, 1998-01, 2002-03: Though Kerr played only four seasons with the Spurs, he earned championship rings in both 1999 and 2003 and made significant contributions in both title runs. If he did nothing else in his four seasons, he would always be remembered for shooting the Spurs back from the brink of defeat in Game 6 of the 2003 Western Conference finals in Dallas. He also was one of the team’s most valuable players in the locker room, a veteran leader whose experience in his championship runs with the Bulls helped the Spurs navigate their first Finals. He is now an analyst for TNT’s NBA telecasts.

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20. Mark Olberding, 1976-82: He was one of the ABA Spurs who made the transition into the NBA 30 years ago. Olberding was a solid contributor who averaged 10.7 points and 5.5 rebounds in six NBA seasons with the Spurs. He was even better as a playoff performer for the Spurs, averaging 12.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in 41 games over his six seasons. He still ranks seventh on the Spurs’ playoff rebounding list (286), ninth in both playoff shots attempted (486) and made (230) and 10th in playoff assists (139).

19. Robert Horry, 2003-present: The instant “Big Shot Rob” nailed the 3-point shot that beat the Detroit Pistons in pivotal Game 5 of the 2005 NBA Finals, he cemented a spot in Spurs history. The game-winner ranks among the greatest clutch shots in Spurs and NBA history. The Spurs went on to win that series in seven games, giving Horry his sixth NBA championship — he won three with the Lakers and two with the Rockets. His numbers for the Spurs are not imposing, but since joining them, he has been the team’s most reliable big man off the bench and one of the team’s prime playoff performers. In just three seasons, Horry already ranks fifth in playoff 3-pointers made (52), ninth in playoff blocks (31) and 10th in playoff rebounds (236).

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18. Dennis Rodman, 1993-95: The greatest rebounder in team history, his average of 17.3 rebounds in the 1993-94 season remains the Spurs’ all-time best, topping the 16.8 he averaged in 1994-95. To better appreciate those seasons, consider that next-best on the list is David Robinson’s 13.0 in 1990-91. Rodman has nine of the top 10 single game rebounding marks, including a 32-rebound game that stands as No. 1. He had 10 games of 25 or more rebounds among the 118 he played in silver and black. That the Spurs traded him after two seasons had to do with his occasionally bizarre behavior, nothing to do with his effort or performance.

17. Billy Paultz, 1976-80 and 1982-83: “The Whopper” was a mountain of a man who joined the team for its final ABA season, then helped it make a smooth transition into the NBA. Some of the screens he set with his wide body for George Gervin, James Silas and Mike Gale were legendary. He also was a capable scorer and solid rebounder. He had surprising athleticism for a player of his bulk, which allowed him to block 543 shots in his five NBA seasons. He led the team in blocks in its first three seasons in the NBA and was No. 5 in the NBA in blocks in 1977-78, at 2.43 per game.

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16. Terry Cummings, 1989-95: When David Robinson joined the Spurs for his rookie season in 1989, he discovered a teammate capable of easing his transition into the NBA and helping him form the league’s most potent front-line tandem. Robinson averaged 24.3 points in his rookie season, 10th best in the league. Cummings wasn’t far behind, ranking 16th, with an average of 22.4 points as the Spurs went from 21 victories in 1988-89 to 56.

Cummings came to the Spurs from the Bucks in a trade for guard Alvin Robertson after seven standout seasons that had stamped him as one of the league’s best power forwards.

Cummings cemented his place in Spurs’ history when, on Jan. 31, 1990, he scored 52 points against the Charlotte Hornets, the sixth-highest one-game point total by a Spurs player.

The playoff savvy that Cummings brought from the Bucks showed in his very first playoff run with the Spurs. He was the team’s top playoff scorer in 1990, averaging 24.9 points.

Cummings never was the same after suffering a devastating knee injury in the eighth game of the 1992-93 season, at age 31. He never averaged more than 7.3 points or 5.0 rebounds the rest of his career.

An ordained minister who performed the wedding service for teammate Sean Elliott, Cummings also is a talented musician who has produced several albums.

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16. Terry Cummings, 1989-95

1989年，当 David Robinson 开始他在马刺的处子赛季时，他身边的 Terry Cummings 很好的帮助他适应了 NBA，同时也和他组成了联盟最强的内线组合。Robinson 在其处子赛季平均每场可拿下24.3分，这在联盟排第10名，而 Cummings 这个赛季平均也有22.4分，排在联盟第16位。马刺在前一个(1988-89)赛季总共只赢了21场，而在这个赛季取胜56场。

Cummings 是马刺用 Alvin Robertson 从雄鹿换来的，他在密尔沃基的7个赛季里表现抢眼，也跻身联盟最优秀的大前锋之列。

1990年1月31日，Cummings 在对夏洛特黄蜂的比赛中取下52分，这是马刺球员单场得分第6高。

Cummings 在首次代表马刺的季后赛中就表现出色，他是马刺在1990年季后赛的得分王，平均每场有24.9分。

1992-93赛季，31岁的 Cummings 在这个赛季的第8场比赛中遭遇了严重的膝盖伤病，这也改变了他的职业生涯。在那次伤病之后，他的赛季平均得分最多只有7.3分，平均篮板最多也只有5.0个。

Cummings 在队友 Sean Elliott 的婚礼上担任牧师，才华横溢的他也是一名富有天赋的音乐家，他曾出过几张专辑。

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慢慢来翻了……

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Terry Cummings 居然还出过专辑……
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Here is No. 15:

15. Malik Rose, 1997-2005: Rose never was more than a spot starter during his seven-plus seasons with the team. Only once did he average double-figure scoring and his best season as a rebounder yielded an underwhelming average of only 6.4 per game. Yet Rose was considered one of the team’s most vital players during a span that yielded two NBA championships.

