MVP Of The Decade (1998-2008) (Dime Mag)

[m33p0]

A decade is a group of ten years.
A year is from january 1 to december 31. A "calendar" year.

What you describe is called a season.
A decade is not a group of ten seasons.

The word "decade" is a very specific term.

one word: birthdays.

[iggypop123]

how is it even a decade? a decade is every 10 years meaning it should be from 2000-present

[m33p0]

how is it even a decade? a decade is every 10 years meaning it should be from 2000-present

it's like saying it has to be eggs in order for something of 12s to be a dozen.
a decade is ten years. that's all there is to it.

[Obstructed_View]

For the decade I'd put it into a two-way tie between Shaq and Duncan.

Duncan has been far more consistent in the later years but Shaq simply dominated in the early 00's.

If either Shaq or Duncan gets another ring, that will break the tie in my mind.

Except for the two years that Duncan won MVP.

[wildbill2u]

For the decade I'd put it into a two-way tie between Shaq and Duncan.

Duncan has been far more consistent in the later years but Shaq simply dominated in the early 00's.

If either Shaq or Duncan gets another ring, that will break the tie in my mind.

Shaq dominated by changing the game by using brute force against his opponents without regard to the rules. His go-to offensive move was to push his defender out of the way with his left arm while dunking with his right. I don't know what game he was playing, but it wasn't basketball.

Why did the refereees let him get away with it?

KA-ching! Ka-ching! The league needed a new star to replace Jordan and keep the cash registers ringing.

By the way, they don't let him get away with as much nowadays since his star has faded.

[timaios]

one word: birthdays.

A 10th year birthday is the beginning of a new decade.
9 years 364 days 23 hours 59 min 59s ... is a decade.
10 years 0d 0h 0m 0s... is the start of a second decade.

[Rogue]

Duncan led dreamteam VI to lose thrice in Athens and got the bronze in 04.
while
Kidd led dreamteam VII to get the gold medal last summer.

Kidd has done Much more for our nation than Duncan has, so kidd deserves the MVP of the past decade.

Kidd has lost NO game to any other national team, what about duncan? Kidd is inarguably the best basketball player on this planet.

[Galileo]

Kobe shouldn't even be in this conversation.

I agree that Kobe trails far behind.

Duncan is # 1 and Shaq is # 2.

For those with short memories, remember that Shaq only made 1st team, all-NBA ONCE in his first 7 seasons.

Duncan was already better than Shaq by his second season, when Shaq was a 7 year veteran.

[NFGIII]

Who defines a decade as starting on an 8? But yes this is clearly a setup for Duncan.

Yeah, and including 11 years instead of 10!

It's a tossup between Duncan or Shaq....pick one. I think Duncan has been more consistent but I think Shaq at his peak was better.

Yeah, sadly, Shaq at his peak was embarassingly good. I remember turning off the TV during some of those Spurs playoff losses midway through the 3rd quarter. The look on DRob's face said it all too. He and his 70 yr old back wasn't going to stop the Diesel...

Have to agree, also. Duncan is much more consistent but Shaq was a monster in the paint. During the 3-peat he was unstopable. But his weight finally got to his knees and he is a s of his former self.

[Obstructed_View]

It's not a surprise that non-Spurs fans would forget that two of the three Laker les came in seasons where one of the top two scorers for the Spurs was out injured, but I expect a little more from Spurs fans. Either admit that you weren't a fan back then or stop helping to rewrite history with your ignorance.

[TwinTowers]

Shaq, besides being a freak of nature himself, always enjoys another freak of nature sidekick: Penny, Kobe and Dwayne. The same cannot be said of Duncan.

Duncan rules...

I was getting ready to pick Shaq, but you're making a great point... Duncan has been way more consistent than Shaq too.