DUNCAN talk: The Greatest Spur

[Fireball]

I love this picture ... nearly all other Spurs wear the championship shirts and hats ... but Timmy does not care ... I know his statue will likeley be him holding the basketball like he does before every game, but this picture is awesome ...

[99 Problems]

Tim will play like Superman even if it takes him a week to recover. Onto game 7 men......

[BillMc]

I love this picture ... nearly all other Spurs wear the championship shirts and hats ... but Timmy does not care ... I know his statue will likeley be him holding the basketball like he does before every game, but this picture is awesome ...

Yeah, that's one of my favorites.

[TDomination]

Tim will play like Superman even if it takes him a week to recover. Onto game 7 men......

I know Tim will leave it all out on the court tonight. And if they win, he will do the same in game 7. I will never question his determination. I wish Lamarcus had Duncans heart, leave it all on the court.

[Russ]

Tim will play like Superman even if it takes him a week to recover. Onto game 7 men......

I think Duncan will have a big game or else the wheels will literally fall off for trying.

Either way, hopefully the moment will be worthy of the man.

[TDomination]

Good thread OP!

Duncan is my favorite Spur, even over Manu and DRob. We all have been privileged to watch him play.

Thanks man.

2/3 of my life has been with Duncan as a Spur. It will honestly take some getting used to watching the Spurs without him whenever he decides to hang it up. I truly hope he comes back as an asst coach or a big mans coach or whatever just to see him on the bench helping the team.

He could keep helping Lamarcus and any other big man that comes to replace his position.

[FromWayDowntown]

Still, I think, the most remarkable Tim Duncan stat of them all:

In the 20 NBA seasons for the Spurs before Tim's arrival, the franchise (which had made 4 runs to the conference finals) had played at total of 119 playoff games.

The Duncan Spurs have more playoff wins than the pre-Duncan Spurs had playoff games.

In the 19 NBA seasons with Tim Duncan, the Spurs have played in 255 playoff games (and won 158 of those) . . . and counting . . . .

[TDomination]

Still, I think, the most remarkable Tim Duncan stat of them all:

In the 20 NBA seasons for the Spurs before Tim's arrival, the franchise (which had made 4 runs to the conference finals) had played at total of 119 playoff games.

The Duncan Spurs have more playoff wins than the pre-Duncan Spurs had playoff games.

In the 19 NBA seasons with Tim Duncan, the Spurs have played in 255 playoff games (and won 158 of those) . . . and counting . . . .

Truly amazing. The longevity is remarkable. Especially since he just keeps winning.

I mean with Duncan as a Spur we've seen others come and go but Tim just keeps winning:

Kobe/Shaq
Kobe/Pau
Garnett/Marbury
Garnett/Paul/Rondo
Lebron/Wade/Bosh
Nash/Nowitski
Kidd/Martin
Nowitski/Terry/Howard
Nowistki/Chandler
Nash/Staudomire
Wallace/Wallace/Prince/Billups/Hamilton
...and i'm sure theres others that I can't think of

[rasmac]

the super slow-mo duncan dunk...

[Spur|n|Austin]

The Admiral was largely responsible for getting TIM here and when you factor everything David has done for SA after his career...yeah, not even close...

TD = 6 LOB's

David would most likely even tell you that.

[Arcadian]

To the greatest player of the last 20 years and my favorite athlete of all time.

[Killakobe81]

I may not like Spur fans but I hope this is not his last game ...

[DPG21920]

I may not like Spur fans but I hope this is not his last game ...

You don't like Spurs fans but hang out on a Spurs forum? That must mean you want to kill Laker fans since you can't even stomach being around them

[Killakobe81]

You don't like Spurs fans but hang out on a Spurs forum? That must mean you want to kill Laker fans since you can't even stomach being around them

Not all of them Deeps .... you are good people ...most of the time.

[DPG21920]

*dap*

[YGWHI]

Mixed feelings.

I've said before I'm not readly to watch the Spurs without him on the court. Also, he seems to enjoy every minute of a game.

But at the same time, his kids demand time, he's dealing with pain in his knees...

Hope he finds off-court challenges in his post-retirement new life, because he deserves to be happy.

IDK...I just love him.

[T_L_P]

As much as I love the other guys who contributed a lot to this team, it'd be shame if there's a stature outside AT&T and it's not Duncan alone.

He's done more for this franchise than anyone else. He deserves to go down as the all-time Spur.

[dbreiden83080]

My favorite NBA player of all time. When the Spurs were winning 3 les in 5 years it was basketball nirvana. There will never be another one quite like #21..

[dbreiden83080]

As much as I love the other guys who contributed a lot to this team, it'd be shame if there's a stature outside AT&T and it's not Duncan alone.

He's done more for this franchise than anyone else. He deserves to go down as the all-time Spur.

It probably should be the big 3 out there TBH. I think Duncan would not have it any other way.

[T_L_P]

It probably should be the big 3 out there TBH. I think Duncan would not have it any other way.

Tim's humility makes that so, but it doesn't really mean it should be the big 3.

That's like Worthy being next to Magic and Kareem, or Parish having a statue... you don't get one for being the third best player on a bunch of great teams..not when you have a top 10 player ever who was the lead dog on all of the le squads.

[TDomination]

Tim Duncan 19 pts! He left it all on the court! I wish this team could carry him to a championship like he did for this team so many times.

tim was the only reason I couldn't turn this game off even though we were down by 25

[spurs10]

You definitely did - he gave Pop "the stare" - he was obviously very mad.

I thought he was just pissed that the refs were letting them foul the out him. I was expecting him to say a few choice words about the pitiful officiating. However he haste much class and will likely just leave.