4 MVPs + 4 FMVPs, james is also very good, a good hand of bad cards, and a bad hand of bad cards. Many people think that LeBron James is the best star of the 21st century, and even LeBron James is already the second star in NBA history, and what's more, LeBron is still the best in history.
But, don't say far, in terms of the opponents of James's era, who did James conquer? Didn't meet with Kobe, 1-2 for Durant, 1-3 for Curry, 0-1 for Nowitzki, 0-1 for Howard, 1-2 for Duncan, it can be said that James is indeed the best star of the 21st century, but he did not rule this era, just like, the results of each subject are not first, but the overall score is the first. James' strength is that he is enduringly strong.
Other than that, James fans may have a lot of reasons to prove that James is better than others, but what about Tim Duncan? LeBron James vs Tim Duncan, who is better.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > honors</h1>
James: 4 MVPs, 4 FMVPs, 4 championships, 13 1 1 2 teams 1 3, 5 1 1 2 defense, 1 scoring champion.
Duncan: 2 MVPs, 3 FMVPs, 5 championships, 10 1-2 2-2 3- and 8 1-7 2-2.
In this way, Duncan seems to be inferior, and the others should be equalized, but Duncan is after all 2 less MVP, 1 less FMVP, and 1 more championship. In fact, duncan 5 championships, there are 3 FMVPs, while the other two, giving Tony Parker in 2007 and giving 14 years to Cohuai Leonard, what coincidence do you find?
Yes, Duncan beat James' team twice in the Finals, but these 2 times, the FMVP was not Duncan.
Does that mean Duncan isn't important? NO!
Why the FMVP gave Tony Parker in 2007 was because the knights at that time were too weak, only Parker's power was enough, that series, Duncan did not contribute much, and Ginobili's demon knife attribute did not have a chance to activate. The reason why the FMVP gave Leonard in 14 years is not because of how good Leonard is, but because in the Spurs' team basketball, Leonard became the most efficient person.
So, in terms of honors, James does have some advantages, but the advantages are not obvious.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > dominance</h1>
Like I said at the beginning, whether James has ever ruled the NBA, the answer is no. So does Duncan have it? No, I haven't even succeeded in defending my title, and I certainly can't talk about domination, but in terms of dominance, who is better?
James' success lies in the start of the 11-12 season, and during the 19-20 season, he won 4 championships in 9 years, the first 2 championships had the Heat Big Three, the third champion was the Cavaliers Big Three, and the Lakers' championship was a double core. Duncan's success lies in the beginning of the 98-99 season, to the 13-14 season, in these 16 years, Duncan won 5 championships, 98-99 season, only the second year of Duncan won the FMVP, he is surrounded by the elderly David Robinson, the end of the Lakers dynasty in 2003, he is surrounded by young Tony Parker and the older David Robinson, even regarded as a single core.
In 2005, 07, 14 years, Duncan did not have too many big stars around him in these 3 years, as for Parker and Ginobili, please see their draft picks for yourself. They do count as one of the team's troikas, one of the three cores, but they definitely can't count Duncan holding his thighs, because they grew up next to Duncan and at the Spurs. Leonard, on the other hand, at 14 years, was more like a 3D player, but he did fight for himself and played much better than positioning.
So, combined with individual performance and team equipment, it is clear that Duncan's dominance is better, and Duncan has defeated 3 defending champions in 5 championships, while James has only defeated 1 defending champion in 4 championships.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > on the hand-to-hand situation</h1>
In fact, the head-to-head confrontation is also very convincing, in 2007 the Spurs swept the Cavaliers, Duncan did have the suspicion of bullying James, but in 2013 the Spurs were only 3-4 lost to the Heat, just imagine, if Duncan is a few years younger, the winner of that year will still be the Spurs, not to mention that in 2014, the Spurs directly eliminated the Heat 4-1.
There is such a sentence that is about the fairness of the years - I can't beat you then, you can't beat me now.
I couldn't beat you then, because I was young, and now you can't beat me because you're old.
But, sorry, the old Duncan still beat james at the top, and this time, the team configuration is certainly not the Spurs dominant.
So, on the whole, to be honest, the question of who is better than Duncan and James is still more oriented, after all, Duncan, as a winner, obviously has more advantages, peak Duncan beat young James, old Duncan beat peak James, if this also says that James is better than Duncan, it is indeed a bit unspeakable.