Tim Duncan: Greatness Without the GOAT Label 

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That speaks volumes. This accomplishment isn't highlighted much because those 2 aren't media favorites.

​@Nonamemannn I always ask the question of his career depending on the city. San Antonio when you look back on the city he fit right in. This was in the 90s and 2000s what if he played for an east coast team would of not been as successful

​@@NonamemannnI remember watching the 2003 and 2004 seasons and the NBA had better ratings at the time than the NFL. Detroit Pistons was my favorite team and the San Antonio Spurs grew on me. They broke the Pistons up which really sucked and you probably guess what happened the Lakers and Celtics took over the league again

Stop it. Duncan is great but he's not the GOAT. There are too many reasons to waste time listing them all. Besides your #3 is wrong. MJ won 3 titles with one team and 3 more with a different totally different cast aside from Scottie Pippen

Oh please. He was PF because Admiral was there.

His best years were at PF. He won 4 rings as a PF.

@@boozeman4749 First part is a yes but even when Rob played, he would go to C (where he played high school/college) and it winded up being about 33% of his time early on there still. And 07 (when they beat the Cavs) is when he made the full time switch. From 07 to retirement he played Center 85% of the time (usually due to playing next to some stretches like Bonner)

“Tim played center in high school and college. In the NBA, Tim played 63% of his career at center and 36% at power forward. In the seasons he played power forward primarily (520 games between 1998-2004), he was at the position 65% of the time and center 33%. **For the remaining 872 games of his career he played center 85% of the time and power forward 15% of the time**. He played center for the overwhelming majority of his career.”

he has better stats and chips compared to most centers. One reason why he isn't part of Goat debate is because of his simple playstyle and because he had a great supporting cast. however he is what glued the team together

Yea we had a great team but our team was great because of Timmy. He carried the spurs, he put them in his back and he showcased on the biggest stage why he’s a goat so this narrative and video is irrelevant

@@edselsledge2940 Timmy did his job but so did Kevin Garnett, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley and so on. You NEED a team to be a champion, I don't care how great you are. It's never going to pan out if its 1 against 5. Shout out to Timmy's teammates, HOFers who made shit happen.

That’s a not so smart take also if you actually look at his position game by game year by year fun fact he played center more than pf 😅

Not really.. After David Robinson retired, Duncan averaged less than 20ppg in 11 out of his 13 years as a Centrer... His offensive production stopped as soon as RObinson retired.. Robinson was the one defending against Prime Shaq's, Hakeem, Wallaces, etc.

Five championship beats it all buddy.... he didn't care about been the best player he cared more about winning games... all his career he played in the playoffs name me a player who's done that

Might want to check who was the most consistent player in that 2014 finals, he should have been MVP, not Kawhi who was an absolute no show in games 1 and 2

i disagree, stats is not everything

He literally was the best player in the 2003- 2005 seasons.

@@Tukahuba25 He was not. go back and rewatch the 2005 season and finals. Manu had more playoff wins than Duncan in 2005. Both the Spurs GM and Chauncy BIlluips beleived MANU deserved FMVP. Manu literaly had 66% shooting in game 7 of hte finals and clsoed out the game whereas Duncan was shooting 33% and had 7 turnovers. Educate yourself.

They are a few players ahead. Not just Jordan. Kareem wilt lebron, then it gets harder. You have Magic bird dream Kobe, himself for sure, Shaq.

Duncan never missed the playoffs. During each 82 game season, he won, at least, 50 games. Very few players have that type of record.

I mean I agree Jordan had the greater career, but I don't think its true he beat Duncan in every analytical metric, what about defensive rating, defensive win shares, field goal %, rebounds, blocks, etc.

@@manumalia Why Kobe? Duncan has as many championships, more MVPs and finals MVPs. Why Shaq? Duncan has more championships, more MVPs, and the same number of finals MVPs. Why Bird? Duncan has more championships, the same number of MVPs, and more finals MVPs. Duncan has 5 championships to Wilt's 2. Duncan has 5 championships to Hakeem's 2. I'm not saying I disagree with you, but I think there is at least a reasonable argument to rank Duncan significantly higher than you're suggesting. You could within reason put him as high as fringe top 5-6 all time depending on what your criteria are. Really gets hard to objectively rank once you get past MJ. Also Russell probably should be above Wilt.

@@alexanderhenry9133 i agree. I’m not putting Kobe ahead. I think top 5-10 players are tricky to arrange.

LOL Most basketball ignorant people would say that

@@Indigo3.7 I watched Duncan for years. I like him. Always pulled for the Spurs, especially when Robinson and Duncan played together.

@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 wow... you know soooo much. Tell us more lol

@@Indigo3.7 The only thing I know is that I know nothing.

@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 same here, sir.. same here...