I think I'm 20 times less emotional than the average fan in this thread when their hero gets questioned.
Dream Was 20 Times Better Than Tim Duncan
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Congratulations?Frok said:
I think I'm 20 times less emotional than the average fan in this thread when their hero gets questioned.
I love these kinds of threads
Tim Duncan has more championships wins than the Rockets have playoff series wins since he joined the league.
The Spurs won 50 games or more every year, except the strike shortened 1999 season, which if you are counting is 18 out of 19 seasons, during his career. Never missed the playoffs.
Only a certifiable moron would not pick Duncan as a player to build a team around for long term, sustained success in the NBA.
The Spurs won 50 games or more every year, except the strike shortened 1999 season, which if you are counting is 18 out of 19 seasons, during his career. Never missed the playoffs.
Only a certifiable moron would not pick Duncan as a player to build a team around for long term, sustained success in the NBA.
Not only that but he's one of the best teammates of all time. The way he went about his business and set the tone ensured that the players listened to Popovich and prevented the mini locker room rebellions that other teams suffered. Plus, he peacefully coexisted with two other Hall of Fame players and gave them enough chances to shine that they never felt the need to chase glory somewhere else.
That attitude is always overlooked in favor of stats because it's intangible and far more subjective, but consider Kobe and Shaq. Two top ten all time players that likely could have won another few championships together if they could have found a way to get along. Their attitudes unequivocally cost them both rooms. Duncan's on the other hand gained him (and his team) rings.
That attitude is always overlooked in favor of stats because it's intangible and far more subjective, but consider Kobe and Shaq. Two top ten all time players that likely could have won another few championships together if they could have found a way to get along. Their attitudes unequivocally cost them both rooms. Duncan's on the other hand gained him (and his team) rings.
Kobe isn't a Top 10 player. Top 15.
Wilt
Kareem
Russell
Shaq
Lebron
Jordan
Magic
Bird
Duncan
Olajuwon
Oscar
Kobe fits in right after that in the next few players probably. Just wanted to make sure and list at least 10 that are in front of him.
Wilt
Kareem
Russell
Shaq
Lebron
Jordan
Magic
Bird
Duncan
Olajuwon
Oscar
Kobe fits in right after that in the next few players probably. Just wanted to make sure and list at least 10 that are in front of him.
how can you put shaq above Duncan, Jordan , lebronRusty GCS said:
Kobe isn't a Top 10 player. Top 15.
Wilt
Kareem
Russell
Shaq
Lebron
Jordan
Magic
Bird
Duncan
Olajuwon
Oscar
Kobe fits in right after that in the next few players probably. Just wanted to make sure and list at least 10 that are in front of him.
Rusty GCS said:
Kobe isn't a Top 10 player. Top 15.
Wilt
Kareem
Russell
Shaq
Lebron
Jordan
Magic
Bird
Duncan
Olajuwon
Oscar
Kobe fits in right after that in the next few players probably. Just wanted to make sure and list at least 10 that are in front of him.
Most people have Kobe in the 8-10 range. I rarely see him ranked outside of 10.
Hard to put Hakeem over him since Kobe has five rings
Those aren't in order obviously
I wouldn't have put Olajuwon ahead of him but I had to if I was going to include Duncan because of this thread
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not this **** again
Tim Duncan wasn't the best player on 3 of his titles. Robinson, Parker, Claw all lead the way. Most could only dream of having teammates that good. Next thing yall will tell me is Draymond is as good as Dream because he's about to win his second title.
The three finals MVPs that Duncan owns would beg to differ.
Disagree.aggie1906 said:
Tim Duncan wasn't the best player on 3 of his titles. Robinson, Parker, Claw all lead the way. Most could only dream of having teammates that good. Next thing yall will tell me is Draymond is as good as Dream because he's about to win his second title.
1999: '99 Duncan was better than '99 Robinson.
2003: Duncan, not even close
2005: Duncan, though Manu had a great postseason. 21ppg for the entire postseason with blistering shooting percentages.
2007: This one's tough to say. Other than the Phoenix series, San Antonio's 2007 playoff run was such a massacre that it didn't even matter who the best player was (and nobody clearly rose to the top). That Finals in particular was absolutely embarrassing. The Spurs played like they were uninterested/hungover for long stretches and still easily swept it (while shutting down LeBron).
2014: Kawhi was the best player in the Finals, though that was an incredibly balanced team.
You can't at all be serious.Quote:
Tim Duncan wasn't the best player on 3 of his titles. Robinson, Parker, Claw all lead the way.
1999:
15.6p 9.9r 2.4b
23.2p 11.5r 2.6b
Guess which one was Robinson's playoff stats and which one was Duncan's.
2003:
24.7p 15.4r 5.3a 3.3b
7.8p 6.6r .9a 1.3b
Guess which one was Robinson's playoff stats and which one was Duncan's.
2005:
23.6p 12.4r 2.3b
20.8p 5.8r 4.2a
Guess which one was Ginobili's playoff stats and which one was Duncan's.
2007:
22.2p 11.5r 3.3a 3.1b
20.8p 3.4r 5.8a
Guess which one was Parker's playoff stats and which one was Duncan's.
2014:
16.3p 9.2r 2.0a 1.3b
14.3p 6.7r 1.7a 1.7s
Guess which one was Kawhi's playoff stats and which one was Duncan's.
Maybe if you watched the games and not relied on stats you'd know.
aggie1906 said:
Maybe if you watched the games and not relied on stats you'd know.
This is rich....coming from you, in this thread.
