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Originally posted by: chumdawg if Damp continues to not be able to find a way to stay on the floor agains the Stoudamire's of the league, then the backup 5 becomes a huge factor. But only by default--only by the default of the starting 5 not being worth his salt.
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There's only one Amare Stoudemire, and there's only going to be one Amare Stoudemire. I find it utterly ridiculous that so many people seem to think that Amare is somehow the model of all the future centers in the NBA; that there will be an entirely new breed of centers like Amare, and that players like him will be at all common. Nonsense. Amare is a one of a kind combination of size and speed, and is in a class of his own. The same can be said for Dirk. Dirk is the only one of his kind, and his game will never be common; there will never be a day when all the 7 foot PF's in the league will be shooting 3's. So, that said, really the only problem with our starting 5 is that Dampier doesn't match up against Amare, in which case we put KVH or someone else on him (I really think we would have won that series if KVH played.)
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And even Dirk himself is not quite as magic as Duncan is.
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Not sure if that's really relavent, or true for that matter. Duncan has certainly accomplished much more in his career than has Dirk, but I think Dirk is one or two small steps away from being as good as or better than Duncan. The fact is, San Antonio has thusfar always had a better team.