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Tim Duncan
Duncan with the San Antonio Spurs in 2011
Personal information
Born
(1976-04-25) April 25, 1976 (age 48) Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Listed height
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight
250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school
St. Dunstan's Episcopal (Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands)
College
Wake Forest (1993–1997)
NBA draft
1997: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career
1997–2016
Position
Power forward / center
Number
21
Coaching career
2019–2020
Career history
As player:
1997–2016
San Antonio Spurs
As coach:
2019–2020
San Antonio Spurs (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
5× NBA champion (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014)
3× NBA Finals MVP (1999, 2003, 2005)
2× NBA Most Valuable Player (2002, 2003)
15× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2011, 2013, 2015)
NBA All-Star Game co-MVP (2000)
10× All-NBA First Team (1998–2005, 2007, 2013)
3× All-NBA Second Team (2006, 2008, 2009)
2× All-NBA Third Team (2010, 2015)
8× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1999–2003, 2005, 2007, 2008)
7× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1998, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1998)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1998)
NBA Teammate of the Year (2015)
No. 21 retired by San Antonio Spurs
USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2003)
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2003)
IBM Award (2002)
NBA 75th Anniversary Team
National college player of the year (1997)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1996, 1997)
Chip Hilton Player of the Year (1997)
NCAA rebounding leader (1997)
3× NABC Defensive Player of the Year (1995–1997)
ACC Athlete of the Year (1997)
2× ACC Player of the Year (1996, 1997)
3× First-team All-ACC (1995–1997)
No. 21 retired by Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Career statistics
Points
26,496 (19.0 ppg)
Rebounds
15,091 (10.8 rpg)
Blocks
3,020 (2.2 bpg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2017
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
Team
FIBA Americas Championship
1999 San Juan
Team
2003 San Juan
Team
Goodwill Games
1994 St. Petersburg
Team
Summer Universiade
1995 Fukuoka
Team
Timothy Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976)[1] is an American former professional basketball player. He spent his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Big Fundamental", he is widely regarded as the greatest power forward of all time and one of the greatest players in NBA history,[2][3][4] and was a central contributor to the franchise's success during the 2000s and 2010s.[5][6] He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020 and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.
Born and raised on Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Duncan initially aspired to be a competitive swimmer, but took up basketball at 14 after Hurricane Hugo destroyed the island's only Olympic-sized pool. In high school, he played basketball for St. Dunstan's Episcopal. In college, Duncan played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and in his senior year, he received the John Wooden Award and was named the Naismith College Player of the Year and the USBWA College Player of the Year.
After graduating from college, Duncan was the NBA Rookie of the Year after being selected by San Antonio with the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft. He primarily played the power forward position and also played center throughout his career. He is a five-time NBA champion, a two-time NBA MVP, a three-time NBA Finals MVP, a 15-time NBA All-Star,[7] and the only player to be selected to both the All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams for 13 consecutive seasons.[8]
Off the court, Duncan created the Tim Duncan Foundation to raise health awareness and fund education and youth sports programs.
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^"Tim Duncan's prolific career draws praise from NBA stars". CBC.ca. Associated Press. July 12, 2016. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
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^"Ranking the top 74 NBA Players of all time: Nos. 10–1". ESPN. May 13, 2020. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^"Tim Duncan: Career retrospective". Yardbarker. January 11, 2023. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
^Resnick, Steven (May 30, 2009). "Forget Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan Is the NBA's Best of the Decade". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
^"Tim Duncan". Basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2008.
^"Tim Duncan Earns All-NBA And All-Defensive Team Honors For 13th Straight Season". NBA.com. May 6, 2010. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
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award four times in his career, and Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, and TimDuncan won three times each. Jordan and O'Neal are the only players to win the...
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