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Been seeing this come up a lot lately on social media. The Duncan Vs Malone debate as the best PF of all time. Obviously you have to give Duncan the edge since he has 5 chips compared to Mal0ne's 0. What are your thoughts?
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Not only does Duncan best him with the 5 ring argument, but it can be argued that Tim was instrumental to all 5 - championships which were spread out over a 15 year period (which is a much more difficult feat).
One of the major arguments for Malone being better individually is that Duncan had Pop behind him as the coach. While Pop is definitely the better coach, Sloan was pretty great himself. Don't shoot the messenger here, but that's a big reason for the disagreement. Pop's legacy as a coach hurts any argument of a Spur's greatness in the eyes of the common NBA fan. Pretty flawed logic, but it's truly why such an idiotic argument as this is pretty heated on Facebook, social media, message boards, and barber shop conversations.
They have the same MVPs. But Duncan has 5x rings, 3x FMVPs, crushes Malone in all-defense selections, more All-NBA selections, more ASG selections, and completely demolishes Malone in the postseason. This isnt even a debate lol
I guess if we're talking raping kids and being a deadbeat dad Malone wins, but otherwise Duncan smokes him in every way.
There is a debate ?
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He played with one of the great PG's of all time his whole prime. How did Malone only get to 2 NBA finals? And it was at the very end of his prime.
We need STdalamon in here to confirm or deny.There is a debate ?
He was in three. That epic fail against Detroit in 04 ensures Malone can't use the Jordan excuse either.
This needs to be in the NBA Forum, for trolling material, IMO, FWIW
Is this real life? Who the is debating this?
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In terms of NBA career or being a dirty play, s bag pedophile, deadbeat dad?
Malone was one of the least clutch mother ers ever. You literally saw his ass clench at the end of big games. Stockton was the big game player.
For the first 8 seasons or so, you could just dump the ball to Duncan in the post and as long as there are shooters around him, it would be either a layup or foul everytime or kick the ball out when doubled - much like Shaq in hsi prime. He could carry you all the way to the le by himself while being as good as any defensive player in the league at the other end. There's no way Malone could do this.
Combined with the fact that as soon as the league starting changing rules to discourage the post game in the mid 2000s, from 2007 he was willing to become a pick n roll big with TP/Gino despite being one of the top 3 players in the league at that time because he knew it would make them better as a team. Everything he did (including the way he willing to change his game twice) was to make the team better and I don't think you could say that about any of the other Top 10 players in history.
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Kevin McHale belongs in the discussion as far as I'm concerned; at least if we're just looking at prime vs. prime.
Stockton and Malone would've rang in the 00's, imo.
Or the other way around. I know Parker and Ginobili's career got better in Pop's system, but Duncan could have averaged more points, more rebounds, more block shots, playing hero-ball in some other teams. Or imagine if Duncan chose to play instead in Orlando with Grant Hill and McGrady? That would have been a dynasty. I think anywhere Duncan played, he would be a great player. Paired with another all-NBA? He could've been top 5 all-time.
Duncan is top 5 all-time, or at least the consensus "best PF of all-time." Perhaps, he'd be considered even higher though, so I don't want to say you don't have a valid point. In 03 Gm 6 vs the Nets when he was quadruple doubling, that was definitely what he could do more often than he did; but I don't know how consistently he could play at that level.
Duncan is top 10 all time player.
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