Tim Duncan

After winning both the Naismith and Wooden awards for College Player of the Year there was little doubt this 6-10, 245 pound senior from Wake Forest would be the number one pick in the 1997 draft. Many thought he could have been number one any of his last three years in college. He was signed to the rookie maximum salary of $10.23 million over 3 years.
Tim got his NBA career off to a better start than anyone expected...and there were some real high hopes. He was named Rookie of the Month every single month of the season on his way to winning the Rookie of the Year Award in a landslide over Keith Van Horn. Tim won a spot on the NBA All-Star Team after averaging better than 11 rebounds and almost 17 points per game at the break, as the only rookie on the team.
In 2000, he was named to his second straight all-star team, this time as the starter amassing 1,321,4636 votes. He followed that up with six more straight starts making his run from 2000-2006, with no end in sight. Each of his first five years as an all-star starter he has led the Western All-Star team in rebounds. He also had impressive numbers at the end of his rookie year, finishing as runner up to Karl Malone for the IBM award which is solely based on a statistical formula. He won the IBM award following the 2001-2002 season. Tim became the seventh rookie, and the first since Larry Bird to be named to the All-NBA First Team. He did even better in 1999, with the honor of being named to his first All-Defensive First Team and his second appearance on the All-NBA First Team. He was named to the All-Defensive First Team for the following four years...through 2003, but bumped to the All-Defensive Second Team in 2004, probably by his teammate, Bruce Bowen, who made it to the First Team. He was back on the All-Defensive First Team in 2005, but named to the All-Defensive Second Team in 2006. He was also named to the All-NBA First Team from 2000-2005 and 2007 as well. He only made the All-NBA Second Team in 2006. He is only the second player in NBA history to be named to the All-NBA Team and All-Defensive Team in each of his first three seasons. His teammate David Robinson was the first, getting that honor in each of his first seven seasons.

When the Spurs won the NBA Finals in 1999, he was named the Finals MVP. He had won a berth on the 2000 USA Men's Olympic Basketball Team, but had to withdraw due to a knee injury. He also agreed to play for the 2004 USA Basketball Team that will compete in the Athens Summer Olympics. Tim was the most sought after free agent during the 2000 off season, but San Antonio re-signed him to a 4 year 45.9 million dollar contract with an opt out clause after the 2002-2003 season. Tim finally got his due following the 2001-2002 NBA Season when he was named league MVP. He followed that up in 2003, being selected MVP in back-to-back seasons. Duncan led the Spurs to the NBA Championship in 2003 on the way to being selected the NBA Finals MVP. It was his second title of his short career and came in David Robinson's last season.

Believe it or not, Tim used to be a swimmer. He was one of the top US athletes in the 400m freestyle, until he was forced to give up swimming when his local pool was destroyed by Hurrican Hugo. Although he attended Wake Forest, graduating with a degree in Psychology, he is a native of the Virgin Islands. On January 16, 2003 San Antonio re-signed Duncan to a 7 year, $105,480,000 contract, the maximum allowed.

Duncan's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG	BlkPG
College	16.5	12.3	2.3	3.8
Senior Yr.	20.8	14.7	3.2	3.3
1997-98 (Rookie)	21.1	11.9	2.7	2.5
1998-99	21.7	11.4	2.4	2.5
1998-00	23.2	12.4	3.2	2.2
2000-01	22.2	12.2	3.0	2.3
2001-02	25.5	12.7	3.7	2.5
2002-03	23.3	12.9	3.9	2.9
2003-04	22.3	12.4	3.1	2.7
Career (thru '04)	22.8	12.3	3.2	2.5

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