Of course there are Duncan's familiar colleagues, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, the latter of whom scored 37 points earlier this week to demolish the Memphis Grizzlies and complete a four-game sweep.
But Thursday night, Popovich and the Spurs stuck it to the NBA and commissioner David Stern by having its three stars, Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, plus starting guard Danny Green sent home to San Antonio to rest, while the remaining Spurs faced off against the Miami Heat in a nationally televised game from Miami.
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Tony Parker and Danny Green are both 30, but both average over 30 minutes per game and had logged serious minutes on the road trip to begin with.
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The Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (352 points) and San Antonio's Tony Parker (331 points), rounded out the top five vote-getters.
After a final audition in front of celebrity judges including wrestler John Cena, ESPN personality Erin Andrews, and National Basketball League star Tony Parker, the pair won the opportunity to spend their summertime traveling around the country as product brand ambassadors.
But he doesn't play in a place like New York, and maybe that's exactly why Tony Parker became Tony Parker.
Four of the top players on the Spurs roster (Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green) failed to even make the trip with their team to Miami, and opted instead to fly to San Antonio for some early season rest.
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Specifically, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Danny Green were identified as the players who were sent home in the Class Action Complaint filed by McGuinness.
Tony Parker scored 31 points for San Antonio and Kawhi Leonard added 16.
This is the part where I am obnoxiously supposed to tell you that if a guy like Tony Parker played in a city like New York, he would be five times as popular and be on the cover of GQ three times a year and own an underwater disco restaurant with Mario Batali and Robert De Niro.
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