Off the court, Duncan created the Tim Duncan Foundation to raise health awareness and fund education and youth sports programs. [5] At the end of his final season in 2015–16, he was ranked first in regular season point-rebound double-doubles among active players,[120] while he led the charts in postseason point-rebound double-doubles (158 as of 2013–14). Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Helped by a supporting cast comprising Danny Green, Tiago Splitter, Gary Neal and Kawhi Leonard that had been maturing steadily over the last two seasons, Duncan and the Spurs would again make the playoffs with a 58–24 regular season record. [5] In the 1999 NBA playoffs, the Spurs defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 3–1, swept the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers 4–0, and defeated the Cinderella-story New York Knicks 4–1 in the Finals. [97] The Spurs finished sixth in the Western Conference after 82 games and faced the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs. The Spurs went on to conclude the 2013–14 regular season with a league-best 62 wins. [105] Four days later, Duncan scored a then-season high 18 points in a 123–98 win over the Utah Jazz, helping the Spurs extend its franchise-record home winning streak to 30 straight regular season games dating to 2014–15. [9][10] His parents were very supportive, and Duncan excelled at swimming, becoming a teenage standout in the 50-, 100-, and 400-meter freestyle and aiming to go to the 1992 Olympic Games as a member of the United States Team. Again, we had a (heck) of a run at it. [66] The trio of Duncan, Ginóbili and Parker continued playing to form for the remainder of the series, and the Spurs eliminated the Suns in five games. [11], Duncan was honored with the Virgin Islands Medal of Honor, the highest award bestowed by the Virgin Islands territorial government, and has been celebrated in several "Tim Duncan Day" ceremonies. You take great players as you find them. [87] Overall, Duncan's numbers remained at par with the previous season. Data Provided By [14] Eventually, despite scholarship offers by the University of Hartford, the University of Delaware, and Providence College, Duncan joined Odom's Wake Forest Demon Deacons. In the playoffs, he led the Spurs to a 4–1 series win over the Denver Nuggets in the opening round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, a 4–2 win over the Phoenix Suns in the second round, and a 4–1 win against the Utah Jazz in the Western Conference Finals, setting up a meeting with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Finals. Eleven games into the 2010–11 season, Duncan became the Spurs' all-time leader in points scored and games played. [5][9] At age 37, Robinson had announced that the season would be his last; his playing time was cut by coach Popovich to save his energy for the playoffs. It was also the first time since NBA players became eligible that the U.S. men's basketball team returned home without gold medals at the Olympics. New Jersey Nets vs. Detroit Pistons; West Conf Finals. In the playoffs, the Spurs swept the Los Angeles Lakers, beat Golden State in six games and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals in a 4–0 sweep to reach the NBA Finals. [9], In the 1996–97 NCAA season, new 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Demon Deacon and future NBA player Loren Woods eased the pressure on Duncan close to the basket. [9] Duncan's style of play was simple yet effective, combining an array of low-post moves, mid-range bank shots, and tough defense. [116], In 1998, Duncan was selected as one of the last two players for the United States national team for the World Basketball Championship. In that game, Duncan recorded 22 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks for the Spurs. "[152], Duncan enjoys Renaissance fairs and the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. It just feels good. The Spurs defeated Dallas in seven games in the first round of the playoffs, Portland in five games in the conference semifinals, and Oklahoma City in six games, where game 6 went into overtime, as the Spurs won, 112–107. He is a five-time NBA champion, a two-time NBA MVP, a three-time NBA Finals MVP, a 15-time NBA All-Star,[5] and the only player to be selected to both the All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams for 13 consecutive seasons.