Which playoff run is more impressive?(Hakeem/Duncan/Dirk)

[BlackJoker23]

duncan and hakeem were the best players on the floor in every single one of the series. cant say the same about dirk. dirk also didnt have half the impact those two did defensively.

i'd go hakeem,duncan, dirk. hakeem and duncan are a toss up but duncan faced the nets in the finals so.................

[Smoke117]

Probably Hakeem Olajuwon. He was the best offensive and defensive player of the bunch and he had the worst supporting cast.

[millwad]

I'd say Hakeem, he was so freaking dominant. I know we talk about playoffs but the dude was DPOY and MVP when the playoffs began and he faced really tough opponents while his own team would be pure crap without him, but on the other side, so would Duncan's..

Dirk had the best teammates by far but at the same time he faced tough oppononents but still, without Dirk Dallas would still be good but without Hakeem and Duncan their teams would been one of the worst.

Between Hakeem and Duncan I gotta take Hakeem, I've seen both of those playoffs runs and Hakeem lead his team like no one else I've ever seen, he did it all.

[rmt]

PTS ORB ASST DRB BLK PER WS
Duncan 593 (26.1%) 96 (33%) 127 (25.5%) 273 (34%) 79 (47.9%) 28.4 5.9
Hakeem 664 (29.7%) 55 (23.7%) 98 (17.2%) 199 (27.6%) 92 (64.3%) 27.7 4.3
Dirk 582 (28.2%) 12 (5.9%) 53 (12.5%) 159 (26.4%) 13 (15.1%) 25.2 3.6

I'm surprised by the pts - thought Dirk would win that category but pts and blks (by a HUGE margin) go to Hakeem. ORB, ASST, DRB, (by significant margins), WS and PER go to Duncan. So going strictly by numbers, it would seem that Duncan's is the most impressive, Hakeem's and then Dirk's.

The numbers don't look too great for Dirk (in comparison). IMO, Dirk's clutch ness in the 4th quarter (and the resulting excitement) is blinding some fans.

[DCL]

2003, Duncan lead the playoffs in:

Minutes played
Points
Field Goals
Field Goal Attempts
Free Throws
Free Throw Attempts
Offensive Rebounds
Defensive Rebounds
Total Rebounds
Blocks
Blocks Per Game
Offensive Win Shares
Defensive Win Shares
Win Shares
Win Shares per 48 mins

2nd in Player Efficiency
2nd in Defensive Rating

that's disgusting total domination.

[millwad]

2003, Duncan lead the playoffs in:

Minutes played
Points
Field Goals
Field Goal Attempts
Free Throws
Free Throw Attempts
Offensive Rebounds
Defensive Rebounds
Total Rebounds
Blocks
Blocks Per Game
Offensive Win Shares
Defensive Win Shares
Win Shares
Win Shares per 48 mins

2nd in Player Efficiency
2nd in Defensive Rating

Minutes played - Obviously, he was the star player on the winning team.

Points - He was the leading scorer of the team that won and the other final opponent didn't have any all-star caliber scorers.

Field goal attempts - He made it to the finals and he was the best scorer on the court so not odd that he took most shots.

Field goals - If you take the most shots you're in most cases the one who makes most as well.

Free throws - He got fouled the most and he was the best scorer on his team and they won it all - played more games than other teams.

Rebounds - Obviously, he didn't face to many good rebounders and the teams that made it to the ECF and WCF had bad rebounders.

Blocks and blocks per game - He was the only true shotblocker in that years playoffs if you don't want to count Deke who was darn old.

[rodman91]

Mavs (Dirk).. He f.cked Phil Jackson's,Kobe's,Lebron's,Stern's best selling stories in one playoff.

If Lakers were champion...
Phil Jackson's epic ending for his career. Probably it will be all day and night at sport news..as a great goodbye. And he would continue all those stupid comments about other teams & stars. Dirk saved us all.

Kobe's second threepeat.Just like Jordan.He would have 6 rings.Just like Jordan.All that Jordan vs Kobe debate would rise again and it would take months probably on news. Dirk saved us all.

If Heat were champion...
Lebron's tweets...Lebron's and Wade's comments about haters..Lebron is better than Kobe..Lebron is better than Jordan..Lebron is the KING..his narcisstic comments, parties every day and night..for months.. Dirk once again saved us all.

Mavs championship story is most impressive one after first Rocky movie.

[Bigsmoke]

Dirk's because his standards was lower than those other guys. I had the Spurs to win the championship once Webber went down actually.

IMO... Hakeem in 1995 was more impressive than Hakeem in 1994

[get these NETS]

Duncan was a one-man army in 03

led his team in four stats that Finals


points rebounds assists and blocks
literally a one man army...AND the Nets had one of the alltime great defensive centers guarding him at times..Mutombo

[kentatm]

Nobody outside of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell has rebounded more missed shots in the playoffs than Tim Duncan did in 2003.

hmm... is there something else in basketball you can rebound that I have been unaware of all these years?

[Batz]

Nobody outside of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell has rebounded more missed shots in the playoffs than Tim Duncan did in 2003..

F[FONT="Verdana"]u[/FONT]cking Einstein of basketball right here.

[Rose]

F[FONT="Verdana"]u[/FONT]cking Einstein of basketball right here.

[DMAVS41]

As players?

1. Hakeem
2. Duncan
3. Dirk

Overall run considering circumstances?

1. Hakeem
2. Dirk
3. Duncan

[Jacks3]

Why is Dirk up there? His run isn't remotely close to the other two.

[tpols]

Why is Dirk up there? His run isn't remotely close to the other two.

It isn't at all.. he didnt impact the game nor carry near the weight those guys did..

In terms of historic clutch play.. probably the best ever. But clutch play isn't the whole game. There's a lot more to the basketball than late game scoring.