How far was peak Amare from peak Duncan offensively?

[bizil]

The thing with Duncan was the FACT that he brought a dominant center's skillset to the the PF spot. BUT he had many of the new age PF REQUIREMENTS to dominate the PF as well. When u look at Timmy, KG, Sheed, Dirk, Gasol, J O Neal, etc., they were ALL 6'11 and up. The PF spot was getting taller. Guys were just as tall as the centers. But the PF's were leaner and more versatile. But Timmy WAS THE ONE who could anchor both offensively and on defense in the paint like the great centers.

So whatever scoring capabilities Amare brought to the table, it SIMPLY couldn't compete with Duncan's offensive skillset. ONCE AGAIN, offense is scoring, passing, and the ability to dictate the flow of your team offensively. If we are are talking just straight up scoring, Amare is a top 10 PF peak wise of all time in that sense.

[Clifton]

You're talking two very different styles of offense. Duncan is a master of position and footwork, and is a good passer. He never was a volume scorer, but the attention he commanded from defenses played a huge role in his teams success.

Amar'e was a freak of nature. Insane athletic ability, but never a great post player in terms of post moves. He was always best when he faced up his opponent, and played the pick and roll. He developed and excellent 15-18 ft jumper over his career and was always one of the most efficient scorers for years in terms of how many shots he got to how many points he scored. Amar'e tended to struggle with turnovers more than Timmy, and he wasn't a doubled a lot due to the Suns outside shooting.

Timmy is ahead for sure, but prime Amar'e got somewhat close for a few years there.

Pretty much sums it up. No more to add, other than that they had two totally different styles of offense and that Duncan's style was more dangerous and more important overall.

[lefthook00]

I forget what year it was but I think I remember a very young Amare sh*tting on Duncan badly in the playoffs, Suns may have still lost the series, I'll look it up.

[magnax1]

Offensively he mightve been better, or aa good. Overall he was way behind duncan, but with nash feeding him he was quite a lot better scorer than Duncan ever was.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Amare was better offensively. He always lit Duncan up in the playoffs since Timmy was a poor pickandroll defender. Amare averaged like 37/10 on 55% shooting on him one series

[catch24]

You're talking two very different styles of offense. Duncan is a master of position and footwork, and is a good passer. He never was a volume scorer, but the attention he commanded from defenses played a huge role in his teams success.

Amar'e was a freak of nature. Insane athletic ability, but never a great post player in terms of post moves. He was always best when he faced up his opponent, and played the pick and roll. He developed and excellent 15-18 ft jumper over his career and was always one of the most efficient scorers for years in terms of how many shots he got to how many points he scored. Amar'e tended to struggle with turnovers more than Timmy, and he wasn't a doubled a lot due to the Suns outside shooting.

Timmy is ahead for sure, but prime Amar'e got somewhat close for a few years there.

*golf clap*

Good post - and agreed on all counts.