[6]. [13], Duncan cites his late mother as his main inspiration. [5] Eleven-time NBA champion Bill Russell further compliments Duncan on his passing ability, and rates him as one of the most efficient players of his generation,[121] a view shared by 19-time NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "[127] Sports journalist Kevin Kernan commented on his ability to relax and stay focused, stating that having a degree in psychology, Duncan often not only outplays, but out-psychs his opponents. We had opportunities to win games and make it a different series, but that's just the way the ball rolls sometimes. His main weakness for much of his career was his free throw shooting, with a career average of less than 70%. [154] In April 2017, the adviser pled guilty to wire fraud in the case;[155] in June 2018, he reached a settlement and received $7.5 million. Up against star center O'Neal once more, the Spurs were defeated 4–1 by the eventual champions. [9] Duncan was first in the 1996–97 NCAA Division I in rebounding, tenth in blocked shots (3.3 bpg), and 28th in scoring (20.8 ppg). Coach Popovich also praised Duncan: "Tim is the common denominator. [67] In the first game of the next round against the Chris Paul-led Hornets, San Antonio was badly defeated 101–82 as Duncan played one of the worst playoff games in his career, recording only 5 points and 3 rebounds. [17], During the 1995–96 NCAA season, the Wake Forest team lost Childress, who graduated the previous season and entered the NBA. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. This postseason featured the most series … [9] Odom was searching for a tall, physical player to play near the basket. 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[17], Standing at 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m) and weighing 250 pounds (113 kg), Duncan was a power forward who could also play center. [47] He averaged 23.3 points, a career-high 12.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.9 blocks per game, and earned All-NBA and All-Defensive First Team recognition, resulting in his second NBA Most Valuable Player Award. In 1996, he led the ACC in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, and blocked shots, becoming the first player in conference history to lead all four of those categories. [21] Duncan finished his senior season with career high averages of 20.8 points, 14.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game while shooting .606 from the field and winning the Defensive Player of the Year for a third straight season. [9] Meanwhile, Duncan worked towards a degree in psychology and also took classes in anthropology and Chinese literature. [150], In 2001,[151] Duncan established the Tim Duncan Foundation to fund programs involving health awareness and research, education, and youth sports and recreation in San Antonio, Winston-Salem, and the United States Virgin Islands. He finished the regular season with 23,785 career points, which broke George Gervin's record for most points in a Spurs uniform (23,602). After winning the Finals in five games, Duncan joined John Salley as the only players to win a championship in three different decades. [54] Statistically though, Duncan remained strong; after another convincing season with averages of 22.3 points, 12.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.7 blocks,[5] he led the Spurs into the Western Conference Semifinals. [9] He was also voted All-ACC First Team, a feat he would repeat in each of his two remaining years at Wake Forest. 2003 NBA Finals Nets vs. Spurs 2002 Finals 2004 Finals. Through his 1,000th game, the Spurs have been 707–293; only Scottie Pippen (715–285) had a better record with his team through his first 1,000 games. San Antonio Spurs (literalmente, en español, «Espuelas de San Antonio») es un equipo de baloncesto de la NBA con base en San Antonio, Texas.Juegan de local en el AT&T Center y utilizan indumentaria blanca y negra. The Suns—defeated by the Spurs in three of the past four seasons of playoffs—were out for revenge and featured a new player in four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal. [140][141], On July 22, 2019, the San Antonio Spurs announced that Duncan was named an assistant coach. He primarily played the power forward position and also played center throughout his career. On January 21, 2010, Duncan was named as the starting forward for the West for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game. [13] Between 2001 and 2002, the foundation raised more than $350,000 for breast and prostate cancer research. Are you a Stathead, too? [5] With these impressive performances, Duncan is one of only four players to receive All-NBA First Team honors in each of his first eight seasons (1998–2005), along with Hall-of-Famers Bob Pettit (ten seasons), Larry Bird (nine seasons), and Oscar Robertson (nine seasons), and is the only player in NBA history to receive All-NBA and All-Defensive honors in his first 13 seasons (1997–98 to 2009–10). [17] In 2002, Duncan was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team honoring the 50 greatest players in ACC history. The center also made the All-ACC Tournament between 1995 and 1997 and the All-ACC First Team between 1995 and 1997. The 1996-97 team won their first 13 games, but then came a slump, and they failed to win a third ACC title. As a college player, he was honored by the House of