An awful lot of people would have voted for Kobe and Chris Paul reflexively regardless. Still, if he'd finished #3 in the MVP race, there's a chance he could have passed one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by pookenstein
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An awful lot of people would have voted for Kobe and Chris Paul reflexively regardless. Still, if he'd finished #3 in the MVP race, there's a chance he could have passed one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by pookenstein
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Parker only played 66 games, I'm very surprised they had him on the 2nd team ahead of Harden, tbh..
I'd have Harden on the 1st team, tbh..
How many First Team selections does Timmy have now?
Duncan's All NBA First Team (ANFT) selection was the 10th time he has been given that honor. He is second (jointly with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) only behind Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant (11 times each). And all three with the same or more ANFT selections have/had played more seasons than him at this point of time.
Truly a remarkable achievement.
Parker made the ANST selection for the second time and adds to his solitary ANTT selection.
Wow..... That's one hell of a lineup right there. Congrats to TD for a well deserved spot. And Congrats to TP too, for making the All-NBA team. If not for injuries, he'd have been in the first team. By the way, correct me if I'm wrong..... But this is TP's 3rd All-NBA, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by inagra
Congrats Timmy and Tony! Got to say that I didn't see this one coming. I'm glad the voters noticed Tim's resurgent season!
I guess I should have said In the Duncan Era.Quote:
Originally Posted by 101A
Should be
First Team:
LeBron James
Kevin Durant
Tim Duncan
James Harden
Chris Paul
Second Team:
Russell Westbrook
Tony Parker
Carmelo Anthony
Marc Gasol
Paul George
Third Team:
Kobe
Faried
Stephen Curry
Brook Lopez
Griffin or Noah or Lee
honorable mention
irving
lillard
aldridge
bosh
deron williams
...too bad nobody in the NBA PR committee would want Kobe on anything less than 1st team.
That`s great news ! Grats to both Parker and Duncan
All NBA First Team
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Howard making it over Brook Lopez is a travesty.
Congrats.
Amazing accomplishment by TD.
As for TP, he has already made the Hall of Fame -- now he's moving toward first ballot.
So Duncan has migrated from small forward to center over the course of his career?Quote:
Originally Posted by inagra
Awesome news seeing my favorite player all-time getting #10. How fucking amazing do you have to be to get named to the All-NBA first team for 10 seasons?
props to TD but just shows the quality of bigmen in the league IMO
when a 37 year old 60% Tim Duncan is best in the league, you know you have some shit quality bigs :lol
Has anyone ever done that at age 37?
That is just incredible..
Glad his greatness was recognized...:toast congrats td
thats a good point TBHQuote:
Originally Posted by hater
Timmy deserved to be on the All NBA Defense 1st Team more than this imo, and more votes for DPOY (though I didn't expect he should win it). This is like a makeup, but that's fine. Still a huge honor since these awards aren't just handed to bigs the way they're handed to high scoring SGs with terrible defense.
I think the stats are very clear that he is the best big in the game - for the voters the points, rebounds, blocks, field goal % in limited minutes is quantifiable. With defense it's a lot harder. Some years they look at rebounds, some years they look at blocks. This year they looked at team defense (TD had more rebounds and blocks than MG) - the reason why so many MEM players got on all-defensive teams too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kidd K
So weird that they decided to change their thinking now all the sudden. I think Marc Gasol has been great this year, but Timmy has been better defensively imo. It's really showing in this series. The terrible offensive displays the Grizzlies put on when Duncan is in the game, and how everything opens up for them when he's on the bench is a real glaring indicator how massive an impact Duncan makes on the defensive end. Especially against teams with great low post scoring like Memphis where Duncan can impact the game the most.Quote:
Originally Posted by rmt
david west got more love than dirk. not a good year for the german
That's what I'm talking about.
Congrats to both Timmy & Tony!! :hat
And yes... I believe CP3 is overrated, too.