and the rest...as they say...is history

[blizz]

[blizz]

It's pretty cool to see that video, then watch highlights of his college career then watch highlights of his NBA career. It's pretty crazy to think that on draft night, we all knew we got a really good player, but how many would have guessed we were looking at a two time regular season MVP, a three time Finals MVP and four time NBA Champion? He was soooo good for soooo long. The Spurs have got to win one more for him so that he can hang it up in style like Dave.

[m33p0]

"I am a mountain... I am a tall tree... oh... I am a swift wind... sweeping the country..."

[carina_gino20]

Spurs win the Tim Duncan sweepstakes

[8FOR!3]

"The only negative is the foul shooting and hopefully that will be corrected."

[blizz]

lol at John Thompson hating on the pick.

[bus driver]

"The only negative is the foul shooting and hopefully that will be corrected."

+1

well at least we knew what we were getting

[Leetonidas]

At least Duncan won DPOY in college 3 times.

[elbamba]

You have to love the rocking back in forth in the chair. He was out of his element.

[team-work]

Pop could not hide his satisfaction, and his smiling face was priceless.

It's pretty cool to see that video, then watch highlights of his college career then watch highlights of his NBA career. It's pretty crazy to think that on draft night, we all knew we got a really good player, but how many would have guessed we were looking at a two time regular season MVP, a three time Finals MVP and four time NBA Champion? He was soooo good for soooo long. The Spurs have got to win one more for him so that he can hang it up in style like Dave.

Just hoping for the same.

[TIMMYD!]

At least Duncan won DPOY in college 3 times.

I still think he deserved at least 1 in the NBA.

[hsxvvd]

You can see that he and Pop already had a great relationship.

lol... at the being able to guarding the small forwards, if only he was able to defend Grant Hill now...

[DesignatedT]

goat

[duncan228]

You can see that he and Pop already had a great relationship.

Their relationship was forged when Popovich made a get-to-know-you trip to Duncan's home on St. Croix before the 1997 draft in which the Spurs held the top pick. They were scheduled to meet the first day at 10 a.m. Duncan showed up 40 minutes late, his boyhood buddy Rashidi Cleneance in tow, no explanation offered. Popovich let it roll, sensing that Duncan was putting his psychology degree from Wake Forest to work. So at the end of that first chat, when they agreed to meet at 6 for dinner, Popovich said, "Now, I just want to make sure I've got it right. Does that mean 6, or 6:40?"

Duncan grinned and got him back later. The two were at the beach catching rays when Duncan suggested they go for a run. After jumping into the surf to cool off, Duncan showed why as a kid he aspired to be an Olympic swimmer, putting several hundred yards between himself and Popovich in a matter of minutes. Popovich, landlocked for most of his life, had an eye out for shadows beneath the water when Duncan suddenly began splashing around as if he were drowning. By now Popovich didn't need to hear the ensuing cackle to know Duncan was goofing on him. "That's just me," Duncan says. "I'm not serious most of the time."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3244808

[Creation88]

the day my basketball life changed. best PF ever.

[spurs10]

goat

yes!