Spurs: Tim Duncan's First Career Game Without Manu, Parker, Kiwi, and Lamarcus Pouridge

[DarrinS]

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Yep, that's a taste of what life might have been like had Duncan run off his coach and all his good teammates, becoming a player that free agents tunnel under the street to avoid. Instead Duncan has mentored one of the top players in the league and attracted another in his prime to come play for the Spurs.

[DMC]

Duncan cant win or compete without a loaded team

You get your desperate pushed in every time you spread your cheeks.

[daslicer]

Yep, that's a taste of what life might have been like had Duncan run off his coach and all his good teammates, becoming a player that free agents tunnel under the street to avoid. Instead Duncan has mentored one of the top players in the league and attracted another in his prime to come play for the Spurs.

[DPG21920]

Just came across this:

http://hoopshype.com/2016/03/08/whic...st-star-power/

So the purpose of our research was to find out which NBA legends had been the most fortunate (or however you want to call it) when it came to being surrounded by star power during their pro careers. This is what we did:

1. We looked up the teammates of the Top 60 NBA players of all time, according to the very thorough list ESPN put together recently. Those 60 are unquestionably legends of basketball.

2. We looked up the number of All-Stars those teammates attended while playing with those legends. Also the number of times those teammates were selected either to the 1st or 2nd All-NBA Team and the amount of MVP awards they collected. Again, we only take into account accolades while playing with those legends.

3. We awarded each legend one point for each teammate with an All-Star berth, two points for each All-NBA selection and three points for each MVP trophy.

Some considerations before we go ahead.

The election of All-Stars, All-NBA team members and MVPs is based on people’s opinions and thus somewhat arbitrary. Some undeserving players get those accolades and some deserving players don’t. Overall, there’s no denying such recognitions say a lot about the stature of NBAers. Super high-quality players are bound to receive such accolades.

Legends from the NBA’s earlier days were more likely to play with All-Stars since the number of players and teams was significantly smaller back in the day. Only 96 NBA players played in the 1959-60 season and 20 of them were selected to the All-Star Game. That’s 20.8 percent of the league. So far, 463 players have taken part in game action this season. Only 26 were named All-Stars. That’s 5.6 percent.

Meaning? Old-school legends are more likely to be at the top of our Star Company ranking since back then it was easier to team up with other stars.

So this is how the rankings look

So Kobe is ranked 20th with regards to best teammates & Tim 38th So Kool taking more L's than I have seen one person take in a day.

[DPG21920]

More proof Shaq carried Kobe

[DPG21920]

Tim without all of his starting lineup vs the Nuggets was the leading scorer and lost by 4. Kobe's last game with his full team playing he lost by 11 to Denver

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Tim without all of his starting lineup vs the Nuggets was the leading scorer and lost by 4. Kobe's last game with his full team playing he lost by 11 to Denver

also, Odom, Bynum, Radmanovic, Farmar, Walton etc were better than what the Spurs had on Friday night

[Kawhitstorm]

At the PEAK of his prime, Kirby MISSED the playoffs w/ Odom/Butler during the same season Pau made it w/ Battier/Miller.

[Sean Cagney]

Just came across this:

http://hoopshype.com/2016/03/08/whic...st-star-power/

Remember his beginning of the season prediction and playoffs... He said they would start 10-0 or some .


So Kobe is ranked 20th with regards to best teammates & Tim 38th So Kool taking more L's than I have seen one person take in a day.