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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James wants Saturday’s Hall of Fame induction of Kobe Bryant to be a celebration of the lasting legacy and storied career of the Lakers legend  — along with two of Bryant’s fellow inductees, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan. “It’s a celebration of greats,” James said in his on-court interview with […]

Today, Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant is being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Across 20 seasons, five championships, and 220 playoff games for the NBA’s most glamorous franchise, Bryant produced as many iconic moments as perhaps any player in basketball history — including Michael Jordan, who will present Bryant into […]

Tim Duncan is the definition of a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer. The San Antonio Spurs icon is widely considered by many to be the greatest power forward of all-time, with a championship-winning pedigree that spanned over three decades. After hanging up his rather large sneakers in 2016, the big fundamental was finally set to get his moment […]

Ask any NBA fan worth their salt to list down 10 of the best power forwards to ever lace them up, and you’ll likely hear Minnesota Timberwolves franchise player Kevin Garnett and San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan come out of their mouths. The two big men have defined what a power forward should be […]

San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan is a man of few words. But on Friday, ahead of his Hall of Fame enshrinement, he couldn’t help but say a lot about the greatness of Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant. Duncan reflected on his battles with Kobe and revealed how the late Lakers great brought out […]

It took San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich just four words to perfectly encapsulate the career of the Spurs legend Tim Duncan. The iconic 72-year-old mentor took time this week to honor his former superstar ahead of Duncan’s enshrinement into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on May 15. For Pop, he wouldn’t have […]

Former Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl likened current Nuggets center and leading MVP candidate Nikola Jokic to another former MVP. Karl, who coached the Nuggets from 2005 to 2013, called Jokic this era’s version of San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan: Jokic is the modern era Tim Duncan. And that’s a helluva player to […]

Aside from being a three-time NBA champion coach, Golden State Warriors shot-caller Steve Kerr is also a five-time champ during his playing days. He’s had the privilege of sharing the court with some of the greatest players this game has ever seen, and right now, he has the honor of coaching the greatest shooter of […]

Ron Artest a.k.a. Metta World Peace a.k.a. Metta Sandiford-Artest was always a fiery competitor, and he also has some hot takes off the court, including this one involving Tim Duncan: Prove to me that Tim Duncan is not top two players of all time — Metta World Peace (@MettaWorld37) April 22, 2021 This is an […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson had a game to remember on Friday night. In a matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Johnson had a performance for the ages posting a stat line 23 points, 21 rebounds to go with a pair of assists, a steal, and two blocks. The Spurs would end up winning the […]

Tracy McGrady might go down as one of the biggest what-if players in NBA history, but his legacy remains a relevant part of league lore. One of the best and most dynamic scorers of his generation, though, plenty of franchises around the league would court him, leading to this relatively insane story about the time […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic may have just earned the highest of praises from his head coach Michael Malone after the Serbian’s dominant performance in their 118-112 win over the Chicago Bulls. Malone suggested that the Nuggets franchise superstar was like San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan, in that both of them carry themselves in […]

Derrick Rose has revitalized his career in recent seasons due to him taking extra time to make sure his body is healthy. As he experiences his second stint with the New York Knicks, Rose shared how he used a Tim Duncan-inspired technique to stay healthy this season. “I made a big effort this summer with […]

Before we bury the plot a bit, Joey Crawford arguably gave San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan the worst technical foul in NBA history. More on that in a bit, though. The art of technical fouls is an electrifying experience. The anger and the intensity between the players and officials bring a lot of energy […]

January 21, 2021 is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century. For San Antonio Spurs fans, this only means one thing: Tim Duncan Day. Duncan, who memorably wore the No. 21 throughout a decorated career with the Spurs, called it a career in 2016. Since then, he’s become a yardstick for […]

Tim Duncan wasn’t a talkative player when opposing players would talk trash to him throughout his legendary career with the San Antonio Spurs. Even though he would have been able to back up his trash talk, Tim Duncan revealed why he never trash-talked during his career on an appearance on The Ringer’s NBA Show podcast […]

The San Antonio Spurs showed Tony Parker some tough love — or whatever you want to call it — during the Frenchman’s rookie season. In fact, the team’s best player, Tim Duncan, and its head coach, Gregg Popovich, didn’t utter a word to the young point guard for his first at year in San Antonio. […]

Former NBA champion Channing Frye had quite a field day on a recent episode of the Road Trippin’ pod in roasting none other than himself. Frye opened up on what it was like guarding the great Shaquille O’Neal in Frye’s rookie year, and how he told the narrative is just hilarious. Frye made the big jump to […]

Stephen Curry wants to spend his entire NBA career with the Golden State Warriors, just like Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki and Tim Duncan did with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs, respectively. During an interview with Zach Frydenlund of Complex, Curry talked about following in Bryant, Nowitzki and Duncan’s footsteps. “1,000 […]

