>in regards to how nasty of an offensive player Chris Webber
>was before his injuries, I'll give you that if you want to
>compare him being near the caliber of Duncan and Dirk if you
>want to focus only on the offensive side of the court, but
>Chris Webber in his prime wasn't close to the defensive
>presence Tim Duncan was.

Duncan was the better defender but nowhere near the scorer, ballhandler and passer.

>The Dirk and Webber comparison is might be fairly close one
>because Dirk was pretty lacking as a defensive player and
>Webber had better ball handling and slashing abilities in his
>prime compared to Dirk, but trying to compare him to Duncan is
>a losing proposition IMO.

No it’s not Webb was still a solid defender and didn’t have to be hid like Dirk. Dirk was just a better shooter.