Spurs: USA Today: Tim Duncan is the best since Michael Jordan

[dg7md]

Oh, this will rile up quite a few haters here.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/06/tim-...nio-spurs-five

[elmanutres]

Well they are right. I mean, he does have the tiebreaker

[Malik Hairston]

Every hardcore NBA fan already has Duncan ahead of Kobe, but damn, if the mainstream, "old age" media starts putting Duncan ahead of him, then he's done, tbh..

The casual fan and mainstream, "old age" media is all Kobe had left..

[Buddy Mignon]

A nerd wrote that article. NO SURPRISES.


https://www.google.com/search?q=chri...2F%3B480%3B360

[dg7md]

Every hardcore NBA fan already has Duncan ahead of Kobe, but damn, if the mainstream, "old age" media starts putting Duncan ahead of him, then he's done, tbh..

The casual fan and mainstream, "old age" media is all Kobe had left..

[Kidd K]

Of course he is, just like the Spurs are the best TEAM since Jordan's Bulls too.

But watch people solely wanting to make a case for LA change the argument to "team of the century" instead of "best post Jordan team" since that timeline excludes a Spurs le and starts the exact year LA started to be good again. lol

Imo, best players since Jordan in order:

Duncan
Shaq
Kobe
LeBron (so far. Needs to build his legacy still)
Dirk/Durant

[IrisHockey]

LeBron will top him in 5 years.

[ezau]

Kobe fans have no room to put Kobe ahead of Duncan now The Kobe vs. Duncan debate is over with Duncan coming out on top.

[ezau]

Of course he is, just like the Spurs are the best TEAM since Jordan's Bulls too.

But watch people solely wanting to make a case for LA change the argument to "team of the century" instead of "best post Jordan team" since that timeline excludes a Spurs le and starts the exact year LA started to be good again. lol

Imo, best players since Jordan in order:

Duncan
Shaq
Kobe
LeBron (so far. Needs to build his legacy still)
Dirk/Durant

LOL

Dirk is way better than _urant

[IrisHockey]

Every hardcore NBA fan already has Duncan ahead of Kobe, but damn, if the mainstream, "old age" media starts putting Duncan ahead of him, then he's done, tbh..

The casual fan and mainstream, "old age" media is all Kobe had left..

The young white aspiring NBA analyst is our only hope, tbh..

our Andrew Lucks, tbh..

[ChumpDumper]

A nerd wrote that article. NO SURPRISES.


https://www.google.com/search?q=chri...2F%3B480%3B360

Probably likes Naruto and everything.

[Kidd K]

LOL

Dirk is way better than _urant

Durant is only 25 and has the best annual scorer's stats since MJ, and has been locking up top 1-2 seed for years. . .even if he has received ref-fixed wins. Loads of potential accolades incoming. All Dirk has over him is years and a ring right now if we're being fair.

Dirk is not exactly a defender either. Durant is going to fly past Dirk as long as he gets one ring.

[ezau]

Durant is only 25 and has the best annual scorer's stats since MJ, and has been locking up top 1-2 seed for years. . .even if he has received ref-fixed wins. Loads of potential accolades incoming. All Dirk has over him is years and a ring right now if we're being fair.

Dirk is not exactly a defender either. Durant is going to fly past Dirk as long as he gets one ring.

Dirk played toe-to-toe against a prime Duncan and he did win a couple of them. Durant, on the other hand, is getting shut down by Green and Kawhi. There's no comparison really. Dirk's one legged fadeaway is impossible to stop while Durant can barely post up against Chris Paul.

[midnightpulp]

And the "We'll do it this time" guarantee just helps his legendary status.

[Thebesteva]

Time is a mother er. That's all I gotta say

[MeloHype]

[spurraider21]

Time is a mother er. That's all I gotta say

when do you think was the first time you called the Spurs old, or thought their window was closing? after the Lakers beat them in 08, tbh?

[Mugen]

Time is a mother er. That's all I gotta say

And nobody understands that better than Tim Duncan, who cut his salary in half so the Spurs could build a championship team around him while Kirby wanted to be the highest paid player in the league coming off a horrible injury......

