62. "Lol, you can't be serious. He may not have been as prolific a scorer " In response to In response to 57
as say Olajuwon, but Duncan more than held his own throughout his career. At age 37, he posted games of 30 and 24 points in games 6 & 7 vs. the Heat. He was a dumb substitution away from winning the Finals MVP at age 37. His playoff scoring is well above his season average. When called upon to carry the team on his back through his scoring, he's almost always come through.
I know OKP loves to play up the narrative that Shaq outplayed Tim head to head, but the numbers don't lie. Let's not forget Timmay put up some MONSTER numbers on a prime Stoudemire too.
If you're standard of great scorer is some like Wilt, Dream, MJ, or say Kobe, then yeah sure, he's not a 'great' scorer. But the bottom line is that he did whatever to help his team win and that often included scoring. His career #s could be much more inflated had he been more selfish. By 2005, Ginobli and Parker had fully arrived and were hitting their peak so it's not like he's been a true #1 his whole career - heck, he really only was from like 99-2005. And in those early year, he was sharing a bit of the load with the Admiral.