best spurs player in 2005: manu or duncan

[LAL1947]

I'm a huge Duncan guy. I truly believe 05 was Duncan's peak. It was at the age you'd expect a peak to occur, when a player has sufficient experience but still most of their young athletic ability. But he had a devastating injury that year and wasn't really healthy until 2007.

So I go Manu. Manu was in my mind top 5 caliber from 05-07. After that he started getting chronically hurt and had to have significant minutes reductions.

What devastating injury are you referring to exactly? I think Duncan hurt his ankle or something, but statistically there' nothing to suggest Duncan at any point was playing at or above his 2003 level.

He sprained his ankle on March 21st, the same ankle he sprained earlier in the year.

So I guess Colbini also feels an ankle sprain is a "devastating injury" when it comes to Tim Duncan? :|

Does any other Top 10-20 star get this kind of preferential treatment? We hold everyone else's career under the minutest of microscopes.

[sp6r=underrated]

What devastating injury are you referring to exactly? I think Duncan hurt his ankle or something, but statistically there' nothing to suggest Duncan at any point was playing at or above his 2003 level.

He sprained his ankle on March 21st, the same ankle he sprained earlier in the year.

So I guess Colbini feels an ankle sprain is a "devastating injury" when it comes to Tim Duncan. :\

Does any other Top 10-20 star get this kind of preferential treatment? We hold everyone else's career under the minutest of microscopes.

Nobody kills Kobe, correctly, for the 2000 Finals* when he struggled in multiple games due to his ankle injury

* yes I know he was great in that game 4 but other than that he was awful when on the court

[Colbinii]

What devastating injury are you referring to exactly? I think Duncan hurt his ankle or something, but statistically there' nothing to suggest Duncan at any point was playing at or above his 2003 level.

He sprained his ankle on March 21st, the same ankle he sprained earlier in the year.

So I guess Colbini feels an ankle sprain is a "devastating injury" when it comes to Tim Duncan. :|

Does any other Top 10-20 star get this kind of preferential treatment? We hold everyone else's career under the minutest of microscopes.

You really are the worst type of poster as you don't have anything constructive to add to the discussion.

I never said anything about the injury being devastating. I was simply informing No-More-Rings what the injury was.

[LAL1947]

He sprained his ankle on March 21st, the same ankle he sprained earlier in the year.

So I guess Colbini feels an ankle sprain is a "devastating injury" when it comes to Tim Duncan. :|

Does any other Top 10-20 star get this kind of preferential treatment? We hold everyone else's career under the minutest of microscopes.

You really are the worst type of poster as you don't have anything constructive to add to the discussion.

I never said anything about the injury being devastating. I was simply informing No-More-Rings what the injury was.

The question that No-More-Rings specifically asked was...

"What devastating injury are you referring to exactly?"

To which you replied...

"He sprained his ankle on March 21st, the same ankle he sprained earlier in the year."

So my apologies, but how else am I supposed to read that? Perhaps, if you'd said, "I don't think that was a devastating injury... but he sprained his ankle, blah, blah"... then I could have reached a different conclusion sooner.

[Cyrusman122000]

Duncan was the best Spurs player every year from 1998 to 2015.

You don’t think Tony Parker was better in 2012 and 2013?

[tsherkin]

So I guess Colbini feels an ankle sprain is a "devastating injury" when it comes to Tim Duncan. :|

Does any other Top 10-20 star get this kind of preferential treatment? We hold everyone else's career under the minutest of microscopes.

You really are the worst type of poster as you don't have anything constructive to add to the discussion.

I never said anything about the injury being devastating. I was simply informing No-More-Rings what the injury was.

The question that No-More-Rings specifically asked was...

"What devastating injury are you referring to exactly?"

To which you replied...

"He sprained his ankle on March 21st, the same ankle he sprained earlier in the year."

So my apologies, but how else am I supposed to read that? Perhaps, if you'd said, "I don't think that was a devastating injury... but he sprained his ankle, blah, blah"... then I could have reached a different conclusion sooner.

Probably that the question was loaded and Colb just told the straight truth. He isnt a muppet, he'd never frame a sprain as "devastating."

[SK21209]

Duncan was the best Spurs player every year from 1998 to 2015.

You don’t think Tony Parker was better in 2012 and 2013?

I do not. Parker was the catalyst of the offense but Duncan was the second leading scorer, leading rebounder and their best defensive player. Duncan was 1st Team All NBA in 2013, he was probably the best big man in the league that season.