The San Antonio Spurs aren’t necessarily a team known for its 1-on-1 play. Most of the franchise’s best squads were known for ball movement, playing to their role, and dominating as a team. That’s not to say the organization hasn’t had its share of elite talents. But who would come out on top if all of the best players in Spurs history played in a 32-player 1-on-1 tournament?
That’s what the editors at Pounding the Rock are looking to find out in the last month of the offseason. Today, we’re starting our official PtR Spurs All-Time 1-on-1 tournament. Each week, we’ll have the readers vote on the matchups and reveal who won the prior round. We’ll share some thoughts on the matchups and who came out on top from the week before.
A few more ground rules for this hypothetical situation:
Now, let’s talk about the field of players. Marilyn Dubinski, Jesus Gomez, J.R. Wilco, and I all made our own list of players we’d like to see in the tournament. The following 31 players appeared on 3 or more of the lists, so they are in the tournament:
Each editor had a different method for choosing their list:
We’d like the readers to choose a champion for the 32nd and final spot in the tournament. Here are the players that appeared on only two of our lists:
To decide who the final player will be, vote in the poll below. We’ll be back next week with the results and the first round of the first-ever PtR 1-on-1 tournament.