When it comes to Duncan's nickname, everyone will think of "Stone Buddha" and "Big Basic Skills" for the first time, but Duncan also had a nickname that was rumored to be crazy, that is, "Flying Devil", which is because Duncan's college team was named Wake Forest Flying Devils, and over time it was mistaken for Duncan's nickname. However, judging from Duncan's playing style when he was young, the "Flying Devil" is not out of thin air, because he really flew in the sky to play.
First of all, let's take a look at how Duncan abused his opponents during his college days, and the quick attack to catch the pass of his teammates came to the hand flying dunk, which completely subverted our impression of his stadium boss. But it is not surprising that Duncan is so capable of flying, after all, nearly half of the NBA teams chose to fight for him to grab the draft, if there is really no talent, the management will not be so desperate to grab a senior rookie.
Deductions have always been an important indicator of the physical fitness of players, and Duncan, who flew in the sky, naturally also performed wonderful deduction moments. After seeing his teammates hit the iron with three points, Duncan rushed in directly from outside the three-point line, jumped inside the free throw line to complete this dunk, and this speed did not even react to the opponent who stood well under the basket, which was too scary.
Although Duncan has been dubbed the strongest background board since he entered the league, it is very simple if he wants others to be the background board. Just like this time, facing Kirilenko's defense, the fast-attacking Duncan was a cruel one-handed partition, directly from the front with a bounce to destroy the league's top defender.
At his peak, Big Ben was undoubtedly the league's strongest interior defender, and even though he was only in his early 2-meter height, he could still make it difficult for his opponents to move with his explosive physical fitness. It's just that in front of the healthy Duncan, Big Ben's physical fitness is not very good, not to say that it is passed by one step, and it has to be directly buckled to the ground by Uncle Deng, such a fierce posture, do you dare to say that Duncan is the boss of the stadium?
Don't look at Duncan's career has not played much air connection, but it is also very brutal to play. In the case of this airlift, the defenders had tried their best to squeeze Duncan's dunk space, but the latter still relied on bouncing and core strength to dunk the ball into the basket. Such an extreme air connection is not to mention other interior players, even if it is a flexible defender forward, it may not be able to do it.
Duncan was selected for the best defensive team fifteen times in a historic way, not only because of his excellent height and arm span and sophisticated defensive awareness, but also because of his top bouncing power in the interior position. We can look at Duncan's wave of covers, one second the person is still off camera, the next second he flies to the inside to complete the brutal chase. It seems that Duncan's in-situ windmill is really not a funny meme, and he can really play it when he is at his peak.