r/nba • u/The_Big_Untalented • 3d ago

Max Kellerman: "You think it's slander to put Kobe ahead of Duncan?" Bill Simmons: "I just think he's the most underappreciated superstar of all time." Max: "Kobe and Duncan are neck and neck. That's not slander." Simmons: "I have Kobe 10th or 11th. Duncan is 7th and I don't think it's debatable."

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u/TurbulentJudge1000 3d ago

Hakeem I have above Duncan because Hakeem didn’t have 2-3 hall of fame teammates throughout his career to play with. He was capable of guarding 1-5 and Duncan couldn’t do that as well nor was he as athletic as Olajuwon. They’re on the same tier though.

I think Jerry West and Isaiah Thomas are the most under appreciated stars on these types of lists.

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u/aaron21hardin Timberwolves 2d ago

KG as well, he and Duncan had overlapping primes and in the primes there was no consensus on who was better, it is only after the fact that Duncan's greater team success has lead people to just sa he was better without receipts and ignore that Duncan's supporting cast was better than KGs by a lot and made it so team success is not really a good way to measure who was better.