Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan

[imnew09]

Once these 2 legends retire, people will be mourning.

[DaSeba5]

Once these 2 legends retire, people will be mourning.

I definitely will. Top 10 players of all time, and I grew up watching them.

[L.A. Jazz]

fundamentals !!!
to all those hyped high jumpers, dunkers and other gifted athletes, watch Kobe and Tim, they show you what you should learn and practise every day. that's basketball.

[BuffaloBill]

[Crown&Coke]

Duncan is one of my favorite players. Steady presence who will do anything you ask of him. His stoic demeanor gets taken for indifference but dude wants to win as bad as anyone, he just doesn't need to scream or pound his chest to do it. Funny guy too

And Kobe is Kobe. Straight up baller. A killer in a game of hunt or be hunted

Fans will rue the day these two giants of the NBA hang em up.

[DonDadda59]

- IMHO Tim Duncan is the greatest Leader in sports....( that I have actually seen ....since early 80's)

- I watched the Magic's, Bird's, Jordan's...heck even the Montana's ,Elway's, Jeter's etc...

- He is stoic, Humble and most importantly....he Wins/Dominate's with his mind more so then his Body.( sure he is gifted athlete but he is more cerebral minded and uses the little aspects to dominate more then just the physical)

- I always thought Duncan was a guy you would want in the Foxhole...him and Pop make a perfect match.....no wonder the Spurs have Dominated and won so much.

Amen

In all his years in the league, you've never heard anyone say a negative word about him. Not teammates, not coaches, not opponents (f*ck Joey Crawford ). It's not surprising that during his tenure, the Spurs have the highest winning percentage in all of sports, not just basketball. People sometimes think that leadership= guy barking and foaming at the mouth, causing a ruckus. You want to learn how to be a true leader, watch Timmy D. The man does whatever the team needs in order to win, doesn't let his ego sabotage his squad like some other guys.

He's one of those guys who's greatness is generally overlooked while playing, but History will be extremely kind to his legacy (ala The Dream).

[kennethgriffin]

The reason i dont give duncan as much credit as kobe in terms of longevity is because of the fact that tony parker has been the spurs best player and leader since 2006-07... Thats nearly 7 years that duncans been his teams second fiddle

Now ofcourse for kobes first 6 years he wasnt his teams best player either. But that was shaq. This is tony parker...

Kobe would never be the 2nd best player on a team with tony parker. Not even if kobe was 45 years old

[LeBird]

The reason i dont give duncan as much credit as kobe in terms of longevity is because of the fact that tony parker has been the spurs best player and leader since 2006-07... Thats nearly 7 years that duncans been his teams second fiddle

Now ofcourse for kobes first 6 years he wasnt his teams best player either. But that was shaq. This is tony parker...

Kobe would never be the 2nd best player on a team with tony parker. Not even if kobe was 45 years old

Kobe's refusal to be the 2nd best player, at this stage of their careers, is precisely why Duncan is a better player than him and the Spurs are a far better team.

[9erempiree]

Up until last year, Duncan fell off the face of this earth while Kobe has been playing at a high level through out his entire career.

Love how Mamba is schooling these guys.

[DonDadda59]

The reason i dont give duncan as much credit as kobe in terms of longevity is because of the fact that tony parker has been the spurs best player and leader since 2006-07... Thats nearly 7 years that duncans been his teams second fiddle

Now ofcourse for kobes first 6 years he wasnt his teams best player either. But that was shaq. This is tony parker...

Kobe would never be the 2nd best player on a team with tony parker. Not even if kobe was 45 years old

Being a big man is a lot more physically strenuous and taxing than being a perimeter player, especially in the modern NBA. And Tony Parker wasn't the Spurs' best player in '06-'07, Duncan should be sitting on 4 finals MVPs right now.

I don't think Parker was handed the keys to the Spurs offense until the '08-'09 season, which coincidentally happened to be the first time the Spurs didn't at least get into the second round during Tim's tenure on the team.

[Money 23]

No love for KG?

It's no surprise Kobe / Duncan / KG are still hanging in there. We're talking about INTENSE competitors, who take care of their body ... who are so skilled, that it puts the rest of their generation to shame.

I watched the game the other night, and Kobe was incredible. All these guys have totally out shined the rest of their contemporaries.

[Haymaker]

fundamentals !!!
to all those hyped high jumpers, dunkers and other gifted athletes, watch Kobe and Tim, they show you what you should learn and practise every day. that's basketball.

Truth.

[kennethgriffin]

Kobe's refusal to be the 2nd best player, at this stage of their careers, is precisely why Duncan is a better player than him and the Spurs are a far better team.

This statement would be true if kobe wasnt having one of his most efficient fg% seasons.

Kobes been great this year. Its dwight whos been dissapointing

Everyone on the lakers has been in bad shape too. Pau, nash, howard

While kobes body seems to get younger and better. Not missing any time while playing 40 minutes a night


Duncans team is better because it hasnt had a major player/coaching change. And everyones healthy

Anyone who puts league ranked 30th-40th duncan over league ranked 3rd-5th kobe has no clue what theyre talking about

[fpliii]

This statement would be true if kobe wasnt having one of his most efficient fg% seasons.

Kobes been great this year. Its dwight whos been dissapointing

Everyone on the lakers has been in bad shape too. Pau, nash, howard

While kobes body seems to get younger and better. Not missing any time while playing 40 minutes a night


Duncans team is better because it hasnt had a major player/coaching change. And everyones healthy

Anyone who puts league ranked 30th-40th duncan over league ranked 3rd-5th kobe has no clue what theyre talking about

Duncan has been a top 3 center this year at worst (this sentiment is near-universal), how does that translate to 30th-40th?

[scm5]

Kobe's refusal to be the 2nd best player, at this stage of their careers, is precisely why Duncan is a better player than him and the Spurs are a far better team.

This is one of the reasons why sometimes I understand why "Kobe stans" go apeshit over some of the stuff said on this board.

Kobe is putting up 27/5/6 on 47% shooting and he's supposed to play second fiddle to Dwight who is one of the worst post up players (based on points per possession) in the league? F that.

Kobe haters are sometime just as irrational as Kobe stans can sometimes be.