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He is moving like because of his knees most likely.
His defense has taken a nosedive in just about every way since the playoffs have started. He's routinely getting beat to rebounds, staring at the ball-handler off of the pnr (even more than usual), and is even late on his helpside rotations. The Spurs need Timmy to be far more engaged defensively for the rest of this series, especially since he'll be guarding non-factors in Adams/Collison/Perkins for most of the game.
My main question is where did this massive drop in defensive execution and effectiveness come from?
He is moving like because of his knees most likely.
dude has 80,000 miles on arthritic knees
He's done, take him out to pasture. Is it too late to tank for Wiggins?
Coasting
Bonner and our 1st to Cleveland should do it.
He gets a free pass because he's frickin' TD but then so should Manu because he's frickin' Manu. They're both way past their primes and still giving it their all at this point in their respective careers. We gotta take anything they can currently give us, tbh. Everyone else in the team is open to scrutiny.
Well, the dude is 38. The fact he can still get 27&7 at this age is unreal.
#21 being the scrub we all know he really is, tbh.
Manu gets hated on due to the 'mistakes' he made even in his prime. But that's really just spoiled Spurs fans being spoiled.
We should have 7 les
Duncan's lack of mobility on the defensive end is nothing new. Defensively, he does well against teams that play big, since it allows him to camp out in front of the rim
I think this is a great thread. Timmy has falling off the allowing offensive rebounding stat. Tiago has shielded him on it.
Well his shoulders are probably tired from carrying the bench for the Mavs series. He is also still scoring a lot. 27 points is insane! Sorry he's not doing enough for you!
Tim...DO WHAT YOU DO...the system will drop 115 points on those scrubs from OKC. Rest up so you can take home LE #5.
He got old. Luckily, he has help and he'll have his up games too. We wouldn't be where we are without him.
Exactly !!!!!! stupid post man. While agree he can't hedge any more. What he brings as a rim protector at the age of 38 is amazing.
Timmy's decline is nowhere near the decline of Kevin Garnett.
And, to think there was once a debate as to who the better player was.
I think Tim is just tired from the Portland series. He did an excellent job boxing out Lopez for most games. Spurs and Co. held Portland well below their average of OFF rb per game, which they were #1 in the regular season and playoffs up to that point.
It just awesome seeing that Spurs can rely on both Splitter and Baynes to spell Duncan for long stretches. Spurs had their biggest run Monday when Baynes was on the court.
Hopefully TD can find that extra gear in him for one last push. I dont think we will need much of his contribution for the Thunder series (as it's a speed game) but no way we could do it without him against Miami. Having said that though it's amazing what Tim is still doing at his age.
I notice it in the Portland series. Robin Lopez was constantly out-rebounding Timmy, which remind me that in the 1st round, Dwight Howard was constantly out-rebounding Robin Lopez.
Now Timmy mostly will just tap the rebound and hope that Kawhi or Danny can go for the second jump and grab it.
Let's not forget that knee tweak against Dallas (in the last regular season game vs. Dallas)... He has looked slower since then... in other words it could be that he's allowing his body sufficient time to recover... or his body simply lost an appreciable amount of mobility from that tweak...
I don't get some of the responses in this thread. The OP asserts Tim's defense has fallen off, and people respond with essentially, "You're stupid. Look at his offense." That doesn't address the issue at all. Tim's been horrible guarding the PnR for a couple of years now, but teams didn't really seem to catch on to that until the GS series. Part of Tim's struggles are physical, his lack of mobility affecting his ability to get up on the ball-handler. But part of it is his unwillingness to show hard to contain penetration. He constantly sinks to protect the drive, but his mobility is so bad that guards can snake-dribble right past him. Tim compounds this problem by going for chase-down blocks that he rarely gets, often resulting in a foul.
Duncan needs to just commit to hedging strongly and relying on his help to have his back protecting the rim from the roller. Right now, he's not helping anyone by being in no man's land. This explains the rebounding thing, too, as he is often too far away from the basket to get the board (because despite what some folks think on here, rebounds don't just magically teleport to Duncan's hands just because he's on the floor).
Reliably:
Because he turns 39 on Sunday ?
Appreciate him while you can.
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