What if this is the last season for Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett

[024]

Garnett is without question a HOFer. All MVPs have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Plus the many many all star appearances and DPOY makes Garnett a no brainer.

I would like Duncan to retire next year. He can retire on his own terms and on top. He'll be 39 in next year's playoffs. That is pretty damn old. Rather him retire after next season than risk an injury or a great decline that forces him to retire.

[Mikeanaro]

Garnett is without question a HOFer. All MVPs have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Plus the many many all star appearances and DPOY makes Garnett a no brainer.

I would like Duncan to retire next year. He can retire on his own terms and on top. He'll be 39 in next year's playoffs. That is pretty damn old. Rather him retire after next season than risk an injury or a great decline that forces him to retire.

I´d like Garnett to retire RIGHT NOW and watch Timmy play as long as he wants.

[dbreiden83080]

Don't care much for kg and I don't feel he has much of a legacy to be honest. He was a great player for a time but he was always second fiddle to the greatest power forward of all time.

[Obstructed_View]

It's where an idea like Bill Simmons' pyramid makes it clear that not all Hall of Famers are equal.

Garnett is clearly a hall of famer. He's not the elite of the elite of the elite, but he's one of the 40 or 50 greatest players ever at this point in history.

It's the difference between saying that Dwight Howard isn't a franchise player and saying that he isn't a max-salary player. He's clearly the latter, though he doesn't measure up to those that are clearly the former. Dwight is worth the max, but some guys are a bargain at that price.

[cd98]

NBA champion
NBA Most Valuable Player
15× NBA All-Star
NBA All-Star Game MVP
4× All-NBA First Team
3× All-NBA Second Team
2× All-NBA Third Team
NBA Defensive Player of the Year
9× NBA All-Defensive First Team
3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team
NBA All-Rookie Second Team
Olympic Gold Meadal

If this isn't enough for being automatic in the HOF then nothing is.

Not that impressive, but Tony and Manu are HOF on lesser accomplishments.

[EVAY]

Then I will miss one of them.

[Arcadian]

It really is sad how underrated the Duncan-Garnett matchup was. In the early 2000s, that was the best damn matchup since Magic-Bird. And there hasn't been a better matchup since.

[Malik Hairston]

It really is sad how underrated the Duncan-Garnett matchup was. In the early 2000s, that was the best damn matchup since Magic-Bird. And there hasn't been a better matchup since.

Jordan vs. Rex Chapman was pretty underrated, tbh..