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Cause he thinks of 38 year old Duncan and not prime Tim Duncan. Prime Tim Duncan would probably average a quadruple double and be MVP every year. 38 year old Duncan would be Gobert with better offense
Tim was wrecking a lot of today's bigs on one leg. Stop. I have no idea how some of these clowns get on TV.
Cause he thinks of 38 year old Duncan and not prime Tim Duncan. Prime Tim Duncan would probably average a quadruple double and be MVP every year. 38 year old Duncan would be Gobert with better offense
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Tim ing Duncan could come out of retirement and average a double double next year.
Prime Tim Duncan s this soft league.
Tim played in 3 decades of different styles of basketball, including playing against big men (Shaq, Wallace/Wallace), high pick and roll (Nash/Stoudamier), motion offense game. Timmy not only has high bball IQ but physicality and freakishly long arms to depend anyone. That guy is a certified idiot
Playing the same style he played then? Maybe, maybe not. But here’s the thing about all this hypothetical crap; we always try to guess what it would be like for a player to play in this era and we don’t factor in that the player has the intelligence to alter their game to the current style.
Tim was a smart, adaptive, highly skilled basketball player. Very underrated passer, decent ballhandler, great midrange shooter thusly could have likely become a good/great 3 point shooter. He didn’t resemble the “modern big man” because he didn’t need to. Instead, he resembled and exceeded the current era big man and he became the greatest power forward of all time.
So if we created a robot that played to his exact skills and strengths, he’d still be really good in this era. Rebounding is still necessary in this league. Finishing in the paint is still necessary in this league. Blocking shots and paint D is still necessary in this league. He was still dominant, strong, and athletic. Also, his compe iveness, mental for ude, and will were unmatched. I think it’s very hard to argue that he wouldn’t succeed in an era where a basketball FAD rules supreme.
And if you want to argue that the whole traditional thing, Tim wasn’t all that traditional. Part of what made him crazy good was that he shot better than a traditional big man, he drove to the rim better than a traditional big man, he was more fit and athletic than a traditional big man, he was taller than a traditional power forward, more mobile than a traditional big man.
While position less basketball is probably here to stay, I believe the league will revert to a more traditional style. It will just take a physically traditional, dominant big man to change it all again. And as much as I dog him, I think Jokic leads that movement.
There. Those are my morning coffee thoughts. To summarize, TD would be either equally successful, or nearly as successful in this era. He’d adapt.
LOL.. Nobody knows how to defend the post anymore. Watch Joel Embiid play and when he wants to be down low he scores every single time. He also lost me when he said "He is not a great shot blocker". LOL HUH? He broke the finals record for blocks in 2003.. And fine then I guess in this era Shaq, Wilt, Kareem, Hakeem etc also suck.. And sure there is no longer a place in this game for someone who
Defends at a first team level
Scores on the block at will
Passes great
Rebounds like a machine
Great leader
Nope.. All about jacking up them 3's...
The crazy thing to me is that Timmy’s game was semi groundbreaking himself. He had jumpshot range, a luxury not necessity for bigs. Some of his drives were like big awkward SG type drives. He didn’t go very high but he played above the rim. The only time I’ll compare him and KG is here that they both were luxury big men on top of their normal rebounding and post duties. I wholeheartedly believe the greatest Spur and top 5-10 player of all time would still be ridiculous in this current era. , I think Garnett would be too
Yup that's a point I made earlier. Just watching Jokic last night was amazing. He's slow but teams have a hard time guarding him. He was getting doubled a bunch of times because with single coverage he's automatic to back down somebody in the post and score. Duncan was a lot more athletic and faster than Jokic and could post up easily just like Jokic. I remember Duncan having a Jokic like role on the '03 Spurs but just being 10x better on both ends. Duncan was like the point forward of the offense.
KG,Duncan,Dirk,Rasheed,Amare, McDyees,Brand, Abdur-Rahim. All the top PF's from the '00s would still be great today.The crazy thing to me is that Timmy’s game was semi groundbreaking himself. He had jumpshot range, a luxury not necessity for bigs. Some of his drives were like big awkward SG type drives. He didn’t go very high but he played above the rim. The only time I’ll compare him and KG is here that they both were luxury big men on top of their normal rebounding and post duties. I wholeheartedly believe the greatest Spur and top 5-10 player of all time would still be ridiculous in this current era. , I think Garnett would be too
Exactly. I think Jokic’s game is partial proof that Duncan and some of the most classic big men could survive in this “new league”. All it takes to change the face of this league again is prove they can succeed.
Giannis is not much of a shooter. He scores everything in the paint. So they surround him with great shooters who can also guard. The result is a 60 win team 2 wins away from the conference finals... Tim on the block today is scoring at will. Put the shooters who can guard around him and the Spurs win 60 a season..
What was unstoppable then still is now. Nobody plays defense anymore other than 3 or 4 elite teams.. Not hard to pile up wins with a dominant post player, that has shooting around you, when nobody guards..
Hilarious...Tim Duncan wasn’t a shot blocker. What? He’s top 5 all-time statistically.
Anyone who says Duncan would not be effective today, either never watched the man play, or is trolling his ass off.
Most blocks of all time in the playoffs.. Finals record in 2003 for blocks.. Can we start fact checking ass clowns live on TV when they spew such bull ?
I’m sorry that his blocks didn’t go 5 rows into the stands. It’s too bad that TDunks blocked most shots while still in play so his team could make a play on it and get a fast break and get two or three points in exchange. I guess his blocks weren’t as noticeable, but they were in fact higher IQ and benefited the team so much better
These guys are trolling for fame... They can't get by off personality like Shaq and Charles
What a fool
When is someone gonna say that Michael Jordan wouldn't be effective in today's game? Dude was a midrange shooter.
Shaq getting by on being distinguished and being a hulk in the room more than personality, tbh.
Wow, two well known Spur haters (probably the two biggest in the national media) manage to "throw shade" on Tim Duncan. Who would have thought that was possible?
Duncan's accolades and career speak volumes above the noise of that idiot, Doug.
This dude still trying to be Jim Rome.
Got kicked off BSPN and has been ever since
well he's a got
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