He was one of the team’s emotional leaders, an energized sixth man who could always be counted on to inspire both the team and its fans, as well as one of its toughest, smartest interior defenders.

Although he was just 6-foot-7 and 255 pounds, his willingness to play in the pivot and push and shove with the monsters in the paint, including mammoth Shaquille O’Neal, was inspirational to his teammates.

Rose is seventh in games played in silver and black, appearing in 509 games. He pulled down 2,233 rebounds, 10th on the team’s all-time list.

Even more impressive is where he ranks in those same categories on the team’s playoff honor roll.

His 80 playoff games are fifth all-time and his 348 rebounds in the playoffs rank third. He was a major contributor in the 24 games of the 2003 NBA championship run, averaging 9.3 points and 5.8 rebounds.

The Spurs traded Rose to the Knicks for Nazr Mohammed in 2005, but he still remains very popular among Spurs fans.

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Here is No. 14.

Bruce Bowen, 2001-present: If there is one player who has epitomized the Spurs’ lock-down approach to defense during the run to two NBA titles in the 21st century, it is Bowen. The 6-foot-7 forward never has averaged more than 8.2 points per game and is neither a prolific rebounder or assist man. What he has been through his five-plus seasons is the heart and soul of one of the NBA’s best defensive outfits.

Bowen has earned a spot on the NBA’s All-Defensive team each of the past six seasons, a first-team selection each of the past three seasons. He was second in voting for Defensive Player of the Year last season. His reputation for locking up some of the league’s best offensive players has grown to the point some of them have accused him of using unfair tactics. In fact, Bowen’s primary tactic is relentless hard work and preparation.

Bowen came to the Spurs as an unsigned free agent in 2001 and immediately became a starter. He arrived with a reputation as a solid defender without a perimeter shot, but he’s developed into an uncanny 3-point shooter. He has made more than 40 percent of his 3-point attempts in all but one season he has been with the Spurs. This season, he moved into second place on the Spurs’ all-time list of 3-pointers made. Even more impressive is his standing on the list of playoff 3-pointers made: No. 1. He is fifth on the regular-season list for 3-point field goal accuracy.

Bowen has moved into 10th on the list of games played; is tied for fifth in playoff games played; fifth in playoff blocks and 10th in playoff steals.

An iron man who has the longest active streak of consecutive games played in the NBA, Bowen is No. 1 on the Spurs’ list of consecutive games.

Active in community outreach, he received the NBA’s Community Assist award in January 2006.

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Here is No. 12.

Artis Gilmore, 1982-87: After winning the 1981-82 Midwest Division title, the Spurs were eliminated in the Western Conference finals by the Lakers and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Management’s response was an off-season trade for Gilmore, the Chicago Bulls’ 7-foot-2 center regarded as the strongest man in the league, one of the few capable of battling Abdul-Jabbar in the post. “The A-Train” made an immediate impact, averaging 18.0 points and 12.0 rebounds and leading the NBA in field goal percentage (62.6 percent) as the Spurs went 53-29 and won another Midwest title. Again, the Spurs went to the Western Conference finals, where Gilmore battled Abdul-Jabbar in a series that ended with a heartbreaking 101-100 loss in Game 6 at HemisFair Arena.

That 1982-83 season would be the high point for the Spurs during Gilmore’s time in San Antonio. The next four seasons became a time of transition that included the end of the George Gervin era. Through it all, Gilmore was a rock in the middle. He averaged 16.1 points, 9.7 rebounds and shot 62 percent in 380 games. He also blocked 700 shots.

Gilmore is all over the Spurs’ record book and his position atop the team’s list of most accurate shooters might be the most unreachable. He also ranks third all-time in rebounds (3,671), third in blocks (700), fifth in free throws made (1,711) and ninth in points scored (6,127).

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Orz……13 在哪里？貌似偶忘记贴了……

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Here is No. 11.

Mike Mitchell, 1980-88 and 1990: Mitchell was an important transitional player for the Spurs. A 6-foot-7 small forward from Auburn, he joined the team before George Gervin’s eighth season and instantly became a solid second scorer. By the 1984-85 season, Gervin’s last in San Antonio, Mitchell led the Spurs in scoring, the first player other than Gervin to lead the team since it joined the NBA in 1976. He was the team’s top scorer again in 1985-86, at 23.4 points per game, and led the team in minutes played from 1983 to 1986.

