Tim Duncan: 1000 wins with one team countdown!

[Springsteen]

Most games won with 1 franchise in NBA history:
1. Tim Duncan, Spurs (958 and counting)
2. John Stockton, Jazz (953)
3. Karl Malone, Jazz (919)
4. Kobe Bryant, Lakers (825 and counting)
5. John Havlicek, Celtics (824)

Spurs are currently 7-2.

Will be updating this thread as the season continues.

[Dr Hawk]

He is a great playter no doubt, a Top 10 player, but he has had a lot of luck with the coach + teammates

[ninephive]

He is a great playter no doubt, a Top 10 player, but he has had a lot of luck with the coach + teammates

Not really compared to the other greats.

[Dr Hawk]

Not really compared to the other greats.

Hakeem, for instance

[SugarHill]

Kinda weird that he's over Stockton

[feyki]

7th all time after Kareem,Bill,Wilt,Jordan,Mikan,Bird .

[AnaheimLakers24]

I hope he thanks tony, pop, manu, bowen, robinson, kwahii, and lma

[dhsilv]

He is a great playter no doubt, a Top 10 player, but he has had a lot of luck with the coach + teammates

Certainly there was luck, but a lot of "bad luck" was the result of someone's personality/issues. The spurs were very close to firing Pop early on, Duncan came through and won big games needed to keep Pop. Player conflicts happened with the spurs, but never with Duncan. No rumors of much of anything outside of a brief look at Orlando.

Duncan has been a rock for the spurs and their organization.

[r15mohd]

He is a great playter no doubt, a Top 10 player, but he has had a lot of luck with the coach + teammates

this can be said about any top 10 player...sans Hakeem...to be honest

MJ - Phil, Pippen, Rodman
Magic -Showtime, Riley, weakest conference ever
KAJ - Showtime, Riley, weakest conference ever
Russell - HoF Celtics team, 60s
Bird - McHale, Parish, Ainge, Johnson

[livingby3's]

I hope he thanks tony, pop, manu, bowen, robinson, kwahii, and lma

Yeah, the Tim Duncan era really is the greatest of our generation.
The entire team not having ego issues, being able to stay together as a team with each being great team mates, never throwing each other under the bus, playing smart at a high level consistently, along with great/goat coaching, has certainly contributed to this franchise's success.

Duncan being able to accept a lesser role and giving his younger team mates the touches, and giving the team the financial flexibility to build a winning culture. A legend

[dhsilv]

Yeah, the Tim Duncan era really is the greatest of our generation.
The entire team not having ego issues, being able to stay together as a team with each being great team mates, never throwing each other under the bus, playing smart at a high level consistently, along with great/goat coaching, has certainly contributed to this franchise's success.

Duncan being able to accept a lesser role and giving his younger team mates the touches, and giving the team the financial flexibility to build a winning culture. A legend

and parker porking brent barry's hot wife...

But otherwise....what you said.

[SouBeachTalents]

I hope he thanks tony, pop, manu, bowen, robinson, kwahii, and lma

Kobe should thank Shaq for being better than him for 3 consecutive championships

[DaOldLion]

Yeah, the Tim Duncan era really is the greatest of our generation.
The entire team not having ego issues, being able to stay together as a team with each being great team mates, never throwing each other under the bus, playing smart at a high level consistently, along with great/goat coaching, has certainly contributed to this franchise's success.

Duncan being able to accept a lesser role and giving his younger team mates the touches, and giving the team the financial flexibility to build a winning culture. A legend

you also have to look at how the media portrays him, other players would be heavily scrutinized for this.. or at least Kobe and Lebron would...

If Kobe and Lebron were winning rings as the 3rd or 4th best player on the team then the media would make it clear that these rings aren't on par with Jordans (as they actually have attempted in the past with Kobe and Lebron) yet with Duncan it's all about ring count and totals. The media keeps propping this guy up for winning as a glorified role player while a guy like Lebron would have to win 6 FMVP's to get that serious Jordan comparison.

but since Timmy is a big the Jordanites don't feel as threatened.

Because honestly, the Spurs have been at their absolute best since Duncan actually stopped having his elite 20+/10+ seasons and slowly transitioned into a defensive role player.. and that should tell you something about the amount of talent this guy plays with while somehow still getting 100% credit for everything his great team does now..

[Springsteen]

Because honestly, the Spurs have been at their absolute best since Duncan actually stopped having his elite 20+/10+ seasons and slowly transitioned into a defensive role player.. and that should tell you something about the amount of talent this guy plays with while somehow still getting 100% credit for everything his great team does now..

Are you saying the Spurs are BETTER without prime Duncan?

[ralph_i_el]

you also have to look at how the media portrays him, other players would be heavily scrutinized for this.. or at least Kobe and Lebron would...

If Kobe and Lebron were winning rings as the 3rd or 4th best player on the team then the media would make it clear that these rings aren't on par with Jordans (as they actually have attempted in the past with Kobe and Lebron) yet with Duncan it's all about ring count and totals. The media keeps propping this guy up for winning as a glorified role player while a guy like Lebron would have to win 6 FMVP's to get that serious Jordan comparison.

but since Timmy is a big the Jordanites don't feel as threatened.

Because honestly, the Spurs have been at their absolute best since Duncan actually stopped having his elite 20+/10+ seasons and slowly transitioned into a defensive role player.. and that should tell you something about the amount of talent this guy plays with while somehow still getting 100% credit for everything his great team does now..

He hasn't really become a defensive role player. his scoring per minute hasn't really decreased much from his prime. In his prime he was between 20-23 pp-36. The last few seasons he was between 17-20 per-36. This season has him at 15 pp-36, but that's to be expected playing alongside LMA.

He's just played less minutes and taken more games of rest as he's aged.