Where does Duncan rank among the Spurs most valuable player this year?

[euliss]

Pretty simple question, i think him or Ginobili are their 2nd best/most valuable player night to night .

[HeartBreakKid]

I think Leonard and Manu are the two best players in that order.

My gut says Duncan will be more important than Aldridge in the playoffs, so I'll say he's the 3rd best player.

[sanitylaker]

Look at the Spurs defense without Duncan against the Cavs.

2nd behind Leonard.

[magicmerl]

Their championship aspirations end when he retires.

Defensively he's their most important player. But overall I would give Kawhi the edge.

[mischievous]

There's no way Manu is more valuable than Duncan.

[juice4080]

still the best more impactful player on his team and it's been like this since the day he was drafted

straight from pop's mouth

"He’s our base from which everything else emanates," Pop said. "Everybody else knows how to operate based on who he is and what he does. That’s my biggest concern in the game, really — him not being there for everybody to move around." Popovich went as far as to call Duncan "the center of the universe" in terms of San Antonio's defensive schemes, illustrating how important the veteran still is to what his team does.