Ranking the 10 Best NBA Players Since Michael Jordan
Tim Duncan
1997-Present, San Antonio Spurs, Drafted 1st
5x NBA Champion, 3x NBA Finals MVP, 2x NBA MVP, 14x All-Star, 10x All-NBA First Team, 3x All-NBA Second Team, 8x NBA All-Defensive team, Rookie of the Year
Career Statistics: 19.9 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 3.1 APG, 2.2 BPG, FG% 50.6
Advanced Statistics: Career Win Shares 193.8, Career VORP 78.9, WS/48 .211 eFG% 50.6
DO NOT SLEEP on Tim Duncan, when talking about the all-time greats. pic.twitter.com/FMi0WMsZl0
— His And Hers (@HisAndHers) June 16, 2014
Tim Duncan aka The Big Fundamental debuted for the San Antonio Spurs during the 1997-98 season. Do you know how many times the Spurs have missed the playoffs since then? Do you know how many times they have failed to win 50 games in a full season since then? The answer to both is zero.
Despite not playing with another superstar in his prime (David Robinson was 33 Duncan’s rookie year), Duncan has presided over the longest extended run of excellence in the modern NBA. Duncan was the best player on 4 title winning teams and a force on both ends of the floor, his Career Win-Shares sit sixth all-time, the highest of any player on this list.Never popular, never sexy, never not truly excellent, Tim Duncan is the the best power forward ever, one of the ten best players of all-time and the best player since Michael Jordan.