Greatest players of all time (number 8)

[Marcus13]

The greatest PF of all time ; Tim Duncan

[23AJ]

[Luke]

I'm gonna post a T-Mac video and vote him 9th.

[e-monk]

I always forget David Stern's cute little porn mustache

also I dont think prime Akeem had 36 year old 'broken down' Wilt's hops

[Geaux Tigers]

Im glad to see Tim take the lead...MVPs aren't everything, but being voted best player for the season (or multiple seasons) is a crucial. There are numerous disagreeable MVPs in history, but I dont see any cases where it went to someone who wasn't also deserving.

[hroz]

Reggie Miller in his greatest team ever (Reggie's Mailbag)

Put his team as:
Kareem
Hakeem
Bird
Jordan
Magic

(2 years ago)
Horry and Elie said Hakeem was better than Duncan. Find me one player who would place Duncan above Hakeem.

Both played with Hakeem and Duncan.

[e-monk]

as anyone who has ever watched him do color on an NBA game will know, Reggie Miller is an idiot

[hroz]

Someone should seriously ask David Robinson who he considers the better player. Would be interesting.

[hroz]

Friedman: "People forget that that was an unusual trade on the surface, even though Drexler would of course be considered a better player than Otis Thorpe. When you look at positions, you are trading your power forward for a shooting guard and then putting Robert Horry, who at that time was a skinny perimeter player, at power forward. On the surface it looked like a strange plan, but, whoever came up with that idea, it turned out brilliantly."

Elie: "It did turn out brilliantly. Also, you had Chucky Brown playing some 4 for us. We felt that Hakeem was so dominant in the middle that whoever you put beside him really didn’t matter. He and Clyde played together (in college) and you just saw that Hakeem felt like a kid again when they brought in Clyde. Both of them were so happy to be reunited. You saw the chemistry between those two. I remember a game against Utah when each of them had 40 points. That was an amazing feat to see, these two Top 50 players who I got the chance to play with performing at that level. It was great to see that."

Friedman: "You mentioned that Olajuwon is the greatest player you played with. You also played with the Spurs and Tim Duncan and David Robinson, who was obviously up there in years at that point in time but still a good player. What are your memories of playing with them? Since you do feel that Olajuwon is the greatest player you played with, compare his game to Duncan’s. Some people see a little similarity between their games. What do you think of that?"

Elie: "I love Tim. I think he may be the second best player I played with but 'Dream,' just his performance in pressure situations—when David Robinson got the '95 MVP, 'Dream' told me, 'Mario, he’s borrowing my trophy.' When I heard that I said, 'Somebody’s in trouble tonight.' That guy put on a performance—under that pressure against the MVP and we have no home court advantage—and 'Dream' just dominated that position. It reminded me of when Jordan dominated Clyde when they were comparing the two guards. They were comparing two centers and 'Dream' just totally—I don’t want to say embarrassed—but he really embarrassed him, he dominated him—(series averages of) 35 (points), 13 (rebounds), 5 assists, 4 blocks. Those are amazing numbers for a center."

http://20secondtimeout.blogspot.com....-olajuwon.html

[hroz]

Who is the best player that you ever played with? ‘I would say Hakeem Olajuwon and Kobe Bryant. The things The Dream could do on the floor were phenomenal for a big man.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba...se-on-purpose/

[Dre]

Most people from the 90s gonna say Hakeem most people from the 00s gonna say Duncan. No surprise.

[Dee-Zy]

Hakeem also won with less.

[Luke]

Was Hakeem playing with less than Duncan in 2003? Timmy also faced greater competition in his championship runs than Hakeem did in '94 and '95.

[Dee-Zy]

Hakeem's roster in 94:

Kenny Smith: 11ppg 4apg
Vernon Maxwell: 14ppg 4apg
Robert Horry: 12ppg 6rpg
Otis Thorpe: 11ppg 10rpg
Hakeem: 29ppg 11rpg

bench:
Sam Cassell: 9ppg 4apg
Mario Elie: 6ppg 2apg
Carl Herrera: 5ppg 3rpg

Had to go through:
Drexler's Blazers,
Barkley's Suns
Stockton/Malone's Jazz
Ewing Knicks


Compare that to your 2003 Spurs:
Tony Parker: 15ppg 4apg
Stephen Jackson: 13ppg 4rpg
Bruce Bowen: 7ppg 3rpg
Tim Duncan: 25ppg 15rpg
David Robinson: 8ppg 7rpg

Bench:
Manu Ginobili: 9ppg 4 apg
Malik Rose: 9ppg 6rpg
Speedy Claxton: 5ppg 2apg

Who went through:
Marbury suns
Kobe and Shaq's Lakers
Dirk Nowitzki's Mavs
J Kidd's Nets

Hakeem had to go through 3 hall of famers lead teams (who were in their prime). TD's only real competition was the Lakers.
You can't tell me that Kenny Smith, Maxwell and Thorpe is more help than Parker, Jackson and D-Rob (even as a shell of his former self).

[Dee-Zy]

TD's 3 other chips were with at least 1 more all star on his team and another player that was a borderline all star.

Hakeem won both titles without another all star on his team.