It makes me smile to see Timmy finally get his flowers after all these years. Been in my top 5-7 for since he retired. The modern day Bill Russell, no cap.

Finally someone giving Duncan his respect online 👏

Duncan wasn’t flashy, that’s why people will try to water down his legacy, but in reality he’s won more & is more decorated than Kobe, Shaq, Bird, Wilt, Hakeem or anyone else on that bottom 5.

Tim is overlooked because he wasn't flashy. All he did was play the game and win. All with the same team and in house players. Not once did they bring in a prime all star to help win.

He's definitely in my top 10. I wouldn't argue against him being top 5 either.

And for all of the people who say he never had that dominant peak, he was incredible in the early-mid 2000’s, his 2003 season was an all-time season, and that 2003 playoff run was a historic carry job by Duncan.

Tim Duncan has the most defensive accolades, one of the most winning% out of the top 10 list, 5 championship rings where he carried in one, his impact to winning and defense lasted the longest and he was still a bucket and a solid passer on the offensive side. Tim Duncan is top 5

What is more amazong is that he never had a losing season. The Spurs were always among the contenders every season he was there.

Duncan gave Kobe and Shaq a run for their money in the 2000s

Timmy should be more talking about as much as Kobe. Slow, yet Fundamental. He was already a Boss 2 years after Draft & blessed David Robinson with 2 rings. The TP & Manu trio is one of the best ever. watching Spurs play in the 2000s was wonderful to watch. 03 Duncan is still my fav Szn by him ever. He‘s in My Top 5 Ever. Best PF Player Ever🐐

I feel like if tim walked around like "i'm that GUY," people would put him in the top 5 more because he certainly the accolades to back it up.

Tim Duncan is the Top 1 of all time. He's the GOAT

Tim Duncan had a first team All Defense honors at the ripe young age of 36! That is so disgustingly immaculate.

Duncan was a beast glad I got to grow up watching some of his games

He's my favorite athlete of all time. No talking and all work to create a winning culture for dam near 2 decades. Then as soon as he felt like he couldn't contribute at the highest level, he retires. No farewell tour, just doing what's best for the team

Timmy is the most underrated player ever. People really get caught up in flashy moves etc. TD got the job done on both ends and he was able to have success with multiple units which highlights just how good he was. Definitely TOP 5 and my favorite player.

He was all nba first team, 2nd team defence and top 5 MVP voting as a rookie!!

Everything he said facts most underrated superstar in nba history hands down

The post season blocks record will never be broken either.

If Duncan had the same career in LA and Kobe had the same career in San Antonio this wouldn't even be a discussion. Duncan would universally be top 5

He was a insane rim protector

Tim Duncan was so great “we” convinced ourselves that Manu Ginobli would be a perennial all star in another system because of how good he looked along side Timmy 😂

3/5 of those Championships came in 3 different decades. John Salley was the only guy to do that but even more impressive Duncan is the only one to be a starter for those teams

Man I miss Timmy!!!!Best power forward of all time!!!!Hands down stop 5 all time!!!Now it’s time for the new generation!!!Pretty sure Timmy will help Wemby come along just fine!!!Lets go Spurs!!!!

Tim Duncan is the greatest power forward ever . How can anyone be in the top 5 and not be the best at their own position 😂😂😂😂

Greatest Power Forward In My Opinion 💯

Dude was also our best offensive player and defensive unanimously for the first 3 titles too. And made up for ALOT of bad defending point guards on his team.

He’s in my top 5 he has the resume 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Best player of the 2000s

Best power forward ever..goat of pf

I’m born and raised in SA I grew up watching Tim he’s my favorite player he played the game unlike any other player ever in my opinion no player has meant more for their team than Tim Duncan without him the spurs have 0 championships he embodies what the spurs are

He could have EASILY averaged 25-28 point per game in his prime. He took over games at will against the best competition in the playoffs but Timmy played team ball. That's why he won 5 rings.

