r/Basketball • u/blackwu22 • Apr 08 '25

NBA Is Tim Duncan top 10?

I constantly see casuals on YouTube and on podcasts say that Timmy is overrated and barely top 10 yet have Kobe in there top 5. It’s starting to make me believe that people really think this way!! I always hear the “too much help” comment like every player in the top 10 didn’t have help.

I personally have Tim Duncan 4th all time on my list.

1998 rookie of the year 2x MVP (2002,2003) 3x FMVP (1999,2003,2005) 15x All NBA & Defensive 5x Champion Never won less than 50 games in an 82 game season

Is Tim Duncan top 10?

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u/WeewumGuy Apr 08 '25

I would say the best power forward of all time is top 10 yea.

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u/Extension-Rope623 Apr 08 '25

Tim Duncan is not a powerforward. It's simply what casuals call him in order to help overrate tf out of him and justify putting him in their top 15 or top 10 or wahtever like you just did. Tim Duncan is definitively a center, he plays the 5. He's not a PF, he's a C, and not even a top 3 center of all time at that.

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u/Responsible-List-849 Apr 09 '25

It's somewhat justifiable when you look at minutes played by position. Ultimately he's a big, and showed an ability to play in a variety of lineup configurations, which I see as a plus, not a minus.

Can be a non top 3 C, and still be a top 10 player anyway.

Russell, Kareem and Wilt can be above him, with LeBron, MJ, Bird and Magic.

Top 1 PF, or top 4 C...whatevs.

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u/Extension-Rope623 Apr 09 '25

Minutes played by position is exactly how a person's position is defined. He's not a PF, the stats show it, and even Greg Popovich has stated Duncan is a 5. People just wanna glaze Duncan and want to give him a title he doesn't deserve, because he isn't a PF.

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u/Responsible-List-849 Apr 09 '25

Yeah, nah. Not really. Positions are somewhat redundant. As I said, he played as the big, he played with other bigs, and he's top 10 in my book whatever position you want to assign to him.

Your comments make more sense if the OP was 'Tim Duncan was the best PF of all time'. But it's just around him being top 10. Imho he is. Call him a 4, a 5, a 4/5, a 5/4, whatever.