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Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
I'm curious, has any NBA superstar performed as poorly as Duncan did at his peak in the Olympics? Widely considered the best player in the NBA and was completely shut down by international front courts
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I hit open 5-foot jumpshots with ease
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Free the banned users.
Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
Was he on the team with Bron that disgraced the USA and brought home a bronze?
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Serious playground baller
Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
Originally Posted by Bodhi
I'm curious, has any NBA superstar performed as poorly as Duncan did at his peak in the Olympics? Widely considered the best player in the NBA and was completely shut down by international front courts
In international competitions more generally, under FIBA rules, a number of players would be and were less effective.
Dwight's impact has been poorer under FIBA rules. I remember also the 2002 team on the WC in Indianapolis. Nobody really stood out, except maybe for Paul Pierce. It was a team of all star and borderline all star players that lost to Argentina, Yugoslavia and Spain.
Duncan was almost a non-factor on the 2004 Olympics, I've seen him. And he was at his peak. He looked like an ordinary player.
Iverson was also bleak, as was Marbury and they were Team USA's most efficient players (14, 13 and 10 pts in average, respectively). It was a solid team with Melo, Bron and Wade after their rookie years, Odom, Okafor, Stoudamire, Boozer, Richard Jefferson... But the Argentinians and Lithuanians took care of them.
I remember also in Sidney in 2000, USA had a supernaturally talented team and did win the gold, but they still struggled against a depleted Lithuania (barely won) and France in the finals. VC averaged 14 points and Garnett 10. I guess they weren't really in shape and didn't take it seriously enough.
It was only after Coach K took them in 2006 and lost to Greece in the semis that team USA took international competition seriously and started really preparing that the Americans reclaimed primacy on international competitions. Now you have team perfectly suited for FIBA rules every two years and nobody can touch them, especially since international teams are in decline due to lack of top talent.
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Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
Duncan sabotaged the olympics his "country" is considered a country in the Olympics so he was ashamed to be playing for USA so he wrecked us in favor of his own teammate getting the glory
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The Fam
Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
yes
his fundamentals are too weak for international competition
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College superstar
Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
Originally Posted by stalkerforlife
Was he on the team with Bron that disgraced the USA and brought home a bronze?
rookie Lebron, Wade and Melo are the cause?
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NBA Legend
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It was not his fault, they had two cancers on the team, Allen Iverson and Stephen Marbury. You are in serious trouble if you get one cancer, and two cancers will definitely kill.
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2nd Greatest Player
Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
Duncan admitted he hated playing under the fiba rules that's why he never wore a team usa jersey again.
Last edited by Lebron23; 05-19-2020 at 08:51 PM.
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
the main advantage tim duncan has in the NBA is that he's much smarter and more fundamentally sound than 95% of the players.
so its a cake walk outsmarting all the ghetto types who only relied on athleticism their whole lives.
When he went to Europe that strategy aint work anymore.
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2nd Greatest Player
Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
Originally Posted by tpols
the main advantage tim duncan has in the NBA is that he's much smarter and more fundamentally sound than 95% of the players.
so its a cake walk outsmarting all the ghetto types who only relied on athleticism their whole lives.
When he went to Europe that strategy aint work anymore.
I remembered him getting out rebounded by Duenas who looks like an older version of Boban.
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Banned
Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
It was Lebron, he won two bronze medals
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Lol
Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
Originally Posted by Duncan21formvp
It was Lebron, he won two bronze medals
He actually won gold as the leader of the team in 2012 so he’s automatically over Duncan
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Banned
Re: Is Tim Duncan the worst NBA star to international player of all time?
Originally Posted by RRR3
He actually won gold as the leader of the team in 2012 so he’s automatically over Duncan
Wade and Kobe were the leaders in 2008 and 2012.
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Lol
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Originally Posted by Duncan21formvp
Wade and Kobe were the leaders in 2008 and 2012.
You are honestly the worst troll in ISH history. I’ve never seen someone this inept at trolling. It’s shocking how bad you are at trolling. You are the troll equivalent of Nickleback.
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