After the glory of the four major centers in the 90s and the grand forward in the 00s, this is the era in which Duncan lived, and the reason why this period became the era of the big forward was also because of Duncan's existence. Duncan's career averaging 19+10 per game doesn't look so luxurious, which is not so good compared to Karl Malone and Dec Garnett, but why is it known as the first big front in NBA history?
Super long career, Duncan was selected by the Spurs in 1997 as a champion to enter the NBA, Duncan played in college for four years before participating in the draft, otherwise he can enter the NBA early, his honor will be more, Duncan has been playing for the Spurs in his career, which many superstars can not do. There are a lot of good players in the world today, but very few people can complete the story of one person and one city. For the past 30 years, only Kobe, Duncan and Nowitzki have been able to do it. Now more and more superstars in the league choose to huddle together, there are fewer and fewer loyal superstars like Duncan, and in such a long career, it is possible to obtain this data to better reflect Duncan's greatness.
The change of the team's playing style, Duncan entered the NBA at the beginning, and David Robinson formed a Spurs twin-tower combination, when the team's scoring offense was dominated by Robinson, and Duncan was also in his own growth stage. Gradually Duncan became the core of the team, and at that time, duncan's scoring ability was the strongest, and Duncan also achieved a lot of results at that time. Later, due to injury, coupled with the composition of GDP, Duncan gradually grew into the team's offensive guidance, Ginobili and Parker mainly undertook the team's scoring offense, Duncan gradually became a floor stream due to injury, no longer the flying devil, because of the super high ball quotient, in guiding the team's offense is also excellent, while growing up, helping the Spurs to discover a batch of rookie toughsters.
The NBA system environment, when Duncan was in the big forward position in the league, the older big forward was in the twilight of his career, the younger one was not mature enough, and Duncan was similar, there was no Duncan ability and ball dealer, the league was still in the inside era, many fans were attracted by O'Neal's violent aesthetics, and Duncan used his own ball dealer to tell fans that Duncan could not only deduct people, but also singles. The Spurs were also a team that did not win a championship before Duncan, and Duncan brought 5 championships to the Spurs in his 19-year career, some people say that the Spurs' draft is poisonous, and some people think that the Spurs' team basketball achievements Ginobili and Parker, and even Leonard, in this regard, Duncan also has a huge credit, team basketball, also rely on Duncan to sacrifice for the ball.
In individual honors, Duncan has won 5 NBA championships in his career, won 3 NBA Finals FMVP, and 2 regular season MVPs, and he is the first player in NBA history to win 15 All-Stars + 15 Best Teams + 15 Best Defensive Lineups, the third regular season Thousand Wins player in NBA history, and the fifth 25,000+ 15,000 players in NBA history.
In terms of talent, Duncan is a little worse than many other superstars, but in terms of strength, he does not lose anyone at all, and Shi Fo's basic skills are very solid, and the attack and defense are balanced, all at the highest level in the history of the NBA. If there is one thing that is bad, it is his character, Duncan's personality is indeed too low-key, and his greatness is easily overlooked. But he didn't care about that, because he had already been recognized by the fans, and he touched the fans with his practical actions, which is why Duncan is known as the number one forward in NBA history.