Throughout his 18-year NBA career, Tony Parker established himself as one of the greatest point guards of his generation and one of the finest players to have come out of Europe. More importantly, he was a winner, helping the San Antonio Spurs win four championships with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili. But before he earned […]

It’s been proven in the history of the NBA that it would be close to impossible to win a title with just one superstar spearheading your franchise. In recent time, we’ve had the chance to witness Big 3s like the LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat. Not to mention Stephen […]

It appears that Tim Duncan’s return to the San Antonio Spurs bench is short lived. After just one season as head coach Gregg Popovich’s assistant, the two-time MVP is calling it quits, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. The Spurs' Tim Duncan is stepping away from full-time coaching after spending last season […]

San Antonio Spurs legends Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan are back together as teammates, not in the basketball court but on the paved roads of Texas. Via his Instagram, Ginobili posted a photo of himself biking with his good old buddy Tim Duncan. Spurs fans were thrilled to see the icons back together. Several were […]

Now more than ever, the NBA has placed an increased emphasis on being able to play defense. Through analytics and video breakdown technology, players are now under a microscope with very little wiggle room to excuse them from being below average defenders. Regardless of how skilled the players are on the offensive end, without solid […]

When underrated NBA players are brought up in conversation, it more often than not that San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan is brought up. With that said, Portland Trail Blazers big man Jusuf Nurkic agrees that Duncan is pretty high on such list. The question was prompted on Twitter earlier this week, and Nurkic was […]

After winning his first NBA ring with the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this month, it’s hard not to put Anthony Davis up there as one of the best, if not the best, forwards in the league right now. Davis was the first-runner up to the Finals MVP trophy after a stellar debut on basketball’s biggest […]

Having just won the NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers, Danny Green has been on more than a few interviews of late. He has been fielding all sorts of questions over the past couple of weeks, especially after his infamous Game 5 miss, but we’re one hundred percent certain that nothing compares to the […]

Is Tim Duncan a snitch? If you are asking Philadelphia 76ers legend Allen Iverson, the answer is a resounding yes. In an interview with the All The Smoke Podcast, the former Sixers star recounted a story with Duncan while they were with Team USA for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Apparently, a player played a peanut […]

Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets marks LeBron James’ 252nd career playoff game. Now, The King stands alone in second place in the all-time playoff games list, breaking the tie with NBA legend Tim Duncan. James is the only active player in the top five of […]

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic made the first-team All-NBA squad this season, becoming the first player named to the first team in his first or second season since San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan did in 1999, per Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning News. Doncic received 59 First Team votes. Luka Doncic was named […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is the only player in NBA history to earn All-NBA honors 16 times. By making the All-NBA First Team this season, James passes 15-time All-NBA Team selections Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan: LeBron James earns his NBA RECORD 16th All-NBA Team selection!@KingJames passes 15-time All-NBA Team selections […]

With the Los Angeles Lakers coming away with a 116-108 victory against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday in Game 3 of their first-round playoffs series, LeBron James was able to surpass the legendary Tim Duncan in the esteemed list of all-time career playoff wins. James was asked to comment on his achievement following the […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James took another step in what has been an historic playoffs run for him. He moves up in the all-time lists of not one, but two noteworthy playoffs records, following LA’s 116-108 Game 3 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. LeBron marked his 158th win in the postseason on Saturday, […]

NBA legends Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett will officially be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in May 2021. The three basketball icons were scheduled to be inducted this year. However, the ceremony was postponed due to COVID-19. Now, the enshrinement festival has been rescheduled for May 13-15, 2021. “These […]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson. Larry Bird and Kevin McHale. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. John Stockton and Karl Malone. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. These are just some of the greatest duos to have ever graced the basketball court. Most fans have fond memories of the respective historic partnerships of these pairings, and as […]

Many consider the 2019-20 season to be another asterisk year for the NBA finals. It’s obviously due to the fact that an unprecedented pandemic literally put the season on hold for a good four months. For the most part, the coronavirus-hit campaign is anything but a “normal” season. This is not the first time the […]

NBA fans often like to ponder “what if” scenarios. What if Derrick Rose didn’t tear his ACL in the 2012 playoffs? What if the Warriors lost to the Thunder in the 2016 Western Conference Finals? How about if Shaq and Kobe never broke up? These are just some of the biggest “what ifs” in NBA […]

The first decade of the new millennium belonged to two teams: the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs. To be more specific, they were primarily dominated by two superstars in Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and Tim Duncan of the Spurs. That’s why we’re about to look at NBA stars who never won […]

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard is the rare NBA superstar who doesn’t seem all that interested in promoting his brand on a daily basis. It’s not accurate to say he’s disinterested in marketing himself considering his ambitions to play in Los Angeles (though he does hail from Southern California), but Leonard—who is not on […]