thinktellectual wrote:Have you seen Duncan against a real C ?
Have you seen him in any game other that against Miami ?
He gets off balance A LOT and shoots a bunch of mid range shots.
But let's ask 82games.com settle this:
Duncan shoots 63% jump shots.
Pau Gasol, another supposed softie, shoots only 58% jumpers.
And let me repeat something, in case it wasn't clear:
Just because he shoots mostly J's doesn't mean he's soft.
Karl Malone took a ton of J's.
Also, was Reggie Miller soft ? Cause the only time you remember him going to the rim is when he got blocked by Tayshaun Prince.
Reggie Miller was soft as s***, no doubt about it.
And at this point the midrange jumper is more Duncan's game because at age 38, he simply doesn't have the physical abilities he used to have anymore. Posting up costs a lot of energy and takes a toll on your body and since he has to preserve it as much as possible, he adjusted his game accordingly. But even at that age, I see him abuse us down low. If we put a guy like Danny Green on Tim Duncan, he'd murder us. They put Danny Green on Bosh and he manages to keep him out of the paint by himself.
And no, if a big is good at shooting jumpers he should take them, it's not an automatic sign of being soft. But if a big gets pushed around in the post, struggles in his post-ups, struggles to keep other bigs out of the paint for rebounds, struggles to defend the post properly and if a big admits that he doesn't wanna bang because it gets tiring, then he's soft.
He has other great strengths, his outstanding pick and roll coverage due to his great lateral quickness for a big man, his good perimeter defense for a guy his size in general, his good help defense due to his quick feet, all these are essential qualities to our success, so I don't really get why you have your panties wet over him being labeled soft.
