Greg Anthony's comments about Tim Duncan

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Denver Nuggets = clueless


Shouldnt they be overtaking the Jazz for the Northwest lead about now after that awesome trade?

Yeh, 4get about the suspensions, injuries and time to get team chemistry. Next year will be the real test in the NW.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Just keep telling us that Malone is better than Duncan, that pretty much sums up your bball IQ

[picnroll]

LOL

Umm Karl Malone anyone?


Greg Anthony was obviously ghetto raised. Or has a bad memory.

The guy who choked in two finals?

[~~Ice Man 2000~~]

Put Laker gear onthe spurs starting fiveand they will automatically be percieved as exciting.

[anonymous coward]

duncan is...body up the defender, little hook/one hand shot, again, again, again, faul...ft's, ocational bank shot, ocational jumper. decent blocker, bad 1 on 1 defender.
OVERRATED...MONOTONOUS...CLUTCHLESS...BORING...
DUNCAN AND THE SPURS ARENT CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS W/O MANU'S MAGIC AND CLUTCHNESS!
I HATE HOW THE PEOPLE GIVE HIM ALL THE CREDIT, LIKE IF THE SPURS WERE ALL DUNCAN.
THE DUNCAN'S VALUE TO THE SPURS EQUALS TO MANU'S VALUE!

[Agloco]

Tim is a very good player, and he's great at what he does. He truly is the "big fundamental" . That said, he is extremely boring to watch. Easily the most boring superstar in the league. How anyone can find him exciting or fun to watch is beyond me.

Watching him destroy opposing defenses makes it very fun. Boring if you're being ripped a new one, exciting if you're doing the ripping.

[anonymous coward]

duncan is...body up the defender, little hook/one hand shot, again, again, again, faul...ft's, ocational bank shot, ocational jumper. decent blocker, bad 1 on 1 defender.
OVERRATED...MONOTONOUS...CLUTCHLESS...BORING...
DUNCAN AND THE SPURS ARENT CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS W/O MANU'S MAGIC AND CLUTCHNESS!
I HATE HOW THE PEOPLE GIVE HIM ALL THE CREDIT, LIKE IF THE SPURS WERE ALL DUNCAN.
THE DUNCAN'S VALUE TO THE SPURS EQUALS TO MANU'S VALUE!

BUMP FOR THE TRUTH

[samikeyp]

Tim is a very good player, and he's great at what he does. He truly is the "big fundamental" . That said, he is extremely boring to watch. Easily the most boring superstar in the league. How anyone can find him exciting or fun to watch is beyond me.

And this is important because you get extra points for excitement!

[mbass]

All I know is...the Spurs play beautiful basketball. I am left in awe sometimes at how smoothly their offense flows and when the system of the offense itself results in a final pass that leads to a wide open jumper or an easy lay-up, I just say, "Wow." (And if I'm watching it in public or with other people, everyone just looks at me kinda weird, esp. when the commentators say NOTHING about it, except "And Horry scores from the baseline" or "Oberto is so crafty.")
EDIT: And of course, it goes without saying that the offense also depends upon Tim to just flat-out dominate with his "boring" moves. His "boring" offensive array of post footwork, pump fakes, crazy hook shots, jumpers, perfect, PERFECT sealing of his man for easy pass and dunks...is what the offense is built around. The attention he demands...regardless of whether the other team doubles (what the Suns had to eventually do) or not (what Pistons try to stick to with Rasheed), he still demands a tremendous amount of attention, which frees up the offense.

And their defense is amazing as well. So many times throughout the Suns' series, I would watch as Nash (or Barbosa or Marion or whoever...but mostly Nash) would manage to get past their man and go towards the paint. Spurs would immediately have a man rotate, and the whole unit on the floor would shift, almost automatically, like clock-work, to compensate for that rotation, leaving Nash with no holes (or at least no easy holes) to work with--when with almost any other team in the league, he would have multiple passing lanes or options to work with (that is the reason for him looking like he was scrambling on offense and repeatedly having to probe the defense and go under the basket just LOOKING desperately for a hole to exploit). That was also the great part of the series...watching Nash work with the little that was given to him and try to make something out of it. That is why I have a lot more respect for Nash now.

And all this about the Spurs is strongly anchored by Duncan. He's the motor, the cpu chip, the whatever thing that is integral to anything analogy, that makes it all work---offense, defense, whatever. Everything hinges on him and it's not some automatic, robotic thing that occurs just because he's a big guy and is just in the game. He is aware of everything that's going on and the little things he does on the court makes the whole thing work. If he makes one false move, if he dribbles one or two more steps towards the baseline or paint, he could mess up the spacing. If he doesn't get deep enough into the paint, the man that doubles onto him would be able to recover quickly enough to the shooter. If he isn't aware of WHERE the doubles come from at all times (cuz they throw doubles from random, different guys just in one possession) and doesn't make the correct pass to swing the ball, that offensive possession is over. If he doesn't sag off his man enough, or comes too early or too quickly with the help, it could throw the whole defensive scheme out the window for that possession.

The Spurs (and Tim Duncan) are a joy to watch...I don't know how to illustrate this point clearly enough.

