NBA Legends Explain Why Tim Duncan is The Great Power Forward of all Time 

He always seemed like a sleeper. Being flashy gets you attention in the NBA but every time you look away and then check the box score he'd have like 10 more points than you remembered. Miss watching him

Yeah cuz he had other all stars hall of famers 😆

Left out the assists

​@@user-oi1iq6tt4jHe had like 2 at most in his career. Robinson was past his prime by the time Tony and Manu got there. If you compare Tony and Manu to Shaq or Pau it's not even close.

@@gabrielcarrasco9078 he had David in his prime too he wasn't out just yet

Boris Diaw peaked in that moment

Spurs we're the reason Kobe had less rings than mj

@@greencross2861 And we love that fact. I'm even a Kobe fan, but obviously the Spurs come first. Hearing Kobe respond to the question of why he and Shaq didn't have more championships with, "The Spurs were tough," is such a sweet thing to hear.

You gotta give some props to Pop for assembling that team. They were mesmerizing to watch.

That was a magical season especially since they lost (should of won) in 2013

And Phil Jackson still hasn't gotten over it.

@@boogiedahomey Phil did not coach the Lakers that season

Kobe knew before hand who will be the HOF. He read people that other's cant. And that is why his Legendary,

Kobie knew they both needed their powers to beat Jesus.

I know I remember my favorite championship team VERY clearly tattooed deep in my brain.

Same,him and manu

Me2

now u have wemby Spurs fans are spoiled generational talent right after the other same with kawhi

Same here!!

So do I

Man, I love TP and Manu, but we don't win a single chip without Duncan.

Man, TP and MG were great players, but no way are they HoF players without Timmy.

Tp and mg were talents but we wouldn't know who they were without Timmy😂

Neither would've tim without Manu and tony.

@@DissAeon I'm sorry. Wtf? Tim would have been Tim Duncan wherever he went. He made spurs what they are. He won without them and he won with them.

A fat monster😂

I thought he was 6 6 like Mike

​@@jamesjensen5226no he's not 6'6

@@jamesjensen5226he’s listed at 6’6. Barkley is most likely 6’4.5 barefoot and an inch taller in shoes. So they just rounded him off to 6’6.

@@jamesjensen5226 Mike wasn’t a true 6’6” either. Barkley has said this.

You cannot catch ,turn and shoot in 0.4 seconds. Just saying......

@@jasonrodriguez7204correction, YOU can’t, he did.

But did he really...the refs didn't start the clock as soon as it touched him hands

@@jasonrodriguez7204as a spurs fan, it is what it is. Always what if. What if Manu doesn’t foul Dirk. What if we cover Ray Allen. In the end, it doesn’t matter, we had a great ride. And we made Lebron’s real estate agent a lot of money.

Timmy never really spoke out loud about his work ethic or really anything like Kobe did. So Kobe’s Mamba Mentality gets praised so much when Tim Duncan is over here being a silent assassin. Tim was a player that would also take things personally on the court and dominate them like he did with Demarcus Cousins. KG hated that he could never get in Timmy’s head. What other hall of fame top 10 players favorite thing outside of basketball is Dungeons and Dragons😂 and Tim didn’t even start playing organized basketball until he was 14.

I agree. I would also be interested to see if the Spurs could have won some championships in an alternate universe where we had a prime David to play alongside Parker and Manu instead of Tim Duncan.

Boring and not even top 5

Timmy is in my TOP 3 ALL TIME!

My #2 after MJ

@@user-oi1iq6tt4jhe dominated your favorite team and players. Humble yourself, easily Top 5

@@JefeJrisco Shawn Kemp was way better and so were Charles n Malone prime shit nowitzki too Duncan soft and had great teams overall

Absolutely not. I'll put his folder against anyone else's ever. And it'll measure up. Accolades + Championships = Excellence

@@jonlogan3268and yet he still gets underrated

My only controversy I've heard about Duncan is was a PF or a C

@@joserios991he was a Pf/C depending on the personnel on the court. He would be a PF when paired with another big like Tiago splitter, David Robinson or he would be the C when they went small ball with Boris Diaw or Malik rose as PF.

