Media Ariel Helwani calls Leon Edwards the Tim Duncan of MMA

[The Legendary Scarface]

Not sure if I like that comparison because Edwards hasn't achieved anything yet really, but I get it, He's well rounded, barely makes mistakes, fundamental , technique, quiet, humble, not much personality. Cool

That being said, I wonder what kind of other basketball comparisons we can make, for the NBA fans on here.

I got
Patrick Beverly and Clay Guida,
Russell Westbrook and Cody Garbrandt,
GSP and TIM DUNCAN...

U guys got any?...

 

[BRASIL WAND]

Helwani just KenFlo’d me!!! I posted that immediately after he posted his pic with Timmy.

Effective but boring competitors in their respective sports... the difference is Duncan was an actual Champ and didn’t face the D-League

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Flashback to that time Goldberg referred to Travis Lutter as the "Michael Jordan" of BJJ.

 

[themainman]

Ariel doesn’t know shit about basketball. Toronto wins a championship and now he thinks he’s an expert.
Duncan won 5 championships, Leon Edwards hasn’t even fought for the title

 

[cooks1]

Ugh...That is such an awful comparison I can't even get started on it.

 

[nanika]

terrible comparison. the real question is who is the Ron Artest of MMA?

 

[ScarfaceJr]

Tim Duncan of mma?

 

[Thunderchild]

Tim Duncan is a consensus top 5 power forward of all time. Leon Edwards is not in the top 10 of the current rankings.

 

[Fire Fist]

James Milner of MMA is a better comparison.

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

shouldn't that be GSP?

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Duncan is a top 10 player of all time.

5 rings
3 finals MVP's
2 league MVP awards..
Made First Team all NBA 10 times..

Slow your Roll Ariel..

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

terrible comparison. the real question is who is the Ron Artest of MMA?

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Ariel doesn’t know shit about basketball. Toronto wins a championship and now he thinks he’s an expert.
Duncan won 5 championships, Leon Edwards hasn’t even fought for the title

And Raptors best player is in LA now.. So much for a repeat..

 

[Londonjitsu]

James Milner of MMA is a better comparison.

That's actually a real good one

 

[nanika]

quite fitting

 

[flowoftruth]

dont know who that is

 

[chitoortiz]

Tim Duncan is a consensus top 5 power forward of all time. Leon Edwards is not in the top 10 of the current rankings.

I’d go as far as saying he’s number #1 PF of all time

 

[Garmil]

Ngannou, Dwight Howard.

 

[WHITE ANDERSON]

leon edwards already the GOAT according to the GOAT journalist

real recognize real

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

Ngannou, Dwight Howard.

too healthy, maybe someone more like Cruz

 

[Ridgeback]

I got
Patrick Beverly and Clay Guida,

U guys got any?...

Why do you say Beverly and Guida?? I'm not disagreeing yet, just curious. Beverly is crazy good at antagonizing and getting under people's skin. I guess both have very strong work ethic.