They don't like Old Man 👴🏿 River Walk because he hides from the spot light

Everybody talks about how Kobe should be in top five but nobody talks how Timmy should be in top five is crazy. Both played at the same exact era and Timmy won more.

He got the job done night in and night out. As a spurs fan seeing the post Duncan era spurs was very odd. Tim Duncan was the our security blanket on the defensive end

Here the defining reason why he’s top 5 In the history of basketball no player has won more than 1 title without a current All-NBA teammate, and thus a player next to you playing CURRENTLY like a top 15 player Unless you’re Duncan, who did it 4 times. He’s the only player whose idea of elite help are two fringe All-Stars compared to dudes playing next to another top 10 player

GO SPURS GO

THE BEST PLAYER OF HIS ERA!!!

Kawhi was a starter but still behind the main 3 offensively. That was still Tim’s team when they won that year.

Top 5. PERIOD.

not to mention he has no idea how it feels to miss the playoffs

".........." - Tim Duncan, watching this video, shedding silent tears of appreciation

There is a case for Timmy. The fact that he never had a losing season and his win shares are ridiculous. Only 1 of 3 players in NBA history with 1000 wins and the Spurs weren’t the same before him and definitely not the same after

Accolades

I gotta say Tim Duncan is Top 5. He was excellent on both ends. Pretty much a big man Jordan.

He played the game of basketball the big fundamentals he wasn’t flashy he wasn’t trash talking he didn’t cry for fouls he played his game on the court that’s where he was flashy that’s where he talked was on the floor showed everyone who he was and never cried for anything he earned everything he got

Literally unstoppable. People also don't realize before Parker and Ginobili came into their own and when David was a shell of himself, he carried the Spurs on his back to a title.

The argument against Tim Duncan as a Top 5 player All-Time is fairly easy: Tim Duncan has NEVER led a Top 5 Offense in his entire career in the Regular Season or the Postseason. Tim Duncan has NEVER led a strong Offense in the Postseason in his entire career. The strong Playoff Offenses the Spurs had were led Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker; all of the advanced data and metrics bears that out pretty obviously. See 2005 Finals: Duncan 23ppg on 47%TS (-3%rTS adjusted for defensive opponent). Ginobili 20ppg on +12% rTS adjusted for defensive opponent. Duncan despite perception in the Playoffs wasn't an efficient post player to justify an Offense being centered around him. His overall scoring efficiency was extremely dependent on Free Throws which Duncan foul drew at at an historic rate. Duncan historically was a medium volume/medium efficiency scorer who was sub-average perimeter shooter (Duncan's shooting percentage outside 14FT was in the bottom half off the league for his career) while only being a rudimentary passer who was only primarily good at making passes out of structured reads. Duncan's case as a Top 5 player hinges on longevity, not a 8-10 year prime, not a 1-3 year peak, but total career longevity. People who operate with that logic must have John Stockton as a Top 4-Top 5 Point Guard All-Time. Chris Paul must be a Top 4-5 Point Guard All-Time. Isiah Thomas outside of the Top 7 as an All-Time Point Guard. Reggie Miller is also a Top 6 Shooting Guard All-Time also and arguably ahead James Harden.

Tim is number 11 all-time for me.

Duncan are so much bigger than Kobe, but you know, he never had popularity so they never praised him the right way. Legend and best PF of all time

he wasn’t flashy or anything thats why a lot of people overlook him tbh

Jordan Shaq Duncan Kobe Hakeem

Tim Duncan > Lebron.... And Low Preaching.

Our 🐐

Whole Tim was never flashy... Whatever that means... Before his injury he was explosive as fuck.

And somehow Kobe gets the recognition Timmy was supposed to get cause he was more interesting. 2000s was Duncan’s era

KD better than Duncan Skill wise

Exactly Duncan deserves to be there.

