Tim Duncan passes Jerry West...

[magmo68]

18th all-time in scoring

[Lord Bean]

18th ?

http://www.gifbin.com/bin/052011/1304618376_tumbleweed-gif.gif

[Mr. Jabbar]

:sleeping

[sbw19]

Congrats. Great player. Great longevity.

[gts]

Congrats. Great player. Great longevity.

this...

[BurningHammer]

http://i.imgur.com/ruAea.jpg

[SCdac]

Duncan is the man! Could have retired a few years ago if he really wanted to. Instead he helped the Spurs to back-to-back Finals and another championship while staying in tip top shape (unlike say... late Shaq). Couldn't knock em all down tonight but he's hit plenty of big shots in his career against the Lakers.

But yeah... his scoring is superb particularly in his physical prime. From 1998 to 2008 he averaged 22 points a season (50.8 FG%) including 140+ thirty or more point games and 340+ twenty-five or more point games playoffs included... and that's keeping in mind he's not launching endless low percentage three's to get these points, he's grinding em out in the paint and midpost and in an era with great big men (Shaq, Garnett, Dirk, Wallace's, Webber, Malone, Amare + Marion, etc) and great defenses.. and being the offensive cog for a slow-paced Spurs team.

Even nowadays, or last season's per-36 minutes... his scoring (18.7 per) was in the vicinity of Monta Ellis (18.6), Klay Thompson (18.7), and Dwight Howard (19.5). Fact that he's still put up double doubles is impressive for a 38 year old with tons of mileage. Scoring wise I'd still take him over a bunch of current starting bigs. Def a top-10 all time talent and underrated scorer in his prime IMO

[MastaKilla]

where are all the haters counting Duncans FGA? Oh that only happens for Kobe? okay.

congrats tho dunc

[oarabbus]

where are all the haters counting Duncans FGA? Oh that only happens for Kobe? okay.

congrats tho dunc


Duncan fans don't shit on other players like Kobe stans do. Duncan doesn't even have stans, only fans.

[MastaKilla]

Duncan fans don't shit on other players like Kobe stans do. Duncan doesn't even have stans, only fans.

so you base your like and dislike of players based off their fans

sheep will sheep

:roll: :roll:

[oarabbus]

so you base your like and dislike of players based off their fans

sheep will sheep

:roll: :roll:


First of all... props for giving congrats to Duncan

Second of all thats EXACTLY what people do to Lin they hate him because he has rabid fans :oldlol:

Third I consider Kobe one of the greatest to ever lace em up and I have mad respect... I don't dislike the guy. Quit projecting. It's a simple fact that Kobe stans shit on other players when it's not necessary. The Spurs fans on this board, on the other hand, are pretty classy on the whole.

[BuffaloBill]

where are all the haters counting Duncans FGA? Oh that only happens for Kobe? okay.

congrats tho dunc



I'm pretty sure we only count Kobe's missed shots because he owns the record for it

[SCdac]

for the sake of his achievement in RS scoring, heres some other great games:

46 pts against the Jazz (posts up Mailman good in final two plays)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgUQWV1H3aA

34 pts & game winner against the Clipps couple seasons ago (2012-2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSo8ROpb-Tw

35 pts and 17 rebounds in his rookie season against Warriors (strong dunk @ :29)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHKwHJ-x0Ks

53 pts in OT against Dirk's Mavs (2001-2002)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_zNuYK5ESg

28 pts and game winner against the Hornets (2011-2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=renyzoES8QQ

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/adrumaddict/timwinner-1.gif

[Psileas]

The 25-27k point plateau has become relatively crowded, so people have stopped paying much attention (they will, though, when LeBron reaches there, it's almost certain). To give some perspective, Moses Malone is 7th all-time and he's only a bit more than 2,000 points ahead. So, being 18th is not actually much less impressive than being 18th. In the end, every time someone passes one of the GOAT scorers in scoring, it is a big deal, so congratulations to Tim.
I'd really want to see how many points a healthy West would have ended up with. IMO, he'd be in the 30,000 point club.

[HOoopCityJones]

Congrats. Great player. Great longevity.


Timmy:bowdown:

[Marchesk]

I'd really want to see how many points a healthy West would have ended up with. IMO, he'd be in the 30,000 point club.

What happened to him? Didn't know he wasn't healthy at the end of his career.

[Psileas]

What happened to him? Didn't know he wasn't healthy at the end of his career.

Lots of injuries in multiple seasons. Too much passion at times. He broke his nose alone like 9 times...Missed 3 postseasons due to injuries, inc. 2 in his prime, which means his playoff career point totals and arguably averages, as well, would also be higher.
(Think about it, btw: After his rookie season, the Lakers, with healthy West, only missed the Finals once (1964). OK, they might also have missed them in 1971 or 1974 anyway, but it's still an impressive feat).

His career average over 14 seasons was only 66.6 games played per season, which is a lower figure than any player's who's generally ranked above him (Bird comes close, at 69).

[LAZERUSS]

Lots of injuries in multiple seasons. He broke his nose alone like 9 times...Missed 3 postseasons due to injuries, inc. 2 in his prime, which means his playoff career point totals and arguably averages, as well, would also be higher.
(Think about it, btw: After his rookie season, the Lakers, with healthy West, only missed the Finals once (1964). OK, they might also have missed them in 1971 or 1974 anyway, but it's still an impressive feat).

His career average over 14 seasons was only 66.6 games played per season, which is a lower figure than any player's who's generally ranked above him (Bird comes close, at 69).

I always wondered about that '71 post-season. I realize that the Bucks just blew away the league that year, and dominated LA in their regular season meetings, as well (all four losses were blowouts, but they also handed the Bucks a blowout loss, as well)...but, with just a healthy West, I suspect that they would have given the Bucks a lot more trouble.

Having said that, though, he not only missed the entire post-season, he also missed a regular season H2H against Milwaukee, and even in the games he played, he was simply awful. He averaged 15 ppg on a .316 FG% against them in the four games he did play.

Anyway, just food for thought.

[Anaximandro1]

[QUOTE=Popovich]

I always think about our guys sometimes, and their stats. They really get screwed sometimes, playing for me.

If you win 62 games, and some of them are by a decent margin, I bet our guys play fewer fourth quarter minutes than most good players on any team.

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