Representatives,[131] named the ACC Male Athlete of the Year, won the John R. Wooden Award and Adolph Rupp Trophy, and was selected as the Naismith College Player of the Year in addition to player of the year honors from the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and Sporting News (all 1997). [5], Apart from his impressive statistics, Duncan has gained a reputation as a clutch player, as evidenced by his three NBA Finals MVP awards and his playoff career averages being higher than his regular season statistics. "[30] In his rookie season, Duncan lived up to expectations of being the number one draft pick, starting in all 82 regular season games, averaging 21.1 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.5 blocks per game, and earning All-NBA First Team honors. League Champion: San Antonio Spurs. [157], This article is about the American basketball player. Le 15 mai 2003, les Spurs mettent fin au rêve de quadruplé des Lakers Le 15 mai 2021 à 14:49 Même à domicile, Los Angeles a rendu les armes face à un immense Tim Duncan et perdu ses illusions pour un historique quadruplé. [117] Duncan's first chance at playing for the national team came in 1999 when he was called up to the Olympic Qualifying Team. "[54], During the 2008 NBA All-Star Weekend, Duncan was a member of the San Antonio team that won the Shooting Stars Competition. [64] For the season, he played 78 games and posted his typical 20/10 numbers,[65] San Antonio concluded the 2007–08 regular season with a 56–26 record, finishing behind the Lakers and New Orleans Hornets in the Western Conference and setting up themselves for a first-round contest against the Suns. After two convincing Game 1 and 2 wins for the Spurs, the Pistons double teamed Duncan and forced him to play further from the basket. [84] The Spurs were 29–4 after 33 games—one of the ten best starts in NBA history[85]–and led the league at 35–6 halfway through the season. [13] The Duncans divorced in August 2013. "[54] Then-NBA commissioner David Stern added: "[Duncan] is a player for the ages. [13] The foundation's major events have included the Tim Duncan Bowling for Dollar$ Charity Bowl-A-Thon and the Slam Duncan Charity Golf Classic. [75] As it turned out, Duncan and Parker were not enough to help the Spurs avoid a 4–1 defeat by Dallas, and the Spurs were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2000. [77] The team got off to a 5–6 start, but a series of double-double performances by Duncan gave them a 9–6 record by the end of November. In August 2017, BlackJack Speed Shop, in partnership with The Tim Duncan Foundation, organized urgently needed supplies for victims of Hurricane Harvey. [83] 12 days later, in a game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Duncan became the 94th player in NBA history to play 1,000 games. À la suite de cette élimination beaucoup de changements ont été effectués dans l'effectif de l'équipe. [118] The record represented more losses in a single year than in the 68 previous years combined. The 2003 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2002–03 season.The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs defeating the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets, 4 games to 2, in the NBA Finals. "[12] He overcame his awkwardness to become a standout for the St. Dunstan's Episcopal High School, averaging 25 points per game as a senior. Los Spurs son el único equipo procedente de la ABA capaz de ganar un anillo de campeón de la NBA, consiguiéndolo en cinco ocasiones. [74][75] Coupled with an aging supporting cast (Bowen, Michael Finley and Kurt Thomas were all in their late 30s), however, the Spurs were only considered fringe contenders for the championship. In 2013, Duncan opened the vehicle customization BlackJack Speed Shop in San Antonio, Texas, located near the San Antonio Spurs practice facility. [22] When the Spurs have won the NBA title, the team's victory parades have been boat trips on the San Antonio River Walk . [17], In college, Duncan co-authored a chapter in the social psychology book Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors. [9] In the 2002 NBA playoffs, the Spurs were again outmatched by the Lakers. [93] On February 19, 2015, he passed Alex English to move into 16th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 30 points against the Los Angeles Clippers. [11], Duncan never swam competitively again, but his brother-in-law inspired him to turn to basketball. [26] In 2009, Duncan was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame. His laid-back attitude is the embodiment of the people of St. Croix, doing things without fanfare and hoopla. Copyright © 2000-2021 Sports Reference LLC. [43], On the back of two consecutive playoff disappointments, Duncan improved statistically in the 2001–02 season. I'm proud of his attitude and effort. [98] Duncan was later named to the All-Defensive second team on May 20 for the seventh time in his career.