Top five Basketball Rookies?

[lghoops92]

best of all-time has gotta go to one of the older players like russell, chamberlain, or abdul-jabbar...no questions asked. as of right now, i say duncan and wallace are at the top, but wallace needs to develop a scoring ability. if wallace begins to average 12-15 pts. a game, i think he tops duncan, because he will have an all-around great game.

[coolguy69]

My thoughts - Tim Duncan is the best center in the NBA. KG gets bettter numbers because of his weaker supporting cast, but Duncan's consistency and playoff success propel him to the top. Whoever said Shaq was better must have been under a rock for 2 years, as he is not even close to what he once was. I love Shaq as much as the next guy, as I'm a Laker fan. Also, Duncan is not the best ever. My list would look like this:

Shaq - Dominant for many years, going DEEP into the playoffs nearly every year while accumulating 4 championships and 3 finals mvps.

Tie Russell and Chamberlain: Both were great players, but to suggest that neither of them would have been utterly DISMANTLED by Shaq in his prime is a complete lie. I've watched tons of footage, including Wilt's 100 point game, and its safe to say that it was just a different game back then.

Jabbar - The model of consistency, but didn't have the massive presence of the 3 players above.

[ReyOrdonezforLife]

Yakhouba Diawara needs a little respect. He's been good for the Nuggs.

[celtics1]

I'd say..

Morrison, Bargnani, Roy, Redick, Foye

and then a bunch of players that are kinda mixed together

Kind of weird that Redick cards have sold for so much considering he hasn't done anything this year

It's a pretty weak rookie class though..

I agree totally! :-)

[MDIZZ]

duncan is good because of his team is what i was trying to say and i also agree with you these topics are very very opinionated and can sometimes start and agrument my case i'd rather have a simple discussion.anyways back on topic.First you said ben wallace can pget the boards and play great d then you say no one can stop duncan.If there is anyone who can stop duncan it is ben wallace and believe me HE CAN!!in my mind h is the best centre because no one can play d like he does and no one brings to the table the amount of leadership he does.The reason why the bulls are doing a lot better is because of him.The spurs they have a lot to work with and have a very good and deep bench (not that the bulls dont) but i think your giving duncan a lot of credit and not as much for other centres.We also can't forget yao either.

man i oughtta smack you,but i wont because this is a family site.

DUNCANS TEAMATES ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF HIM,HOW COME YOU THINK GINOBILI AND PARKER ARE ALLSTARS? AND HOW COME WHEN DEREK ANDERSON WAS ON THE SPURS HE WAS GREAT ALLSTAR BORDERLINE BUT THE NHE GOES TO BLAZERS AND PLOOP DOES NOTHING BEN WALLACE CANT STOP DUNCAN SEE:2005 FINALS AND DUNCAN IS WAY BETTER THEN WALLACE DONT FIOOL AROUND BOY,DUNCAN IS THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE PERIOD RIGHT NOW.BEST POWER FOWARD EVER

[MDIZZ]

yeah you could be right about the spurs thing and i def think the bulls will bring a championship home in a few years.I def agree duncans scoring ability is pretty good just maybe not the best overall centre or pwer forward in the legue let alone all time.i guess mdizz comment kinda got to me about dunca. i mean come on now best of all time thats just dumb.

did i say best of all time? no i said best PF of all time homie get them glasses.

BTW-MORRISON 30 POINTS TONIGHT

[jeremy17]

hes still not the best power forward of allt iem either dude and in my mind ducan is the best centre or power forward in the league no either.so homie i don't need to get glasses you jsut have to watch other teams and see thats theres more to the nba than just the spurs.And for morrison all i have to say is its about freakin time.

[MDIZZ]

hes still not the best power forward of allt iem either dude and in my mind ducan is the best centre or power forward in the league no either.so homie i don't need to get glasses you jsut have to watch other teams and see thats theres more to the nba than just the spurs.And for morrison all i have to say is its about freakin time.

name who is the best powar foward of all time then.

and come on duncan isnt worse then yao at all,duncan is just getting less play time and is dishing more to gino and park and barry,who are helping this team win,duncan could average 30/15 but we wouldnt win,his pressence creates more oppurtunities for our team.

[jeremy17]

magic johnson.I could name many its just a matter of opinion i never said yao was better than duncan.

[tradebark]

Uh..

Sorry to bust balls, but Duncan is EASILY a top 5 power forward of all time, and it is more than fair to rate him as the best of all time.

Why?
Defensively, his teams are always ranked as one of the best in the league. It's not an accident. It's not Popovich, it's certainly not Rasho Nesterovic or Nazi Mohammed.. It's Duncan. This guy is also a perennial lock for all-defensive, and always in the running for DPOY.

In truth, a big man should win DPOY every year. They statistically have a MUCH greater defensive impact on a game than any one perimeter defender.. But that's a different discussion altogether.

Offensively, he's always been incredibly efficient. He has great FG%, great shot selection, can't be stopped with single coverage, etc. etc. Weakness is of course his FT shooting.

But what sets him apart from someone like say Malone or Barkley is that he has won rings as the centerpiece.. And you can go ahead and look through NBA history to see how many power forwards have done that, and it's easy to make a case for Duncan as the best at his position of all time..