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It's All About the Minutes


I ask, is this the "Top 10 Minutes Played" ranking of a championship contender?

  1. Tim Duncan - 2522 - A good recipe for tendonosis
  2. Roger Mason, Jr. - 2496 - Including 500 at backup PG (it only felt like 1800)
  3. Tony Parker - 2456 - Eva wants more
  4. Michael Finley - 2336 - Words fail me
  5. Matt Bonner - 1928 - Would somebody PLEASE think of the children?
  6. Bruce Bowen - 1508 - Can't grind opposing stars into quivering blobs of psychological jelly in only 18 mpg
  7. Kurt Thomas - 1404 - Ample time for 1280 fierce glares
  8. George Hill - 1270 - Free George Hill!
  9. Manu Ginobili - 1181 - (sob)
  10. Ime Udoka - 1035 - and zero fatalities

I'm looking for a big improvement in the talent/minutes ratio this regular season. Maybe something like this?

  1. Tony Parker - 2500 - I guess it really is Tony's team
  2. Richard Jefferson - 2400 - Finley gets some much-needed rest
  3. Tim Duncan - 2200 - Save those minutes for May. And June
  4. Manu Ginobili - 2100 - Please, please, please, oh please
  5. Antonio McDyess - 2000 - Bonner gets some much-needed rest
  6. George Hill - 1600 - Free at last!
  7. Roger Mason Jr. - 1400 - including final 0:15 vs. LA, Boston, etc.
  8. DeJuan Blair - 1400 - double-double in 17 mpg?
  9. Michael Finley - 1200 - Can he find his shot off the bench?
  10. Matt Bonner - 1000 - Floor-spreader extraordinaire
  11. Keith Bogans - 500 - "Bogans shoots......... Blair gathers the carom"
  12. Theo Ratliff - 500 - Youngevity vs. Injury: Episode XII
  13. Malik Hairston - 500 - Plus 1000 Toros minutes
  14. Ian Mahinmi - 300 - Also sets NBA record for foulouts, with 68
  15. Marcus Haislip - 250 - Triple this if he really can defend 7'0" jump shooters

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