Chris Broussard tweets: NBA execs feel: Tim Duncan>>>Shaq
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Tim Duncan isn't playing so that he can pull ahead of Shaq on some imaginary list of "historical greatness"
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I'm surprised Woj from Yahoo didn't tweet that an hour before Broussard did. Normally the way shyt goes down.
Tim duncan at his peak was never as good as 2000 shaq PERIOD
Big men are judged by titles more than anyone else, they have the biggest impact on the game. It's why no matter what the stats say, most of the old heads have Russell ahead of Wilt.
One best year doesn't put him above Duncan or Kareem or MJ
I'd take him over shaq.
Almost every time shaq and Duncan's teams faced off shaq got sonned(99'/02'/03') by Duncan or it was a toss up(01'/04'). The difference was Kobe's dominance, especially in the 4th.
Duncan never had that type of player on his team.
Almost every time shaq and Duncan's teams faced off shaq got sonned(99'/02'/03') by Duncan or it was a toss up(01'/04'). The difference was Kobe's dominance, especially in the 4th.
Duncan never had that type of player on his team.
What does kareem or mj have to do with this?
I like how shaq and kobe are BOTH discounted for EACH OTHER.
Shaq was a FINALS threat his entire career. His best stretch of seasons is better than duncans, and he was unspeakably unstoppable
Shaq was a FINALS threat his entire career. His best stretch of seasons is better than duncans, and he was unspeakably unstoppable
Shaq was great but let's be real, Tim Duncan used to DO THAT to Shaq. There were times where Tim couldn't stop Shaq but Shaq NEVER stopped Duncan. Shaq can't do what Tim does. Way too skilled, but Tim can do most of what Shaq did. Shaq was great because of his size (mostly), Tin was great because of his skillset.
But, what if Duncan had played with Kobe? Considering personalities, wouldn't that duo have ended up with more titles than Shaq/Kobe, since there's no doubt Duncan would have no problem taking a backseat to Kobe when the time came.
And Tim actually outplayed Shaq in the playoffs, it was Kobe that was murking the Spurs in the playoffs.
I have no reason the believe that. I never bought into the idea thatthe lakes lost in 04 beause of chemistry. Awful cop out
Pretty much.
2002 is a perfect example, Duncan CLEARLY outplayed Shaq(I think he putting up almost 30 a game). The difference in that series after being tied up 1-1 was Kobe's 3 straight 10 Pt 4th quarters from games 2-5.
I didn't say they lost in 04 because of chemistry, what is undeniable is that Shaq and Kobe's dislike for one another led to Shaq being traded. If Shaq didn't let his ego get in the way they could have stayed together, he was still effective for another 2-3 years.
Duncan has shown little ego, and would have stepped back to let Kobe go nuts with the scoring while he just gets his 20/10.