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Originally Posted by Five-ofan
Can you name a single think he did better than dream on the court? Be the roll guy in the pick and roll is the closest I can think of.
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Well, he had better rebounding percentages for career and during their peaks. In fact, Duncan is better rebounder *right now* than Hakeem was in 94-95. And not by a little bit. Also better assist percentages (although that's a clearly dicier stat). Very similar TS% numbers. Duncan has a better career PER and they had similar PER's at peak.
Also think you've always underrated Duncan's defense. He hasn't been able to defend PF's for a long time, but he also happens to have played center for most of his career, despite what his tag was. And he was one of the best team defenders of his generation.
He has a truly historic amount of postseason success despite never playing with anyone even approaching a top 50 player (Robinson wasn't near that level for their last title). Go find any other superstar in the history of the NBA that even approached the amount of postseason success Duncan has and you'll find at least one (and often times more than one) top 50-75 player of all time playing next to the main guy.
I don't buy for a second that Hakeem had a "clearly more outstanding peak" than Duncan. I think it's arguable. But clearly? No way.