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He doesnt touch duncan as a passer? That is one of the biggest misconceptions in the nba. They are pretty damn close. Dirk gets almost the same amount of assist and this year had more.
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Actually, until this year, Duncan has always put up better assist numbers, but I think that may partly be because Nash always did all the ball-handling here; our offense didn't flow through Dirk like theirs does Duncan until Nash left. I believe Dirk is actually a very underrated passer, as well as a defender. However, I will say that Duncan has shown flashes of being a great passer, and his assist numbers usually go up in the playoffs, particularly in the 03 playoffs where he put up incredible, CWebb-like assist totals (I think he averaged 5.3 apg in the WCF) Duncan is very good at passing out of a double team, which is something Dirk sometimes has trouble with. On the other hand, Dirk's pass off the dribble is really a thing of remarkable beauty. Duncan and Dirk are about equal passers, and neither of them sniff Garnett in that department.