Duncan makes all NBA 1st team

[Baseline]

How many First Team selections does Timmy have now?

[Spursfanfromafar]

Duncan's All NBA First Team (ANFT) selection was the 10th time he has been given that honor. He is second (jointly with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) only behind Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant (11 times each). And all three with the same or more ANFT selections have/had played more seasons than him at this point of time.

Truly a remarkable achievement.

Parker made the ANST selection for the second time and adds to his solitary ANTT selection.

[barakz21]

Wow..... That's one of a lineup right there. Congrats to TD for a well deserved spot. And Congrats to TP too, for making the All-NBA team. If not for injuries, he'd have been in the first team. By the way, correct me if I'm wrong..... But this is TP's 3rd All-NBA, right?

[SpursRock20]

Congrats Timmy and Tony! Got to say that I didn't see this one coming. I'm glad the voters noticed Tim's resurgent season!

[TDomination]

Young people are funny.

You do know the Spurs organization existed PRIOR to 1999, right?

I guess I should have said In the Duncan Era.

[phxspurfan]

Should be

First Team:
LeBron James
Kevin Durant
Tim Duncan
James Harden
Chris Paul

Second Team:
Russell Westbrook
Tony Parker
Carmelo Anthony
Marc Gasol
Paul George

Third Team:
Kobe
Faried
Stephen Curry
Brook Lopez
Griffin or Noah or Lee

honorable mention

irving
lillard
aldridge
bosh
deron williams

...too bad nobody in the NBA PR committee would want Kobe on anything less than 1st team.

[Mal]

That`s great news ! Grats to both Parker and Duncan

[hooperflash]

All NBA First Team

[phxspurfan]

Howard making it over Brook Lopez is a travesty.

[timvp]

Congrats.

Amazing accomplishment by TD.

As for TP, he has already made the Hall of Fame -- now he's moving toward first ballot.

[Seventyniner]

So Duncan has migrated from small forward to center over the course of his career?

[baseline bum]

Awesome news seeing my favorite player all-time getting #10. How ing amazing do you have to be to get named to the All-NBA first team for 10 seasons?

[hater]

props to TD but just shows the quality of bigmen in the league IMO

when a 37 year old 60% Tim Duncan is best in the league, you know you have some quality bigs

[dbreiden83080]

Has anyone ever done that at age 37?

That is just incredible..

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Glad his greatness was recognized... congrats td

[lefty]

props to TD but just shows the quality of bigmen in the league IMO

when a 37 year old 60% Tim Duncan is best in the league, you know you have some quality bigs

thats a good point TBH

[Kidd K]

Timmy deserved to be on the All NBA Defense 1st Team more than this imo, and more votes for DPOY (though I didn't expect he should win it). This is like a makeup, but that's fine. Still a huge honor since these awards aren't just handed to bigs the way they're handed to high scoring SGs with terrible defense.

[rmt]

Timmy deserved to be on the All NBA Defense 1st Team more than this imo, and more votes for DPOY (though I didn't expect he should win it). This is like a makeup, but that's fine. Still a huge honor since these awards aren't just handed to bigs the way they're handed to high scoring SGs with terrible defense.

I think the stats are very clear that he is the best big in the game - for the voters the points, rebounds, blocks, field goal % in limited minutes is quantifiable. With defense it's a lot harder. Some years they look at rebounds, some years they look at blocks. This year they looked at team defense (TD had more rebounds and blocks than MG) - the reason why so many MEM players got on all-defensive teams too.

[Kidd K]

I think the stats are very clear that he is the best big in the game - for the voters the points, rebounds, blocks, field goal % in limited minutes is quantifiable. With defense it's a lot harder. Some years they look at rebounds, some years they look at blocks. This year they looked at team defense (TD had more rebounds and blocks than MG) - the reason why so many MEM players got on all-defensive teams too.

So weird that they decided to change their thinking now all the sudden. I think Marc Gasol has been great this year, but Timmy has been better defensively imo. It's really showing in this series. The terrible offensive displays the Grizzlies put on when Duncan is in the game, and how everything opens up for them when he's on the bench is a real glaring indicator how massive an impact Duncan makes on the defensive end. Especially against teams with great low post scoring like Memphis where Duncan can impact the game the most.

[rjv]

david west got more love than dirk. not a good year for the german

[Legacy]

That's what I'm talking about.

Congrats to both Timmy & Tony!!


And yes... I believe CP3 is overrated, too.

[Kidd K]

Anyone see that bull on ESPN just now? They basically just threw a fit that Duncan got 1st team over Gasol, and did some "sports science" to "prove" it. . .even though all they did was just talk about the angle of Gasol's jumpshot and his reach.

[SilverSpur]

That's great for Duncan, but I thought Parker should have made first team as well.

[z0sa]

I love Timmy

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Amazing, absolutely amazing. 37 years young, in a way this makes up for his DPOY snub. All NBA Team's usually are picked accurately and carry weight! This is a of an accomplishment.