Duncan or Hakeem, who you taking?

[Sccit]

Arguments against Duncan always begin with him being lucky to have coach pop and the system. I never hear arguments against Jordan, shaq, or kobe for having the goat coach phil Jackson and the triangle offense.

THE THING WITH KOBE IS THAT HE DIDNT HAVE A CONSISTENTLY GREAT TEAM LIKE DUNCAN....DUNCAN HAS ALWAYS HAD GREAT TEAMS. KOBE WENT THROUGH STRETCHES IN HIS PRIME WHERE HE PLAYED WITH D-LEAGUE LEVEL TALENT. AND KOBE ALSO WON WITH FAR LESS THAN DUNCAN IN 09 AND 10 WHEN PAU GASOL WAS HIS SECOND FIDDLE.

AS FOR JORDAN, HE WAS DEFINITELY PRIVILEGED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF HIS CAREER, JUST LIKE DUNCAN.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Arguments against Duncan always begin with him being lucky to have coach pop and the system. I never hear arguments against Jordan, shaq, or kobe for having the goat coach phil Jackson and the triangle offense.

Nobody with any sense would argue that he wasn't the most important cog in the Spurs' wheel. However, that system has not only allowed him to extend his career, but it's put him in a position of contending without being reliant on him producing at an all-time great level (only averaged 20 ppg ONCE over the last 10 years and only averaged 35+ minutes ONCE over the last 11 years). Hakeem never had the luxury of playing in a situation like that, and if the roles were reversed you wouldn't be as quick to dismiss the significance of this.

 

[Sccit]

NO WAY DUNCAN WINS BACK-TO-BACK WITH THE ROCKETS SUPPORTING CAST IN 94-95

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The Spurs had how many titles before Tim? Timmy would've won anywhere he went

5>2

Even if you're speaking in a general sense, nobody wins anywhere they go. I honestly don't think Duncan ever had the ability to carry that 95 Rockets squad to a title.

 

[Da King]

Since 07? Lol...no Spurs fan said that except @Public Enemies

The rest of us started saying it around 12 or 13

Parker been the best PG since 07, I'll stick by that

 

[sportscribe]

Two of the top three most skilled big men of all time. You can't really go wrong with either player.

 

[ManBearPig]

Hakeem is my favorite player of all time but I gotta go with Duncan.

Dude is still a beast at 39.

 

[intruder]

I can't... I can't pick this one. I love both players

 

[intruder]

People often forget... THIS WAS A 7' CENTER putting on these moves

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Hakeem

 

[///Vega+++]

Hakeem Olajuwon is truly on some god shyt on thecoli its so weird to me

Naija Conspiracy

REb and 'em

yup

 

[50CentStan]

hakeem, he's the best Center Ever, and easily top 5 NBA players of all time.

edit: btw Timmy has Ginobli, Parker, Kawahi, had the admiral in the beginning. And one of the best coaches of ALL TIME with him. Hakeem was just him. The other guys around him were okay, but not on the level of the spurs roster, and Rudy T was a good coach, but he's no Pop.

 

[Rekkapryde]

you must be bald then

dream easily

Not at all. It's an arbitrary argument.

Timmy won throughout his career. Dream near the end. That's what made me lean towards Timmy.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Duncan, and its not as close as you guys are portraying. Hakeem is great but there is a straight up love affair with him on the coli. The man had incredible moves but he lost to Barkley Malone Robinson and others a lot. The 93 rockets won 55 games but lost to the ACTUALLY Better sonics... even in 95 the rockets were damn near 500 before the drexler trade. He had a lot of help when he got over the hump....


Duncan came in the league and won immediate and never fukkin stopped and has tier ZERO longevity...absolutely him

should've just read this post.

This is why I chose Tim.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

should've just read this post.

This is why I chose Tim.

Most of what's in that post is wrong though.