Tim Duncan - Teammate of the Year

[pookenstein]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/tim-duncan-wins-2014-15-twyman-stokes-teammate-year-award

Voted by NBA Players.

Well deserved! Congrats, Timmy!

[pookenstein]

Link works now...

[DenialTwist]

Here are the full results (first-place votes, second-place votes, third-place votes, fourth-place votes, fifth-place votes, total points):
1. Tim Duncan, San Antonio (72-59-44-49-21-1494)
2. Vince Carter (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/531/vince-carter), Memphis (28-39-30-28-21-818)
3. Elton Brand (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/605/elton-brand), Atlanta (21-27-44-23-19-707)
4. Ryan Anderson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1488/ryan-anderson), New Orleans (31-29-12-19-23-653)
5. Jameer Nelson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1060/jameer-nelson), Denver (39-14-13-22-33-652)
6. Mike Miller (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/682/mike-miller), Cleveland (16-23-26-41-29-603)
7. Steve Blake (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/964/steve-blake), Portland (18-23-24-27-22-564)
8. Pau Gasol (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/766/pau-gasol), Chicago (15-24-20-21-27-508)
9. Andre Iguodala (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1049/andre-iguodala), Golden State (19-18-21-19-15-493)
10. Udonis Haslem (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/988/udonis-haslem), Miami (15-13-24-22-13-440)
11. Caron Butler (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/857/caron-butler), Detroit (14-17-20-17-20-430)
12. Al Jefferson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1055/al-jefferson), Charlotte (11-13-21-20-46-412)
In case you missed it: “Players were not allowed to vote for a teammate.”

Dan Feldman is a grump: http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/08/19/tim-duncan-wins-nba-teammate-award-despite-teammates-not-being-allowed-to-vote-for-him/

A lot of players outside San Antonio think Duncan is a good teammate. OK. That’s nice. Is that really worth celebrating, though?
They ought to rename it the Twyman-Stokes Hearsay Award.

[Dex]

:lol Wonder who pissed in Feldman's Cheerios this morning?

[T_L_P]

Greatest basketball leader since Russell.

Fuck most Spurs fans for calling it Tony't team back in 09. We've never been appreciative enough of our Tim.

[TheGreatYacht]

Deserved 2005 FMVP and should've won 2014's :worthy:

[SuperCam]

Only Russell, Kareem and Wilt were better bigs.

[The_Klaw]

:bobo


Nelson is quite surprising

[ginobilized]

Wow! Timmy won by an unprecedented landslide. Nice to see him getting his props. The league seems to have woken up to the successful systems and values the Spurs have espoused for so many years now.

Congrats, Mr. Duncan!

[adonis827]

Deserved 2005 FMVP and should've won 2014's :worthy:

Duncan won 2005. Parker won 2007.

Manu probably deserved 2005 as well as Duncan but Duncan is still their best player then in terms of offense and defense.

[TheGreatYacht]

Duncan won 2005. Parker won 2007.

Manu probably deserved 2005 as well as Duncan but Duncan is still their best player then in terms of offense and defense.
Yeah I agree, Manu was great that year

[BD24]

Only Russell, Kareem and Wilt were better bigs.
I really hate ranking Russell and Wilt. They were both amazing, but it was such a different league and such a different era that I find it hard to compare them to modern players, way to many what if statements imo. I do agree with Kareem though for sure, think he is the best big of all time.

[SuperCam]

I really hate ranking Russell and Wilt. They were both amazing, but it was such a different league and such a different era that I find it hard to compare them to modern players, way to many what if statements imo. I do agree with Kareem though for sure, think he is the best big of all time.

Wilt transcended eras


Of all his memories of Wilt Chamberlain, the one that stood out for Larry Brown happened long after Chamberlain's professional career was over.On a summer day in the early 1980s at the Men's Gym on the UCLA campus, Chamberlain showed up to take part in one of the high-octane pickup games that the arena constantly attracted. Brown was the coach of the Bruins back then, and Chamberlain often drove to UCLA from his home in Bel Air, Calif.

"Magic Johnson used to run the games," Brown recalled Tuesday after hearing that Chamberlain, his friend, had died at the age of 63, "and he called a couple of chintzy fouls and a goaltending on Wilt.

"So Wilt said: 'There will be no more layups in this gym,' and he blocked every shot after that. That's the truth, I saw it. He didn't let one (of Johnson's) shots get to the rim."Chamberlain would have been in his mid-40s at the time, a decade removed from one of the greatest careers any basketball player ever produced. But the advancing years meant little to Chamberlain in terms of physical conditioning.

Into his 50s and his 60s, Chamberlain remained an incredible specimen -- a mountain of a man who was as coordinated and talented athletically as he was imposing physically.

The Cleveland Cavaliers called him in the early '80s and asked him if he'd still be interested in playing. Five or six years later, when Chamberlain was 50, the New Jersey Nets had the same idea.


