I believe this 💯 but can someone show me which two blocks people are referring to? I know there was one block where the guy announcing the game was joking that he wants to give half to Duncan and half to Robinson.
@@TheIcemanthomas Really. That's what he meant by the 2 blocks. 'They say I Talk a little fast, but if you listen a little faster. I won't have to slow down for yo d*mb a** to catch up! It's all Love Just had to drop it.👍🏾
If Duncan voted the DPOY this year and his 2 block in Game 6 of NBA Final were counted... his 2003 seasons would be regarded as one of the best seasons... Best Record in NBA, MVP, DPOY, FMVP, All-NBA 1st, All-NBA Defensive 1st a Quadruple Double in Closing Game... that's just amazing
@Ra Fe you seem kinda salty, I would try to guess what your team is by how many times the spurs beat them but that doesn't really narrow it down at all 🤷♂️
@@raidthanfl yep and based on winning % they would've had over 60 wins that season! It would have been 20 straight actually. They won 56 in 1998 as well if I'm not mistaken. It is the all time record for biggest single season turnaround (Bird and Boston held record). It was 80% because of Tim Duncan...that was his rookie year.
@Ra Fe maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong. We never know. But as a fan of the Spurs, I hope it will happen again, or at least some semblance of it.
Tim Duncan is one of the most underrated players ever. He can post up, versatile, can protect the rim, dish the rock, and crash the glass. His 2003 run was awesome.
@@RighteousRhythm I know right. I hated the boring narrative. Duncan is my all time favorite big man after Hakeem Olajuwon. His 2003 postseason run is a GOAT playoff run.
Fof me he wasn't boring, I liked always to watch him and if he didn't argue with anyone it doesn't mean he is boring. For me he was perfect NBA player and I love players like him who will never say that they are the best players ever, I would never like Lebron more than him because he humiliates the players and says he is the best player of all time, but he is not and he will never be the GOAT. Kawhi is also as calm as Duncan so I am not bored, if you are a calm player and do not humiliate anyone it does not mean that you are boring.
Fun Fact: Larry Bird and Tim Duncan are the only players in NBA history to win multiple titles as their team's only All-NBA player. Bird did it twice in 1984 and 1986, Duncan did it four times in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007.
There was only a few players that always gave Shaq trouble. Tim Duncan was one of those people. He could somewhat hold his own defensively on Shaq and could dish out just as much in the offensive end.
@@JorgePerez-jl2gz Lechoke got 4 Finals MVP, how many for Duncan ? Because Kawhi won it in 2014 and Parker in 2007 🤷🏾♂️ I like Duncan but this Lebron hate need to stop
@@ForgetJay100 mans put up an efficient 23 13 4 and 3 with great defense in the regular season, and had one of the greatest playoff runs of all time and almost nobody talks about it
Let it be known, Duncan had almost no help this year. Robinson was on his last leg, Parker was 20 years old and was benched for Speedy Claxton on more than one occasion, Ginobili was a rookie who had not proven he could start over a volatile Stephen Jackson. This video described the Finals series as anticlimactic and it was... in hindsight. But at the time analysts weren't so sure. As just an example, Bill Simmons predicted the Nets would beat the Spurs, citing Jason Kidd's more talented supporting cast. In Simmons' eyes, Duncan's best option was... Malik Rose.
I saw people say that on Twitter, One dude actually had The audacity to say that Anthony Davis has a better POST game than Tim Duncan, like what?????🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
He’s def a better scorer and ball handler but not a better overall player he also can guard perimeter players better but his resume isn’t up there with Tim and it isn’t close. Talent wise he def isn’t far off.
@@iosinc1169 he’s not a better scorer. More versatile yes. More prolific yes. But no one could stop Duncan. There was no game plan for that man. The impact of their scoring is just on different tiers. Once ads career is over we’ll see were he is.
duncan beat all 18 foes he faced in the playoffs...he never played the rockets but every single other west team he beat in a series and all 5 finals teams he played he beat
I remember ESPN used to show Lakers record w Shaq and no KB and then w KB and No Shaq and they used to have sub .500 record without Shaq but didn’t skip a beat without KB. Lol no wonder they broke up. I loved that Tim Duncan was the one to end that Lakers run.
