Poll: Which, if any, NBA Players Were Better Than Tim Duncan?

[Galileo]

Poll: Which, if any, NBA Players Were Better Than Tim Duncan?

Note - this poll can be used to rank the top 20 players of all time based on total votes, in order, with those getting over 50% ahead of Duncan, and those below 50% behind Duncan.

No One

Jordan

Jabber

Magic

Russell

Bird

Cousy

Shaq

Chamberlain

Karl Malone

John Havlicek

Bob Pet

Jerry West

Kobe Bryant

Hakeem Olajuwon

Oscar Robertson

Sam Jones

Elgin Baylor

Scottie Pippen

Some one else

Duncan

9 or 10 times; 1st-team, All-NBA

4 times; NBA Champion

3 times; Final's MVP

2 times; Regular Season MVP

12 times on All-Defensive Team; most of all-time

8 times 1st-Team, All-Defensive; behind Jordan & Gary Payton, tied with Garnett, Bobby Jones & Scottie Pippen

including this season, 12 times on All-NBA team, behind only Jabber, Karl Malone & Shaq, tied with Cousy, Hakeem, Dolph Schayes & Jerry West

4th all-time in playoff PER; behind Jordan, Mikan & Shaq

5th all-time in playoff Win Shares; behind Jordan, Magic, Shaq & Jabber

2nd all-time in playoff Defensive Win Shares; behind only Scottie Pippen

6th all-time in playoff Offensive Win Shares; behind only Jordan, Magic, Shaq, Jabber & Reggie Miller

10th all-time in playoff Points Scored

6th all-time in playoff Rebounds

4th all-time in playoff Blocks

4th all-time in playoff Offensive Rebounds

3rd all-time in playoff Defensive Rebounds

7th all-time in playoff Free Throws Made

3rd all-time in playoff Blocks Per Game

12 times in top 10 (regular season) for Defensive Rebounds; 2nd behind Karl Malone

11 times in top 10 for Blocks; 3rd behind Jabber & Akeem, tied with Mutombo, Ewing & DRob

11 times in top 10 for Defensive Rebound Percent; 1st all-time, tied with Mutombo & Karl Malone

12 times in top 10 for Defensive Rating; 2nd all-time, behind DRob

12 times in top 10 in Defensive Win Shares; 2nd all-time, behind Hakeem, tied with Karl Malone & DRob

11 times in top 5 in Defensive Rebounds; 1st all-time, tied with Karl Malone

11 times in top 5 in Total Rebounds; 3rd all-time, behind Russell and Chamberlain

10 times in top 5 on Rebounds Per Game; 4th all-time, behind Russell, Chamberlain & Moses Malone, tied with Bob Pet

11 times in top 5 in Defensive Rating; 1st all-time, tied with DRob

11 times in top 5 in Defensive Win Shares; 1st all-time, tied with DRob & Hakeem

10 times in top 3 in Defensive Rating; 1st all-time, tied with DRob

10 times in top 3 in Defensive Win Shares; 1st all-time

Best bank-shooter of al time, with the possible exception of Sam Jones

Of the players usually in the discussion of the greatest of all-time, Duncan is the only one not to complie mind-boggling stats

Best team player of all-time, with possible exception of Bill Russell and maybe Magic Johnson

Arguably the greatest role model in NBA history

DISCUSS!

Timothy Theodore Duncan (Tim, The Big Fundamental)
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...duncati01.html

[Brazil]

Jordan Magic Russel

[Hemotivo]

Scola

[TheSpursFNRule]

In terms of Poward Foward the only 2 players that could come close and may even be a little bit better are Karl Malone and Bill Russell.

[VI_Massive]

So tough to tell because the eras are so different. Different rules, expansion, pace of game, international players, back in the day they only let a few black guys play.........really tough to compare.

And what do we mean by "better"? Winning? Scoring? Carrying a team by himself?

Its impossible to tell, I'm satisfied to say that he's one of the best ever and close with Shaq for best player of the post-Jordan era. I give TD the edge over Shaq because of personality. TD never ripped his team (or anyone for that matter) in the media. No way does he dog it because he's in a bad situation like O'Neal did at the end of his Miami tenure.

[sa_kid20]

Its really only fair to compare TD to other big men so with that being said I would say possibly Hakeem in terms of flat out skills.

