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Tired of all the noise about how Tim Duncan is a better player than David Robinson was..Duncan has had a better career than Robinson, that's it.
And that is due to to the team around Duncan. Robinson had Avery Johnson getting him the ball (an avg point guard) and the 2nd best player for most of Robinson's career was Sean Elloit (a slightly above avg player)....Duncan has had several all stars get him the ball (Robinson in fact created many of his shots). And the 2nd best player on Duncan's team is a tie: T. Parker and M. Ginobli BOTH all stars on ANY team in the NBA (Elliot prob would not be).
What is most troubling is actually how knee jerk people are about it, as if Duncan is far superior to Robinson, it's not even a contest. Dont confuse a player's success won thru the team as his own individual talent/success (in that case Barry Sanders is a loser and not in the greatest RB debate). Robinson was an elite defender and scorer. He defended against the greatest generation/cluster of centers in NBA history almost every night and still out scored most of them!
Duncan has so much team depth around him that no one has expected him to lead the team on the court, even when the games/series is on the line over the last few years. And his age has hand nothing to do with it either...it is the Spurs depth.
You dudes, caught up in the moment need to check yourself. Prob part of the same crowd who say Lebron is better than Jordan. Victims of the moment...explains how vegas makes so much money every year.
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