Why is being an roleplayer at 39 a bad thing?

[kurple]

Maybe Kobe would still be playing and maybe even winning, if he tried something similar.

More greats should learn from Duncan. Iverson for example


Winning another ring is still a big deal as he's still the leader on the team. He's just able to adapt to his surroundings more than most other ego-driven superstars

[Xoush]

Maybe Kobe would still be playing and maybe even winning, if he tried something similar.

Kobe did not even have the chance to step back and be a roleplayer, what the fuck are you talking about? Two seasons destroyed because of injuries, truly horrific ownership and bums as teammates....

[BigNBAfan]

alpha personalities man

[BuffaloBill]

Because insidehoops

[kurple]

Kobe did not even have the chance to step back and be a roleplayer, what the fuck are you talking about? Two seasons destroyed because of injuries, truly horrific ownership and bums as teammates....

do i need to post a pic of dwight, nash, pau and artest?

[iamgine]

The great thing is Duncan still maintain everything from his prime. He just scores less and play less minutes. He roughly has the same rbd/ast/stl/blk rate and percentages as his prime self.

[Xoush]

do i need to post a pic of dwight, nash, pau and artest?

Are we talking about Nash and Artest who don't even play anymore?
Pau wasn't invested, played soft. And don't get me started on Dwight Coward...

[kurple]

alpha personalities man

the alpha shit is cool and all. you need some of it

but its a shame when it affect your teams chances to win. Just like this years OKC and Chuckbrook

[kurple]

Are we talking about Nash and Artest who don't even play anymore?
Pau wasn't invested, played soft. And don't get me started on Dwight Coward...

give it up bro. that team was stacked

and one of the biggest failiures in sports

[JohnMax]

Bryant is a fringe top ten all-time player, with the most overinflated legacy in the history of the game. His greatest accomplishment is his remarkable longevity as a top five player. But, contrary to what the media and certain biased fans alike would have us believe with their revisionist history, he was never the best player in the game for an extended stretch and it was never his league, so to speak, the way it was Jordan's or O'Neal's or Duncan's.

[BigNBAfan]

give it up bro. that team was stacked

and one of the biggest failiures in sports

biggest failures in sports even with all the injuries? i guess a nuggets fan would be the one to make that call

[IllegalD]

Yeah right. That 2013 Lakers team was so "stacked" that a 35 year old Kobe in his 17th season had to have one of his GOAT regular seasons of all time, and one of the GOAT regular seasons for a player in his 17th season, putting up crazy numbers, hitting multiple game winners and straight up carrying his team just to get them into the playoffs.



Please tell me when the last time that Duncan had to exert that much energy in the regular season just to get his team to the playoffs.

A decade ago at best. Ever since then he's had the luxury of having a guy like Tony Parker who can carry the team during the regular season while Duncan takes his oldman rests.

Nobody is saying there's anything "bad" with being a roleplayer at 39.

What we're saying is that if Duncan makes another finals or wins another ring then it shouldn't be viewed in the same context as winning the ring as "the man" of the team (which many people view as whoever wins the Finals MVP). In his past 2 rings, it hasn't been Duncan. And whatever rings he wins from here on out will most likely be the same.

Yet here come all the Duncan Stans out of the woodwork saying crazy sh*t like Duncan has an argument for GOAT over Michael Jordan, or even on par.

Come on, man!

[IllegalD]

Bryant is a fringe top ten all-time player, with the most overinflated legacy in the history of the game. His greatest accomplishment is his remarkable longevity as a top five player. But, contrary to what the media and certain biased fans alike would have us believe with their revisionist history, he was never the best player in the game for an extended stretch and it was never his league, so to speak, the way it was Jordan's or O'Neal's or Duncan's.

Yeah sure. Not surprising that a Rockets fan spews bs like this.

20 years from now ask people who the first player that comes to mind when they think of the 2000s era is (2000-2010)....

I guarantee you it WONT be Duncan.

[kurple]

biggest failures in sports even with all the injuries? i guess a nuggets fan would be the one to make that call

one of the easiest things in the world is to come up with excuses


injuries happens to every team

[kurple]

Yeah right. That 2013 Lakers team was so "stacked" that a 35 year old Kobe in his 17th season had to have one of his GOAT regular seasons of all time, and one of the GOAT regular seasons for a player in his 17th season, putting up crazy numbers, hitting multiple game winners and straight up carrying his team just to get them into the playoffs.

and theeeere it is

maybe that whole situation would have gone better if Kobe was more of a teamplayer? maybe his Achillies wouldnt give up if he hadnt forced him to play and do to much on the court