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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 […]

San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan did not join the team in Orlando at Walt Disney World, per Don Harris of News 4 San Antonio. Duncan, who is an assistant coach on the Spurs, is helping star power forward LaMarcus Aldridge recover from shoulder surgery. Aldridge won’t be playing in the Orlando games as a […]

The San Antonio Spurs are no strangers to success in the NBA. They’ve had countless moments of magic and have won championships in each of the last three decades – the only team to have done so. But a few moments stood out beyond the rest. Honorable mentions – David Robinson records a quadruple double […]

Who is the best Power Forward of all time? It’s a task we’re about to take. Ranking the best power forwards of all time won’t be easy, but we’ll get there. Many young NBA fans have forgotten the rich history of the position. Ranking the greatest power forwards of all time would bring back the […]

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 — headlined by NBA icons Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett — will have to wait for immortalized enshrinement until 2021. According to ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan and Adrian Wojnarowski, the Hall is pushing the ceremony until next year due to the threats of the coronavirus […]

San Antonio Spurs legend David Robinson praised his former teammate Tim Duncan, saying that pairing up with him was “life-changing.” In a recent interview with Ernie Johnson, Robinson spoke out about Duncan’s impact on his career. “Tim, he’s a humble guy,” David Robinson shared about his former Spurs running mate (h/t Bleacher Report). “I always […]

Back in 1998, San Antonio Spurs rookie Tim Duncan told media personality Dan Patrick that he wasn’t a huge fan of Michael Jordan. While Duncan respected Jordan, the Big Fundamental said back in the day he wasn’t impressed by MJ, via Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News: Patrick: That’s it. You met Jordan? Duncan: But […]

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is considering postponing the induction of the Class of 2020 for a later date. This year’s class — which is headlined by NBA greats Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett — was set to be inducted on Aug. 29 in Springfield. According to Gary Washburn of the Boston […]

We all know the drama behind an NBA story goes beyond the 94-foot hardcourt. This is why The Last Dance has given us such an eye-opening perspective on what really goes on behind the scenes of a team’s championship run. In the 10-part series, we saw how Michael Jordan dramatically lead his Chicago Bulls to […]

Jamal Crawford came to the Chicago Bulls in 2000, drafted as a top-10 selection two years into the post-Michael Jordan era. Being there gave him the window to see Jerry Krause plotting to reel in would-be Hall of Famers Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, and Grant Hill — all in one season. Crawford explained how Krause […]

For Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, he used fellow NBA icons Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett as motivation. In an interview with Mavs reporter Dwain Price, Nowitzki recalled his playing days, particularly in the offseason where he followed a strict training regimen. He admitted that there were times when he wasn’t motivated but upon thinking […]

The legend of how the great Tim Duncan almost joined the Orlando Magic early in his career is one of the best what-if stories of the past 20 years of NBA basketball. Doc Rivers, who coached the Magic at the time, set the record straight as to how the San Antonio Spurs’ prized building block […]

Hall of Fame center Shaquille O’Neal thinks the San Antonio Spurs’ 1998-99 NBA title should be null and void. During an episode of “The Big Podcast,” O’Neal said–as far as he was concerned–the Spurs and Tim Duncan only have four rings to their tally (via Jeff Garcia of News 4 San Antonio): O’Neal blasted the […]

Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant — along with Kevin Garnett — have been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in one of the most star-studded Hall of Fame classes in NBA history. We know that Duncan and Bryant are two of the greatest players of their era and two of the greatest players […]

On May 7, 1994, the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets defeated the 63-win Seattle SuperSonics to advance to the Western Conference semifinals—marking the first time an eight seeded team won a playoff series. In their honor, let’s revisit (and rank) the 8-over-1 upsets in NBA history. 5) 2012: Philadelphia 76ers over Chicago Bulls (4-2) This first-round series—and […]

NBA basketball in the 2000s has its share of detractors because of the style of play, but it deserves appreciation because there was still greatness every single night. The studs who played within the era speak for themselves, from Kobe Bryant to Kevin Garnett to Tim Duncan to LeBron James to a host of others […]

San Antonio Spurs legend David Robinson is one of the many NBA personalities that have paid tribute to his former teammate and NBA great Tim Duncan on his 44th birthday. Robinson went on SiriusXm NBA Radio and narrated the first time he played against Duncan more than two decades ago. This was during Robinson’s stint […]

Tim Duncan knows that Kevin Love is considered one of the top power forwards in the NBA today. He has had a bumpy ride with the Cleveland Cavaliers over the past couple of years, but there’s no denying that he’s still up there with the best of them. Recently, the Cavs star paid tribute to […]

The San Antonio Spurs were blessed with a dynasty in the late 1990s until the mid-’10s dedicated around star power forward Tim Duncan, who contributed to five NBA championship teams. That being said, Duncan isn’t the only talented power forward in San Antonio’s franchise history. Here are the five best power forwards in Spurs history. […]

The San Antonio Spurs aren’t a big-market franchise, but they they have five NBA championships, which ranks fifth among all teams in league history. Of course, all five of the titles came from 1999 through 2014, so prior to Tim Duncan’s arrival in 1997, the Spurs didn’t really have a very extensive history. However, a […]

The 2020 Hall of Fame class is one of the best we have ever seen, as NBA legends Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant have all been inducted. Garnett spoke on what it means to go into the Hall of Fame with Duncan and Bryant, as well as former WNBA star Tamika Catchings: “To […]

Basketball Hall of Famer and Inside the NBA analyst Charles Barkley made an appearance on ESPN’s Get Up Monday morning, and shared some major praise for some of the newest inductees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. When host Mike Greenberg asked Chuck about his memories of facing a young Kobe Bryant at […]