Tim Duncan top 3 all time?

[sweethook]

hes a 8 or 9 pick on the top 10 players of all time ... well in my life

[jsmithj88]

hmm, tough to say
u can argue that kobe has always been the best player on the lakers
duncun/parker/ginobili/ now leonard have all taken the torch at some point
i think what is often overlooked is the management/coaching aspect of players success
a couple years back, the spurs were getting beat in the first round and the team almost was almost broken up
look at the key pieces over the years that were added to this squad

i do give the spurs big 3 credit for taking pay cuts that allowed those moves to happen
u see what happend when kobe was in the same spot, he wanted no part of a pay cut

[The Kraken]

People forgetting how dominant Kobe was for so many years. Any # is arbitrary but 9 sounds about right.

[Goat Milk]

The only guy who thinks bryant is better than Duncan is you.

And I know more about nba basketball than anyone on this site.

[seaborneq]

Duncan has won 70% of his regular season games, had to win championships against shaq, Kobe, KD, lebron, wade, pierce, kg in their primes. 5-1 in finals over a 19 years career. Think of how we would look at magic and bird differently if they did play each other in their primes. Both have more rings. Mailman, Ewing, Stockton, Barkley, kemp, glove, drexler, Reggie, and other great players get rings in their primes if not for mj. So if Duncan can get 5 in all of these guys primes he moves into the top 5 for me, behind mj, Kareem, magic, and big O.

[Mase of Base]

He's 39 years old and schooling everyone on a daily basis it's unbelievable. Kobe has done not much the last couple of years and will be hopeless when he's Duncans age.

[jjgold]

He's 39 years old and schooling everyone on a daily basis it's unbelievable. Kobe has done not much the last couple of years and will be hopeless when he's Duncans age.

That is why he might be the best player there ever was

He has a major case right now

[The Kraken]

Pops has Duncan, Duncan has pops

Phil had MJ and Kobe, Kobe and MJ had Phil

Which came forst, the chicken or the egg

but truth is LBJ had no one

[Jeffie]

He's 39 years old and schooling everyone on a daily basis it's unbelievable. Kobe has done not much the last couple of years and will be hopeless when he's Duncans age.

Duncan playing well especially for his age, but leonard has this team on his back.

[lakerboy]

Pops has Duncan, Duncan has pops

Phil had MJ and Kobe, Kobe and MJ had Phil

Which came forst, the chicken or the egg

but truth is LBJ had no one

lbj has played in the east in an era of shit teams.

[Jeffie]

Pops has Duncan, Duncan has pops

Phil had MJ and Kobe, Kobe and MJ had Phil

Which came forst, the chicken or the egg

but truth is LBJ had no one

Jordan never won without Pippen
Kobe never won without Shaq and Pau
LBJ never won without wade and Bosh
Duncan never won without Manu, Parker, Pop

Fact is these superstars need solid teammates.

[lakerboy]

Jordan never won without Pippen
Kobe never won without Shaq and Pau
LBJ never won without wade and Bosh
Duncan never won without Manu, Parker, Pop

Fact is these superstars need solid teammates.

nobody wins without someone else. its a team game

[MoMoneyMoVaughn]

Olajuwon won two titles with...

Someone.

[Seto]

Pops has Duncan, Duncan has pops

Phil had MJ and Kobe, Kobe and MJ had Phil

Which came forst, the chicken or the egg

but truth is LBJ had no one

Yeah I mean what has that Dwyane Wade guy ever done in his career?

[Seto]

Olajuwon won two titles with...

Someone.

Who did Dirk Nowitzki win with?

[lakerboy]

Olajuwon won two titles with...

Someone.

robert horry was the only reason the rockets/spurs and lakers were ever good

[MoMoneyMoVaughn]

Who did Dirk Nowitzki win with?

Kidd?

Does that count?

[Seto]

Kidd?

Does that count?

I was kidding in the sense that they had a great team in the sense that they had a lot of very good pieces (Kidd, Terry, Marion, Chandler, and a very solid bench).

But who was the second best player on that team? Probably Jason Terry. That's pretty crazy.

[jsmithj88]

i give dirk a shit load of credit on his title win
he was a machine in the playoffs that year

[Mr KLC]

Just had his first game ever without scoring a point. Took 1359 games for this to happen.

[Booya711]

Just had his first game ever without scoring a point. Took 1359 games for this to happen.

crazy stat...and they still beat the brake shoes off the rockets

[Mr KLC]

crazy stat...and they still beat the brake shoes off the rockets

I think it is actually the longest of all time. Don't totally quote me on that, but I think that's correct.

[The Kraken]

This drops him out of the top 5, currently sits at #7 now

[Killer2121]

Nah.. Kobe was an animal throughout his career and did it all essentially by himself for years.. I still remember that season where he averaged 35 a game. Sure they didn't win a title, but who can really do that?!?

Winning two rings with the likes of Gasol, Odom and Vujacic is also pretty remarkable.

[JOHON8]

Duncan's a great player, but he's had one of the best coaches in one of the most cohesive teams in the NBA of all time. This is what makes him less of a player than Kobe who has individually done way better with way less. The Spurs have never been a team of individuals, to attribute their success to individuals is not correct.

[play4win]

stop smokin crack, it's bad for yo health

[oldscho0led]

As Goat said, Timmy played w/ a great coach (if not the greatest), a great front office, legendary scouts getting 2nd round picks like Tony and Manu. But I don't blame Timmy for that. With that said I have Timmy as #5 or #6 depending on my mood.

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