Giant of a man who was graceful enough to run track and field. Never a physical specimen like him since.

[BD24]

Giant of a man who was graceful enough to run track and field. Never a physical specimen like him since.
They would both obviously be superstars in todays era. But how great is the question. They were phenomenal and played against who was put in front of them, but they were beating up on a bunch of unathletic white boys for the most part. I'm not saying they don't deserve to be in the top 10, as obviously they do. Its hard to compare accomplishments though with things being so different.

[T_L_P]

I really hate ranking Russell and Wilt. They were both amazing, but it was such a different league and such a different era that I find it hard to compare them to modern players, way to many what if statements imo. I do agree with Kareem though for sure, think he is the best big of all time.

And Wilt was a Playoff choke artist.

[RayTdropout]

I love Tim duncan more than anybody on here but unfortunately his personality And the tag that the media has put on him will always keep him from being called the goat big of alltime. That does matter. If he is able to tie kareem next year with 6 its going to be hard to argue against it. He will always be the goat power foward atleast

[rmt]

Here are the full results (first-place votes, second-place votes, third-place votes, fourth-place votes, fifth-place votes, total points):
1. Tim Duncan, San Antonio (72-59-44-49-21-1494)
2. Vince Carter (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/531/vince-carter), Memphis (28-39-30-28-21-818)
3. Elton Brand (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/605/elton-brand), Atlanta (21-27-44-23-19-707)
4. Ryan Anderson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1488/ryan-anderson), New Orleans (31-29-12-19-23-653)
5. Jameer Nelson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1060/jameer-nelson), Denver (39-14-13-22-33-652)
6. Mike Miller (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/682/mike-miller), Cleveland (16-23-26-41-29-603)
7. Steve Blake (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/964/steve-blake), Portland (18-23-24-27-22-564)
8. Pau Gasol (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/766/pau-gasol), Chicago (15-24-20-21-27-508)
9. Andre Iguodala (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1049/andre-iguodala), Golden State (19-18-21-19-15-493)
10. Udonis Haslem (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/988/udonis-haslem), Miami (15-13-24-22-13-440)
11. Caron Butler (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/857/caron-butler), Detroit (14-17-20-17-20-430)
12. Al Jefferson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1055/al-jefferson), Charlotte (11-13-21-20-46-412)
In case you missed it: “Players were not allowed to vote for a teammate.”

Dan Feldman is a grump: http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/08/19/tim-duncan-wins-nba-teammate-award-despite-teammates-not-being-allowed-to-vote-for-him/

I'm sure a lot Timmy's FORMER team mates voted for him - there are a lot of them around even though quite a few are now retired. What's this Feldman's problem?

[BillMc]

Here are the full results (first-place votes, second-place votes, third-place votes, fourth-place votes, fifth-place votes, total points):
1. Tim Duncan, San Antonio (72-59-44-49-21-1494)
2. Vince Carter (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/531/vince-carter), Memphis (28-39-30-28-21-818)
3. Elton Brand (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/605/elton-brand), Atlanta (21-27-44-23-19-707)
4. Ryan Anderson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1488/ryan-anderson), New Orleans (31-29-12-19-23-653)
5. Jameer Nelson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1060/jameer-nelson), Denver (39-14-13-22-33-652)
6. Mike Miller (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/682/mike-miller), Cleveland (16-23-26-41-29-603)
7. Steve Blake (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/964/steve-blake), Portland (18-23-24-27-22-564)
8. Pau Gasol (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/766/pau-gasol), Chicago (15-24-20-21-27-508)
9. Andre Iguodala (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1049/andre-iguodala), Golden State (19-18-21-19-15-493)
10. Udonis Haslem (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/988/udonis-haslem), Miami (15-13-24-22-13-440)
11. Caron Butler (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/857/caron-butler), Detroit (14-17-20-17-20-430)
12. Al Jefferson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1055/al-jefferson), Charlotte (11-13-21-20-46-412)
In case you missed it: “Players were not allowed to vote for a teammate.”

Dan Feldman is a grump: http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/08/19/tim-duncan-wins-nba-teammate-award-despite-teammates-not-being-allowed-to-vote-for-him/

Kobe not in the top 12. :depressed

[Seventyniner]

Kobe not in the top 12. :depressed

Is there a complete list? I'd like to know if he even got a single vote.


And Dan Feldman is a complete tool for what he wrote. His entire premise is that Tim won despite his teammates not being allowed to vote for him, while ignoring the fact that it would be true of any winner of that award.

[Budkin]

Tim Fucking Duncan

[Kool Bob Love]

Deserved should've won 2013's :worthy:

kobe Leonard had other plans. Smh.

[Kool Bob Love]

Timmy da GAWD. :worthy:

[BillMc]

Is there a complete list? I'd like to know if he even got a single vote.