For you youngsters, the pace was a lot slower back then, and the Spurs being the slowest of the teams back then too, so you have to adjust for inflation, and convert to "Points Per 75 Possessions", or per 100 possessions etc, to get an idea what the scoring numbers actually mean in comparison to today's stars. Rebounding however is less effected, and less shots coming from the outside meant shorter bounces off the rim, and more opportunities for bigs to board, mostly cancelling out the effect of less possessions.
@@razkable ... excuses, excuses ,& excuses ... this is a more experienced nets team than the lakers beat in the finals the year before ....... he's really good ..... give credit when the credit is due ..... without the spurs team beating the lakers in the west semis ..... everyone right now will be talking about the lakers as the best in the history of the nba cuz they 4peat ...... but duncan prevented that from happening ......
All while carrying the load on offense, he didn't take a single play off, the offense ran through him and the defense was funneled to him. He had an enormous amount of responsibility. No one else would have had the energy to do what he did on the defensive end and on the glass if they had his usage rate on the offensive end, his extreme high level play stamina was off the charts, a true beast.
@@johnnier.o.d4746 no not excuses...i just am saying why duncan avg. 17 rebs which blew the previous commenters mind apparently cause he is a kid and did not watch the nba back then when bricks being thrown up by the nets were common place due to being led by the brick king jason kidd ironically even though the media tried to tell you this white hope was a mvp candidate lol with 49 wins that year and aided of course by his fellow all star brick layer young ward kenyon martin but anyways i will say this.....dikembe being out hurt them and of course the nets were trying to replace keith van horn who was not on the 2003 finals team stupid a big loss I would say....they traded him for the hurt dikembe so not having either hurts and thus this was a worse team in some ways then the 2002 nets vs la in the finals due to that trade backfiring..idiot...not the same roster...you add keith to the 2003 nets they win it all probably...better than the husk of a 37 year old dikembe man whose hurt out and slow/limited on offense for a starter even when healthy
Duncan has great class. He doesnt do those magic dunks, fancy shots, and stylish dribbles. He plays by the book and then plays by the laptop, and then by a super computer genius. He outsmarts opponents and makes them look goofy. Whether that speaks "boring" to you, cause hes a PF, they dont get a lot of points or shoot from mid court, and all he does is rebound and block and pass, then you don't understand how amazing Duncan was
I couldn't believe I got him to sign my Jersey that year when they played the 6ers. I kept going year after year and eventually got Ginobil and Parker too. Nicest most down to Earth guys in the NBA.
I might switch out Wilt, but otherwise an awesome starting lineup. My bench would be Stockton, Kobe, Lebron, Garnett and Olajuwon. Imagine those teams going at each other in practice.
They ought to be a simulation of a 32 team league off top all time players with playing rules from 79’s,80’s and today. So u get Mj number 1 but u don’t get the 64 pick and so on
i would go kd tim hakeem for fit next to mj and curry actually...that 5 some is not losing to anyone...hell use tim at c and just play curry mj kd and bird together....
...the greatest pf ever...and the best player of his generation...if you wana argue...name me another player that won 50+ games each season of his career...went to the playoffs every season...no drama and kept the same coach each year...
Definitely a top 5 run for sure. And... he did go against stacked teams with a not so proven cast and role players. Dallas, Phoenix & the Lakers were stacked.
Tim Duncan is a role model on and off the court and super fun to watch as he matched up against the Legues greatest. I always figured the worst 2 jobs in the NBA would be 1) interviewing Pop and 2) defending Timmy! 😁
People forget how stacked the Western Conference was in the 00s. The Western Conference Finals were pretty much the NBA Finals. People will argue "well Duncan played with 3 other HOFers in D Rob, Parker, And Manu". But Parker and Man u were still young players adjusting to the NBA. And Drob was already injury prone and at the back end of his career.
stephen jackson helped a lot in 2002-2003 and was a great pickup...as did malik rose in big games...bruce bowen was 3 and d till he dies...kerr saved them one game...speedy was ok for spurts in 03...the thing is the 03 spurs were a cast of role players next to duncan...parker was not considered a great pg..he was serviceable still
@@the757general2 almost only counts in horseshoes and grenades. I literally said damn near. The Spurs and Lakers Dominated the 2000s. Lakers had 5 rings Spurs had 3. Only reason Boston won was because the League wanted that Celtics Lakers rivalry back. And the Spurs got robbed against the Mavs in 06 WCF. Theyd have gone back to back
Agree with just about everything. Robinson was a great player but didn’t show up against the Best of his generation (Hakeem). Tim elevated his offensive game when playing against the best competition while also consistently being the best defense big man night in and night out.
