How good was prime Tim Duncan? At his peak was he the best player of the 2000s?

[Roger king]

The fact him and to a lesser extent Pippen never won DPOY makes no sense

Its genuinely surprising that a guy who was good enough to be first team defense 8times and 7times second team never could win a single defensive player of the year. He was one of the greatest two way players in history and the best of the 2000s, just going by his stats, accolades and first team all nba and defensive selections

 

[987654321]

How good was he on defense? I see he has several defensive selections but never won the award for defensive player of the year once, was he the consensus best player in that era?

It can’t really be explained by a few highlight reels or stats. Your best bet to learn about Tim Duncan is to watch his old games. His game was a beautiful combination of patience, skill, subtle power/quickness, and seemingly always making the right plays and decisions.

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

The fact him and to a lesser extent Pippen never won DPOY makes no sense

whose year(s) would you have given to duncan? (not for the sake of arguing, just curious)

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

whose year(s) would you have given to duncan? (not for the sake of arguing, just curious)

No way in hell Marcus Camby should've won it over him in 2007

 

[THE 101]

This impoverished bum's mo is so transparent

 

[GreatestLaker]

He was top 5 from 2000 to 2007. Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan were damn near equals. KG was certainly more skilled but Duncan was the better post player.

 

[malbaker86]

Seeing TD, KG, and Dirk give each other 30+ when they use to match up in the early 2000’s was

 

[Womb Raider]

Da big fundamental

 

[god shamgod]

If you were to young to witness prime Duncan you definitely didn’t see Jordan play

Makes sense you’re unhinged ass spams this site with anti Kobe and goat agendas

 

[god shamgod]

The fact him and to a lesser extent Pippen never won DPOY makes no sense

There was literally no season pippen should have won dpoy over anyone who won it , sick of the revisionist agendas. Dudes who never watched him play really act like pippen was locking players down nothin but

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

His reign at the top was short like leprechauns.

Best player in the league from ‘03 to ‘05. Wasn’t better than Shaq in ‘02 even though he won MVP.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

Won't derail thread too much but this is 100% agenda based

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

Yep Coli plumber,next.

 

[Leonard Washington]

Won't derail thread too much but this is 100% agenda based

Lets be real, majority of the NBA threads are agenda based

 

[93 til]

Yet Gobert is a 4x DPOTY

nikka can't even stop lobs