And Dan Feldman is a complete tool for what he wrote. His entire premise is that Tim won despite his teammates not being allowed to vote for him, while ignoring the fact that it would be true of any winner of that award.

As the panel of NBA legends nominated six players from each conference that would mean there are only 12 nominees. So unless some player had a write-in name, this would be the complete list.

Agree about Feldman.

[LakerHater]

WAIT, KoMe didnt win it!?



:lmao

[Spurs Brazil]

Mike Monroe ‏@Monroe_SA
Duncan on new #Spurs: "It will be a process. Pop's excited about it, I'm excited about and I know the guys coming in are )excited).'

[TheGreatYacht]

kobe Leonard had other plans. Smh.
You ain't lying.. :pctoss

[TXstbobcat]

Congratulations Timmy!!!!

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Here are the full results (first-place votes, second-place votes, third-place votes, fourth-place votes, fifth-place votes, total points):
1. Tim Duncan, San Antonio (72-59-44-49-21-1494)
2. Vince Carter (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/531/vince-carter), Memphis (28-39-30-28-21-818)
3. Elton Brand (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/605/elton-brand), Atlanta (21-27-44-23-19-707)
4. Ryan Anderson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1488/ryan-anderson), New Orleans (31-29-12-19-23-653)
5. Jameer Nelson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1060/jameer-nelson), Denver (39-14-13-22-33-652)
6. Mike Miller (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/682/mike-miller), Cleveland (16-23-26-41-29-603)
7. Steve Blake (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/964/steve-blake), Portland (18-23-24-27-22-564)
8. Pau Gasol (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/766/pau-gasol), Chicago (15-24-20-21-27-508)
9. Andre Iguodala (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1049/andre-iguodala), Golden State (19-18-21-19-15-493)
10. Udonis Haslem (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/988/udonis-haslem), Miami (15-13-24-22-13-440)
11. Caron Butler (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/857/caron-butler), Detroit (14-17-20-17-20-430)
12. Al Jefferson (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1055/al-jefferson), Charlotte (11-13-21-20-46-412)
In case you missed it: “Players were not allowed to vote for a teammate.”

Dan Feldman is a grump: http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/08/19/tim-duncan-wins-nba-teammate-award-despite-teammates-not-being-allowed-to-vote-for-him/

175 votes for top 3. 245 top 5. There are only 30 * 15 + chaff or about 500 players in an NBA season. 35% and 49%. That is a tremendous sign of respect.

[aal04]

https://streamable.com/wmv1

[100%duncan]

A cat lover ruining this thread SMH

[phxspurfan]

Only Russell, Kareem and Wilt were better bigs.

Tim >Kareem at this point already

[SupremeGuy]

:bobo

[bic50]

:tu TD should've been teammate of the year every year of his career tbh.

[SuperCam]

Tim >Kareem at this point already



crofl, but it's no shame being second best to the GOAT big man.

[pgardn]

Only Russell, Kareem and Wilt were better bigs.

No.
Possibly.
No.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Tim >Kareem at this point already

[timtonymanu]

This is something we all already know about TD but good he got recognized for it.

It's obvious a lot of players respect him in the league.

[spurs10]

Well deserved honor!

[HI-FI]

Greatest basketball leader since Russell.

Fuck most Spurs fans for calling it Tony't team back in 09. We've never been appreciative enough of our Tim.
truth bomb.

[Russo21]

Is this a new NBA Award? I hadn't heard of it until now. Tim should have 18 of these already :) Congrats

[Mnky]

Link To Tim Duncan Story (http://www.foxsports.com/southwest/story/ex-nba-player-etan-thomas-says-tim-duncan-gave-him-advice-during-game-042515)

Here's a link shared on thate page in the comments incase anyone missed it about a guy who was playing Tim Duncan, and Duncan was coaching him.


Here is my Tim Duncan story
So we're playing the Spurs and I get the ball on the post. I inside pivot and sweep to the middle for my jump hook and he blocks it. So as we are running down the court he says to me "that was a good move but you have to get more into my body so you can either draw the foul or I can't block it".
So I didn't know if he was talking noise or what so just kind of looked at him confused and said ok. Then, a few plays later I did it again got more into his body and he couldn't block it. I missed the shot and he looked at me and said much better and kept playing lol. I remember calling my boy Zee Chilton and telling him this story lol Tim Duncan is honestly one of the nicest guys in the NBA and one of the best power forwards ever. Respect"

GOAT tbh..

[pookenstein]

Please no derailing of this thread. No anti-Leonard/Parker...

[milkyway21]

CONGRATULATIONS TO DUNCAN. :worthy:



Greatest basketball leader since Russell.

Fuck most Spurs fans for calling it Tony't team back in 09 . We've never been appreciative enough of our Tim.