@@Matt-du7xu I know he is a hall of famer lol

Yes to everything you said!

I don't think he is better than prime Malone but Malone has an image problem because he is a scumbag so this narrative has to be pushed.

Top 5

@@David-ot8wp no

@@hakeemolajuwon4352he’s arguably above Hakeem all time so yeah.

@@nikobaladad2963 not if you know the game of basketball

Yeah, I can’t believe he didn’t win multiple DPOY awards, or even one?! Voters felt MVPs and Finals mvp’s and chips was enough for ole Timmy I guess. Ha. Def was 100

Anyone who insinuates that Duncan was carried/overrated or whatever, usually has a huge agenda that they want to push. Watch out for these people, they usually have some outlandish clown 🤡 takes, and they're usually not hard to recognize, e.g. Gilbert Arenas, various Internet trolls

They're just hating because their teams aren't running around with five rings on their fingers 😅

@@aedaed3605 I would say he got carried for his last ring. You can't tell me he was the force behind that chip. He was a nice complementary piece.

Its just Laker/Kobe fans that discredit Duncan, they do the same thing about shaq to try to elevate kobe over him even tho shaq was clearly the best player when they played together, and also discredit LBJ

@wendelleasports I've always thought they were Kobe stans myself, with the way they genuflect before their Lord and master 😂 But lately with the concerted amount of effort to discredit almost seemingly anyone who's won anything, I'm not sure 😂 Could still be them though, they're not the sharpest tools in the shed

Literally, so much respect, chuck out of all people

He won one more in 2014

@@kennethmcinnerney4990 that’s great! I was very out of the loop by then.

99,03,05….07&14!! Two after 05! He was the best

Duncan was very entertaining to watch imo! He didn't have flash, but his footwork and iQ was absolutely something to watch

Agreed. Guys like Jordan, Dream and Duncan who were reading ahead of the game were and still are always a shock and awe experience in real time. I could never get excited watching James play or dominate, when I did or didn't want him to win. Too predictable.

Beautifully said!!

We tanked in 96. Of course it was our worst year. David wanted to retire then.

This is what I tell kids who were making fun of the Spurs for being bad the past couple of seasons. I would always ask them, "Do you have any idea what it feels like to be the winningest franchise in the NBA for twenty years? That buys you a lot of loyalty with your fans." Really, only the Patriots and Yankees know what that feels like. And the Yankees haven't been in that territory for a long time. And they just do things the right way. Man, I love the Spurs.

I liked that he was humble, and team player. Also no scandals or lawsuits surrounding him. Great guy he seemed always.

Right, but you can say that for any champion. Take away the best player and they won't beat another team with their best player. The question is could you replace him with a Garnett, Dirk, or Webber and still win. I think yes.

You obviously never watch the San Antonio spurs

Don't think Garnett offensively would have taken you there. Dirk maybe.

@@kevoncoxdirk maybe could’ve, but I don’t think so. Duncan was a 5 tool player, and an unselfish 5 tool player at that. He had incredible defense, rebounding, and played well in pick and roll, played perfectly on the low block, didn’t need the ball in his hands 24/7 to make an impact was a good mid range shooter, could block shots and had an unlimited post bag. He’s criminally underrated, and genuinely I think that no one would’ve been able to replace him I think if you put dirk on that team he would’ve brought more scoring yes but it would’ve taken away shots from Tony Parker, manu and everyone else. Plus dirk wasn’t as impactful on defense as Tim Duncan was. KG was fantastic on defense, and rebounding, but I don’t think he had as deep of a post bag as Duncan did and wasn’t as patient as Duncan was, and I don’t think that spurs system would’ve worked as well with KG there either.

With no hesitation

Say what you want about Chuck, he's a real one. And wiser than he seems. His early "I'm not a role-model" stance should have caught on more.

He was able to hit a 3 on the clutch one time, so yeah, the potential was there

Kareem, Bird, Olajuwon . . .

@@kmsideout Bird and Hakeem aren’t above Duncan 😂 Kareem is