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Duh. Why would a great wing player want another great wing player who essentially plays their game on their team? That would not be very helpful....
Dr. J: I'd take Duncan
Legend would like to play alongside Spurs centre rather than LeBron or Kobe
Kobe or LeBron?
Ask NBA legend and Hall of Famer Dr. J, Julius Erving, which current superstar he'd like to play alongside and it would be neither of those two reigning kings of the court.
If Dr. J could roll back the clock and suit up with a current NBA player, the answer might surprise you.
"I like the way Tim Duncan plays," he said.
Duncan plays centre for the San Antonio Spurs and is a two-time NBA MVP.
Dr. J said: "He's a centre and I had Moses Malone (with the Philadelphia 76ers in the early 80s). Having the dominant guy in the middle makes the job a little bit easier. He plays a fundamental game and even though my game was rooted in fundamentals there were a lot of extraordinary things that happened on the court for me because of fundamentals being intact.
"I would have liked to play with him."
Dr. J said Duncan, 32, still probably has three or four good years left.
"I still think he's got a lot left in the tank. He's a guy I like to watch so I would probably enjoy playing with him."
More physical
He said the game has evolved from the 1970s and early 80s with a new breed of basketball player.
During his hey day, Dr. J weighed in at what might be considered skinny by today's standards at 6'6" 200 pounds with rivals James Worthy of the Los Angeles Lakers (6'9" 225 pounds) and Larry Bird pf the Boston Celtics (6'9" 200 pounds) not much bigger.
"The physicality of the game has evolved in a different way - guys are bigger, faster, stronger. There might not be as much contact as was allowed before with the hand checking and the body checking, but there are guys like LeBron James who are 6'8', 6'9" 265 or 270 pounds. You just didn't see players like that in my day. If you did see guys like that he was down playing close to the basket like a Wes Unseld type so the sport has evolved in that way."
Duh. Why would a great wing player want another great wing player who essentially plays their game on their team? That would not be very helpful....
Smart man, that Doctor.
Trust him. He's a doctor.
Well now I know why he got his degree.
obvious troll is obvious.
centre or center?
Haha, great praise for Tim Duncan here. Bill Russell, now Dr.J, Jordan should be next..
Man, you're a .
the media loves to ignore this ..
Bill Russell said Duncan is his favorite player..The Chief said Duncan is his favorite player..Barkley, Smith, Van Gundy, and Jackson all said Duncan is the best player of his generation..Kareem was asked who his favorite player/best player is a few years ago, he said Duncan, and the host of the show quickly brought the conversation to Kobe, asking Kareem why it wasn't Kobe..
it's funny..now you can add another one to the list..
Could you be any more of a ?
And Duncan is both. Insecure much?
seriously he has a point. he would be benched.
Well when you're playing with Kobe, there's a chance that he'll make a video about you, asking for you to be traded, and throwing you under the bus..why would anybody want to go through that?..
There's also the chance that he tries to take over an entire series to get out of your shadow..in the NBA Finals of all places..
Oh, and don't forget the possibility of him snitching on you if he knows anything personal about you..
There's also the chance that he'll quit on your team in a game 7, because he feels like you aren't worthy of being his teammate..
what a great teammate and all-around human being..
, Duncan never complained when the Lakers used to swarm him, but nobody on the perimeter could ever make a shot until he got help a few years later in 2003, leading to countless meltdowns in the 4th quarter..he's never complained about not having a legit big man to help him out since Admiral left..he didn't complain last year when we were eliminated in the 1st round, clearly needing more talent..
when he didn't have any all-star caliber players in 2003, but had some improving players that were coming up..what did he do?..he carried us to a le..
the FO repaid him by getting him players out of respect, as Holt and RC have said..
what does Kobe do when he's upset?..he threatens to sign with the Clippers if Shaq isn't gone..he cries to the media for weeks about wanting to leave, makes videos about Bynum, throws the entire organization under the bus like a baby..asks to go to Chicago, but refuses to let the Lakers get anything back in return..
finally Jerry West helps him out by giving him an All-Star for nothing, and now he's happy again..we'll see for how long..
what a piece of ..
Last edited by HarlemHeat37; 07-22-2009 at 03:56 PM.
lakerfans are ridiculous.
I think the transcript is just trying to convey how Julius Erving speaks with a thick British accent.
its obvious lakaluva is just trying to press your buttons, just ignore him
The Life and Times of Kobe Bryant.
Kobe and LBJ didnt play when the handchecking rule was on.......
They are GAY
Good
Of course, this devolved into a pissing match between Spurs and Lakers fans over who is better all time: Duncan or Bryant.
There's a strong case to be made for each, and fans are going to support their own player. For all the name-calling, that's what it boils down to.
As a Spurs fan/homer, I think Duncan's had a better career than Bryant, but they both have been all-timers.
Not really a difference; they talk about completely different things. They are not mutually exclusive. Also, the people mentioned above (by Harlem) said best as opposed to favorite.
Kobe's wife is a --that how he found her! Rapist and --- a marriage made for LA!
The game has changed so much because of the 'play nice with other rules'. I don't know if Tony could have played back in the day when some real nasty dudes patrolled the paint and absolutely would take a guy's head off. Enforcers like Maurice Lucas and Rich Jones weren't worried about suspensions or fines because they didn't really exist for just 'rough play'.
Correct Dr. J was a swingman. Surely if they asked him if he'd like to have played with Jordan he would have said nooooo way, because that would have eaten up his minutes and he would have had to come off the bench.
BTW...
If I was into raping chicks in a hotel, I'd like to play with Kobe! It's calledteam work!
For those trying to argue that Kobe is a better player than Duncan, all you have to do is check the most meaningful stat of all.
Duncan has a higher winning percentage than Kobe, both regular season and post season.
Kobe didn't even break the Top 15. Simmons had the Elias Sports Bureau do the work to find that out and that's what happened.
Duncan has more Finals MVPs and Regular season MVPs than Kobe. And he wins at a better clip than Kobe.
And seeing as how the name of the game is to win, how can anyone argue that Kobe is better than Duncan win Kobe doesn't win as much as Duncan?
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