Why does Tim hug the ball like that?

[J Rock]

That's something I've been curious about for years. I thought maybe for luck.. or maybe it's St. Croix voodoo.. who knows?

[SpurOutofTownFan]

and you are?

[hater]

because he's a pimp

[J Rock]

and you are?


I'm Rick James, Bitch

Sorry, It was too easy to pass up.
I'm not a troll. I just joined but I've been a Spurs fan since the Rodman days. I think Bob Hill got a raw deal, but I still like Pop
Elliott's 3 pointer falling out of bounds is one of my all time favorite shots

Doe sthat make me official enough? :rolleyes

Seriously though, I've always ondered why he hugs the ball that way.

[dbreiden83080]

Maybe he's lonely. :hat

[bdictjames]

Maybe because he loves the game?

[mrcoon29]

just checking the ball's psi

[duncan228]

Duncan has a couple of "superstitions" he follows. He hugs the ball before every game, and he wears his practice shorts backwards in practice.


http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/4-27ballhug.jpg

[J Rock]

just checking the ball's psi

That one makes the most sense so far.. at shoot around and before tip off he usually presses it between his palms to do that though

[ShoogarBear]

Duncan has a couple of "superstitions" he follows. He hugs the ball before every game, and he wears his practice shorts backwards in practice.


And you are?

[Fernando TD21]

That's his gang sign.

[duncan228]

And you are?

:lol One who follows Duncan.

[phxspurfan]

That's his gang sign.

LOL

[Jobbs]

That's his gang sign.

i lawl'd

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

And you are?


That's his gang sign.

:rollin

[ecksodia]

Rofl

[ClingingMars]

epic thread

- Mars

[gobo]

That's something I've been curious about for years. I thought maybe for luck.. or maybe it's St. Croix voodoo.. who knows?

because he is a ball hog. :lol

[timvp]

He's gay.




For basketball.

[m33p0]

dats his thung, dawg!

[E20]

I heard that the reason he hugs the ball is to show the ball some love, to get some in return (i.e. he will make his baskets)

[SpurOutofTownFan]

I'm Rick James, Bitch

Sorry, It was too easy to pass up.
I'm not a troll. I just joined but I've been a Spurs fan since the Rodman days. I think Bob Hill got a raw deal, but I still like Pop
Elliott's 3 pointer falling out of bounds is one of my all time favorite shots

Doe sthat make me official enough? :rolleyes

Seriously though, I've always ondered why he hugs the ball that way.

Bitch? Ok Ricky.. whatever... :wakeup

[1Parker1]

And you are?

Duncan's stalker. :lol

[duncan228]

Duncan's stalker. :lol

Who me?

It's a word I've heard. I prefer fan. An educated in all things Duncan, pretty thorough fan. :)

[E20]

So duncan228, if Tim Duncan wanted to have sex with you, would you do it?


Disclaimer: Although Tim Duncan is not the guy to cheat on his wife and duncan228 is not the type to cheat on her husband, let us pretend this is bizzarro world.

[Budkin]

It's his pre-game ritual, the same way that LeBron throws all that talcum powder up in the air. But not as messy.

[duncan228]

Sorry E20. Not going there. Not in any world.

[dav4463]

It makes a cool looking poster or picture on the scoreboard.:flag:

[E20]

Well sorry if that sounded offensive. Happy Mother's day duncan228 :lol :toast

[duncan228]

One of my favorite ball hug shots, it's an SI portrait.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/Duncan_SI.jpg

[duncan228]

Well sorry if that sounded offensive. Happy Mother's day duncan228 :lol :toast

No offense taken, it's just not somewhere I go. :)

[Brutalis]

Well I can't speak for Duncan but I have always done it too.

For me personally, it makes me feel stronger, the ball lighter and smaller. Temporarily of course.

Best I can explain it is for the same reason in baseball, they put those little tubes on their bat to make it heavier when in the box waiting to bat.

[oboymeetsogirl]

That's Duncan's "lucky" routine. Baseball players are more into strange little rituals, but I think just about all the NBA's stars have something or another. The weirdest was when Magic used to kiss Isaiah everytime they went up against one another.

