Tim Duncan is 33 and still the best PF in the NBA

[alchemist]

when you include who has the better hair Dirk >>>> Duncan

this.......

[TD 21]

It's Dirk's fault he's more durable?

It has nothing to do with durability and all about how each team perceives itself. The Spurs fancy themselves a le contender and thus are pacing Duncan for a long season. The Mavs don't see themselves that way and thus desperately attempt to scrape out every last regular season win they can, in the hopes of gaining as high a seed as possible. You're delusional if you don't think Duncan is capable of play more than 32 mpg and isn't durable. In recent NBA history, is there a big man that's played more in a ten-twelve year stretch than Duncan? The guy is a workhorse and unlike Nowitzki, he didn't get by playing strictly a finesse game.

Defense? Who needs defense? It's only half the game.

As for hair, Nowitzki's is amongst the worst and most feminine (along with Mike Miller) in the league.

[dirk4mvp]

Yep Spurs fans. You're really objective. Keep telling yourselves that.

[TD 21]

More objective than Mavs fans, that's for sure. What's your basis for saying Nowitzki is better, outside of a higher scoring average (which is greatly aided by the significantly more minutes he plays and shots he takes)? Really, the only thing Nowitzki is better than Duncan at is range shooting. Ever other aspect of the game, Duncan has him beat.

[dirk4mvp]

Yep Spurs fans. You're really objective. Keep telling yourselves that.

[z0sa]

lol @ mavfan changing goalposts, projecting, and distorting the facts just to make Dirk seem > Duncan

[jag]

This thing has been argued ad nauseam. And any fan of any team that thinks it heavily favors one player over the other, is a moron.

The fact that Dirk is actually capable of playing heavy minutes is not something that should favor Duncan.

[jdev82]

Yep Spurs fans. You're really objective. Keep telling yourselves that.

4 rings got

[badfish22]

4 rings got

good job Dirk4. He mad.

[dirk4mvp]

good job Dirk4. He mad.

He definitely mad.

[Culburn369]

But, he ain't O & forever. tee, hee.

[dirk4mvp]

But, he ain't O & forever. tee, hee.

Did you bring your shine box?

[Mavs_man_41]

looks like cubby fell into a crocodile pit and got tore the up

[TDMVPDPOY]

when havin an argument with mavs fans and ur not getting through them?

mention 4>0 rings and they will stfu

[dirk4mvp]

when havin an argument with mavs fans and ur not getting through them?

mention 4>0 rings and they will stfu

That's funny considering mavfan started that smack, breath.

[Mavs_man_41]

when havin an argument with mavs fans and ur not getting through them?

mention 4>0 rings and they will stfu

actually, that will just make us jump on your ass like a pack of hyenas on a gazelle with a broke leg. little boys like you don't have any place in this jungle, i highly advise you to leave or else risk getting embarrassed.

[TheSpursFNRule]

Dirk scores a lot. He gets numbers in assists and rebounds like a for a 7 footer. Is there really anything else that needs to be said? No. Point proven. In the course of a game Duncan see's the floor better and gets more people involved. More efficient and more productive. It's been said, this thread should be closed. Mav fans are so ing sad. I want to cry.

[Mavs_man_41]

I want to cry.

Let the tears fall

[DAF86]

Dirk is currently the best power forward in the NBA.

Tim Duncan is one of the two best centers in the league.

If Duncan is one of the two best centers in the NBA, then Dirk is one of the two best SG in the league.

[Warlord23]

Dirk. Hands down best PF of all time. Didn't you peeps watch his demolition of Udonis Haslem in the 2006 finals? Or the spectacular post game he displayed in dominating the 2007 Warriors? I mean, if you make Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington look silly in the low post, you've done it all.

[urunobili]

If Duncan is one of the two best centers in the NBA, then Dirk is one of the two best SG in the league.

[jdev82]

Dirk. Hands down best PF of all time. Didn't you peeps watch his demolition of Udonis Haslem in the 2006 finals? Or the spectacular post game he displayed in dominating the 2007 Warriors? I mean, if you make Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington look silly in the low post, you've done it all.

[The Franchise]

I love Timmy but to even argue he is better than Dirk is re ed. Timmy saw his better days about three years ago.

[FkLA]

I love Timmy but to even argue he is better than Dirk is re ed. Timmy saw his better days about three years ago.

20 ppg, 11 rpg, 3.5 apg, 2 bpg in about six less minutes than Dirk. Still has one of the top 5 efficiency ratings, third in the league if my memory serves me right. Tim is carrying the Spurs and has been the only consistant player in an underperforming team, if the season ended today would be a strong MVP candidate, and has been a Top 5 player in the league this year (as has Dirk). I wont deny that this isnt prime-Timmy but lets also not act like and believe this idiotic notion that Timmy is a s of himself...even with his walker, knee braces, and 5 inch vertical the man is still as productive as anybody in the league. He still anchors the Spurs defense and has the offense revolve around him.

I honestly dont have a problem with these Dallas fans saying Dirk>Tim this year, I dont agree but its a viewpoint I can respect because both players have been great this year...its when they go beyond that and say its not even worthy of a comparison that I have a problem with. Thats a total diss at Timmy.

[JamStone]

I see Dirk as a power forward. Just because he's a jump shooting power forward, it doesn't make him a shooting guard. And especially over the last few years, he's more of a power forward than a perimeter wing. He does more midpost or high post back downs. And he shoots far fewer three pointers than he used to. He only shoots about 2 a game. Similar to Chris Webber or Karl Malone later in his career, he's a jump shooting power forward, but a power forward nonetheless who plays the high post on offense like many power forwards do. You're not going to see Dirk consistently defend 2-guards in the league.

Tim Duncan plays center. He's the one true low post threat on the Spurs. The Spurs don't post up Antonio McDyess or Matt Bonner. Dice and Bonner are not centers. Duncan plays center on offense and anchors the defense as the center.

To suggest Dirk is a shooting guard simply because you're butt hurt that Tim Duncan is actually a center when he and the Spurs want to call him a "power forward" is being pretty sensitive. Dirk is a power forward. Tim Duncan is a center. Or are Antonio McDyess and Matt Bonner the Spurs' centers? Well, if it makes Timmy and Spurs fans happy and that's how the Spurs are going to call him in their media guide, it must be true.