In my opinion Dirk and KG were better players but not better winners than TD… Duncan doesn’t have crazy individual stats but too many accolades to not have him top 7 at least

Bronze Medal Duncan never dominated the league like that. Solid though.

And Timmy D did all of that in his career never on a max contract!!

can't hate on anyone who puts Timmy in top 5

JORDAN KOBE BIRD MAGIC DUNCAN

Tim Duncan barely had a 10 year career of prime number. He would be the only player in the top 10 with a short prime. LOW just proved how overrated Duncan has become lately.

Definitely 100 percent right.

He went to the Finals in his rookie season with David Robinson

If Duncan is top 5, why did the 2004 USA team led by Tim choke to his teammate Manu’s Argentina team? That doesn’t make sense for a top 5 all-time guy, does it?

I respect Duncan’s game because he was humble wasn’t flashy did simple things and made them great and he just got the job done much respect he’s not the type of guy to talk all the time and run his mouth he stays humble and gets the job done no matter what and the reason people don’t wanna rank him high on some lists is because he wasn’t flashy he wasn’t like everybody else he was unique and different has 5 rings lots of awards and broke a record like come on man just because he not flashy or so entertaining doesn’t mean he can’t have the same respect or even more than some of these guys we talk about just because they’re flashy or get a push off ankle breaker like what 😂 but morale of the story is I believe Duncan is in the top 5 or top 6

After hearing those stats I see why people go hard for him. He's definitely overlooked but that needs to change today.

I always bring him up in debates and people always seem to forget about him…he was call big fundamental for a reason..his game is forgettable but he played at an elite level for a long time

And never missed the playoffs in his career!

Number one power forward of all time

Tim Duncan is also a winning head coach.

GIVE DUNCAN HIS RESPECT

He is definitely without a doubt the greatest defender to never win dpoy

Tim was also a great Player at Wake Forest. Young Tim was the Bank God.

Tim Duncan is what Lennox Lewis is for boxing …. He was on the court doing his job that’s it … no emotion and loud mouth …that’s why he’s lookdown

Tim duncan is the goat of his position and a top 10 player i put him above kobe, 1000 wins(literally) 70% win rate , winning record against every team, one rebound away of 6 for 6 in finals (assuming they would win in 14 even after winning in 13) willing to take paycuts to bring and retain talent, leadership. Just amazing

Tim Duncan & Julius Erving are the two most underrated all-time greats. Moses Malone & David Thompson are also underrated.

Top 10 for sure but if top 5

Tim never played a single game in the league without an HOF player or coach. He came into the league playing with David Robinson than spent the majority of his career playing with Manu and Tony while being coached by Pop. He had the greatest nest to focus on winning more so than any other top athlete. Aside from maybe Bird and Magic.

The biggest case is win % of nearly 72% and NEVER missing the post season. That’s cartoon shit. I honestly think he has a case as the goat. Factor teammate strengths, leadership and willingness to defer while still being as effective. And him being the best big of his time factoring his eras postion pool, there’s an argument.

Timmy is soooooo underrated!

He top 5 for me and did it without drawing attention respect

Agree! Top 10 all-time no discussion!

THANK YOU!

My favorite player of all time

I’m literally flabbergasted that people dont know how goated Timmy is it’s a reason Coach Pop is soo highly regarded & it’s not because of his gray ass hair it’s cause of Tim Duncan

If u don’t have Timmy in ur top 5 ur a casual imo, Timmy > Kobe

Duncan is a GOAT in his own right. My 3rd fave player of all time.

I'm now a fan

I've always said The Big Fundamental is the 🐐! Old Man Riverwalk.

Mfs be like he don’t have the aura tho

I never understood why Duncan doesn't get more recognition

He’s def top 5 in my list.

All true Duncan is the most underrated player of all time!

The Duncan slander needs to stop man…

This is all facts!

A minute and 13 seconds in and Timmy is 💩 on Richard😭

You feel me.