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Originally Posted by Murphy3
And I'll go ahead and say that Duncan would struggle just as much or more guarding anyone on the perimeter much like Dirk has been forced to do for the majority of this series.
Yes, he's obviously better at protecting the rim, but he'd quickly find himself in foul trouble IF he were playing on this Mavs team and were asked to be the last line of defense.
Now, Duncan playing with his current roster will probably be the beneficiary of significantly better perimeter defense which will do wonders to keep him out of foul trouble. The Mavs peremeter defense has been nothing short of terrible this series (yes, some of that falls on Dirk..obviously)
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The difference is that Duncan's low post game forces the Warriors to match up with him. Duncan wouldn't need to be playing perimeter defense because the warriors have to have a big man in there to guard him. Dirk doesn't play down low thus Golden State is able to get away with playing small.