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Shocking article to say the least.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201.../duncan.spurs/Off the top of my head I'd take Wilt Chamberlain (always No. 1, the guy averaged 50.4 points a game during the 1961-62 season), Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West and Bob Cousy ahead of Duncan. There's a quick 10 without as much as a three-second violation.
Nothing against Duncan, but you could also give me Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Julius Erving, Elgin Baylor, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone and Kevin McHale. Oh, and let's not forget Bob Pet , Moses Malone, John Stockton and Isiah Thomas.
Charles Barkley > Tim Duncan?
Karl Malone > Tim Duncan?
fail.
Dan Shaughnessy, Columnist for the Boston Globe...
Cool story, bro.
Tongue in cheek print? I mean Isiah Thomas?
Shaughnessy is a born and bred Celtics homer, so take it with a grain of salt.
A reasonable person could make an argument that Tim Duncan is not among the 10 best players in NBA history as it's always subjective comparing players from different eras. A reasonable person can't seriously argue that Bob Cousy belongs in that group, that's a case only a Boston homer can make.
How could you have Shaq #4 and not find a spot for Duncan, when they arguably had just as dominant careers?
I would expect a higher standard of work from the great Jackie Moon.
Of course, had Tim Duncan "walked through that door," in 1997 and put up the same numbers in Boston that he's put up over the course of his career, Shaungnessy would undoubtedly be arguing that calling Tim Duncan the greatest player in the history of basketball would be grossly underrating his achievements.
Bob Cousy.. Oh yeah i am sure tons of teams if had the chance to draft a 21 year old Duncan or Cousy would be letting Tim go for Bobby.. Makes total sense.
Barkley himself would say he is not in Duncan's league..
Tim is top 10 all time fail of an article..
Funny because I rank Tim above Larry Bird.
Duncan won more championships and Finals MVPs than Bird. He won 2 MVPs to Bird's 3, but everyone knows that Duncan deserved the MVP in the year prior to his first, which was given to Karl Malone.
Duncan also won all those les without a bunch of hall of fame teammates.
This; Shirley Temple just doing what Shirley Temple does.
He-Larry-Us . . .
My thoughts exactly FromWayDowntown. If the Celtics would've won the 1st pick in the 1997 Draft, then Duncan would be in his top five.
How can he seriously say that Sir Charles and Malone and even Moses Malone are better than Duncan? Complete stupidity.
Per Wikipedia:
In his basketball career, Duncan has collected a number of individual and team honors, including being a two-time MVP (2002, 2003), four-time NBA champion (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007) and three-time NBA Finals MVP (1999, 2003, 2005). As a college player, he was honored by the House of Representatives,[84] named the ACC Male Athlete of the Year, won the John R. Wooden Award, and was selected as the Naismith College Player of the Year (all 1997).[10] In 2002, Duncan was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team honoring the 50 greatest players in ACC history.[85] In his debut year in the NBA (1998), he was voted Rookie of the Year and elected into the All-NBA Rookie Team, made the first of 12 NBA All-Star Teams (1997–98 and 1999–2000 to 2009–10; 11 First Team nominations), 12 All-NBA Teams (1997–98 to 2008–09; nine First Team nominations), and 12 All-Defensive Teams (1997–98 to 2008–09; eight First Team nominations).[3] With these impressive performances, Duncan is one of only four players to receive All-NBA First Team honors in each of his first eight seasons (1998–2005), along with Hall of Famers Bob Pet (ten seasons), Larry Bird (nine seasons), and Oscar Robertson (nine seasons), and is the only player in NBA history to receive All-NBA and All-Defensive honors in his first twelve seasons (1997–98 to 2008–09).[86]
Duncan was also named by the Association for Professional Basketball Research as one of "100 Greatest Professional Basketball Players of The 20th Century", the youngest player on that list.[87] In the 2001–02 season, he won the IBM Player Award[88] and The Sporting News (TSN) MVP Award,[89] becoming the third player to ever win the NBA MVP, IBM Player and TSN Player Awards in the same season. On February 18, 2006, he was named one of the Next 10 Greatest Players on the tenth anniversary of the release of the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team by the TNT broadcasting crew.[90] In 2009, Duncan was ranked 8th by Slam Magazine in their list of the Top 50 NBA players of All Time.[91]
I would also rank Tom Heinsohn, John Havlicek, Robert Parish, and Dennis Johnson above Tim Duncan.
This guy is horrible..most consider Duncan to be in that range, not just for his game, but also for his at ude/approach as a player and teammate..
As for this, some of those players have no argument..Cousy(LOL), Stockton(LOL), Isiah, McHale, Barkley, Lebron(at this point), Baylor, Pet ..
I don't see a convincing argument for Dr.J since you can't really count his ABA years too much IMO..
Robertson's really overrated IMO, but he has an argument, I guess..not ahead of Tim though..
West, Malone(s) and Kobe have arguments, but I don't think they're strong enough unless it's a reach IMO..Kobe has a great argument if he wins a le with a top performance this year, we'll see..
MJ, Russell, Kareem and Wilt are ahead of him without a doubt IMO..Magic and Bird have great arguments and most people consider them to be ahead of him too..
I'd have Timmy right there with Shaq and Olajuwon, slightly ahead of both, but I could understand arguments for them..
I'd go..
1. MJ
2. Kareem
3. Wilt
4. Russell
5. Magic
6. Bird
7. Duncan
8. Shaq
9. Olajuwon
10. Kobe
BTW, Boston is butthurt..I'm surprised this guy used his Boston bias to argue for Cousy instead of Hondo..
I got Thunder Dan Majerle tied with Timmy..
Hahaha new England s are so predictable. Cousey, McHale? Really?
I didn't realize the level of butt hurt after 13 years and 4 les would still be so strong. Hilarious.
dumbest article ive ever read
IMO, Timmy is a top 5 of all time.
Possibly the stupidest article ever. I think it's pretty conservative to say that Duncan is top 10 of all time. He clearly at the very least is the best PF of all time.
Someone should e-mail Shaughnessy and tell him Cousy's career 37.5% FG% really makes him one of the elite.
And the article came our right after we beat the Celts
The only players clearly bettert than Duncan are Jordan and Kareem.
Russell and Magic are roughly equal.
That's it.
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