Mitchell averaged 20.1 points in his seven seasons with the Spurs and is all over the team’s list of all-time leaders. Most significantly, he ranks fourth in points scored in silver and black with 9,799. He also ranks eighth in games played (488), fourth in field goals made (4,152) and attempted (8,429), sixth in free throws made (1,480) and attempted (1,888) and 10th in all-time free throw percentage (78.4). He ranks eighth in three of the club’s all-time playoff categories: points scored (646), and field goals made (273) and attempted (544).

“Mitch” scored 40 or more points 10 times during his Spurs days, including a high game of 47 in 1984.

When Mitchell became a free agent after the 1987-88 season, during which he averaged only 13.5 points, the Spurs opted not to re-sign him. But he became something of a bridge from the Gervin era to the David Robinson era when the Spurs brought him back for the 1990 playoffs, Robinson’s first postseason.

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Here is No. 10:

Alvin Robertson, 1984-89: Before Bruce Bowen, the most renowned perimeter defender in Spurs history was Robertson. He and David Robinson are the only Spurs who’ve been named NBA Defensive Player of the Year.

A first-round draft pick in 1984 out of Arkansas, Robertson twice led the league in steals. In 1985-86 he averaged a league-leading 3.67 steals per game, a major factor in his earning the Defensive Player of the Year honor and being selected second-team All-NBA, one of only four players in club history to have been selected first, second or third-team All-NBA. He was a three-time All-Star. Only George Gervin, David Robinson and Tim Duncan have represented the Spurs in more All-Star Games.

Robertson led the Spurs in steals four of the five seasons he was with the club, three times averaging more than three per game. Though he played only five seasons in San Antonio, he ranks second in club history in total steals, with 1,129.

The 6-foot-4 guard, a member of '84 U.S. Olympic gold-medal team, was not one-dimensional. He averaged 16.2 points, on 48 percent shooting, and 5.4 rebounds over his five seasons. Robertson might have remained with the Spurs longer had it not been for off-the-court problems that continue to plague him. He was arrested again last week on warrants relating to past violations.

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Here is No. 13:

No. 13: Johnny Moore
1980-90

One of three players in club history to record 20 assists in a game and the Spurs’ all-time No. 2 assist man, Moore’s number, double-zero, was retired by the club on March 20, 1998. He was recognized by the team both for his courage in battling a devastating disease, Desert Fever, in his final seasons as a player, as well as for his accomplishments on the court.

The cat-quick guard played college ball at Texas and was obtained by the Spurs from Seattle for cash on June 30, 1979. It was money well spent, as Moore became the team’s starter at point guard and one of its key players for the next five seasons.

He led the NBA in assists in the 1981-82 season and was third in steals, at 2.06 per game. He was second in assists (9.8) and third in steals (2.52) in 1982-83; fifth in assists (9.6) in 1983-84 and third in assists (10.0) and second in steals (2.79) in 1984-85. His 10.0 assists in 1984-85 is the second-best single-season assist mark in club history.

Moore shows up on the team’s all-time Top 10 in games played (6th, 519), assists (2nd, 3,865) and steals (3rd, 1,017). Those numbers would have been even more impressive had he not been diagnosed on Dec. 26, 1986, with Desert Fever. Though doctors warned him that the disease could be fatal, he managed to return to the court, though he played only four games in the 1987-88 season and sat out the entire 1988-89 season. He returned to play 53 in his final season, 1989-90.

— Mike Monroe

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The Top 30 NBA Spurs: No. 9, James Silas

Web Posted: 02/10/2007 09:32 PM CST

San Antonio Express-News

Thirty years ago, in 1976, the Spurs played their first season in the NBA after the older league took in four teams from the American Basketball Association, including the Spurs. To commemorate the anniversary, the Express-News each Sunday will recognize our selections as the 30 greatest NBA Spurs. Here is No. 9:

James Silas, 1973-81: You can’t discuss the early history of the Spurs without mentioning Silas, known as “Captain Late” for his ability to take over games in crunch time. Silas was an original Spurs player, arriving in 1973 when the Dallas Chaparrals relocated to the Alamo City. And though Silas’ first three seasons, his most productive with the Spurs, were during the team’s final ABA years, he was one of the players who most helped them make a smooth transition when they were amalgamated into the NBA in 1976, despite the fact his first three NBA seasons were plagued by injury.

Silas’ finest season was the ABA’s final season, when he averaged 23.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.85 steals. Unfortunately, he suffered a broken ankle in the 1976 ABA playoffs, then blew out a knee in November of 1976, just as the Spurs were beginning their first season in the NBA. He played only 22 games in that first NBA season, only 37 the next season. NBA fans never really got to see the real “Captain Late,” but his final three seasons with the Spurs produced scoring averages of 16.0, 17.7 and 17.7.

One of the best free-throw shooters in club history, Silas was fourth in the NBA in free-throw percentage (88.7 percent) in 1979-80, the third-best foul shooting season in club history. His career free-throw percentage, 85.5, is second-best in club history.

Silas’ No. 13 jersey was retired by the Spurs on Feb. 28, 1984, making him the first player so honored by the team.

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