[Strike]

I'm Rick James, Bitch

Sorry, It was too easy to pass up.
I'm not a troll. I just joined but I've been a Spurs fan since the Rodman days. I think Bob Hill got a raw deal, but I still like Pop
Elliott's 3 pointer falling out of bounds is one of my all time favorite shots

Doe sthat make me official enough? :rolleyes

Seriously though, I've always ondered why he hugs the ball that way.

Common knowledge doesn't make it official. If you're cool and avoid :troll-like behavior, you'll be welcomed here.

With that said, welcome to SpursTalk. :toast

[TampaDude]

That's Duncan's "lucky" routine. Baseball players are more into strange little rituals, but I think just about all the NBA's stars have something or another. The weirdest was when Magic used to kiss Isaiah everytime they went up against one another.

Yeah...many players have those weird little rituals...ever see Rip Hamilton make free throws??? :lol

[pawe]

It's his thing, like KG with his talcum powder ritual on the scorer's table.

[spursfan09]

Who me?

It's a word I've heard. I prefer fan. An educated in all things Duncan, pretty thorough fan. :)

I don't know, alot of of the things I read from you I already knew, but its cool because you like reiterate to me. You just seem to take it to another level. Thank you for preaching Tim Duncan.

[J Rock]

It's his pre-game ritual, the same way that LeBron throws all that talcum powder up in the air. But not as messy.

Yeah.. Lebron needs to be slapped for that. All that damn powder getting on the floor. The Hornets mascot was bad enough at that...

[xtremesteven33]

lebron and his anthrax powder

[J Rock]

Common knowledge doesn't make it official. If you're cool and avoid :troll-like behavior, you'll be welcomed here.

With that said, welcome to SpursTalk. :toast

Thanks, I think.
That CP3 flop was so absurd I wasn't even mad about it. I just kinda giggled. I guess Ric Flair influences the Hornets on the court as well

[J Rock]

Nice video at 1:33 No lie, when I first heard that line years ago I thought R. Kelly said "I am a negro.."

You gotta add the 3 pointer against Phoenix to it :)

[SpurOutofTownFan]

lebron and his anthrax powder

:lol

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

One of my favorite ball hug shots, it's an SI portrait.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/Duncan_SI.jpg

Is it me or are his guns bigger than usual here?

[duncan228]

Is it me or are his guns bigger than usual here?

:lol The pic is a few years old.

[David Bowie]

Is it me or are his guns bigger than usual here?


Maybe the writers airbrushed them to look bigger for the magazine
:lol

[phxspurfan]

Is it me or are his guns bigger than usual here?

I thought it was some fine airbrush work.

[phxspurfan]

Maybe the writers airbrushed them to look bigger for the magazine
:lol

:pctoss

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

:pctoss

:lol

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

lebron and his anthrax powder

:lmao

[Beast]

Duncan has a couple of "superstitions" he follows. He hugs the ball before every game, and he wears his practice shorts backwards in practice.


http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/4-27ballhug.jpg

AND he and robert hang on the rim right before the game starts.

[LilMissSPURfect]

isn't a tribute to his mom?

[FromWayDowntown]

isn't a tribute to his mom?

Could be. I know that in 2002, Malik Rose did the same thing in tribute to Timmy before Game 4 of the Spurs/Sonics series in Seattle. Tim missed that game to attend his father's funeral; the Spurs played with immense heart -- Malik particularly, but were severely undermanned (no Tim Duncan, no David Robinson, no Danny Ferry; Mark Bryant got ejected and Charles Smith suffered a severe injury too) and lost the game forcing a Game 5 (the first "ultimate" game in Tim's career). The following morning, the Express-News ran a poignant picture of Malik holding the ball ala Timmy under a headline that read something like "Night of Pain."

[duncan228]

AND he and robert hang on the rim right before the game starts.

Yes he does.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/426774_480_art_R0.jpg

[SnakeBoy]

It's just a habit from his days as an island boy. They "hug" coconuts to see if they are ripe. So he just started doing it with the basketball.

Is it me or is this day just going by tooooo fucking slow. The waiting is driving me nuts.

[DarrinS]

He's just letting everyone know who the owner of that ball is.

[Brutalis]

Yes he does.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/426774_480_art_R0.jpg

Got any more pics of Tim hanging on the rim before tip off?

[duncan228]

Same shot, but with his feet. :lol
Check your PM's for more, they're watermarked, I can't post them. :)

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/DuncanGalleryy400.jpg