This is why sports exists, so we debate questions that might not have a right or wrong answer, but are never short on opinions. Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar chimed in with one of his own when asked recently if Kobe Bryant or Tim Duncan has had the better career. Abdul-Jabbar's short answer: Duncan. Abdul-Jabbar, in a long-winding sit-down interview with host Tyler Cowen as part of the "Conversations with Tyler," series at George Mason University, took questions from audience members at the end of the discussion. That's when he was asked Kobe or Timmy? Here's his full answer: "Jeez, I would say that Tim Duncan has had a better career just because they’ve been able to win more consistently, and they didn’t have to rely on Tim all the time. Kobe has worn his body out. He’s only like 36 years old, and he’s worn his body out. It’s falling apart because of the stress that he had to do just taking on the load that he did, but he wanted to do it that way." Abdul-Jabbar is right about the consistent winning Duncan has experienced with the Spurs, who have had the good fortune of retaining Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili at below-market salaries, as well as keeping the front office-coach of general manager R.C. Buford and Gregg Popovich. - See more at: http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/...antonio-spurs-tim-duncan-better-career-020216