[99]. [133], Duncan was also named by the Association for Professional Basketball Research as one of the "100 Greatest Professional Basketball Players of the 20th Century", and is the youngest player on that list. [9], In the year before Duncan's arrival at Wake Forest University, the Demon Deacons reached the Sweet 16, but then lost leading scorer Rodney Rogers, who entered the 1993 NBA draft. [17], In 2003, Duncan was also a member of the USA team that recorded ten wins and qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics. "[32] Center Robinson was equally impressed with Duncan: "He's the real thing. [88][89] The Spurs met defending NBA champions Miami Heat in the NBA Finals in a tightly contested series. [44] On the other hand, Duncan's team struggled with the fact that the aging Robinson was no longer able to sustain his level of performance, and backup center-forward Malik Rose had to step in more often. Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. [13] They had a second child, son Draven, in the summer of 2007. Dallas Mavericks vs. San Antonio Spurs; Finals . [111] On April 8, he scored a season-high 21 points in a losing effort to the Denver Nuggets. All rights reserved. [134] In the 2001–02 season, he won the IBM Player Award[135] and the Sporting News (TSN) MVP Award,[136] becoming the third player to ever win the NBA MVP, IBM Player and TSN Player Awards in the same season. Their quest for back-to-back championships was ended May 2 as they lost to the Clippers in seven games. There, they met the Los Angeles Lakers again, split the series 2–2, and in Game 5, Duncan made a toughly defended jump shot which put the Spurs ahead by one point with 0.4 seconds left to play. On May 31, 2012, in the third game of the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Duncan set the record for most career blocks in playoffs history, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 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In high school, he played basketball for St. Dunstan's Episcopal. [5] His defensive contributions ensured that he was elected to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team and was also named NBA Rookie of the Year, having won the NBA Rookie of the Month award every single month that season. [29] Duncan was voted to the 1998 NBA All-Star Game by coaches. [9] In the 1993–94 NCAA season, Coach Dave Odom was considering redshirting Duncan, but was forced to play him after fellow freshman big man Makhtar N'Diaye violated NCAA rules and eventually transferred to Michigan. [9] He was dealt another emotional blow when his mother died of breast cancer one day before his 14th birthday. [9] The Demon Deacons won the ACC Finals again,[18] but in the Sweet 16, Duncan came down with the flu, and his team missed the Final Four. [113] However, on July 11, 2016, he announced his retirement from the NBA after 19 seasons with San Antonio. [108] On March 10, Duncan became the sixth player in league history with 15,000 rebounds, completing the feat midway through the first quarter of the Spurs' 109–101 win over the Chicago Bulls. [9] Given the weak level of basketball in the Virgin Islands, Odom was wary about Duncan at first, especially after first meeting him and thinking him inattentive; Duncan stared blankly at Odom for most of the conversation. [149], In 2017, Duncan and longtime girlfriend Vanessa Macias welcomed a child, daughter Quill Duncan. He was the man tonight [in Game 5]." [14], In the 1994–95 NCAA season, the sophomore was soon called one of the best prospects among the eligible for the NBA, along with peers Joe Smith, Rasheed Wallace, and Jerry Stackhouse. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. In the first two games, the "Twin Towers" outscored their Knicks counterparts Chris Dudley/Larry Johnson with 41 points, 26 rebounds, and nine blocks versus five points, 12 rebounds, and zero blocks. [103] After missing the Spurs' last three games of December due to rest and right knee soreness, Duncan returned to action on January 2, 2016 against the Houston Rockets. Double teamed by Duncan and Robinson, Knicks swingman Latrell Sprewell missed a last-second desperation shot,[39] and after closing out the series with a strong 31-point and 9-rebound showing in Game 5, Duncan was named Finals MVP, bringing San Antonio their first-ever NBA championship. [115], On December 18, 2016, the Spurs retired Duncan's No. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Duncan started out as an aspiring swimmer and only began playing basketball in ninth grade, when Hurricane Hugo destroyed the only available Olympic-sized pool in his homeland of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. [38] In this series, a large contingent of Virgin Islanders flew over to support their local hero,[39] and were not disappointed.
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