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We're talking about one of the all time greats in Duncan. He has a chance to go down as the best to ever play his position. And I have no doubt that he'll get back to his previous level after he gets healthy and has some time to rest.
The other thing to remember is that Manu has played at a superstar level for only a few weeks. He's raised his game in these playoffs to the highest level we've ever seen from him. He's shooting the ball with a lot of confidence and he's making all the right decisions. But players do go through really good stretches. And they go through slumps, too. I'm not saying that what Manu is doing is simply going through a good stretch right now, but I'm not convinced that he'll play at this level night after night, season after season.
If he can keep it up for the rest of the playoffs and into next season and beyond, you could make a case that he's a superstar and should share the "it's my team" role with Tim. But I personally think that's unlikely to happen, and given that, Duncan will clearly remain this team's best player into the forseeable future.
