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TIMMAY!!!!!!
Who the is that?
When did you first hear about Tim Duncan?
And what are you early memories of him?
[Caveat - I'm from Madison, Wisconsin, not a big NBA area or state. I got this idea from Ron Paul bloggers who asked the same question about when they first heard of Ron Paul. Both Ron Paul and Tim Duncan are very under-rated, of impeccable moral character, brilliant, the best at what they do, and from Texas.]
I first heard of Tim Duncan during the 1995 ACC tournament. I remember watching these games and Randolph Childress was going nuts, scoring like crazy, mostly on threes. And there was this tall young skinny guy named Duncan getting rebounds, blocking shots and hugging his teammates.
I barely remember Duncan, but that's the first I heard of him. I then remember him, at some point, going up against Marcus Camby in an NCAA game, I can't remember if it was an NCAA tourney game, or a pre-season tournament game. I remember reading, after the fact, that Duncan might have been the # 1 pick in the 1995 draft. That was the year the first four picks were sop res from the ACC (Joe Smith, McDyess, Rasheed Wallace, Stackhouse). Duncan was a sop re from the ACC as well, but Duncan was two years younger than those other guys. Kevin Garnett, just out of high school was the 5th pick. He was the same age as Duncan. (The 7th, 10th and 21st picks that year are Duncan's teammates Damon Stoudemire, Kurt Thomas, and Michael Finley.)
After Duncan made the NBA, I used to read the box scores in the paper to see how he did. But I never really watched him until the '99 Finals. He was so dominating, he looked like Olajuwon out there the way he posted up, but with a better outside jump shot and much younger. Olajuwon was my favorite player at that time, but he was getting old and injured and had just been slaughtered by Shaq in a playoff series.
That's when I became a Duncan fan.
So when did YOU first hear of Tim Duncan?
Hope everyone enjoys this topic.
TIMMAY!!!!!!
Who the is that?
never heard of him until the ping pong balls bounced in the Spurs favor, then I started to take notice of the guy they were probably going to pick. and once again in 2008 I still couldn't tell you the name of a single college basketball player.
Who's Tim Duncan ?
Wake Forest future NBA player, dunno when?
Later I follow him at twin tower team, mainly because of I like black uniform of Spurs
The * championship season was the first year I follow them
Later came Manu, and here I am.
I don't follow College Hoops. I saw him first in 97 in a game against teh Rockets I think. I'm not too sure since I was in 3rd grade in 1997
I’m like you and saw Timmy the first time at his first game with spurs, the first impression was... that guy is uglynever heard of him until the ping pong balls bounced in the Spurs favor, then I started to take notice of the guy they were probably going to pick. and once again in 2008 I still couldn't tell you the name of a single college basketball player.but played well.. And at his first time step to the free throw line.... I flip from my chair and can not stop laughing...
because of...his arm pit hair looks so very very very extremely hum..
FOREST ...
And he quickly trims it after few games and I still wondering who told him to and HOW
grew up on ACC basketball although my college was in the big east. been a fan of timmay since his frosh year at Wake Forest as a 16 year old phenom. decided then that wherever he was drafted that would be my new favorite team. i was a big DRob from his days at the Naval Academy so when he was drafted by the Spurs they became my favorite team. i was ecstatic when timmay ended up a Spur, i didn't have to have 2 favorite teams!
I don't remember but now that I know I'm never forgetting him.
Probably in 2002. Against the Lakers, who were seemingly unstoppable back then. Tim and the Spurs beat them, but it wasn't till the championship run on 2003 that got me hooked on NBA basketball and the Spurs.
I grew up watching UVa basketball, and seeing Duncan dominate wasn't fun. Until now, of course.
-Mars
I used to follow college b-ball up to the point when all the best players went pro.
I don't think that's the case. I think everyone was asked to self-moderate, use smaller pictures and position them more horizontally so people don't have to scroll 3 pages to exit your post and get to the next one. If you want to be a big baby, that's up to you.
Spring of 97 during the NCAA tourny when he got knocked out early on I think by Camby and the Terps. Played good, but had zero help and at the time they said "Will be the consensus number 1 pick"
I didn't think the Spurs could realisticly win the lottery so I was thinking about Adonal Foyle and other bigs that could help out David Robinson. Good old may came along...
