Kawhi has surpassed Duncan as an offensive player

[apalisoc_9]

No denying it now...Just look up the numbers in basketball ref and Leonard is doing it At restricted minutes.

only thing is Duncan might very well be the best defenive player of all time.

[kaji157]

No

[Spurtacular]

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[TheDoctor]

And people will still get defensive by this.

[Cloud786]

Epic fail thread. Duncan in his prime woulda dropped 40 per game if he wasn't triple teamed every time he had the ball. Kawhi doesn't attract near as much attention.

[apalisoc_9]

damn so many nostalgia s. unreal. the numbers speak for themselves.

kawhi can only dream to have Gino-Parker-Bowen...

[John Petrucci]

I'll still take 2003 Duncan over anything Kawhi has done on offensive side of game, but Kawhi could be on his way to having an overall better offensive career. Surpassed? I wouldn't say so. His rate of improvement is like something we've never seen before, though. Wouldn't surprise me at all if he did surpass him in near future.

Damn though gotta at least get that assist average to 5. Hoping we see him around there this year.

[TheRemix]

2 completely different styles of play..but if I need scoring i'm going with kawhi. He can shoot the 3 and post up. Duncans post game is far better but 3>2

[Keepin' it real]

Of course he has; Duncan's retired.

[Play Boban]

[SpursforSix]

No denying it now...Just look up the numbers in basketball ref and Leonard is doing it At restricted minutes.

only thing is Duncan might very well be the best defenive player of all time.

Advanced metrics have Duncan slightly ahead.

[Spurtacular]

Epic fail thread. Duncan in his prime woulda dropped 40 per game if he wasn't triple teamed every time he had the ball. Kawhi doesn't attract near as much attention.

And imagine what he'd do in today's no big league. wasn't one-legged Duncan droppin' 29 on the Rockets in a big game?

[UNT Eagles 2016]

2 completely different styles of play..but if I need scoring i'm going with kawhi. He can shoot the 3 and post up. Duncans post game is far better but 3>2

And 88% from the foul line vs. 68% on a good day... 2-17 on a bad day.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

And imagine what he'd do in today's no big league. wasn't one-legged Duncan droppin' 29 on the Rockets in a big game?

He'd primarily be riding the pine against hyper smallball teams like GSW today. And that's a fact, like it or not. Even in his prime he'd be a liability.

[Spurtacular]

He'd primarily be riding the pine against hyper smallball teams like GSW today. And that's a fact, like it or not. Even in his prime he'd be a liability.

This could be your worst post on ST, honestly. I suggest you take some time and rethink this nonsense.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

This could be your worst post on ST, honestly. I suggest you take some time and rethink this nonsense.

Athleticism bro. Draymond would beat him, at least half of the time, to the basket if he has him guarding him way out to the arc, but the real danger is when the switching happens. Duncan was the greatest post defender ever, but never that good at one-on-one perimeter defending fast guards who could shoot, score and draw fouls... and GSW has 3 of 'em. One is arguably the greatest shooter ever, a dazzling passer and crafty paint scorer... the second is 6'11" and almost impossible not to foul. The third is also a heck of a shooter and very deceptive.

[Spurtacular]

Athleticism bro. Draymond would beat him, at least half of the time, to the basket if he has him guarding him way out to the arc, but the real danger is when the switching happens. Duncan was the greatest post defender ever, but never that good at one-on-one perimeter defending fast guards who could shoot, score and draw fouls... and GSW has 3 of 'em. One is arguably the greatest shooter ever and the other is 6'11" and almost impossible not to foul.

Bro, Draymond wasn't doing on Duncan when he was a relic relative to his old self.

And with a prime Duncan, any coach worth his weight in manure would find a way to defend on the arc "danger".

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Bro, Draymond wasn't doing on Duncan when he was a relic relative to his old self.

And with a prime Duncan, any coach worth his weight in manure would find a way to defend on the arc "danger".

Duncan, Bowen and SG carousel (Smitty...? Finley...? Barry...?) wouldn't hold them under 100 no matter how hard they tried, and the Spurs wouldn't score consistently enough to beat them

[tmtcsc]

Oh for 's sake, here we go...

[cd98]

He'd primarily be riding the pine against hyper smallball teams like GSW today. And that's a fact, like it or not. Even in his prime he'd be a liability.

Honestly, this is a bad take. Not only would a prime Duncan anchor a defense that could destroy GSW, but he would destroy Green on the post and force them to play big. The game today doesn't feature bigs bc their are no bigs with elite skills like Duncan had. even LMA was killing GSW until Kawhi went down.

[cd98]

Athleticism bro. Draymond would beat him, at least half of the time, to the basket if he has him guarding him way out to the arc, but the real danger is when the switching happens. Duncan was the greatest post defender ever, but never that good at one-on-one perimeter defending fast guards who could shoot, score and draw fouls... and GSW has 3 of 'em. One is arguably the greatest shooter ever, a dazzling passer and crafty paint scorer... the second is 6'11" and almost impossible not to foul. The third is also a heck of a shooter and very deceptive.

First off, it's a myth that Duncan wasn't a good post defender. He was an all time great. Second, he's an all time great rim protector. Third, Green has no post game. He's a face up shooter and maybe take unathletic bigs off the dribble. But Duncan would not get beat by Green, not in his prime. People just don't remember prime Duncan. They are remembering his last 4 or 5 years in the league. But even old Duncan could devestate GSW and force them to use a big.

[Arcadian]

Athleticism bro. Draymond would beat him, at least half of the time, to the basket if he has him guarding him way out to the arc, but the real danger is when the switching happens. Duncan was the greatest post defender ever, but never that good at one-on-one perimeter defending fast guards who could shoot, score and draw fouls... and GSW has 3 of 'em. One is arguably the greatest shooter ever, a dazzling passer and crafty paint scorer... the second is 6'11" and almost impossible not to foul. The third is also a heck of a shooter and very deceptive.

Prime Duncan would take a wet diarrhea all over that got Gaymond.

I don't know what's more offensive, your diminishing Duncan or propping up Gaymond. Gaymond is an overrated piece of , while Duncan is top 5 all time. I'm sorry you can't see that.

[daslicer]

First off, it's a myth that Duncan wasn't a good post defender. He was an all time great. Second, he's an all time great rim protector. Third, Green has no post game. He's a face up shooter and maybe take unathletic bigs off the dribble. But Duncan would not get beat by Green, not in his prime. People just don't remember prime Duncan. They are remembering his last 4 or 5 years in the league. But even old Duncan could devestate GSW and force them to use a big.

A lot of these kids grew up with past prime Duncan which was from '08-16 so they can't see Duncan ever being an athlete from what they remember of him. I always tell young kids that prime Duncan had Anthony Davis like athleticism. He was that fast, that quick, that athletic.

[Ice009]

He'd primarily be riding the pine against hyper smallball teams like GSW today. And that's a fact, like it or not. Even in his prime he'd be a liability.

Man, if I could get a hold of you. One of the biggest re s around here. Probably one of the worst posters on the site.

[Mr. Body]

When does the season start?