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tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:09 PM Jul 2016

Tim Duncan retires - a real role model for anybody. The NBA needs more like him.

One of those superstars that never needed to tell somebody how good they were. Never showed his ass with his play or words. He played the way he lives - with dignity and grace. He will be missed.

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Tim Duncan retires - a real role model for anybody. The NBA needs more like him. (Original Post) tonyt53 Jul 2016 OP
I remember him at Wake playing in the ACC Championship underpants Jul 2016 #1
Good man gademocrat7 Jul 2016 #2
A class act joeybee12 Jul 2016 #3
The Spurs dynasty was built around him. klook Jul 2016 #4
I remember Duncan in one game gratuitous Jul 2016 #5

underpants

(182,281 posts)
1. I remember him at Wake playing in the ACC Championship
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:13 PM
Jul 2016

I was so mesmerized by the game I didn't realize a water line had popped in a storage room and water was shooting everywhere.

klook

(12,134 posts)
4. The Spurs dynasty was built around him.
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:57 PM
Jul 2016

Only NBA player ever to win 1,000 games with one team. What a player, what a career, what a team.


www.mysanantonio.com

BTW, on the My San Antonio site there's a link to a compilation of hilarious Onion headlines about Tim Duncan, usually parodying his super low-key personality -- for example, "Tim Duncan Announces Shoe Deal With Florsheim."


The other teams in the NBA West may be breathing a sigh of relief, but the NBA will be poorer without Duncan. On the plus side, now he'll have more time for his many charitable activities.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. I remember Duncan in one game
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 04:01 PM
Jul 2016

Dick Bavetta was refereeing and wearing a mic for the network. There was a close out-of-bounds call, which Bavetta awarded to the other team. Duncan had the ball and handed it to Bavetta, remarking that he'd missed the call, and the Spurs should have been given possession. Bavetta denied missing the call, and Duncan said, I'll betcha you missed it. Bavetta said, oh no, I don't bet with you guys (meaning players) because you never pay up. Duncan said I'll bet you a hamburger. Bavetta said, a hamburger? You're on.

Replays showed that the Spurs indeed should have gotten the ball. I don't know if Bavetta and Duncan ever went back to pay off the bet. The exchange was illuminating for me, about how to go about disputing a call without getting disagreeable.

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