Yet it's not spectacular like they are trying to describe him. He ain't nothing that is special at all. Yao Ming does the same thing and this is first year in the league. Vlade Divac does the same as well.... Everything he does is overexatiorated, mainly because without those who are on his team he wouldn't hold that much. If their was another person better on the team right now than him he wouldn't hold such an important presence.
It is shown in Yao Mings first year, with Steve Francis larger. He gains hype around him, but the true reason it is so because he is from China and tall. Otherwise if he was from China and short, had the same skills he'd be nothing.
Their are others like him out there. He just has a higher level of knowledge in the fundamental skill.
I'm not saying I don't like Duncan because simply he has fundamental skill because you have to have that, but the fact that how they are creating this idea that "He" is the superstar of that team and is all great.
He doesn't deserve that MVP award either. Jason Kidd did, and if he didn't have that trouble with his wife he would have had it.
Also, Tim as I've said before isn't spectacular. He holds no flare, just normal every day moves that someone his size should be able to do. A few shots from the outside are the only things you wouldn't see from someone his height and weight in the league.
EDIT: Actually I've seen people do the same moves in the league just not on good teams like him.
Another thing, he didn't lead his team at all. He might have had a higher score than others, but that is mainly because of everyone else. They helped in taking the pressure off of him. He's no Micheal Jordan, he's no Kobe Bryant, he is no Shaq.
Duncan didn't lead anybody to anything. He helped, but he didn't lead. Maybe in the scoring stats and rebording, but that doesn't mean much.
He wasn't scoring that well in a few of those games and other people stepped up to help him in the path to the Finals.
So no, he didn't lead anybody.
He didn't have a spectacular year, it was like every other year he has had in the league. Decent, but nothing spectacular happened. Nothing you can take a picture of, or even remember him for.
He's a decent player with height and fundamental skill. Duncan is normal, skilled but normal. He has alot of complimentary players, but without them he wouldn't be that much of a player by himself.
[ 06-17-2003 12:16 PM: Message edited 1 time, lastly by LumbiaSith ]
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posted 06-16-2003 10:00 PM
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