Duncan > Malone?

[Fabtrey]

career - TD
scoring - karl
peak - karl
prime - TD
defense - TD
intangibles - TD
better at being a true PF - karl
versatility - TD

better overall player - TD



but it's closer than most people think.

 

[Fabtrey]

This.

not all the time.

 

[Fabtrey]

Karl was awesome.

But Duncan is better.

Bigger, longer, and better.

definitely not bigger. but definitely longer. karl was a brute power. biggest muscle head we've ever seen. duncan was 'he is stronger than he looks power', and 'he looks much longer than he looks'. but duncan's fluid body and length was the difference on the defensive end.

 

[BENTLEY]

He's a center that sometimes play PF. But he's a center. He's the one that keeps claiming to be a PF - because if he can be considered a PF he's the greatest of them all. At center he can't make that claim.

 

[Deleted member 365]

definitely not bigger. but definitely longer. karl was a brute power. biggest muscle head we've ever seen. duncan was 'he is stronger than he looks power', and 'he looks much longer than he looks'. but duncan's fluid body and length was the difference on the defensive end.

I meant bigger being 7 feet tall vs Malone's 6 foot 9.

Duncan is the best. Guys like Malone and Griffin are awesome.

But Duncan is the best I've seen. And much more clutch too.

Having said that, Malone played on some talentless teams. The jazz in the early-mid 90s were terrible.

Jeff Malone, Jamie Watson, Blue Edwards, Felton spencer??? Lol...

 

[Fabtrey]

I meant bigger being 7 feet tall vs Malone's 6 foot 9.

Duncan is the best. Guys like Malone and Griffin are awesome.

But Duncan is the best I've seen. And much more clutch too.

Having said that, Malone played on some talentless teams. The jazz in the early-mid 90s were terrible.

Jeff Malone, Jamie Watson, Blue Edwards, Felton spencer??? Lol...

in malone's defense, duncan didn't play in an era that consists of bird's celtics, showtime lakers, and MJ's bulls.

 

[Kenwood]

in malone's defense, duncan didn't play in an era that consists of bird's celtics, showtime lakers, and MJ's bulls.

The Bird Celtics and Showtime Lakers didn't keep the Jazz from winning championships. The Jazz just weren't contenders yet when those teams were still good. The teams that kept the Jazz from advancing to or winning the finals were the Blazers ('92), Rockets ('94 & '95, although that was in the first round), Sonics ('96) and of course the Bulls ('97 & '98).

IMO the list of top Jazz foes is no better than the Spurs, who faced the peak Shaq/Kobe and Kobe only Lakers AND last year's Heat, plus good Dallas and Phoenix teams over the years, to name a few.

 

[kabenac]

Duncan is better. He's not flashy but he's so fundamentally sound that he typically comes through in the clutch (and they would have won game 7 had he not choked - super uncharacteristic). I expect the Spurs to win the title this year - they're a slightly better team than they were last year.

 

[Fabtrey]

doesn't matter jazz played those great teams were not. at the end of the day, karl played in absolutely ridiculously talented era and we just weren't good enough. put this spurs team in that era, and i bet they won't win 4 championship. just too many hurdles.

i'm not gonna discredit karl's greatness. karl is no doubt one of the greatest ever. top 20 for sure. duncan was better and will go down as top 8 ever maybe even crack top 7.

 

[Fabtrey]

He's a center that sometimes play PF. But he's a center. He's the one that keeps claiming to be a PF - because if he can be considered a PF he's the greatest of them all. At center he can't make that claim.

that's just being silly. TD won 2 mvps as a PF. won 3 ring/3 finals mvp as a PF. his versatility is a testament to his greatness.

he did everything. PF, C, point center, forward center - you name it.

 

[Fabtrey]

on defense, this sums up duncan's greatness. length matters

karl would just KTFO durant. durant might not get up if he gets elbowed by karl. lol

 

[Revolution 9]

Malone was great, but rings don't lie.