Duncan going the way of D-Rob?

[anakha]

Tony Parker never will be as good to be the man of an NBA champion team.He is a great scorer but he's not Kobe Bryant or Lebron Jamen and none of them are enought to made their team win the NBA.
Duncan is who made 4 tles for us and it's very sad that some of you forget that.
If you take out Parker of the team we will be fighting for the ring too but where we will be if you take out Duncan? Playoffs or lottery??

Don't overreact.

Nobody's saying on this thread(bar a Sequ sighting ) that Parker is the main man for this team. Nobody's saying that he's on the level of Kobe or Lebron. That's ridiculous.

At the same time, dismissing anybody's contribution to the Spurs is simply ridiculous as well.

[SRJ]

2006 regular season, 2006 playoffs.

That was Tim then, and he hasn't changed a bit.

[duncan228]

2006 regular season, 2006 playoffs.

That was Tim then, and he hasn't changed a bit.

He's nothing if not consistent.
Groundhog day!

[clubalien]

Probably discussed or mentioned by some of you before but I don't read a lot of threads in the Spurs section. It's just an observation, but does it feel like Tim Duncan is basically handing over the reigns of the team to Tony Parker? Obviously, Tim can still dominate games and when the match-up is favorable, I'm sure he'll still be the guy to go to. But, night in and night out, it appears Duncan is content allowing Tony being the star. Is he taking on a role similar to they way Robinson did for Tim? Is this a transition period? Will it change towards the end of the season and in the playoffs? Or did Tony Parker solidify his role on the team with the Finals MVP last year? Not that it's about who's team it is. We all know the Spurs are all unselfish and play for the team. But, do Spurs fans get this sense? Honest and sincere question.

Davidsteped back so TIm could emerge. I think tim either cannot play like he did "back in da day" with david or doesn't care.
David change was more honorable then just not being able to play as good as you used to by duncan.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Yes, and it's called confidence, experience, maturity...

We'll have to wait to see if this trend goes on but as I noticed (and shared it in ST) during the euro champs, last year PO and finals made TP a different player. You could definitely see it last summer.

All that reasons and probably the marriage also made him envisage the game differently.

Damn, I can't wait to see him play after his first child !

Are you serious?