JUST FOR KICKS Which player do you want from the beginning of his career to the end? I would have just said "in their primes", but for a whole career seems better. So, I'll just lay down some facts for you and you be the judge. Just remember, David Robinson was a bad man also. (I just copied and pasted the accomplishments from NBA.com, because there is so many of them. David Robinson (Accomplishments): - Named the league's MVP in 1995 - NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1992 - NBA Rookie of the Year in 1990 - Has won the IBM Award five times: 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995 and 1996 - Won the NBA Rebounding Title in 1991, the NBA Blocked Shots Title in 1992 and the NBA Scoring Title in 1994 (he and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are the only two players in NBA history to win each of the three titles) - Honored with the 2001 NBA Sportsmanship Award - Named to the All-NBA First Team four times (1991, 1992, 1995 and 1996) the All-NBA Second Team twice (1994 and 1998) and the All-NBA Third Team three times (1990, 1993 and 2000) - Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team four times (1991, 1992, 1995 and 1996) and the All-Defensive Second Team four times (1990, 1993, 1994 and 1998) - Is the only player in NBA history to be named to both an All-NBA Team and an NBA All-Defensive Team in each of his first seven NBA seasons (since the NBA started the All-Defensive Team in 1968-69) - A 10-time All-Star - In 1996 named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of All-Time - The Spurs all-time NBA leader in games, rebounds, blocked shots, assists and both FT made and attempted and is second in franchise history in points and both FG made and attempted - Has been named the NBA Player of the Week 15 times and NBA Player of the Month 4 times - The only male basketball player in U.S. history to appear in three different Olympic Games: was the leading scorer on the 1996 Team which captured gold in Atlanta, was a member of the 1992 Team that won the gold in Barcelona and the 1988 Team that won the bronze in Seoul - Is the United States' all-time leader in Olympic history in career points (270), rebounds (124) and blocked shots (34)[/SIZE=1] David Robinson (Career Stats per game): 21.1 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.99 BPG, 1.41 SPG, 2.5 TPG, .518 FG%, .736 FT% Tim Duncan (Accomplishments): - 2003 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team - All-NBA First Team 2003 - NBA Finals MVP 2003 - Two-time Most Valuable Player (2001-02 and 2002-03) - Named the NBA Finals MVP in both 1999 and 2003 to become just the third player in history to earn Finals MVP honors in each of their first two trips to the Finals (joining Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan) - Just the second player in NBA history to be named to both an All-NBA Team and an All-Defensive Team in each of his first six seasons (David Robinson was the first and he earned the honors in each of his first seven seasons) - Has been named to the All-NBA First Team all six seasons, the first player since Larry Bird (fifth in NBA history: Baylor, Bird, Duncan, Pettit and Robertson) to be named All-NBA First Team in each of his first six seasons - Has earned a spot on the All-Defensive First Team each of the last five seasons after being named to the All-Defensive Second Team as a rookie in '97-98 - Named the 1999 Finals MVP - Won the 1998 Rookie of the Year - Named co-MVP of the 2000 All-Star Game - Been named an All-Star five straight seasons (no game was held in 1999) - Ranks seventh among active players in playoff career scoring average with 23.9 ppg - Played for the USA Team in the 1999 Americas Qualifying Tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was selected to play for the U.S. Team in the 2000 Olympics but had to withdraw due to a knee injury - Been named the NBA Player of the Week 15 times and the Player of the Month four times - Leads all players in the NBA in double-doubles over the last six seasons - Named to the All Tournament Team for the 2003 FIBA Americas Men?s Qualifying Tournament after leading the U.S. Team to the Gold Medal Tim Duncan (Career stats per game):22.9 PPG, 12.3 RPG, 3.2 APG, 2.5 BPG, .8 SPG, 3.1 TPG, .508 FG%, .696 FT%
Both are among my favorite players. Great players. Nice guys. It's so hard to see and come across both, yet see them succeed in the NBA. This is a very difficult choice, but if I had to choose....it'd have to be "The Admiral." Reasons? Well for one, he's much more clutch, I believe much more so, especially if you're talking about the free throw line. Both are great on D, but if someone were to win on D between the 2, I believe it would be him. Plus he has a much harder personality and outlook on the game, he's tougher, on court anyways, therefore he'd do better against the more gritty opponents.
Both are great players. But I'm going with Robinson, he's very special, as Duncan. But Robinson have been a very, very important player as long as he played, he was great. Duncan is two-time MVP, but Robinson have achived as many championships as Duncan. Duncan won em together with Robinson, but will he make it without him? I don't think so.
I would chose david cuz he brings much more to the game than just stats, He brings leadership, guidance, and motivation, He changes the francise with his attitude and performance.
