Tim Duncans profanity

[xtremesteven33]

I dont know if yall have noticed but these past two games with New Jersey Tim Duncan has twice yelled out...

"Thats a F**KIN FOUL!!


The first time he yelled it right in front of the referee and got a technical(at Jersey,funny thing is he didnt even get fouled) the second time he just yelled it loud.....

so out of character, thats more of a Garnett kinda thing to yell the F word when upset.....i guess hangin around Pop will get you bad habits.

Does this seem out of character for yall old classic Duncan fans, the former Sportsman of the year, the shy quiet islander, the pushover Giant......

[AFBlue]

How many Spurs games have you seen?

Because Tim Duncan ALWAYS cusses. I don't know if it's a character thing, though I certainly wouldn't paint a "quiet" Duncan as someone who is so brash and outspoken on the court.

Still, I think it has more to do with the culture or standard on the court and the intensity with which the game is played. Th phrases "cusses like a sailor" and "cusses like an NBA superstar" are basically interchangeable.

Again, while it certainly doesn't seem like a "Duncan" thing to do, I'm not sure it's a hit to his character.

[m33p0]

only shows that he cares about the games as supposed to earlier in the season when a loss can easily be erased.

[xtremesteven33]

only shows that he cares about the games as supposed to earlier in the season when a loss can easily be erased.

makes sense....

[sa_butta]

First let me start by saying "that was a f**kin foul". Second I dont think it is out of character, he is just showing his frustration when he is being aggressive and still not the calls. While he maybe quiet and shy off the court, he is a different man on the court and I dont mind it at all.

[Obstructed_View]

Duncan doesn't lose his cool most of the time, but it doesn't mean he doesn't swear or get competetive. Kevin Garnett swears when he misses a basket, when he makes a basket, when he's playing defense, when he's walking out to his car...

[remingtonbo2001]

[TDMVPDPOY]

him pimpin man, dont hate

[Slydragon]

WTF do you care mute the tv while the game is on.

[ancestron]

There simply isn't another word that succinctly expresses extreme frustration as well.
If Tim was like "Oh Phooey! Thats a dang foul!" no one would take him seriously.

Keep swearing Timmy.

[SenorSpur]

If you're surprised at that, try sitting courtside some time. Or read the lips of the players on broadcast television. Tim's reaction and language his standard fare for most NBA players.

[duncan228]

Nothing new here, he's done it for years.
I hear him say more than , but he can swear with the best of them.
It does get more noticable as the season hits the home stretch, when the games matter more.

Those that say he doesn't show emotion on the court haven't watched him close enough. If his man gets by him for an easy basket he'll bounce the ball hard out of bounds before he tosses it to the ref for the inbound. He's hit the base of the basket.
He's not the stone face he was earlier in his career, he lets more show now.

[Dex]

Tim's been hanging around on Spurstalk too much.

[stretch]

lol, blink-182

[GSH]

Nothing said on a basketball court, or while fishing, counts. You've never heard him say, "This is a stupid f***ing commercial, I won't do it." His record is clean.

[SpursWoman]

Huh? He curses like a sailor and always has.


I thought people wanting to annoint him into basketball sainthood were only being figurative.

[Sec24Row7]

LOL... why do people insist on thinking that Tim Duncan is David Robinson... (David was known to swear a little too)

[Dex]

[RashoFan]

LOL... why do people insist on thinking that Tim Duncan is David Robinson... (David was known to swear a little too)

AND.....David Robinson is a Sailor(once a sailor, always a sailor.....GO NAVY!).

[Supreme_Being]

x 10^999999999999999

[dbreiden83080]

Nothing new here, he's done it for years.
I hear him say more than , but he can swear with the best of them.
It does get more noticable as the season hits the home stretch, when the games matter more.

Those that say he doesn't show emotion on the court haven't watched him close enough. If his man gets by him for an easy basket he'll bounce the ball hard out of bounds before he tosses it to the ref for the inbound. He's hit the base of the basket.
He's not the stone face he was earlier in his career, he lets more show now.

He does show more emotion now than he did before and i think that is about him really developing as a leader. He was less emotional when this was D-Rob's team and he laid back more and let him take the reigns. Really starting in 2003 when he knew it was Robinson's last year he stepped up the emotion in his game and leadership with his teammates.

[duncan228]

Really starting in 2003 when he knew it was Robinson's last year he stepped up the emotion in his game and leadership with his teammates.

It was indeed 2003.
From a Sports Illustrated article called "The Quiet Man" by S.L. Price.
Issue date December 15, 2003.

(This is just the end of the article. It's a wonderful piece, if anyone wants to read it all I have it.)

"Will he stand in front of you and say, 'This is my team?' Absolutely not," Amy says. "He's never going to put himself in a position where it's just about him. If it is, he's going to take a long, hard look at himself, because that's not the person he wants to be."
She's right on one count. Duncan isn't standing. No, he tilts his chair back and, face blank, quietly states what he has never been able to state before. "It is my team," he says. "It's got to be."

[honestfool84]

LOL... why do people insist on thinking that Tim Duncan is David Robinson... (David was known to swear a little too)

i've never heard the one where david (robinson) has been known to cuss..
he's a devout Christian, and even a pastor at one of the churches in town..

-David

[Viva Las Espuelas]

[jag]

Duncan doesn't lose his cool most of the time, but it doesn't mean he doesn't swear or get competetive. Kevin Garnett swears when he misses a basket, when he makes a basket, when he's playing defense, when he's walking out to his car...

haha i'll never forget KG getting into it with Duncan AND Robinson. Robinson threw him aside like a .