Yap, doesn't mean the highest ave. scorer is the best player.
DUNCAN is still the glue.

[BD24]

Interesting that Duncan was one of the only superstars on the list. Most of those guys are role players or decent starters. Speaks volumes that he was able to put his ego aside and be a great teammate despite being one of the best players in the league.

[milkyway21]

Interesting that Duncan was one of the only superstars on the list. Most of those guys are role players or decent starters. Speaks volumes that he was able to put his ego aside and be a great teammate despite being one of the best players in the league.

Agree.

If not for Duncan I don't think Manu would come back to play for add'l. year.

After they lost to the Clippers, they went to a bar in L.A., he even carried the drunk giant Baynes to the team bus...that was hilarious :lol

[BD24]

Agree.

If not for Duncan I don't think Manu would come back to play for add'l. year.

After they lost to the Clippers, they went to a bar in L.A., he even carried the drunk giant Baynes to the team bus...that was hilarious :lol
Haha that video is awesome, god Baynes just looked absolutely hammered.

[milkyway21]

http://www.poundingtherock.com/2015/8/19/9178859/tim-duncan-Twyman-Stokes-teammate-year-award


Duncan is most excited to play alongside David West. And it's only August but he already worked out with Aldridge. :D.
Can't wait for the start of the 2015-16 season :flag:

[k_nguyen93]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/teams/spurs/2015/08/19/TimDuncanTwymanStokesAwardmp4-3668273

[Keepin' it real]

Tim >Kareem at this point already

Huge Timmy fan here. The only jerseys I've ever owned are Spurs 50, 21 and 20. But come on, you sound like an idiot saying Tim > Kareem. If you don't mind sounding idiotic, knock yourself out.

[dweaver99027]

Everybody loves Timmy! BTW, Wilt, Kareem and Russell are not to be dismissed so easily in comparisons to Duncan. Respect.

[thiste]

[...] from being called the goat big of alltime.
The greatest of all time big of all time. Or the GOAT BOAT?



Tim >Kareem at this point already
This screams ignorance or stupidity. Or both.

[Sean Cagney]

And Wilt was a Playoff choke artist.

^^^ This, never the leader Tim was but a great regular season and stats player. Russel I would say is not better than Tim overall either, on D surely he is and he anchored that D for years on end but on the offensive end Tim is miles ahead of Bill so I can't put him ahead of Tim either. Bill was a great player no doubt but the only guy I have above Tim as far as big men go would be Kareem and Hakeem might have an argument the way he dominated in his prime.
Everybody loves Timmy! BTW, Wilt, Kareem and Russell are not to be dismissed so easily in comparisons to Duncan. Respect.

Agreed. I would throw Hakeem in there as well personally.

[Spur|n|Austin]

http://www.poundingtherock.com/2015/8/19/9178859/tim-duncan-Twyman-Stokes-teammate-year-award


Duncan is most excited to play alongside David West. And it's only August but he already worked out with Aldridge. :D.
Can't wait for the start of the 2015-16 season :flag:


On Aldridge -


"It's going to be a work in progress," he said, adding that he worked out with Aldridge when the former Blazer was in town recently. "There's a process. There's no way to answer that question right now. Obviously we've added talent, and that's wonderful, but we're going to have to work them in and have them figure out how to play with us, how for us to play with them, so it'll be a process. Pop's excited about it, I'm definitely excited about it, the guys coming in are, and it's great to be coming into a situation where we have a chance again."

On West -


"I'm excited about him, I'm excited to get to know him, because of that and other reasons," Duncan said. "People talk very highly of him, a lot of guys who've been teammates over the years with him have a lot of great things to say about him. Obviously talent-wise he's a great addition, he's a tough body, he's a veteran player who knows how to play the game, all those things, if we add him the right way, it's going to be an incredible plus for us."

[dweaver99027]

Losing to Bill Russell's stacked Celts teams does not Wilt a playoff choker make. Funny how no one ever calls Jerry West a choker, he lost more Finals than he could count. The equivalent of 60s Wilt today would be Yao Ming with Anthony Davis' body control and athletic ability. Dude was insane, 30 years ahead of his time.

[Ice009]

Losing to Bill Russell's stacked Celts teams does not Wilt a playoff choker make. Funny how no one ever calls Jerry West a choker, he lost more Finals than he could count. The equivalent of 60s Wilt today would be Yao Ming with Anthony Davis' body control and athletic ability. Dude was insane, 30 years ahead of his time.

Yeah, Wilt was pretty darn good. I watched that 100 point game documentary a while ago and have come to appreciate him. He was a beast of a player.

I've also read recently (not sure if true), that he could still bench press more than Shaq's best at 60 years old. I also read a couple of NBA teams were interested in signing him in his mid to late 40s.

[DMC]

Kobe not in the top 12. :depressed
With Kobe out of it you'd think teammates were actually allowed to vote.