Tim Duncan 46 pts & 14 rbs vs. Jazz 2000

[SCdac]

Great game from TD who played 46 minutes and knocked down 14 of 16 FT's. Surpassed his career high of 42 points vs. Shareef Abdur Rahim's Grizzlies

faces up Karl Malone (who was coming off a MVP season) and hits him with that bank shot @ 0:54 ... next sequence in the clip posts Malone up again spins inside and hits the one hand jumper that we've seen so many times since then.

Prime Duncan :bowdown: ... crazy to think as a big man who doesn't shoot three's he put up a couple 30 point games as recent as last season, at 38 years old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgUQWV1H3aA

[T_L_P]

It's pretty crazy how he became the greatest PF ever on one leg.

In a way, he was robbed of his true prime because of the meniscus tear. Before it (as seen here), he was a great athlete with every single counter in the post you could want, very nimble feet (especially on defense), and he could run the floor with the best of them.

http://i.giflike.com/wMuf3Gt.gif

[Smoke117]

It's pretty crazy how he became the greatest PF ever on one leg.

In a way, he was robbed of his true prime because of the meniscus tear. Before it (as seen here), he was a great athlete with every single counter in the post you could want, very nimble feet (especially on defense), and he could run the floor with the best of them.

http://i.giflike.com/wMuf3Gt.gif

Duncan was never a particularly great athlete. Robinson at 32 was still a better athlete than a rookie Duncan. You are a good poster...but you are also definitely a Duncan stan.

[T_L_P]

Duncan was never a particularly great athlete. Robinson at 32 was still a better athlete than a rookie Duncan. You are a good poster...but you are also definitely a Duncan stan.

Athleticism isn't just defined by hops (although Duncan had pretty good ones before the injury).

He was very quick in the post, he could run the floor, he had exceptional length and coordination, lots of stamina (played something like 47 MPG in the 99 Finals), strong.

Sure, he wasn't a Shaq or a Robinson (who even at 32 was something of a freak athletically), but he was a very good, underrated athlete, who could do a lot of things (at least at one point).

If anything, I think Duncan/Spurs fans tend to underrated his athletic gifts in order to prop him up as someone who had to overcome a lack of natural talent.

You don't get to play ta high level to 40 without some serious natural gifts. :confusedshrug:

[SsKSpurs21]

Athleticism isn't just defined by hops (although Duncan had pretty good ones before the injury).

He was very quick in the post, he could run the floor, he had exceptional length and coordination, lots of stamina (played something like 47 MPG in the 99 Finals), strong.

Sure, he wasn't a Shaq or a Robinson (who even at 32 was something of a freak athletically), but he was a very good, underrated athlete, who could do a lot of things (at least at one point).

If anything, I think Duncan/Spurs fans tend to underrated his athletic gifts in order to prop him up as someone who had to overcome a lack of natural talent.

You don't get to play ta high level to 40 without some serious natural gifts. :confusedshrug:

the word you are looking for is deceptive. his athletic skills are deceptive in a sense that you dont think he is athletic because he doesnt jump and swat shots, or dunk everything in sight. he preserves his body and makes smart decisions, but he can turn it up when needed.

[SCdac]

Bump for TD dropping buckets on another great PF :bowdown:

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/karl-malone-of-the-utah-jazz-has-the-ball-blocked-by-tim-duncan-of-picture-id51701582