Duncan's peak was higher than Hakeem/Shaq/Malone

[Anaximandro1]

Statistically speaking, Duncan's peak was higher




Key: Duncan takes his game to the next level after the first round
a selfish version of Duncan would have produced amazing regular season numbers, more MVPs ... and less rings (Parker and Ginobili would have been ostracized)




Big men -TOP individual Playoff Runs (Title Runs since 1974)
Duncan ranks #1 #4 and #7 in Box Plus Minus ...




Stats don't tell the whole story
Good luck convincing yourself that Duncan is lacking in terms of intangibles

[tmacattack33]

Maybe/No/Yes

[Dr Hawk]

No/No/Yes

[BuffaloBill]

Maybe/No/Yes

[jayfan]

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[feyki]

For sure . But why you mentioned Karl ? He wasn't on those guys level .

[Harison]

No/No/Yes (if we count hardware)

[jayfan]

This whole thread is flawed, with a misleading title. The study is over a 5-year playoff run for each player. Not their peak years, necessarily. Hakeem, for instance, was not in his peak in 1991.





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[LAZERUSS]

I don't even know why Karl Malone was mentioned. No one would have put him over Duncan, Hakeem, and most certainly above Shaq.

I would probably go with a tie with Hakeem, but in no way would I take Duncan over Shaq from '00 thru '02. And Malone...why bother?

[T_L_P]

This whole thread is flawed, with a misleading title. The study is over a 5-year playoff run for each player. Not their peak years, necessarily. Hakeem, for instance, was not in his peak in 1991.





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I mean, he did include one with their best individual run.

[warriorfan]

No but close, No but close, Yes

[Young X]

'93 is Hakeem's peak. It's better than any of Duncan's seasons.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Duncan was clearly better if you take into account two-way play, defense, intangibles, alpha dog takeover mentality, raising stats in play offs/finals/further rounds, clutch play, will to win, leadership, ability to carry, etc. You don't just sweep all advanced stats categories by a comfortable margin if you were inferior to the others (Shaq & Hakeem). The numbers are there. Go watch the games. The eye test proves all of this as well.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Better than either Malones
not better than Keem or Shaq

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Better than either Malones
not better than Keem or Shaq

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