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Duncan > Malone?

doesn't matter jazz played those great teams were not. at the end of the day, karl played in absolutely ridiculously talented era and we just weren't good enough. put this spurs team in that era, and i bet they won't win 4 championship. just too many hurdles.

i'm not gonna discredit karl's greatness. karl is no doubt one of the greatest ever. top 20 for sure. duncan was better and will go down as top 8 ever maybe even crack top 7.
 
BENTLEY said:
He's a center that sometimes play PF. But he's a center. He's the one that keeps claiming to be a PF - because if he can be considered a PF he's the greatest of them all. At center he can't make that claim.
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that's just being silly. TD won 2 mvps as a PF. won 3 ring/3 finals mvp as a PF. his versatility is a testament to his greatness.

he did everything. PF, C, point center, forward center - you name it.
 
on defense, this sums up duncan's greatness. length matters
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karl would just KTFO durant. durant might not get up if he gets elbowed by karl. lol
 
Malone's best 10 year stretch: PPG: 27.6, TRB: 10.8, AST: 3.6, STL: 1.5, BLK: 0.9, FG% .536, FT% .751

Duncan's best 10 year stretch: PPG: 21.4, TRB: 11.7, AST: 3.3, STL: 0.8, BLK: 2.3, FG% .504, FT% .686

I'll call it a wash.
 
Yep, Duncan is more versatile, better defender, blocker, smarter, leader and all. He has not interested in either playing at advertisements or talking meaningless in an interview. Guy is like robotic giving no error.
 
I always find it a very interesting comparison although they are quite different players. And always believed that it's very close.

There are some good points in the thread. Besides those, I would also add the comrades into consideration. As much as I like Parker and think he helped Duncan greatly, I believe Duncan would have been even better if he had Stockton next to him during his all career.

Like I said, I think it's very very close but my vote goes for Duncan.
 
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The Thriller said:
Duncan is the best. Guys like Malone and Griffin are awesome.
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......Doesn't belong......


Griffon does not belong in this conversation. Match Malone with Paul and clippers talent, they are in the finals.

I love km and td. It is an honor to either of them to be compared to the other.
 
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Fabtrey said:
in malone's defense, duncan didn't play in an era that consists of bird's celtics, showtime lakers, and MJ's bulls.
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In Duncan's defense he's playing in an era of 3 pt shooting centers and power towards and athletic run and gun freaks.

Duncan has changed his body and game to continue to dominate this league.

Listen, it's not to take anything away from Mailman. He's one of my favorite players of all time and a completely self made man. Duncan is better.

After the smoke has cleared in a few years and we look back at Duncan, I think more people will be open to the fact that he seriously is one of the best of all time. Right up there with MJ, Wilt, Shaq... Yes, better than Malone.

Especially if he beats the Heat this year. The Heat have looked unstoppable and Lebron is in the absolute prime of his career.
 
The Thriller said:
In Duncan's defense he's playing in an era of 3 pt shooting centers and power towards and athletic run and gun freaks.

Duncan has changed his body and game to continue to dominate this league.

Listen, it's not to take anything away from Mailman. He's one of my favorite players of all time and a completely self made man. Duncan is better.

After the smoke has cleared in a few years and we look back at Duncan, I think more people will be open to the fact that he seriously is one of the best of all time. Right up there with MJ, Wilt, Shaq... Yes, better than Malone.

Especially if he beats the Heat this year. The Heat have looked unstoppable and Lebron is in the absolute prime of his career.
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You present this post in such a way that you seem to be trying to convince someone that duncan is better.
Has there even been one person so far who said malone is better?

We are all in agreement. Duncan > malone
 
Difficult to compare. It depends on how they would fit into the rest of the team they are playing with. Duncan is more versatile, a hybrid PF-C. Malone is a pure PF. Malone is much better offensively and Duncan is much better defensively. It's like comparing Larry Bird and Michael Jordan with Duncan being Bird and Malone being Jordan. Duncan is more finesse and skill and Malone is more athleticism and pure power. I think Bird made his teammates better than Jordan, who was more of a one-on-one force. Same with Duncan and Malone. It's not that any of the four were strictly individuals. All four made their teammates better and had all-around skills. But Jordan and Malone were more about athleticism than skill.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
Difficult to compare. It depends on how they would fit into the rest of the team they are playing with. Duncan is more versatile, a hybrid PF-C. Malone is a pure PF. Malone is much better offensively and Duncan is much better defensively. It's like comparing Larry Bird and Michael Jordan with Duncan being Bird and Malone being Jordan. Duncan is more finesse and skill and Malone is more athleticism and pure power. I think Bird made his teammates better than Jordan, who was more of a one-on-one force. Same with Duncan and Malone. It's not that any of the four were strictly individuals. All four made their teammates better and had all-around skills. But Jordan and Malone were more about athleticism than skill.
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Sounds like you think duncan and malone were pretty even.

Maybe you need a tie-breaker (championship rings?)
 
Malone did play at a ridiculouy high level at 39. Took no games off too. And had he played with the Jazz or a team that centered around him when he turned 40 he'd have probably had another 20 ppg year.

There's just something about those rings though.. and coming up in the clutch that holds Malone back.
 
I haven't read any other posts, seeing as I've already heard this before, but my take is that they are completely different players. Malone is a power player, Duncan is a finesse player. Sure, Duncan has more championships, but you can't blame a player for not winning it all, it's a team accomplishment, and remember, we started Russell and Ostertag when we went to the finals. Basically, Malone is easily top five bigs of the last couple generations and once you are that good, the differences are inconsequential. Both players have elite accolades and that's good enough for me.
 
Duncan is the better defensive player.
Malone is the better offensive player.
Duncan could play PF and C for most of the years. More versatile.

Duncan can protect the basket and be a good man to man defender.
Karl was great man to man defender but could not protect the paint much.

Karl had a better outside shot.
Duncan had a better post game.

Both great players but defense wins championships. I would take Duncan.

The argument against who is the best PF is stupid though. Duncan is more of a Center then a PF. He could just play PF depending on the match ups.

Does not take anything away from Malone. Just Duncan is so much better on defense then Malone was better then Duncan on offense.
 
akirac73 said:
Karl Malone = GOAT PF

I'd be more inclined to say: Popovich > Sloan than Duncan > Malone
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Agree.
And Popovich as a "GM" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sloan and the Jazz GM's.
So many busts by Utah. So many great finds by SA.
 
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