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RockyBalboa · 04-15-2008, 11:22 PM

Ginobili is one of the Top 20 players in the league.

If people want to get super technical....yeah....he comes off the bench,,,,but he's no 6th man in terms of contribution and impact.

Spaz · 04-16-2008, 03:46 PM

IMO, the difference here is that in Lingo's world, the "6'th man" will be the "6'th best player on that team", whereas in Junkie's world (which coincides with reality, whether it be right or wrong), the "6'th man" will be the best player who doesn't start the game.

There's certainly a difference between starting and talent. It's not at all uncommon for teams to have a non-starter who plays a lot of minutes and is one of the better players on the team, so that they can work out the rotations so they always have a scorer on the floor.

TheSizzle36 · 04-16-2008, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Spaz

IMO, the difference here is that in Lingo's world, the "6'th man" will be the "6'th best player on that team", whereas in Junkie's world (which coincides with reality, whether it be right or wrong), the "6'th man" will be the best player who doesn't start the game.

There's certainly a difference between starting and talent. It's not at all uncommon for teams to have a non-starter who plays a lot of minutes and is one of the better players on the team, so that they can work out the rotations so they always have a scorer on the floor.

Agreed.

04-15-2008, 11:22 PM	#21
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	Ginobili is one of the Top 20 players in the league. If people want to get super technical....yeah....he comes off the bench,,,,but he's no 6th man in terms of contribution and impact. __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.

04-16-2008, 03:46 PM	#22
Spaz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,371	IMO, the difference here is that in Lingo's world, the "6'th man" will be the "6'th best player on that team", whereas in Junkie's world (which coincides with reality, whether it be right or wrong), the "6'th man" will be the best player who doesn't start the game. There's certainly a difference between starting and talent. It's not at all uncommon for teams to have a non-starter who plays a lot of minutes and is one of the better players on the team, so that they can work out the rotations so they always have a scorer on the floor. __________________ "My days of not respecting you are certainly coming to a middle." -Malcolm Reynolds "It doesn't mean that if we lose a game or when we lose a game people won't then jump on and say the quest is over. Because they will. But they've missed the point." -Bronco Mendenhall on "The Quest"