Charles Barkley is quite simply one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He was an 11-time All-Star who won an MVP in 1993 and is regarded among the very best power forwards ever.
Does he consider himself to be the best power forward, though? Well, the answer to that would be no, as Barkley said on The Dan Patrick Show in 2017 that Tim Duncan was better than him.
Dan Patrick: “You better than Duncan?”
Charles Barkley: “No, Tim Duncan is the greatest power forward ever.”
Dan Patrick: “He had a lot of help.”
Charles Barkley: “He did, but he was dominant,”
Dan Patrick: “What’s he do better than you?”
Charles Barkley: “He’s a better post-up player. It’s easier for him to score.”
Dan Patrick: “Yeah but you were a better scorer.”
Charles Barkley: “Only because I got the ball more. You have to understand something, there’s some guys who we call them studio gangsters. Because they’re on a bad team and average a lot of numbers. It’s just the best player on a bad team and get the ball more.”
Duncan, just like everyone else who played under Gregg Popovich, could have put up bigger numbers if he wasn’t on the San Antonio Spurs. He played within their system because that was what was going to help them win, and they sure won a lot.
Duncan led the Spurs to five championships in his 19 seasons, and it could have been six had Ray Allen not hit one of the greatest clutch shots in Finals history in 2013. He finished his career in 2016 with averages of 19.0 PPG, 10.8 RPG, 3.0 APG, 0.7 SPG, and 2.2 BPG. Duncan won two MVPs along the way and, as Barkley says, is the greatest power forward ever.
Tracy McGrady Wants A Tim Duncan Documentary
Tracy McGrady was recently at a promotional event in Las Vegas for Showtime’s upcoming show “Goliath” on Wilt Chamberlain. There, he was asked which NBA star needs a documentary next, and he went with Duncan.
McGrady feels people need to know more about Duncan, whom he called a “freaking winner.” While it would be great to have a closer look at Duncan’s career and life, we aren’t sure if he’d be all that interested in that.
Duncan kept a low profile throughout his career and, after retirement, has vanished from the public eye, with the exception of the 2019-20 season when he was an assistant coach on the Spurs.
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