Hakeem vs Duncan Part 2

[Joey Gallo]

Wait a goddamn minute. Pau Gasol held Duncan to 42% shooting in a playoff series?

https://i.redd.it/vmfr17oj32s11.jpg

[daslicer]

Wait a goddamn minute. Pau Gasol held Duncan to 42% shooting in a playoff series?

https://i.redd.it/vmfr17oj32s11.jpg

Duncan shot 58 percent against Pau in the '04 playoffs. https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2004-nba-western-conference-first-round-grizzlies-vs-spurs.html

[Joey Gallo]

Duncan shot 58 percent against Pau in the '04 playoffs. https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2004-nba-western-conference-first-round-grizzlies-vs-spurs.html
And 42 % against Pau in the 09 playoffs

[Joey Gallo]

Got damn. Shot under 40% three times against a decrepit 40 year old Karl Malone.

[daslicer]

Got damn. Shot under 40% three times against a decrepit 40 year old Karl Malone.

More like constant double and triple teams of Shaq,Malone,Payton after the first two games.

[daslicer]

And 42 % against Pau in the 09 playoffs

Duncan's prime was over in '08. Prime Duncan ate up Gasol.

[Joey Gallo]

Duncan's prime was over in '08. Prime Duncan ate up Gasol.
At age 31. While Hakeem at age 31 was dropping 28 & 11 in the playoffs. Give me Hakeem.

[Joey Gallo]

And Prime Pau pushed Duncan’s airhole in. So did Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace, Zydrunas Illgauskas, Anderson Varejo, and a 40 year old Malone.

[daslicer]

At age 31. While Hakeem at age 31 was dropping 28 & 11 in the playoffs. Give me Hakeem.

Duncan was 32 in '08 and yes his prime ended earlier than Hakeem but hat was due to him going on deeper playoff runs during the first 10 years of his career while Olaujuwon didn't go on a deep run for a period of 8 years. Deeper runs plus Olympics,international basketball tournaments put a lot of miles on Duncan. After '86 he was either missing the playoffs are getting bounced earlier.

[daslicer]

And Prime Pau pushed Duncan’s airhole in. So did Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace, Zydrunas Illgauskas, Anderson Varejo, and a 40 year old Malone.

Rasheed was the only guy who gave prime Duncan problems. The rest of those guys never did. I know you will bring up the '07 Finals and say he was stopped by the Cav's scrubs but the Spurs easily swept them. A huge reason for that was the Cavs doubling and triple teaming Duncan on every possession which opened up things for other guys including Parker.

[ambchang]

86 they reached the finals.
87 2nd round loss to Sonics. Sonics didn't reach finals..
88 Loss to Dallas. Dallas didn't reach finals..
89 Loss to Sonics. Sonics didn't reach finals.
90 Lost to Lakers
91 Lost to Lakers
92 Missed playoffs
93 Lost to Sonics.

Shouldn't Hakeem have been facing the Lakers most of the 80's? A lot of losses to mediocre teams..

Stern did take out their entire backcourt because, miraculously, only the Mavs and Rockets (who both were threats to the Lakers, coincidentally) had players snorting coke.