winning a championship in your prime*
Spurfan sure doesn't like to bring up when Kobe ripped the Spurs new assholes bigger than Duncan's lover.
winning a championship in your prime*
Tim Duncan
29 games - 21.8 ppg, 13.9 rpg, 2.9 apg, 0.9 spg, 2.7 bpg, 2.9 tov, 47.6 FG%, 71.2 FT%, 53.1 TS%
Jesus ing Christ! Look at those Finals numbers. A big man who couldn't even make half his damn shots. Yeah Jim sure raised his game when it counted most
Very strong stats. And if we consider the 07 WCSF against the Suns the "real NBA Finals," then they'll be even stronger.
Let's see how Duncan compares to other (1st option) C/PFs of the post-merger modern era:
Shaquille O'Neal
30 games - 28.8 ppg, 13.1 rpg, 3.4 apg, 0.5 spg, 2.1 bpg, 3.3 tov, 60.1 FG%, 48.4 FT%, 59.0 TS%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
56 games - 23.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 3.1 apg, 0.9 spg, 2.2 bpg, 52.3 FG%, 70.2 FT%, 55.6 TS%
Hakeem Olajuwon
17 games - 28.0 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.9 spg, 3.2 bpg, 3.1 tov, 48.8 FG%, 74.0 FT%, 53.4 TS%
Moses Malone
10 games - 23.6 ppg, 17.0 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.1 spg, 1.9 bpg, 2.3 tov, 44.2 FG%, 66.7 FT%, 50.2 TS%
Karl Malone
16 games - 19.6 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.1 spg, 0.7 bpg, 2.6 tov, 46.0 FG%, 67.6 FT%, 50.5 TS%
Kevin Garnett
13 games - 16.6 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.2 bpg, 2.1 tov, 46.6 FG%, 81.8 FT%, 50.9 TS%
Dirk Nowitzki
12 games - 24.4 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 2.6 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.7 bpg, 2.5 tov, 40.4 FG%, 93.1 FT%, 53.4 TS%
Dave Cowens
13 games - 21.7 ppg, 12.9 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.2 spg, 0.3 bpg, 47.7 FG%, 73.3 FT%, 51.0 TS%
Elvin Hayes
16 games - 20.5 ppg, 11.6 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.1 spg, 2.2 bpg, 43.7 FG%, 65.4 FT%, 47.9 TS%
Duncan is 2nd in blocks and rebounds per game, and 4th in FG%.
Shaq is by far the best. Then probably Hakeem. Duncan is anywhere from 3rd to 5th (Kareem, Moses, and Duncan's stats are overall a wash, so pick whomever).
Get a new schtick got, is played out tbh
Shaq was clearly the one who won that series, one of the most impressive finals stat lines ever. Although, Bryant has had his positive contributions which, when weighed against his negative ones, puts him at a fairly level balance.
The same Mike Brown who led the Lakers to the championship in fact.
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