I had to. :)
http://www.insightnews.com/sports.as...articleID=4213
NBA playoff profile: Is Tim Duncan boring?
By Ryan T. Scott
The NBA Playoffs are tremendously good this year. So, in honor of this elite competition, I figure we can devote some special attention as we follow the Lakers path to the Championship... ok, fine, we'll see.
What we will do is have some ongoing commentary of the all-time great players that we see on the current playoff stage. I invite you to send your comments about your favorite player to the e-mail address you see over there under the dude with the Lakers jersey.
"Tim Duncan is like a modern day Bill Russell. Of course Russell has 11 Championships, though."
I have to say that I was inspired to do this series based on Time Duncan. Tim Duncan has been a major antagonist to my need for championship celebrations. I don't blame Minnesota sports fans for being "bitter" (that word will never be the same, or more true, after Obama got a hold of it) about having no recent major sports championships. It is fun when your team wins, and profitable to the region as well.
For 11 years Timothy Theodore Duncan has silently terrorized the NBA. Duncan is a shade less athletic than Kevin Garnett, yet he is a greater player because of his controlled mental approach to the game. Maybe that comes with the Honors Degree in Psychology.
Kevin Garnett has been known to jump on tables and pound his chest to clarify his passion and energy, while Tim Duncan simply puts the ball in the basket and puts the rings on his fingers. Four rings to be exact. I know that I pick on K.G. a lot, but I will never get over seeing him pass the ball to Sam Mitchell to take the game winning shot in a playoff game. He didn't even look at the hoop before he passed it. I'm sorry, two thumbs down for that.
Unflappable and ridiculously cool are ways that I would describe Tim Duncan these days, though many people translate that into 'boooring'. Myself, I can appreciate someone who does so much damage on the court without even getting his blood pressure above a resting rate. It is funny to me. It is like the silent poker player constantly whoopin' the big mouth poker player. Makes you think: Maybe the big mouth would win if he shut up. I've been the big mouth many times, and shutting up clearly helps.
Tim Duncan definitely shut me up. I used to think he was a goof. I always question anyone who makes millions of dollars and who obviously doesn't have a skilled barber to provide grooming services. I know that somebody in the San Antonio Spurs locker room has a pair of hair clippers and liners. How do they let him get away with that? I usually make a trade-off with people like that. Something like, "You get a haircut and lining, and I will eat a full bowl of pork chitterlings aka chitlins; and no I don't eat chitlins, or any other food that smells bad. But, I ain't mad at you if you do. Adding hot sauce almost does it for me, too. Anyway, Tim Duncan needs a lining, but me and everyone else can shut up because he has four NBA Championship rings (maybe he is a little boring if the discussion leads from basketball to chitlins).
Each time Tim Duncan has won a championship, he was definitely playing with a solid supporting cast. Each time, they definitely would not have been successful if Tim Duncan was not on that team. For some reason I never thought of this before, but Tim Duncan reminds me of a modern day Bill Russell. They both seem to be dynamic, unassuming players. Of course, Bill Russell has 11 Championship rings (in 13 years), so he obviously gets the nod for the 'dynamic' adjective if comparing. Bill Russell was…oh yeah, I almost forgot I was talking about Tim Duncan.
Well maybe he is boring after all! I got pretty hyped up when Tim hit the huge 3-point shot in overtime during the first game against Phoenix. By the way that is easily the most exciting match-up of the first round of the playoffs, and I encourage anyone who is bored with "new school" basketball to watch that series. Oh, right, Tim Duncan.
You know what, after trying hard to make an article about him interesting, I have to agree with many others who tend to call him boring. Oh, wait, I forgot. Tim Duncan was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands. I have never been to the Virgin Islands, but I would have to imagine it is a beautiful place. I think the Virgin Islands...