YOU JUST DID ILLUSTRATE YOUR POINT - THANK YOU.

[Lady Marmalade]

You close minded Spurs fans are so damn bitter against the past 2 years MVP winners. So many of you dig and scratch for anyways to bash on those 2 GREAT players just because your boy TD didn't perform as well as either of them and get the MVP. NOBODY, and I repeat, NOBODY outside of San Antonio enjoys to watch Duncan, but so many all around the country love to watch Dirk and Nash play. Wonder why. It's because he is so ing boring, good or not.

Perhaps others enjoy Nash and Dirk ( ummm I don't find Dirk fun to watch but Nash is).... but Duncan has 3 rings which both Nash and Dirk want.

[Strike]

You close minded Spurs fans are so damn bitter against the past 2 years MVP winners. So many of you dig and scratch for anyways to bash on those 2 GREAT players just because your boy TD didn't perform as well as either of them and get the MVP. NOBODY, and I repeat, NOBODY outside of San Antonio enjoys to watch Duncan, but so many all around the country love to watch Dirk and Nash play. Wonder why. It's because he is so ing boring, good or not.

Nash = 2 MVP's.

Dirk = 1 UNDESERVED MVP

Duncan = 2 MVP'S, 3 FINALS MVP'S, 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tools can say whatever they want. I'm not bitter that Nash and Dirk got some trophies. If anything, Nash and Dirk are bitter because Duncan has some rings.

By the way, I'm outside of San Antonio and I love to watch Duncan use his same couple of "boring" moves and continually score left and right on the "best" big men in the league.

[anonymous coward]

duncan have rings thanks to manu. no manu, no rings, no finals mvp's.

NO MANU= DUNCAN 1/2* RING
NO MANU= DUNCAN 1/2* FINALS MVP

STOP OVERRATING HIM AND RECOGNICE!

[BlackFlagg]

DUNCAN AND THE SPURS ARENT CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS W/O MANU'S MAGIC AND CLUTCHNESS

Are you still here? Like it or not, TD's the hottest PF in the league.

[Strike]

duncan have rings thanks to manu. no manu, no rings, no finals mvp's.

NO MANU= DUNCAN 1/2* RING
NO MANU= DUNCAN 1/2* FINALS MVP

STOP OVERRATING HIM AND RECOGNICE!

WEAK ARGUMENT ALERT!!!!!!!

So Nash hasn't had any help and still not pulled it out? What about Dirk?

They both have had help and still couldn't do anything with it.

-Would Jordan have 6 rings if not for Pippen, Paxson/Kerr and Grant/Rodman? No.
-Would Magic have rings without Kareem/Worthy? No.
-Would Shaq have 4 rings without Kobe/D-Wade? No.
-Would Bird have his rings without Parish, McHale and D.J.? No.
-Would Isiah have his rings without Rodman, Dumars and Laimbeer? No.
-Would the Pistons have won the le in '04 if they were missing any one starter? No.
-When did Robinson get his 1st ring? When Duncan came to town.
-When did Hakeem get his 1st ring? When Drexler came to town.



Duncan had help, yep. So did every other star who won a ring for the past 25 years.

[anonymous coward]

my point is that manu is as important as duncan, its a symbiosis

[Strike]

If The Spurs didn't have Manu, they would still be a contender.

Without Duncan, they are an 8th seed at BEST.

[Strike]

my point is that I just got owned.

Fixed

[Don Quixote]

Then you are wrong, because I live in Dallas, a city that hates both the Spurs and Suns, and everyone here cant stand to watch Duncan, but still love to watch Amare because of how he scores. And in Phoenix where I'm from, they enjoy to watch someone like Dirk because he scores in many different ways.

So I guess they'll be missing the boring hoisting of the trophy in a couple of weeks, too. It's too bad, because that's the only way they (Mavs & Suns fan) will be catching it anytime soon.

We'll let fans of Dallas & Phoenix worry about excitement, asethetics, etc. We'll worry about the trophies.

[anonymous coward]

contenders yes, but champs not!
recognice!

cya later

[Strike]

recognice!

cya later

Do you mean
"RECOGNIZE?"

I let it go the 1st time, but in a 3 word post you still ed it up?

[anonymous coward]

[anonymous coward]

Do you mean
"RECOGNIZE?"

I let it go the 1st time, but in a 3 word post you still ed it up?

im still working on my english

cya

[Strike]

contenders yes, but champs not.

You just made my ing argument. Duncan is obviously more important than
Ginobili.

[Strike]

im still working on my english

cya

Keep working, tool.

[Don Quixote]

Put Laker gear on the spurs starting five and they will automatically be perceived as exciting.

Great point.

I tell morons/ignorant people/goldteeth people in New Orleans that all the time. Everyone would love the Spurs if they wore Mavs/Suns/Laker jerseys.

Like I said, we can let fans of these teams worry about beauty, ambience, aethetics, fun, etc etc. When we're hoisting yet another trophy in the end, I'm sure all the Spurs and their fans will think long and hard about how ugly and boring their brand of basketball is.