So Duncan Was Boring But Garnett Wasn’t???

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Duncan wasn’t out there yelling “GIMME DAT shyt!!!:angry:”or “GET THAT shyt OUTTA HERE, NIKKA!!!:angry:” whenever he blocked a shot like Garnett was…
 

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Damn bruh I bet you think AD and Jokic play alike too….
 

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Nah, Duncan was a traditional low post big man, didn’t play above the rim, and had a lot of herky jerky moves and finishes with power, he had a bank shot jumper with limited range.

Garnett was basically a big man version of Michael Jordan.
 

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Nah, Duncan was a traditional low post big man, didn’t play above the rim, and had a lot of herky jerky moves and finishes with power, he had a bank shot jumper with limited range.

Garnett was basically a big man version of Michael Jordan.
Bolded and entire post is cap :camby:

I'm fully convinced people commenting in the thread first saw TD play in 2007 on forward
 

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Bolded and entire post is cap :camby:

I'm fully convinced people commenting in the thread first saw TD play in 2007 on forward
He didn’t play above the rim with flair a lot of his shyt was just standing dunks under the hoop and dump downs under the basket and he’d dunk two hand and hang on the rim yes he dunked dudes arms were long as shyt but he wasn’t an explosive leaper

shyt KG probably dunked less but he had more power and style and would shyt talk it was more entertaining
 

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KG had great footwork and coordination. I think getting that tuition at 17/18 from Kevin Mchale combined with natural talent made him unique. Despite the yelling and everything, his game was 'pretty' he was a very athletic finesse player.

I love Duncan but he was stoic, people feed off emotion and he never gave anyone anything to respond to.
 

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He didn’t play above the rim with flair a lot of his shyt was just standing dunks under the hoop and dump downs under the basket and he’d dunk two hand and hang on the rim yes he dunked dudes arms were long as shyt but he wasn’t an explosive leaper

shyt KG probably dunked less but he had more power and style and would shyt talk it was more entertaining
Timmy caught bodies. He used to get up in his prime. His knee injury took his athleticism.

You talking about an old Duncan

 

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I agree as well but he was able to redeem himself with the ring in Boston....by proxy I guess.
People like to bring us his supporting cast, but at one point the Twolves had Allstars (Wally)and former Allstars(Cassel, Sprewell) caliber and he still wasn't able to do much.
KG didn't have those players at once...
 

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KG didn't have those players at once...
Correct but that year, the Twolves had 2 All-Stars, KG and Wally. While Duncan had a young Tony and a risky Manu. IIRC the later Twolves showed promise with Cassell and Sprewell but without looking it up, I belove one of them got hurt, then Sprewell demanded more money or something. Nevertheless, KG fans would like to say he didn't have help...but even Duncan won a ring with his Flunky,
















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I searched for a video of Steven A saying Rasho but even in this video, it appears that Wally was on the team at the time...still, Skip was describing how many felt about Garnet, at that time.
 
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Correct but that year, the Twolves had 2 All-Stars, KG and Wally. While Duncan had a young Tony and a risky Manu. IIRC the later Twolves showed promise with Cassell and Sprewell but without looking it up, I belove one of them got hurt, then Sprewell demanded more money or something. Nevertheless, KG fans would like to say he didn't have help...but even Duncan won a ring with his Flunky,
















:unimpressed:



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I searched for a video of Steven A saying Rasho but even in this video, it appears that Wally was on the team at the time...still, Skip was describing how many felt about Garnet, at that time.

It's much more nuanced than "but he had an All-Star" but aight

And :skip: @ using a Skip Bayless opinion
 
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It's amazing how many of our takes are dictated by emotions and superficial window dressing.

Garnett was more fluid and moved a little more on both ends than Duncan, but he's right that there wasn't any big gap. Most of the reason people call Duncan boring are because of his lack of facial expressions and his body language. If he was more demonstrative, the narrative around him would be different even with the exact same game.
 

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People called San Antonio “boring” because they didn’t have any storylines outside of basketball except for TP messing with folk wives..


It had nothing to do with their play
. San Antonio was one of the first teams to start raining 3s..they just did what they had to do on the court & go home. No social media mess & no players talking bad about each other
:what::what::what:
 
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