How much is Tim Duncan better than David Robinson?

[BlueandGold]

Some could argue that Duncan became such a force so fast because of Robinson's tutelage. Hell Robinson has done two things that only a very select handful of NBA players have ever done: registered 70 points in a game and also registering a quadruple-double (only one of two officially recorded quad-dubs)

[Odinn]

That and the fact that he was down to 20/10, 41 FG% in the first round loss makes his '94 season less impressive to me.



And again, it was 27.7 ppg, 13.7 rpg 59.3 FG%, 63 TS% vs the run and gun Nuggets

And 22.9 ppg, 11.3 rpg on 50.4 FG%/55.8 TS% vs Portland.

The Denver numbers make his numbers for the run look better, and the Portland numbers aren't bad, but how many times has Duncan put up better numbers than 23/11 on 50% in a series?

I have the numbers of Duncan's every playoff series;

1999;
27/14/2/2 on 54% against the Knicks.
29/11/3/2 on 51% against the Lakers.

2001;
27/14/4/2 on 51% against the Mavs.
22/13/4/2 on 47% against the Wolves.
23/12/4/4 on 48% against the Lakers.

2002;
26/11/6/6 on 50% against the Sonics.
29/17/5/3 on 43% against the Lakers. (I know his fg% sucked but worth to be mentioned)

2003;
28/17/6/3 on 57% against the Mavs.
24/17/5/5 on 50% against the Nets.
28/12/5/1 on 53% against the Lakers.
19/16/5/4 on 53% against the Suns.

2004;
24/10/3/3 on 59% against the Grizzlies.

2005;
27/14/3/2 on 53% against the Suns.
(Actually Duncan wasn't efficient in 2005 playoffs in general)

2006;
32/12/4/3 on 57% against the Mavs.
18/9/3/1 on 61% against the Kings.

2007;
27/14/1/4 on 57% against the Suns.
22/10/3/3 on 58% against the Jazz.

2008;
25/14/3/2 on 50% against the Suns.

2010;
20/11/3/3 on 55% against the Suns.

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In this list, I wrote 19 playoff series(maybe 3 or 4 them can be argued for being in the list) and a complete title-run.

[Doctor Rivers]

The same amount Shaq is better than Kobe

[Big#50]

Tim is a top 3 playoff performer. DROB wished for someone else to take over in the playoffs.

[HurricaneKid]

Tim is a top 3 playoff performer. DROB wished for someone else to take over in the playoffs.

Yeah this isn't close guys. I was a big Admiral fan but the cold efficiency and anchor of an era's worth of great team defenses shows that the dull swimmer takes this one in spades.

[Shepseskaf]

My lasting memory of DRob was during the '95WC Finals when he was getting destroyed by Hakeem. Avery Johnson was the undisputed leader of that Spurs team, and during a timeout (I think in Game 2) he was telling the rest of the squad, "We can't count on David right now."

Robinson was sitting right behind Johnson on the edge of the scorers table, and said nothing. He had a totally defeated look on his face. I never forgot the scene.

Here you have a first-ballot HoF-caliber talent, and the Man on his team is a journeyman point guard. That tells you all you need to know about the lack of DRob's competitive fire.

He was definitely a freak of nature physically, but when the going got tough his team couldn't count on him -- and it was said right in front of his face, and got no response.

[Big#50]

My lasting memory of DRob was during the '95WC Finals when he was getting destroyed by Hakeem. Avery Johnson was the undisputed leader of that Spurs team, and during a timeout (I think in Game 2) he was telling the rest of the squad, "We can't count on David right now."

Robinson was sitting right behind Johnson on the edge of the scorers table, and said nothing. He had a totally defeated look on his face. I never forgot the scene.

Here you have a first-ballot HoF-caliber talent, and the Man on his team is a journeyman point guard. That tells you all you need to know about the lack of DRob's competitive fire.

He was definitely a freak of nature physically, but when the going got tough his team couldn't count on him -- and it was said right in front of his face, and got no response.

David Robinson was talking with God about the evil Hakeem Beast. Leave the man alone.

[Shepseskaf]

David Robinson was talking with God about the evil Hakeem Beast. Leave the man alone.

LOL. Agreed.