[Thomas82]

In terms of Poward Foward the only 2 players that could come close and may even be a little bit better are Karl Malone and Bill Russell.

Bill Russell was a center, and NO WAY IN is Karl Malone better than Tim Duncan. Tim Duncan has accomplished twice as much as Karl Malone in a lot less time.

[SouthTexasRancher]

Scola

LOL, guuud'un...

[Ice009]

Bill Russell was a center, and NO WAY IN is Karl Malone better than Tim Duncan. Tim Duncan has accomplished twice as much as Karl Malone in a lot less time.

Didn't anyone watch Tim totally kick Malone's ass almost every time we played Utah?

[SouthTexasRancher]

Didn't anyone watch Tim totally kick Malone's ass almost every time we played Utah?

I sure did. I'll take Tim over Karl any day of the week and twice on Saturday afternoon.

[Thomas82]

Didn't anyone watch Tim totally kick Malone's ass almost every time we played Utah?

I sure did. I'll take Tim over Karl any day of the week and twice on Saturday afternoon.

So did I. Good point, I forgot to put that in my last post. Let's not forget that Tim started getting mention as the best PF of all-time as early as 2003, after only 6 years in the league.

[Halberto]

Imagine what the Jazz would have been if Duncan were there instead of Malone. A combo of Duncan and stockton might have taken the bulls

[TDMVPDPOY]

tim duncan is top10 on the realgm top100 lists

wouldve been top8 if he had a few dpoy awards...camby and one of ben wallaces awards belong to tim....

[Thomas82]

tim duncan is top10 on the realgm top100 lists

wouldve been top8 if he had a few dpoy awards...camby and one of ben wallaces awards belong to tim....

Yeah, he should have 2 of those awards.

[sonic21]

jordan
kareem
magic
russell
bird
hakeem

[poop]

depends, the pre-injury (2000) Duncan could only be matched by Jordan and Olajuwon. he was perfect in every aspect of the game

[bus driver]

i selected jordan and kobe, but not sure if i would want them on the spurs in replace of duncun

i am talking about a better player not power forward. never seen the older guys play only highlights so i can say much about that.

[Gino]

LOL!

58 people voted yet only 47 chose Jordan.

[TheChillFactor]

Jordan, Russell, Chamberlain, Jabbar.

equal to Bird and Magic and ahead of Olajuwon on my ballot.

GTFOH Karl Malone....

[Horse]

In terms of Poward Foward the only 2 players that could come close and may even be a little bit better are Karl Malone and Bill Russell.

Are you out of your ing mind? Russell ok although he was a little one dimensional but can't argue his rings and his impact on his team. But Malone give me a break he had Stockton for his whole career and did'nt win . Duncan only had Drob at the end of his career. And malone was as dirty as they come.

[Horse]

Wilt Chamberlain and it isn't even close.

He was great but played against mostly midgets compared to him.

[Horse]

So tough to tell because the eras are so different. Different rules, expansion, pace of game, international players, back in the day they only let a few black guys play.........really tough to compare.

And what do we mean by "better"? Winning? Scoring? Carrying a team by himself?

Its impossible to tell, I'm satisfied to say that he's one of the best ever and close with Shaq for best player of the post-Jordan era. I give TD the edge over Shaq because of personality. TD never ripped his team (or anyone for that matter) in the media. No way does he dog it because he's in a bad situation like O'Neal did at the end of his Miami tenure.

He's ahead of shaq and it's not close one-way players should'nt be on this list, yeah shaq was a great scorer but so was dominiqe wilkins where's he on the list. shaq never played D cause he's a lazy piece of .

[Gino]

He's ahead of shaq and it's not close one-way players should'nt be on this list, yeah shaq was a great scorer but so was dominiqe wilkins where's he on the list. shaq never played D cause he's a lazy piece of .

Duncan was never as dominant as Shaq.

During Shaq's prime (which included Duncan's prime), the general feeling was "why even play"?

Plus, Shaq has been to the finals 5 times post-Jordan (as opposed to Duncan's four) and with two different teams.

[z0sa]

Plus, Shaq has been to the finals 5 times post-Jordan (as opposed to Duncan's four) and with two different teams.

Getting to the Finals only to get curbstomped is a negative in my book. I'll take 4-0 over that kind of 4-1 anyday. Actually, 4-2 considering both times Shaq lost, his teams got rolled.

[Agloco]

Who exactly is Jabber?