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Originally Posted by Hydhypedplaya
KEVIN GARNETT
2007-08 Statistics
PPG 19.2
RPG 9.9
APG 3.8
SPG 1.4
BPG 1.4
FG% 0.551
FT% 0.803
3P% 0.000
MPG 35.0
DIRK
2007-08 Statistics
PPG 22.3
RPG 8.6
APG 3.8
SPG 0.7
BPG 1.0
FG% 0.487
FT% 0.871
3P% 0.322
MPG 36.5
Garnett does everything Dirk does either better or the same. Dirk plays a couple extra minutes more a game then KG too. Also you have to remember that earlier in the season the Celtics were just repeatedly blowing out teams so KG would barely play any minutes in the 4th quarter. Whenever the celtics would have a close game KG's numbers would go up...after taking all of this into account you have to remember that KG controls the paint on the defensive end....the guy just has amazing defense and that is something that Dirk will never be able to do throughout his career...Another thing about KG is that somebody like Stephen Jackson would NEVER EVER be able to shut down KG...that would just fire KG up more...the guy wears his heart on his sleeve and plays w/ raw emotion and brings it EVERY SINGLE GAME...
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Dude, it's easy to dole out shallow stats like ppg. The fact of the matter is, as scorers they're really not even close. Dirk can create his own shot, Garnett can't. Defenses are thrown into chaos trying to cover Dirk. They don't do that for Garnett. Never have.
And also, it wasn't Stephen Jackson who shut down Dirk, it was the warriors (and I'd say Avery did as much as he could to "shut Dirk down" as well.) And if KG was in the same position, I doubt they'd
have to "shut down" KG, because they'd probably just put single coverage on him through the whole series.
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I mean put your homerism aside for a second and really think about who the better player is. (Also remember if KG has to he can EASILY be the leagues top rebounder, he has done it in the past and if his team needs him to he would do it again)
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Garnett is a better passer, rebounder and defender than Dirk is. But as scorers, they're not close. And please, don't just throw stats like PPG or FG%, because if you're just going to go by the most arbitrary of statistics, then Duncan's career pales in comparison's to Garnett's, but we all know that's just not true.