Tim Duncan "The Big Fundamental"
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Interesting facts
- Timothy "Tim" Theodore Duncan is a Virgin Islander American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
- Duncan is the current captain of the Spurs.
- Tim Duncan has won the NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA Most Valuable Player Award twice, and has been voted into 12 NBA All-Star Games, 13 All-NBA Teams, and 13 All-Defensive Teams.
- Off the court, Tim Duncan is known for his quiet and unassuming ways, as well as his active philanthropy.
- Duncan holds an honors degree in psychology.
- Duncan nickname: "The Big Fundamental"
- Tim Duncan is considered one of the most consistent players in the NBA.
- Because of his versatility and success, basketball experts have spoken of Duncan as one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history, while coach Popovich and team-mates Parker and Ginóbili have also credited much of San Antonio's success to him.
- Duncan's detractors, however, label him as "boring" because of his simple but effective style of play.
- Following his first championship ring in 1999, Sports Illustrated described him as a "quiet, boring MVP", a characterization which persists today.
- Duncan is one of only four players to receive All-NBA First Team honors in each of his first eight seasons (1998–2005), along with Hall of Famers Bob Pettit (ten seasons), Larry Bird (nine seasons), and Oscar Robertson (nine seasons).
- Tim Duncan has two older sisters, Cheryl and Tricia.
- Tim Duncan is the only player in NBA history to receive All-NBA and All-Defensive honors in his first 13 seasons (1997–98 to 2009–10).
- Duncan married his wife Amy in 2001, and the couple had their first child, daughter Sydney, in the summer of 2005, and a second child, a son, during the summer of 2007.
- An avid video game player, he acknowledges a certain joy of playing "himself" on basketball video games.
- Duncan also loves Renaissance fairs and the fantasy role playing game Dungeons and Dragons.
