Position: F-C
Born: 04/25/76
Height: 6' 11"
Weight: 260 lbs.
College: Wake Forest '97
College Major: Psychology
Wife: Amy, married summer 2001
Sisters: Cheryl and Tricia - Tricia was a member of the Virgin Islands swim team in the 1988 Olympics
Community Activities: Duncan Foundation in November of 2001. Amy serves as the Executive Vice President of the organization which is setup to serve “the areas of health awareness and research, education and youth sports and recreation” in San Antonio, Winston-Salem and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Foundation holds two major fundraisers each year: the fourth annual Tim Duncan Bowling for Dollar$ Charity Bowl-A-Thon on January 19, 2003 (the first three events raised over $350,000 for various cancer-related charities) and the annual Slam Duncan Charity Golf Classic on March 17, 2003
Interesting Note: Didn’t play organized basketball until ninth grade, concentrated on swimming as a youngster - at one point was a top U.S. competitor in his age group in the 400 freestyle - before his local pool was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. Stopped swimming after his mother passed away.
Odd habit: Known for wearing his practice shorts backwards, a trend he started while at Wake Forest
Collects: large knife collection which includes a three-foot samurai sword
Biggest Fears: heights and sharks
Favorite Movie: The Crow
Future with the Spurs: Duncan is the future of the Spurs, and was one of eight players on the Spurs protected list for the expansion draft.
Career Highlights:
-- 2003 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team
-- All-NBA First Team 2003
-- NBA Finals MVP 2003
-- Two-time Most Valuable Player (2001-02 and 2002-03)
-- Named the NBA Finals MVP in both 1999 and 2003 to become just the third player in history to earn Finals MVP honors in each of their first two trips to the Finals (joining Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan)
-- Just the second player in NBA history to be named to both an All-NBA Team and an All-Defensive Team in each of his first six seasons (David Robinson was the first and he earned the honors in each of his first seven seasons)
-- Has been named to the All-NBA First Team all six seasons, the first player since Larry Bird (fifth in NBA history: Baylor, Bird, Duncan, Pettit and Robertson) to be named All-NBA First Team in each of his first six seasons
-- Has earned a spot on the All-Defensive First Team each of the last five seasons after being named to the All-Defensive -- Second Team as a rookie in '97-98
-- Named the 1999 Finals MVP
-- Won the 1998 Rookie of the Year
-- Named co-MVP of the 2000 All-Star Game
-- Been named an All-Star five straight seasons (no game was held in 1999)
-- Ranks seventh among active players in playoff career scoring average with 23.9 ppg
-- Played for the USA Team in the 1999 Americas Qualifying Tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was selected to play for the U.S. Team in the 2000 Olympics but had to withdraw due to a knee injury
-- Been named the NBA Player of the Week 15 times and the Player of the Month four times
-- Leads all players in the NBA in double-doubles over the last six seasons
-- Named to the All Tournament Team for the 2003 FIBA Americas Men’s Qualifying Tournament after leading the U.S. Team to the Gold Medal
-- Winner of the 2001 Home Team Community Service Award given by the Fannie Mae Foundation and the NBA
-- Named one of the "Good Guys" in sports by The Sporting News in both 2001 and 2002
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