Downs' talent is undoubted, but Downs' current strength and his current form are indeed not optimistic, at least on the defensive end he can't show the power of his template Duncan.

Why is Duncan bullish?

Make a comparison, and you'll see why Duncan is indisputably known as the all-time number one power forward!

Comparing people ... It's Bill Russell!

He is second only to Russell in defense. Russell defends S133.6 all-time, Duncan defends S106.3 and second, and they are the only two players to defend S100 or more.

On the offensive end, Duncan is far better than Russell. Russell has never averaged 19 points per game in a single season, and even in a season where he averaged 18 points per game only twice. He shot 44.0 percent from the field, 56.1 percent from the free-throw line, and scored a career total of 14,522 points. Duncan has been at his peak since his debut, averaging 20+ points per game for a long time in the season, shooting 50.6% from the field and 69.6% from the free throw line, ranking 14th on the all-time scoring list, with a career total of 26,496 points...

Duncan Offensive S100.0, 20th all-time, is the only super player with an S of more than 100 on both offensive and defensive ends, and Russell Offensive S, so low that his name cannot be found and he is nowhere to be seen.

The Celtics in the 60s of the 20th century were more like the Pistons in the 0405 period, with multiple All-Star players on the team, each with their own duties, unity and selflessness, and good at defense. Russell and Big Ben play the role of the cornerstone of the defense, the team's gate. The difference is that Russell's leadership temperament and basketball IQ are extremely good, and his blocks can often exchange for fast-break counterattacks for the team, yes, his blocks are not directed towards the audience, but try to get the ball into the hands of teammates. That's why, in that era when MVP was chosen by players, the reason why Russell was able to win MVP 5 times, the players loved such good teammates so much. And in the best team selected by the media, Russell was not welcomed, and was selected to the first team only three times.

Getting back to business, we're going to talk about Russell 2.0 after the offense has been upgraded - Duncan! Duncan can't just focus on defense like Russell, he also has to be responsible for carrying the team's offense, in college, in a training game with Dream Three, facing Big Dream, Admiral, and Sharks, Duncan scored 22 points and 10 rebounds, and played the so-called four big interior lines in the league in the 90s.

In his rookie season, he averaged 21.1 points, 11.9 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks per game, and was selected to the best team.

Are there any newcomers who are so fierce now?

And Howdy Williams once broke the news about Duncan's rookie season, he was an assistant coach with the Spurs, and in daily training, they had to close the windows of the training court because Duncan blew up David Robinson...... This guy only started playing basketball at the age of 14 and then became the greatest power forward, which is crazy. I can imagine David Robinson waking up in a cold sweat at night after those trainings.

In the second season, he led the team to the championship, swept the OK Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals, Duncan repelled four hands with two fists, averaging 29.0 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game, the Sharks 23.8 points, 13.0 rebounds and 1.8 blocks, and Kobe Bryant 21.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals.

For reference, Duncan's interior partner, Admiral Robinson, only had 13.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks.

This special can no longer be described as fierce, this special has become a giant!

This is also the reason why Duncan can participate in the draft in any year in college and be the champion, not to mention the 96 golden generation, the 98 prosperous age, in front of Duncan, they are all rookies...

After Duncan, no rookie can win the championship in the second season as the main player!

Even if it's Wade? It was also the championship that was won in the third year.

Tyrannical Snicks in the Finals, averaging 27.4 points, 14 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks per game, was elected MVP of the Finals!

This is Duncan... The finals in 05 should be called a round series of Deng Fengshen, who won the FMVP for the third time and locked in the best power forward in history.

In this round of the series, Duncan was surrounded by the modern version of the 60 Celtics Pistons, and his stats looked like a struggle, like 96 Jordan vs. Payton, so novice fans thought it was time to give the Finals MVP to Manu. Duncan 20.6 points, 14.1 rebounds, 2.1 caps and 41.9% shooting, this guy alone attracted most of the energy of the Pistons defense experts, Manu was released, Manu was able to get 18.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 49.4% shooting, and Parker was able to score 13.9 points, 3.4 assists and 45.8% shooting.

It was a super melee, tenacity and tenacity, the best display of the quality of will, seven battles were earth-shattering, I hated you to cap me, defense first, novice fans were extremely boring, and old fans were stunned. Horry's reluctance to break out of the small universe at the cost of his life is still deeply remembered, and how crucial it is.

After this war, look back at the swagger that was triggered in order to get Duncan... More than half of the teams in the league chose to swing in order to get Duncan, including the Spurs, who had an admiral at the time, also chose to swing because of the admiral's injury, and it is worth mentioning that it was Popovich's first season as head coach.

In the end, the Celtics, who were the most likely to get Duncan, did not draw the No. 1 pick, and the Cardinals and the Spurs also failed in negotiations. Auerbach was so angry that he retired...

This master is also boring for himself... He also didn't want to think about it, could someone as shrewd as Popovich not see Duncan's usefulness?

But after suffering from the Green Army's sincerity for Duncan, two years of rotten, can you imagine the scene of Green Kai losing and Green Kai fans applauding. The beating was so overwhelming for the Bishop that he nearly fainted, and he kept comparing Duncan to a modern-day version of Russell. American netizens once quipped: "This is simply an epic battle of wits and courage, especially between Auerbach and Popovich."

In the end, Popovich won, and he also brought a prosperous world to the Spurs!

Look at what happened to the Spurs these days after Duncan's retirement... Suddenly it seems understandable why Popovich would say such a thing in the first place... The next second after Duncan announced his retirement, he would immediately put down the whip...

Although this did not come true in the end, when Duncan announced his retirement, the entire Spurs team did encounter a lot of trouble, and Leonard suddenly became a glass man and was injured at every turn...

And the Spurs give everyone the same impression... This team, which has always been called the senior team, is really old! They're really old! Just because the Spurs' No. 21 rookie retired!

Duncan's greatness can be seen from this, he is a player who can influence his teammates without relying on statistics...