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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTim Duncan retires - a real role model for anybody. The NBA needs more like him.
One of those superstars that never needed to tell somebody how good they were. Never showed his ass with his play or words. He played the way he lives - with dignity and grace. He will be missed.
underpants
(183,043 posts)I was so mesmerized by the game I didn't realize a water line had popped in a storage room and water was shooting everywhere.
gademocrat7
(10,688 posts)Saw him graduate from Wake Forest.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)One of the greats, too.
klook
(12,174 posts)Only NBA player ever to win 1,000 games with one team. What a player, what a career, what a team.
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BTW, on the My San Antonio site there's a link to a compilation of hilarious Onion headlines about Tim Duncan, usually parodying his super low-key personality -- for example, "Tim Duncan Announces Shoe Deal With Florsheim."
The other teams in the NBA West may be breathing a sigh of relief, but the NBA will be poorer without Duncan. On the plus side, now he'll have more time for his many charitable activities.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Dick Bavetta was refereeing and wearing a mic for the network. There was a close out-of-bounds call, which Bavetta awarded to the other team. Duncan had the ball and handed it to Bavetta, remarking that he'd missed the call, and the Spurs should have been given possession. Bavetta denied missing the call, and Duncan said, I'll betcha you missed it. Bavetta said, oh no, I don't bet with you guys (meaning players) because you never pay up. Duncan said I'll bet you a hamburger. Bavetta said, a hamburger? You're on.
Replays showed that the Spurs indeed should have gotten the ball. I don't know if Bavetta and Duncan ever went back to pay off the bet. The exchange was illuminating for me, about how to go about disputing a call without getting disagreeable.