[100%duncan]

I don't see why this is news tbh? The 5th ring didn't skyrocket Tim above Kobe as he was already atleast 3 spots ahead of him before, now it puts Tim ahead of Kobe atleast 5-10 spots in GOATs lists.

and oh Durant > Dirk

[Kidd K]

Dirk played toe-to-toe against a prime Duncan and he did win a couple of them. Durant, on the other hand, is getting shut down by Green and Kawhi. There's no comparison really. Dirk's one legged fadeaway is impossible to stop while Durant can barely post up against Chris Paul.

Alright, now let's not pretend like Green and Kawhi are ty defenders. That's like saying LeBron got shut down by Bowen so he's a bum.

Durant doesn't "need" to post up when he has a career 60% TS% and has been rolling 63-65% the last two years. 60% is good for 17th all time already yet significantly higher PPG than all above him. In fact of the people above him, most have 12 PPG at most, with only Charles Barkley and Adrien Dantley averaging even 20 PPG.

Durant is already an all time great scorer as is statistically. The fact he can get even better is scary as , not a knock on him somehow.

[Kidd K]

And the "We'll do it this time" guarantee just helps his legendary status.

Babe Ruth called his shot, and Tim Duncan called his le. Dude even said "We wanted Miami. We hoped to IN' GOD that they'd be back in the Finals JUST so we could beat the ever living out of them to prove a point".

And that's exactly what happened. Not only did he win a le, but he tarnished LeBron's legacy AGAIN, and may have just broken up Superfriends in Miami. GOAT power move.

[100%duncan]

Alright, now let's not pretend like Green and Kawhi are ty defenders. That's like saying LeBron got shut down by Bowen so he's a bum.

Durant doesn't "need" to post up when he has a career 60% TS% and has been rolling 63-65% the last two years. 60% is good for 17th all time already yet significantly higher PPG than all above him. In fact of the people above him, most have 12 PPG at most, with only Charles Barkley and Adrien Dantley averaging even 20 PPG.

Durant is already an all time great scorer as is statistically. The fact he can get even better is scary as , not a knock on him somehow.

2011. Never forget, son. Dirk went full god-mode on the whole NBA. Fake mvp has yet to do that.

[ezau]

Alright, now let's not pretend like Green and Kawhi are ty defenders. That's like saying LeBron got shut down by Bowen so he's a bum.

Durant doesn't "need" to post up when he has a career 60% TS% and has been rolling 63-65% the last two years. 60% is good for 17th all time already yet significantly higher PPG than all above him. In fact of the people above him, most have 12 PPG at most, with only Charles Barkley and Adrien Dantley averaging even 20 PPG.

Durant is already an all time great scorer as is statistically. The fact he can get even better is scary as , not a knock on him somehow.

Dirk had a legendary 2011 career playoff run that resulted to a ring. He was ing unstoppable and unlike Durant, he doesn't really need to score that much because he attracts the attention of almost everyone when he was the ball. Durant, for all his accolades hasn't elevated his game to the point of winning a championship. Heck, Leonard has already one-upped him by winning FMVP and a championship while being three years younger. There's no comparison between Dirk and Durant. The last time Durant was in the Finals? He got steamrolled by the Superfriends.

[ezau]

2011. Never forget, son. Dirk went full god-mode on the whole NBA. Fake mvp has yet to do that.

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[Kidd K]

Dirk had a legendary 2011 career playoff run that resulted to a ring. He was ing unstoppable and unlike Durant, he doesn't really need to score that much because he attracts the attention of almost everyone when he was the ball. Durant, for all his accolades hasn't elevated his game to the point of winning a championship. Heck, Leonard has already one-upped him by winning FMVP and a championship while being three years younger. There's no comparison between Dirk and Durant. The last time Durant was in the Finals? He got steamrolled by the Superfriends.

And Dirk's career was winding down (33 years old) when that finally happned. Durant is 25. If he has gone nowhere 8 years from now, I might consider Dirk better. But right now he is far better than Dirk was.

If you really think Leonard is better than Durant because of that, that says all I need to know about your credibility.

2011. Never forget, son. Dirk went full god-mode on the whole NBA. Fake mvp has yet to do that.

I didn't forget it kid. And of course Durant didn't do it yet, he's 25. Dirk was nearly 33 and played 2 1/2 times as long as Durant when he finally did that .

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