Can someone login and trash this guy pumping Duncan's "crappy" teammates in 2003 to degrade our legend. He neglects many San Antonio players, it's a fairly deep roster and well rounded.
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SA Spurs 2003 championship team roster (Won 60 games)
ORTG 7th
DRTG 3rd
Tim Duncan led that in blocks/pts/rebounds and second in assists
He also led that team in TS% and just about every other advanced stat
The second best player on that team could have been either:
- 2nd year, 20 year old Tony Parker
or
- 31 year old Bruce Bowen
or
- 37 year old David Robinson
Tony Parker avg'd 5.3 assists per game. That is horrible for a starting PG in any era.
He did average 15.5 PPG with a TS% of .542 which is ok, I guess acceptable during the RS. But in the playoffs Tony's numbers took a dip to 14.7 PPG but with a TS% of .468. Tony was horrible in the playoffs and was pulled out of playoff games for Speedy Claxton.
Bruce Bowen while being one of the best man defenders I've ever seen and was invaluable to the Spurs defensive gameplan was just as much of a liability of on offense. His PER during the RS was 9.1 and went down to 8.9 during the playoffs. He was the original "3 and D" guy but not like they are now. He averaged less than two made 3pt shots a game, and always from the corner. You couldn't put Bruce on the wings at all.
David Robinson was also a great contributor on defense but by that time he was 37 years old and he retired after this season. He was only playing half a game, averaging 26 MPG in the RS and 24 MPG in the PS.
This is why Duncan is far and away better than KG. This roster is no better than any of the rosters Garnett had in Minnesota. This is one of the best one man carry jobs that has occurred in the NBA. No one came close to playing All Star caliber on the Spurs and Wally would have been the best shooter on the team.
I bet Wally would have killed to play with Duncan because at least he wouldn't be getting into fights with him.
To provide context, the Wolves 2004 team had better talent than the 2003 Spurs and Garnett still couldn't win 60 games or get to the finals. While Duncan led the Spurs over Kobe/Shaq and Dirk/Nash in the playoffs.
This is why KG has no argument.
Outcome matters, stats do not.
Nobody is going to care about KG's stats after they see Duncan winning a title in 2003 with this roster.......