My only regret about Duncan's pro career was that Pop should have used the Duncan/Manu pick and roll a lot sooner, around 2007. It took D'Antoni popularizing it before Pop went that direction. No doubt in my mind that would have been the best PnR combo of all time, given that both of them were elite passers, as well as scorers from all three levels. Definitely saw glimpses in the 2013/4 seasons, even though it was past Timmy's prime.
5× NBA champion (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) 3× NBA Finals MVP (1999, 2003, 2005) 2× NBA Most Valuable Player (2002, 2003) 15× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000-2011, 2013, 2015) NBA All-Star Game MVP (2000) 10× All-NBA First Team (1998-2005, 2007, 2013) 3× All-NBA Second Team (2006, 2008, 2009) 2× All-NBA Third Team (2010, 2015) 8× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1999-2003, 2005, 2007, 2008) 7× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1998, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015) NBA Rookie of the Year (1998) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1998) NBA Teammate of the Year (2015) No. 21 retired by San Antonio Spurs USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2003) Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2003) Consensus National College Player of the Year (1997) 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1996, 1997) Chip Hilton Player of the Year (1997) NCAA rebounding leader (1997) 3× NABC Defensive Player of the Year (1995-1997) 2× ACC Player of the Year (1996, 1997) 3× First-team All-ACC (1995-1997) No. 21 retired by Wake Forest Demon Deacons And people say AD is better, I love AD but he's nowhere near Duncan
Timmy was a beast, it's just a shame that so many people don't want to give him any credit for whatever reason. Sure he eventually had some really good teammates and also played for who is now the winningest coach in NBA history (congrats Pop!), but those good teammates weren't always there and/or weren't always good and I'm sure that even Pop improved as a coach as years went by. Timmy did what he needed to do for the team's success, which at times meant not having to do as much as he could because he didn't need to. Oh and can I just say that your user name reminds me of something from a Redman song lol.
@@Max-ui7yf Pop is a great coach, but he is who he is now because he had Timmy for 2 decades. No other superstar would have accepted the hardass coaching Pop provided from a guy who hadn't achieved anything previously. Hell Kawhi couldn't handle it even with Pop being established. Everyone ever associated with the Spurs from the late 90's on will tell you Timmy was the culture there.
@@hardybryan Can't disagree with you on that. I mean when your star player and team leader is leading by example like that, then it definitely sets the tone for the rest of the team. I think most other star players would have forced Pop to change his style, or even had him fired, because they wouldn't tolerate that in your face style.
San Antonio vs LA rivalry is the greatest of my generation...Duncan vs Kobe 1998-99 West Semis - SA beats LA(4-0) and wins NBA title🏆 2000-01 WCF - LA beats SA(4-0) and wins NBA title 🏆 2001-02 West Semis - LA beats SA(4-1) and wins NBA title🏆 2002-03 West Semis - SA beats LA(4-2) and wins NBA title🏆 2003-04 West semis - LA beats SA(4-2) and goes to Finals 2007-08 WCF - LA beats SA(4-1) and goes to Finals 2012-13 First round - SA beats LA(4-0) and goes to Finals
People don’t give the praise to Duncan that he deserves. He’s the only player in nba history that actually gave Shaq problems. The only player that beat the Shaq and Kobe lakers before the beef got so out of hand. Had tim Duncan not beat the lakers that year then Kobe and Shaq would have 4 peated.
I knew that the Spurs were going to win the whole time. I didn't bother to watch the playoffs. You're not going to beat the Spurs consistently. They'll always come back with your number. They won damn near every game in the season against the Lakers and I always knew that Greg Pop was a better coach than Phil. 2003 was a no surprise year. I considered Duncan better than Shaq because he was a better post scorer and free throw shooter.
