Ludden: Tim Duncan's Spurs still unshakeable to their core after 15 seasons

[Russo21]

"No … I'm not going anywhere. You can print that wherever you want to. I'm here and I'm a Spur for life."



Left for dead, and now Duncan, Ginobili and Parker are on the great run of their careers. Ginobili drove for one more layup late Sunday and Duncan wrapped him in a hug. After all these years, they haven't gone anywhere. They're still standing, still together.



So amazing. Thankyou Tim Duncan.Thankyou Greg Popovich. Thankyou Tony Parker. Thankyou Manu freakin Ginobili. As consistent as gravity they have and never will let me down. I truly love these Spurs.

[manufan10]

Man, what a great read. I'm enjoying the way this team has been playing, and I hope these guys can get one more championship on their way out of stellar careers.

[Russo21]

Lets hope this continues 'THE GREAT RUN' and finish it with le 5, will be so amazing.

[Russo21]

"No … I'm not going anywhere. You can print that wherever you want to. I'm here and I'm a Spur for life."

That typifies the spurs right there. Their Leader, their emotional leader, on the court and off. Basically putting it in concrete he is a spur for life. That is fantastic.

Other teams have superstars demanding to be traded to other teams and all that stupid . Tim just stays in Texas, chilling in San Antone, on the path to the greatness that is championship number 5.

To have your superstar say that and to actually do it, doesnt happen around this league anymore.

Tim Duncan, you are a true superstar, a legend amoungst mortal men. I love you mate.

[Spursmania]

Timmy and the guys deserve at least one more.
Timmy one of the least selfish and humble superstars that has ever played the game.
Fantastic article.

[bigdog]

I swear I was about to tear up a little. Damn, I miss Ludden's writing for the E-N. From the first paragraph to the last, this was awesome. Great quotes from Timmy and Jack. I hope we get number 5.

[Russo21]

lovin the passion for our spurs on here. Great stuff.

[Marcus Bryant]

I am glad the one pro team I live and die with can have an article like that written about it.

[Russo21]

I am glad the one pro team I live and die with can have an article like that written about it.

we are very blessed to follow this team so closely

[smeagol]

Got Damm! WHat a great effing article!

[Spurminator]

I got chills about eight different times during that article.

[silverblk mystix]

Nice article.

Timmy.


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[roycrikside]

To me it looks like for some reason Tim respects Ludden more than any other writer. He wouldn't give any other writer those kind of quotes and he certainly wouldn't talk to anyone individually during a practice. For whatever reason he doesn't give Harvey or Monroe stuff like this (though a lot of people on the Spurs brass seem to like Buck).

I don't think he even gave Chris Ballard from SI stuff this good, though Ballard was asking him more big picture legacy questions than ones specific to this year.

[blizz]

You completely twisted my post tbh. All I said was that he was a PG.

Gotcha

[ShoogarBear]

Another great Ludden article.

^Hill was a pointguardPERIOD.

The fact that the Spurs didnt trade Parker had more to do with RJ than Hills supposed inep ude at the PG position. Agree that not finding a suitor and keeping Tony turned out to be a great non-trade though.

George Hill per 36 minutes: 4.1 assists, 1.5 turnovers
Gary Neal per 36 minutes: 3.5 assists, 1.8 turnovers

So if George Hill is a PG, Gary Neal must be a backup point guard.

[TDomination]

Man I miss Ludden being with SAEN.

What a great article, I loved his parts on Jackson. And the quote about Timmy wanting to be a spur for life made my heart melt.

[dakota_spursfan]

when duncan finally does decide to hang it up, i see myself going into a state like the show "awake" on nbc. if i cant picture duncan out there playing in the black and silver, then i really dont want to come back to reality. love that man

[Spurs Brazil]

Great read. Tim Duncan is the BEST

[SA210]

Enjoy this season guys, every moment of it. I will never forget.

[Arcadian]

Great article.

To all the Spurs fans who thought about trading Parker or Ginobili in the 2008-2011 drought: LOL, you were wrong.

[Juanobili]

It's been five years since our last championship. Winning it all this year... might be the sweetest one yet. To see these guys give 100% year AFTER year makes me really appreciate this team and proud to call myself a Spurs fan. I can already see the tears in most of these guys' eyes if they make it all the way. Believe!

[UZER]

I think the Spurs lost any chance of repeating when they lost Stephen Jackson and signed Hedo Turkoglu. They needed that "nasty" against the Lakers in '04 and in '06 against the Mavs.

I hated the day that guy left the Spurs. Glad to have him back.

[Capt Bringdown]

Just goes to show ya how quickly and dramatically things can change. Getting rid of Jefferson was like hitting the reset button.

[Dingle Barry]

Tim Duncan, I love you, man.

[-21-]

One or two more years? Damn, I'm gonna miss Tim.