9/19/2004 01:48:47 PM|||Shep|||Duncan. It bears repeating: Duncan. If you want to check out anyone else... go ahead and look at the numbers below. But do not forget Duncan.

Player	GRBE
Tim Duncan	714.30
Tony Parker	424.88
Emanuel Ginobli	401.13
Brent Barry	397.19
Radoslav Nestervic	364.66
Bruce Bowen	254.57
Malik Rose	239.73
Robert Horry	207.98
Anthony Carter	130.80
Devin Brown	121.97
Jason Hart	120.02
Kevin Willis	95.98
Shane Heal	92.83
Matt Carroll	44.67

Nestervic kind of fell down on the job last year - the Spurs were hoping for a lot more from him. Perhaps this year he'll step it up. If he can step back up to his 2002 level of output, I think it qualified him as a sleeper candidate.

With Ron Mercer out of the picture, it appears that Half-Manu Half-Amazing will be the starting SG, so his numbers are likely to increase. That also means that Devin Brown and Brent Barry will have some room to fill. Barry will probably spend some time backing up Bruce Bowen as well, but not enough to get him to the 30.6 minutes he spent on the floor with the Sonics last season. I wouldn't expect him to get close to 400 again with the Spurs, but his 50% FG shooting and 83% FT% make him a good pick for leagues in which he can play GF.

Count it.
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