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re: So Bill Simmons said Duncan > Shaq
Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:40 pm to Reginald C Perrin
Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:40 pm to Reginald C Perrin
To me and I've had this argument before but I would take Duncan or Shaq over Kobe everyday of the week.
Kobe is an explosive scorer but he can't win titles without Shaq, or Pau and a semi productive Bynum as well as Phil Jackson. When Shaq left the Lakers limped along while Kobe scored 80 and they got trounced in the playoffs.
Duncan and Shaq helped anchor different teams/squads to championships because they were effective on both sides of the floor and allowed team mates to be better. To me it's
1a Duncan
1b Shaq
2 possibly Kobe
Kobe is an explosive scorer but he can't win titles without Shaq, or Pau and a semi productive Bynum as well as Phil Jackson. When Shaq left the Lakers limped along while Kobe scored 80 and they got trounced in the playoffs.
Duncan and Shaq helped anchor different teams/squads to championships because they were effective on both sides of the floor and allowed team mates to be better. To me it's
1a Duncan
1b Shaq
2 possibly Kobe
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:45 pm to WalkingTurtles
Shaq at his best is better than timmay
Duncan is far more consistent and durable than Shaq and that is what Simmons is talking about when he says Duncan is a better overall player
Duncan's career stats are a straight line on a graph
Duncan is far more consistent and durable than Shaq and that is what Simmons is talking about when he says Duncan is a better overall player
Duncan's career stats are a straight line on a graph
Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:47 pm to WalkingTurtles
It's funny because in his book he has this huge part at the beginning talking about how people are always looking for someone to be better than an older player because we stop seeing that older player on the court, so forth and so on, and how that is wrong to do to the older players.
Well, pot meet kettle. No one dominated down low like Shaq did, whether he be on the Magic, Lakers or Heat (things started going south after that). Don't get me wrong, Duncan is a great player, but he is not better than Shaq
Well, pot meet kettle. No one dominated down low like Shaq did, whether he be on the Magic, Lakers or Heat (things started going south after that). Don't get me wrong, Duncan is a great player, but he is not better than Shaq
Posted on 5/22/13 at 8:21 pm to WalkingTurtles
Shaq had playoff seasons where he could give you 40 points and 20 rebounds when he FELT like it. Now Duncan over an entire career is the better player. But, prime vs prime he isn't even in the convo when it comes to Shaq.
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