So you pretty much admit Kawhi, Parker, and Manu were as good or better than Duncan in 3 of the years. Call a spade a spade. Duncan was given the perfect opportunity to win a bunch of rings. Put Malone, Dream, Barkley, KG, etc in the same position and they likely win those 3 rings too.Deputy Travis Junior said:Disagree.aggie1906 said:
Tim Duncan wasn't the best player on 3 of his titles. Robinson, Parker, Claw all lead the way. Most could only dream of having teammates that good. Next thing yall will tell me is Draymond is as good as Dream because he's about to win his second title.
1999: '99 Duncan was better than '99 Robinson.
2003: Duncan, not even close
2005: Duncan, though Manu had a great postseason. 21ppg for the entire postseason with blistering shooting percentages.
2007: This one's tough to say. Other than the Phoenix series, San Antonio's 2007 playoff run was such a massacre that it didn't even matter who the best player was (and nobody clearly rose to the top). That Finals in particular was absolutely embarrassing. The Spurs played like they were uninterested/hungover for long stretches and still easily swept it (while shutting down LeBron).
2014: Kawhi was the best player in the Finals, though that was an incredibly balanced team.
That's actually not what anyone said.Quote:
So you pretty much admit Kawhi, Parker, and Manu were as good or better than Duncan in 3 of the years.
We get it, you aren't old enough to really remember most of those playoffs, but I'm sure you watched a ton of them on Youtube. If you knew anything about them or about basketball you would have never said Robinson was better than Duncan in any of the title years.
Manu played great in 05, but he wasn't better than Duncan.
In 2005, Duncan led all players on both teams in the Finals in scoring and rebounding
In 2007, Parker was the leading scorer in the Finals, that was mainly because Cleveland had no one that could come close to playing defense there. Cleveland had Larry Hughes and Boobie Gibson at PG. Take advantages of mismatches. For the playoffs, Duncan led the team in scoring, rebounding and blocks. Duncan was still unquestionably the leader of the team and the team's best player. Duncan was All-NBA first team and all-defense first team in 2007. No other Spurs were All-NBA and the only other Spurs on All-Defense was Bowen. Duncan was 4th in MVP voting. So your argument that Duncan wasn't the MVP of his own team is beyond idiotic.
2014 is the only team where you have a case for Duncan not being the best player on the team. That was the first NBA team ever to not have a single player average 30mpg. No player on the team averaged 17 or more points per game. Kawhi was starting to show flashes of who he would become, he averaged 12.8p and 6.2r for the season. Duncan still led the team in rebounds and blocks, but he was about a point and a half off Parker for leading the team in points. Duncan also led the team in PER. This was the Spurs team that really didn't have any stars. They won by great passing and defense.
Duncan was unquestionably the best player on four of his five title teams. In the 5th, he was unquestionably the leader, but no one player really stood out as the star of the team.
Unless you are trolling, these arguments show you don't have a very firm grasp on this aspect of NBA history. Not surprising considering your previous posts.
Pure talent and athleticism it's Dream and it's not even really close. Team wise and making people better around you it's Duncan. He did have better guys around him at the peak of his career which made a huge difference but he also made the guys around him better I believe. Dream had a stretch from 87-91 when he was just a freak of nature, played with some bad players but was also pissed half the time about his contract so wasn't really trying to make the guys around him better. When he added the H to Akeem and got closer to his religion is when he became a more complete teammate and started making everyone around him better. Comparing them is really hard to do and silly. But if you ask me who wins one on one at the peak of their career it's Dream. Not an individual sport though.
It sounds like you're using talent as a synonym did athleticism, because in overall basketball talent, Duncan was every bit as gifted. Duncan's defensive instincts, especially with help defense, were incredible, as was his ability to connect with his teammates on offense and predict their actions.
Oh well, there are bunch of gifs. That changes EVERYTHING.
they were added without commentGuitarsoup said:
Oh well, there are bunch of gifs. That changes EVERYTHING.
I always assumed that no one could block a Sarunas Marciulionis layup. You and Hakeem proved me wrong.Hi, Im Brett said:they were added without commentGuitarsoup said:
Oh well, there are bunch of gifs. That changes EVERYTHING.
They want to feel relevant and this is the only way someone is going to interview them and put them in the national spotlight?aggie1906 said:
Move on to Harden because you know your silly argument about being a bad teammate doesn't hold water. Why do you think guys like Kenny Smith, Robert Horry, Mad Max go to bad for Hakeem 25 years later? They know he never gets the credit he deserves. They know about his greatness. They know he was fantastic to play with and a true leader.
If he had just said he thought Hakeem was better, than there can be a reasonable discussion. When you throw in the "20 times better" nonsense, just don't even air the clip anymore.
Guitarsoup said:I always assumed that no one could block a Sarunas Marciulionis layup. You and Hakeem proved me wrong.Hi, Im Brett said:they were added without commentGuitarsoup said:
Oh well, there are bunch of gifs. That changes EVERYTHING.
From the article:
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So there you have it. Who's word would you take: that of Duncan's third longest-tenured teammate or one of a former player who left disgruntled and still hasn't gotten over it nine years later?
I first met Dream around 81 at Fonde, he had been playing ball for only about 3 years or so. I agree partially that Bob saying 20 times better is a little bit of a stretch. Tim was a great fundamentally sound player but I get scared sometimes the way some of you guys blow him so hard
What does this have to do with anything? Nice shoe-in of an encounter with Hakeem.Quote:
I first met Dream around 81 at Fonde, he had been playing ball for only about 3 years or so.
...But if we are going to divulge...I met Duncan his rookie year at an Iguanas game when I was 10 years old. TRUST ME. There is no way he was 1/20th the player of Dream.
I had a photoshoot with Hakeem and the pictures I shot were up on billboards in Houston for over a year.
I dunked on Robinson in 99. However old man Dream blocked my shot into the 5th row. It's settled.
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