Is Duncan Done?

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Spur fans like to laugh at Kobes season but ignore that hes carrying a bunch of scrubs as the lead guy with Byron as coach lmao

Duncan just shoots open layups and rests every other game yet still looks terrible

Imagine if he had to carry a team like Kobe is asked to do lmao he would have retired after 1 month

First of all, nobody is ignoring the scrubs on the Lakers, and nobody's ignoring Byron Scott. Kobe was vital and instrumental in making both of those nightmares a reality.

He's run off both teammates and coaches more than once in LA, to the point that now not only can't he retain good teammates, he can't even entice decent free agents to come ("be my Pau" ), despite having the most desirable market in all of sports and what could be a basically unlimited payroll for a winning team. Kobe pouted about not being consulted when Mike Brown was hired, actively worked against him, told Jim Buss to hire Mike D'antoni, and ultimately actively worked against him as well, then telling the franchise to hire Scott.

Instead of worrying about any of that, he made sure to secure a team-crippling contract for himself, ends up with Byron Scott, Jeremy Lin and Carlos Boozer and then rests on defense so he can put up jumpers and pad his personal stats. Kobe led the franchise right to the lottery, something else he's done more than once in his career.

Meanwhile Duncan's busy being part of one of the best defenses in NBA history, has the longest 50-game season streak in history and still has never failed to make the playoffs in his career.

[Mal]

I think he is done, and we wont see him next year.

[davidbowie]

leaving the same year as kobe without announcing anything is such a Duncan type move. combined with his diminished role. i'm getting really nervous this might be it. i mean the end of an era is so damn close if he leaves this year. it hasnt even sunk in tbh.

manu too for that matter. i think after his balls were rearranged combined with him barely coming back this year he might be done too

[z0sa]

He'll play one more year and then hang it up in my opinion

I think so, even if we win this year. BUT if we do win it all, I would raise the chances much higher that he makes a snap decision and calls it a career. Just a hunch. The whole "repeating" thing never seems to have bothered Tim, so either that prompts him to end it all while he's on top regardless of repeat or he plays one last year for the uvit.

[ElNono]

lmao bringing up Kobe the tank commander after a 1-11 night...

[SouthernFried]

Spur fans like to laugh at Kobes season but ignore that hes carrying a bunch of scrubs as the lead guy with Byron as coach lmao

Duncan just shoots open layups and rests every other game yet still looks terrible

Imagine if he had to carry a team like Kobe is asked to do lmao he would have retired after 1 month

Kobe is not carrying the team...he is hampering them. And Duncan's contribution to the Spurs, is NOT on the offensive end. Extremely poor take here.

[Kidd K]

I think he'll be back for another season unless he gets seriously injured.

[lefty]

Donecan

[Gutter92]

Spur fans like to laugh at Kobes season but ignore that hes carrying a bunch of scrubs as the lead guy with Byron as coach lmao

Duncan just shoots open layups and rests every other game yet still looks terrible

Imagine if he had to carry a team like Kobe is asked to do lmao he would have retired after 1 month

Bruh you salty af...

[TampaDude]

If Spurs ring this year, I could see him heading off into the sunset. If not, hopefully he'll be back for one more shot.

^this

He's not the monster he was a decade ago, but he is still an elite rim protector, even at his age. If the Spurs win #6 this year, I think he retires. If not, he'll give 'em one more year, then hang 'em up.

[skulls138]

Spur fans like to laugh at Kobes season but ignore that hes carrying a bunch of scrubs as the lead guy with Byron as coach lmao

Duncan just shoots open layups and rests every other game yet still looks terrible

Imagine if he had to carry a team like Kobe is asked to do lmao he would have retired after 1 month

Welcome to Irrelevancy, hope you enjoy your stay.

[GSH]

lmao bringing up Kobe the tank commander after a 1-11 night...

The "Tank Commander".

[J_Paco]

First of all, and I've said this before, I don't think going out like Hakeem would be bad. The worst player in the entire league is one of the best 500 basketball players on the planet. If I were fortunate enough to play in the NBA, I'd stay until I literally couldn't make a roster anymore. There's no shame in being too old to play a young man's game, and there damn sure are worse things than making between 2-5 million dollars to watch 82 NBA games from the bench. If he came back for league minimum next season I wouldn't have a problem with it. I fully expect Tim's career to end in the middle of the third quarter of some regular season game and his retirement announcement will be at his locker afterward.

I don't know how anyone could expect him to physically be the same player he was last year. Fortunately his game doesn't rely on a huge amount of speed or leaping ability. It's why I suggested he could play this long in a thread like this from several years back.

Timmy's given up on his own offense this year, and it makes sense to do it. There's simply no need to get beat up. There are other guys who can score, so his shot attempts are down. His assists are at an all-time high. He certainly hasn't given up anything on defense this year, as the defense has been ing amazing. If he can give you 25 minutes of real difference-making defense in a playoff series then you'd be insane not to take it. You'd also be insane not to have a backup plan, so it's just as well that Pop is playing a lot of combinations.

It's a long season, there's nothing to play for, this is statistically the best team he's ever been on and this is almost certainly his last chance to be a factor in a deep playoff run, at which point he'll go out on his shield.

Exactly, Obstructed! And the team hasn't even found or has in the pipeline a guy that can give you 8 ppg, 8 rbpg, 1 bpg, 2 or 3 apg and stellar defense for even half a game. If the team can unload a front court player (either Diaw, Bonner or Marjanovic) and find a solid prospect or a veteran that can eat a lot minutes then I'm okay with whatever Timmy does. He deserves to make what choice he wants, TBH. He has earned that right and a whole lot more.

[TD 21]

'Done' is a relative term, tbh... he's still way better than Bogut, or young busts like Randle...

Most sports fans are fools. If someone is declining, that automatically equates to being done in their minds. Of all fans, you'd know Spurs fans would know better.

Even at his worst, Duncan is still an above average starting center. He clearly didn't look right mid season, but it's looking more and more like it was his right knee that was the primary reason for it, as he's looked better in recent weeks. He's also the one who's role has had to change the most.

[cd98]

Duncan can play another 5 years like he is, but he's not a dominant center anymore. He is a very good defensive center, though. I think his drop in numbers may have more to do with Alderidge coming aboard than a rapid decline.

[SAGirl]

The knees are the key and the one good knee is fragile.

[ace3g]

He still has some time...

[Ron Swanson]

The Punisher isn't done.

[look_at_g_shred]

As your main option? Sure.

[Ditty]

He still has some time...

So the Spurs are not winning the championship until next year?

[dabom]

So the Spurs are not winning the championship until next year?

Kawhi hat says 2026.

[Ditty]

Kawhi hat says 2026.

The banners in the background bruh

[couchman]

I think that he is mostly done, but with the heart of a champion and he will bring everything he has in the playoffs and have a few games where he'll drop 20 and 10 and wow everyone. He is still an amazing team player and defender. Unfortunately his skills aren't a great match-up for GS. I also agree with those who say 2016 Duncan at his current salary is a huge bargain and if he wants to return for that again next year he's welcome to do it.

[Seventyniner]

He still has some time...

Manu completely bald

[Fireball]

still can't repeat