Tim Duncan, born on April 25th, 1976, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, USA, is a former American professional basketball player, power forward/center. 1997, he was selected by the spurs in the first round of the NBA draft with 1, and was selected as the NBA rookie of the year in his rookie season.
Duncan won the NBA championship five times in his career; Twice selected as the most valuable player (MVP) in the NBA regular season; Three-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (FMVP); Fifteen times selected for the NBA best team (tied for the second place in history); Fifteen times selected for the NBA's best defensive team (the first in history); Fifteen NBA All-Star Games (fourth in history).
In 2000, he participated in the American men's basketball championship as a member of the American basketball team. In 2004, he won the bronze medal in the men's basketball competition at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
20 13 On May 23rd, Duncan blocked 500 shots in the playoffs, ranking first in history. 20 16 On April 6th, tim duncan won the1000th victory in the regular season of his career, becoming the third player with a thousand wins in history and the first one with a thousand wins in the same team.
On July 16, 1 1, he officially announced his retirement, ending his 19 NBA career. 20 16, 12, 19, Spurs vs. Pelicans at home. Duncan 2 1 jersey retired after the game. On July 23rd, 20 19, the Spurs officially announced that Duncan had joined the coaching staff as an assistant coach.
On March 4, 2020, he served as the temporary head coach of the team and led the team to win the championship. On April 5th, 2020, Duncan was officially inducted into the naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. On June165438+1October 12, 2020, Duncan retired from the teaching assistant team of the Spurs. 2021May 16, the 2020th Hall of Fame was officially held and Duncan officially entered the Hall of Fame.
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From 65438 to 0993, Duncan entered Wake Forest University to study psychology. Duncan didn't score a point in the first game against the University of Alaska. After that, with high-intensity training, Duncan's performance soared.
In his sophomore year, Duncan scored 25 points in a game against Wallace University. At that time, Jerry West decided to be the No.1 in the NBA draft of 1995. However, at the age of 14, Duncan promised his mother with cancer that he would "finish college and get a degree anyway", so he finally chose to stay in school until graduation.
In the next two years, Duncan got a lot of exercise opportunities and created irresistible offensive strength. In the game, he often forces his opponent to adopt the tactics of three-person double-team. On the defensive end, Duncan also performed well and won the title of best defensive player twice.
1997, Duncan became the player who won the most games in the history of the devil's deacons, won the John Wooden Award, and was selected for the NCAA first team for the second year in a row.
His data broke through the mark of 2000 points 1500 rebounds, becoming the tenth person in NCAA to complete this feat, and the first player in NCAA to reach 1500 points 1000 rebounds, 400 blocks and 200 assists at the same time. After graduating from college, Duncan continued his self-study, successfully completed his master's defense, and successfully obtained a master's degree certificate in psychology from Wake Forest University.