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Tony manu and stephen jackson were on the cusp of becoming allstars this yr not to mention tim and david in the paint this is one the greatest teams ever
The Spurs were only as good as Timmy D was. He erased any mistakes Tony and Manu made. He was the defensive anchor that made them contenders every year he played
This man really put up nearly 30 points a game when teams only scored 90-100 points per game. If he was in his prime now when teams are putting up 110-120 per game he would easily be averaging 35 points and 20 rebounds per game
I like the stats you put up…. but you just copied everything from the DVD commentary and all the things that they said into this video which is kind of lazy
Not in this order 12 Wilt Chamberlain Bill Russel Michael Jordan Larry Bird Magic Johnson Tim Duncan Oscar Robertson Jerry West Isiah Thomas John Stockton Julius Irving
Without Duncan, this team maybe wins 20 games...MAYBE. This is one of the greatest all time play off runs by a guy without another single all star team mate. I can only recall Hakeem in 94 and Dirk in '12 doing the same - and both of those runs are considered all time great.
the east was better post 2003...2004 pacers pistons and nets were all good teams who could legit defeat easily now the bottom teams out west like the nuggets rockets and grizzlies who all somehow made the playoffs in a usually stacked west and those east teams it felt like could finally compete if they were in the west finally vs lesser but still good west teams like the mavs and kings that year who got worse from the year before and a great west team that used to be more in the middle in the unproven t wolves..sure the spurs still looked a little better than the east competition but not by much that year and la looked very vulnerable and people said they would lose to the pacers t wolves and spurs all season...1999-2003 the east sucked....for 5 years....it felt like 1 team could be a top 6 seed out west playing that competition nightly and usually everyone else was not close and maybe if lucky make a 5th seed out west...hell the heat in 2004 could of been a top 6 seed out west and legit go 7 games with a past great team like the mavs despite a loaded roster it felt like and beat the bottom west teams too...that heat team had no bench
This goon neglects to point out that Dirk got hurt in game 2 of the WCF after they had won game 1. Just sayin', let's be honest here. This guy......mighta had a big impact on he entire series......maybe. And Dirk never gets hurt, he's played so many games consistently. In essence , the Spurs may have still won that series, but it wouldn't have been easy.
I agree with your assessment. Dirk being injured was one of the big reason why my Spurs won the series. With Dirk in the series would have been much intense. I'd still pick my Spurs winning like you said.
Nah, Spurs were better than the Mavs that year. Mavs only won Game 1 because they turned it into a FT shooting contest. Dirk got hurt in Game 3 late in the 4th quarter when Spurs were up double digits.
The Lakers had absolutely nobody to guard Duncan. Horry wasn’t the man to put on Duncan and bully him up. This is why the Lakers giving away Elden Campbell hurt them in the long run. Campbell could have matched his size and played him physical. Even had the Lakers traded Campbell for anything better than JR Reid I believe the Lakers could have won that series.
As good as duncan was, the lakers beat themselves and that’s a fact. Shaq got fat and kobe became resentful and didn’t set him up like he did in the threepeat. Duncan was all time great but they would have never beat them if shaq and kobe were in sync and even so they almost win if horrys shot goes in game 5
@J B YMCA players? So Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, David Robinson, Bruce Bowen, Stephen Jackson etc are YMCA players? I named at least 3 hallafamers just now. Duncan had games where he scored 15 points during this 2003 playoff run and the Spurs still won, Duncan wouldn't be able to score only 15 points and still win without a good team around him.
@J B Don't blame the fans for your personal hate for Kobe. An what clown argument? Duncan had several games during that playoff run where he scored less than 20 points and the Spurs still won, you ain't winning like that with a bum team dummy. Bottom line is Kobe owned Duncan in the playoffs, Kobe lead the Lakers in scoring all 4 times the Lakers beat the Spurs in the playoffs. Fact! Kobe and Duncan meet in the playoffs Kobe ends Duncans season 4 out of 6 times, FACTS!
@J B A top 3 player as his side kick, who Gasol? When was Gasol a top 3 player? Stop lying! Duncan had a game during that playoff run where scored only 11 points, 11 POINTS AND THE SPURS WON! But he had no help, htf is that possible? Yes Kobe had Shaq but Kobe was the best player on the Lakers all 4 times the Lakers beat the Spurs. Like I said when Kobe met Duncan in the playoffs 4 out of 6 times Kobe ends Timmy's season. FACTS!
