70sFan wrote:Sulico wrote:70sFan wrote:
I am also Spurs fan. Even though Manu played great in the finals (he could have won FMVP), overall he wasn't close to Duncan for the whole season. Besides, if you really have watched 2005 finals, you would know that Duncan was guarded like peak Shaq by Pistons - they doubled and tripled him tons of times even with Wallaces guarding him.
I don’t see anything "laughable" in having Nash over Manu. He was well deserved MVP in RS and played great in playoffs.
In RS Tim and Manu had virtually same impact stats with one exception, Manu dwarfed Tim in TS% .609 to .540. It wasn't big deal back then, it is now though as we understand the meaning of it better.
Then in playoffs things changed, Manu demolished Tim in TS% .652 (RS Steph Curry numbers) to .526 (below average in todays league), WS/48 .260 to .191, BPM 8.7 to 4.1, and most importantly On/Off stats +19.9 for Manu and -5.3 for Tim. 25.2 points difference in On/Off stats is huge difference, especially considering they shared the floor most of the time.
Same goes for every other player, except for RS KG, but he didn't play in playoffs, so we can't really consider him best overall player that year.
Manu impact numbers that season were out of this world, especially in the playoffs when it mattered the most. And it really showed when watching the game, as every time he stepped on the floor it seemed like Spurs were destined for a healthy run.
Where have you found that Duncan was negative in 2005 playoffs?
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duncati01/on-off/2005