Tim Duncan's Prime

[spurraider21]

duncan wasn't even at his athletic peak in 2003... his athletic peak was in his earlier youth before his big knee injury in 2000

his basketball prime was from 2001-2007 or 08, with the peak being 2003 and surrounding years. 08 is tough to judge because the supporting cast of bowen/oberto/kurt thomas were beyond their last legs and they got waxed in the WCF, but duncan still thoroughly outplayed pau in the series. still remember the playoff opener in 08 though, the 40 point game against shaq and the suns

[Thomas82]

The thing that always stood out, was that when he was just about done (after 2011 playoffs) cause his tendonosis was just wearing him down throughout the season and he just couldn't pivot off his left leg anymore in the post by the playoffs, he stripped all this weight off and transformed himself from a low post beast into a faceup player that was so damn good, he was all NBA 1st team in 2013 with a completely different game. He would've been finals MVP if they had won that game 6 against Miami, he dominated that game so much. To transform yourself and your game as you're approaching 40, back to a top 5 player in the league is just unbelievable.

Excellent points!! The fact that he was able to make that kind of transformation so late in his career speaks volumes of his greatness.

[barbacoataco]

The 2002-3-4 seasons were his best. He was awesome in 1999 but then he hurt his knee in 2000. Of course he was still a great player for years and years but right around 2003 he was on a different level.

[SPURt]

Not sure if this is thread worthy but the Ringer is comparing Kawhi to MVP Kobe:
https://theringer.com/2017-nba-playo...urs-347adceee0

[elemento]

Prime : 99-08

He slowed down a bit in 07 after the plantar fascists problems, but he was still pretty good.

Peak - 02-03 - 02 was his best RS and 03 was just one of the best runs of all-time. (greatest VORP of all-time beating any season of MJ, Lebron, Shaq or Hakeem).

[TampaDude]

Dat 2003 Finals, yo...Timmy was a monster!

[Thomas82]

Dat 2003 Finals, yo...Timmy was a monster!

Yes he was!!