Tim Duncan Makes Citizen's Foul Call

[duncan228]

Tim Duncan Makes Citizen's Foul Call (http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/tim_duncan_makes_citizens)

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SAN ANTONIO—Spurs center Tim Duncan took officiating into his own hands Saturday when he made a citizen's foul call on Kings guard Kevin Martin, calling the 6-foot-7-inch Martin for a reaching violation during the Spurs' 113-94 victory. "We didn't catch the illegal use of hands, but luckily Tim blew the whistle he usually wears during games," said official Joe DeRosa, who assisted Duncan in filling out the various exhaustive citizen's foul-call forms after the game. "Tim was very cooperative when identifying the offender and reporting the situation to the scorer's table. And I was impressed by his strong belief that the rules should apply to everyone, which he displayed when he called [teammate] Keith Bogans for blocking later in the game." When asked for comment, Duncan told reporters that it was his responsibility as a rule-abiding player not to sit idly by while there is "so much wrong being done on the basketball court every single day."

[lefty]

Onion?

[coyotes_geek]

Meh. Not their best work.

[duncan228]

Yes, it's The Onion.

[Galileo]

Tim Duncan Makes Citizen's Foul Call (http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/tim_duncan_makes_citizens)

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SAN ANTONIO—Spurs center Tim Duncan took officiating into his own hands Saturday when he made a citizen's foul call on Kings guard Kevin Martin, calling the 6-foot-7-inch Martin for a reaching violation during the Spurs' 113-94 victory. "We didn't catch the illegal use of hands, but luckily Tim blew the whistle he usually wears during games," said official Joe DeRosa, who assisted Duncan in filling out the various exhaustive citizen's foul-call forms after the game. "Tim was very cooperative when identifying the offender and reporting the situation to the scorer's table. And I was impressed by his strong belief that the rules should apply to everyone, which he displayed when he called [teammate] Keith Bogans for blocking later in the game." When asked for comment, Duncan told reporters that it was his responsibility as a rule-abiding player not to sit idly by while there is "so much wrong being done on the basketball court every single day."

:lmao :lmao :lmao

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[Spursmania]

Onion reeks its ugly head again...:lol

[PM5K]

Could have been better, but they did use the right picture.

[TheProfessor]

"We didn't catch the illegal use of hands, but luckily Tim blew the whistle he usually wears during games," said official Joe DeRosa
Best part.

[ShoogarBear]

It will be a sad day at The Onion when Duncan retires.

[duncan228]

The Onion loves Duncan.

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[AussieFanKurt]

Tim complains once in a blue moon

[panic giraffe]

my all time favorite was the apple store genius one.

but why do they love timmy so much?

[duncan228]

but why do they love timmy so much?

His 'boring' label gives them lots to work with.

[makedamnsure]

His 'boring' label gives them lots to work with.

I'm sure if he reads the articles, he loves them.

[AnthonyM]

The Onion loves Duncan.

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The first one is classic. But both are pure hilarity.

[Leetonidas]

This article kinda sucked, but all the other ones are pure gold.

[ClingingMars]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/tim_duncan_rooting_for_cavaliers

i just lost it