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HBK_Kliq_2
07-16-2020, 04:02 PM
https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.fcgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1_hint=Kawhi+Leonard&player_id1_select=Kawhi+Leonard&player_id1=leonaka01&y1=2019&player_id2_hint=Tim+Duncan&player_id2_select=Tim+Duncan&player_id2=duncati01&idx=bbr__players&y2=2003

Who had the better playoff run: Kawhi 19 or Duncan 03?

Stats: Kawhi is putting up 8.4 more PPG on per 100 possessions. Duncan has 139 less total points scored despite playing 82 more minutes. Duncan also manages just .2 higher VORP despite the 82 minute gap.

Playoff path: Kawhi beats the defending champions in Curry/Dray/Klay/Iggy = Duncan beating Shaq/Kobe

Kawhi beats Embiid/Butler/Simmons/Harris > Duncan beating Nash/Dirk/Finley with Dirk missing half the series

Kawhi beats Giannis/Middleton/Bledsoe > Duncan beating Kidd/Martin/Jefferson

Supporting casts: Duncan +10 PPG relative to next best player, +11 TS relative to next best player, +2.1 VORP relative to next best player

Kawhi +11.5 PPG relative to next best player, +8 TS relative to next best player, +1.9 VORP relative to next best player.

SouBeachTalents
07-16-2020, 04:05 PM
Duncan

Should've made it a poll