Tim Duncan-"Basketball is what I know."

[PingPong]

Assistant to Manu Ginobili head coach.

[exstatic]

Old news tbh. That interview was released a week ago.

I could see Timmy in a Hakeem-like role, only a little more involved. Where he's a part-time assistant coach who helps coach the bigs in practice and only attends home games. Still collects a nice pay check and doesn't have to travel with the team. Win-win for him.

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking. He won't want the travel involved in being on the full time staff, and if you watched Champions Revealed, it was clear that he saw very little in Tony or Kawhi when they arrived. You have to be able to project talent better than that to work in the FO.

[ohmwrecker]

Tim will work with bigs in the paint to teach them positioning, fundamentals and footwork. Why not, he's "The Big Fundamental".

Yep. ala Kareem and Hakeem.

[dbreiden83080]

Tim isn't anywhere close to being demonstrative or vocal enough to lead a team as a coach. He's too timid for that, BUT maybe he's the next R.C. Buford?

You can lead in many ways as a coach.. A lot of times the coach that s on you for every mistake gets tuned out fast.. Tim thinks the game out like a basketball savant.. His resume speaks for itself and commands respect.. The man knows how to win at the highest level..

[mingus]

Duncan is a highly cerebral player and has been coached by and learned from one of the most cerebral coaches of all time. There's no reason why he wouldn't succeed as a coach from a knowledge or strategic standpoint. What seperate Pop from other coaches (even really good ones) is mostly his ability to get everyone to buy into his brand of ball and press the right buttons in people/manage personalities.