It’s funny how names on Jerseys combined with PPG influence ppl so badly. You could make a legit argument that Duncan had a better career than MJ. First of all he played way way tougher competition overall and especially at his position. Literally the best PFs ever: KG, Dirk, Dwight (C) 🤷♂️, Aldridge, Amare. Tons of names. He won 5 chips. Arguably the best defender in the league for a stretch. One of the most unguardable players ever whose #s are greatly affected by a slow paced era.
20 times in the top 20 for VORP.
12 times in the top 10.
6 times in the top 6.
3x Finals MVP.
Beat Bron, Shaq and Kobe and so many more.
But the name Duncan isn’t sexy.
Pau with Kobe literally out produced Dwayne Wade with Bron. But because the name “Gasol” isn’t as sexy as “Dwayne Wade” we all just have to pretend he didn’t. Yah I’ll pass. 🤣
From 2011-2013
Dwayne Wade Playoffs:
16.0 GameScore
(15.1 if you include 2014)
From 2008-2010
Pau Gasol Playoffs:
17.1 GameScore
@GZGZGZGZEE@TheAnchorv1@Shane00 In game 6 he had 8 turnovers and went 5/12 from the free throw line. He didn’t take a single shot in the last 11 minutes! He totally choked!
@nosimpingcurly@BushAbillion Correct and when they started getting old the NBA panicked! So they started aggressively marketing MJ. You don’t know history.
The viewership was bc it was the 90s lol. A TV was in every home with no other streaming service or video games or social media lol. 99% of everything has lower viewership than the 90s. It would’ve worked with any exceptional athlete. 🤷♂️
Right place right time for MJ. Nothing special about it.
@BriskerBurgh@Nickjoe98 Bro we’re rebuilding. You literally haven’t even started yours yet. 😂 We’re literally ahead of you in the process. Steelers are cooked as fuck.
Who was better? Start off basic. Who had a bigger playoff boxscore? Or a better boxscore I should say. Pau from 08-10? Or Wade from 11-13? I’ll even leave out 14 bc it hurts Wade’s #s. The answer is Pau. The only thing you can do is try to conjure up some narrative that Bron makes his teammates worse and the force of the data so staggeringly in disagreement with that could move a mountain 🤣
@0honsi@aryh21 Steph went down swinging but at the end he played tight. Everyone has their tight moment. MJ Bron Kobe. 🤷♂️ It’s part of having an overall great career.
@michrome7@KBCC2422 LeBron turned love and Bosh into champions too? Pau was a 2nd option. Bosh and love were 3rd options. They were meant to be 3rd options on winning teams, not first options on losing teams. Bron turned Ad into a champ too. 🤷♂️ We can do the narrative thing all day.
@coryskuza Thank you. And he hasn’t even touched his ceiling. He might be worth 2 firsts by himself in the future. Myles wasn’t making a huge difference for us in the next 3 years compared to moving on to the future.