I took away the gif, and the quote isn't THAT long. Quite honestly I think it is ya'll who are cryin' about it.
-Mars
I'm not really into College Basketball so i was not following his career at Wake. I heard of him certainly when the draft was nearing and the ping pong balls did not go the Celtics way as everyone was saying that Duncan would be the prize of the draft and Boston needed him BAD. I do remember when the pick went to the Spurs some so called "Expert" said he was "not sure the Spurs needed Duncan because they had Robinson"
Thank GOD they did not listen to that idiot.
UVA wins the ACC in '95 if Burrough, Alexander, Deane, and Staples don't get swept by Childress (who was an absolute beast that year) & Duncan.
[QUOTE=ChuckD]I used to follow college b-ball up to the point when all the best players went pro.
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Agreed. The top college players used to play at least until their junior year. The greatest high school class of all time was the class of '81, and only Enis Whatley went pro after his sop re year.
When Timmy was a a sop re in the mid 90s, was when I stopped being a college B-ball fan.
Did anyone here see the '95 ACC tornament? In retrospect, I can see how great Timmy was. Childress scored zillions of points but couldn't even make the NBA, barely, it was Timmy who made things go.
Ran into Three Wise Men out in the desert one day.
The 1995 NCAA. OSU went to the Final Four that year. Along the way, they beat Malik Rose (Drexel), Antionio McDyess (Alabama), Tim Duncan (Wake - 1 seed) and Marcus Camby (UMass - 2 seed).
The weird thing is, the worst UVA team of the past 25 years or so actually got him in UHall during his POY season.
I remember my friend in college Charlie Geness saying before the draft lottery that we were about to watch in the Bose Dorm common room at SMU my freshman year of college that if the Spurs got Tim Duncan it was over.
Haven't seen Charlie in like 9 years... Glad he was a prophet though.
(he had been a ball boy for the rockets in their 2 championship seasons)
Mid '97. I don't really follow the junior leagues very much.
I remember reading an article about Duncan during his senior year. I remember thinking how great it would be to have him playing next to D-Rob. (It at the beginning of the season, before D-Rob went out)
I then proceeded to create him on NBA Live 96' placing him next to 5-Oh.
And.. Oh and it was awesome. If only it were reality.
Then David got injured and well...we all know how the ping pong balls bounced later that year.
I've got a couple of recollections of Duncan.
I first got wind of Tim during his junior season at Wake Forest. I didn't watch much college basketball. However because the Wake Forest team was so very good, their highlights dominated the ESPN Sportscenter. That's when I first saw the poise, the footwork, the defensive prowess. I began to understand why everyone was touting Duncan as the best player in college basketball.
Being the Spurs fan that I am, I dreamed about what it'd be like to have this guy on the Spurs. Of course, it was just a mere fantasy, as the Spurs were perennial playoff participants. I later remember hearing all the scuttle-butt about whether Tim would leave school early to enter the NBA draft. Of course, Tim stayed for his senior season. I didn't know, at the time, what a fortunate decision that would be for the Spurs franchise.
Fast forward to the 96-97 NBA season (Tim' senior season as Wake) and all the injuries that ravaged the Spurs roster - including D-Rob and Elliott. As the losses mounted for the Spurs, I started to think more and more about the possibility of the Spurs entering the draft lottery and getting an opportunity to draft Duncan. By the spring, the Spurs were so far out it, that the draft lottery was definitely in their immediate future. In fact, they had one of the top two worst records in basketball (Boston having the worst record). I thought to myself, "could lightening strike twice?"
I recall a specific, nationally televised home game versus the Rockets in April of '97. The NBC sidelline reporter interviewed Big Dave. He updated his personal injury situation, discussed the unfortunate affect the slew of injuries had throughout the team, and then talked about how disappointed they all were with the current season. He was then asked about whether he'd heard of Tim Duncan and what he thought about him. Dave, in his usual congenial manner, was very, very complimentary of Duncan, marveled at his abilities, and went on to state that what a thrill it would be for him if somehow the Spurs were able to draft Duncan.
The rest, as they say, is history. Who would've ever thought?
Last edited by SenorSpur; 03-01-2008 at 07:00 PM.
Staples...oh what could have been.
-Mars
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