Tim Duncan has 5 rings why isn’t he ever mentioned in top 5

[360dagod]

Duncan was the system..

The intangibles/maturity/sacrifice

Statwise he gets penalized but nikkas knew that it was HIS team even when they went more to a perimeter based offense...

That 2014 run

 

[Po pimp]

His PPG as well. He only averaged 25ppg once, but that’s not to say he couldn’t score more. He wasn’t a volume shooter. Ultimate team player.

 

[Sauce Dab]

Duncan might be top 3 all time. The only reason it don’t get discussed much is because of his personality but his game did all the talking

 

[Big Boss]

Because he doesn't have a flashy game or personality. They try to call him a 'system player', but the Spurs haven't won a championship before him and they haven't won one after.

this

 

[Brozay]

Duncan is routinely on top ten all time lists, nobody disrespects him, he’s praised all the time

 

[Taadow]

Best power forward I ever seen and I’m 41 years old.

^ This is the problem! This is the debate!

No!

Because as dominant and consistent as Tim was, we can’t even agree on how to classify him!

Tim Duncan was the last true Center, but he played at the 4.
His game was not Power Forward game, so I can’t call him the best PF in good faith.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Because he played many years past his prime, many people forgot how good he was in his prime.


His prime years were 1997-2008. During this time, he was a dominant two-way player. If people are being honest, there have been very few players in history who would have been clearly superior choices to build teams around than this version of Duncan.

From 2009-2016 Duncan was still really good, but no longer the dominant player he once was.


I think Kareem was underrated for a long time for similar reasons (the Larry Holmes version of Kareem was what most people remembered).

Yeah if he didn’t play all 4 years at WF, he would’ve had a longer dominant prime.

 

[ISO]

He’s an All-Time great but somewhat overrated. He’s routinely put top 10 not sure what else you would want.

 

[staticshock]

Tbh him & Hakeem can make a case for the best ever but folks are stuck on MJ, Kobe & bron

 

[ISO]

Because he doesn't have a flashy game or personality. They try to call him a 'system player', but the Spurs haven't won a championship before him and they haven't won one after.

A chip isn’t the sole barometer he put them over the hump but they were a good organization before and have been after him.

 

[Pimp]

The west was stacked when he dominated. Amazing.

 

[who_better_than_me]

Big Fundamental was really unstoppable in the post, but I think its due to the perception of being 'boring'

If he was so unstoppable why did he never have a dominant seasons like Shaq? Or even like Embidd this season

 

[the cool]

He’s an All-Time great but somewhat overrated. He’s routinely put top 10 not sure what else you would want.

How is he overrated. In a era with dirk, Webber , Garnett , sheed, Bosh, Elton, mcdyess where power forwards dominated the game Duncan was by far the best one

 

[lightskin jermaine]

 

[NatiboyB]

Best PF ever and to be frank he wasn’t a prolific scorer nor extremely popular