Tim Duncan

Tim Dun­can

The Spurs’ first unit might not be the best in the division.

The Spurs’ sec­ond unit might be.

“It’s a legit­i­mate argu­ment,” said Roger Mason Jr.

It’s a legit­i­mate advan­tage, too, and one this fran­chise has never had to this extent. Besides the obvi­ous ben­e­fit — such as sav­ing wear and tear on Tim Duncan’s new knee brace — there’s some­thing else going on.

Told what Mason had said, Manu Gino­bili smiled. Gino­bili also began his response with con­sid­er­able diplo­macy. Argu­ing the sec­ond team is bet­ter, he said, would be “a lit­tle dis­re­spect­ful to our All-Stars.”

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