TIMI

Now it's clear. Since retiring Michael Jordan, no one had a more successful career than Team Duncan. Quite silent, Timmy has compiled 17 consecutive seasons of victory, title, hard work, looking at his job, and some individual acknowledgments that do not matter. His only interest was that his team played well and did it all the way. A fake champion, 5-1 in the final, his team never missed a plej-of. Successful? The most successful ... Tony Rutland. I was waiting for him to finally look at the Wake Forest.

Tony played high school with Allen Iverson. We all shivered to the point of Iverson, and Rutland was the second part of that killer godfather. Somewhere during Duke's '96, I first saw Tim Duncan for the first time. They were waiting for the ball to go in, Duncan was in a big shot, and the Duke fans flicked screaming: "Spock, Spock, Spock."

The American commentator explained: "Duke's fans see Tim Duncan with a figure from the" Star Trek. "This guy from the Virgin Islands, who is the elective subject of psychology, rarely shows emotions during the game, yet Dick, many think of him as the best center at the ACC conference . "

Then the legendary Dick Vitale fired: "But what a bee!" He started to play basketball very late, but no matter how he is, he's already technically fully trained for the position of the center. that moment and it's always great in the jump and .... "it took another three minutes ...

Tony Rutland is a policeman today in Atlanta. Being a shield from this team, the extremely talented Jerry Braswell is a fitness trainer. Loren Woods (I believe you remember him from Ephesus), the guy who was supposed to be Tim Duncan after Team Duncan, ends his career career in Beirut. Tim Duncan continues to ride ...

San Antonio I remember from the time when Rod Strickland was the first, and Terry Cummings was a real option at the wing center position. David Robinson was probably best basketball player with Pippen ever, but the competition in those years was too strong. There were still hilarious unbelievably talented but troublemaker Lloyd Daniels, Willie Anderson and all-powerful Vinny Del Negro. Simply, while Duncan did not show up, Spurs could not do anything.

They say the team takes the outlines of their best player. That's how San Antonio generally looked like Duncan. Methodically, constantly, at moments sterile, mostly unattractive, but most importantly - they ended up doing business. Duncan always came back and always pushed himself and his teammates forward. More likely you can not search for it. Due to Duncan, Spurs have always been in the game for the past 17 years. Titles, first round defeats, defeats and wins a single ball, but 17 years of being every year to be somewhere or to be the best ... there are not many players who can bring you such results.

San Antonio has never defended the title, but winning five pieces in almost two decades and each of these years being a party participant, that's for absolute respect. Everyone can dance for one summer. Being successful at the NBA level for 17 years, constantly having more defeats than defeats, being able to find the motive of each summer, to do the same again and to do it well. It is the highest quality of Tim Duncan.

All this year, the man managed to get in touch with the players in the best possible way - whether they were Stephen Jackson, Malik Rose, Danny Green or Patty Mills - to find the chemistry in the field and make it all work. Of course, all the other important people in that organization have great credit. But when someone laughs 12 pounds in the 36th year, after four winning titles, when he changes his run for the fourth decade to reduce pressure on his knees, after all four years ago he leaves the team to two more finals and another championship titles - how to explain it differently than basketball's love?

Duncan took less money than real value to make the team better, Duncan switched wordlessly to the new style of Spurs game. Even in the best days, Duncan did not talk about "the will of the winner" as it did on the ground. His leadership did not imply the abuse of a player to see everyone, nor when no one is watching. Duncan will give you any flaws that you can see in a nice way, which if you want to understand, you can. If you do not, well ... there are those who will.

As a player I never loved him, it's just so. Nothing in his game made me excited. In the memory, I only had two kits for her throughout her career. Shak down in Shaq in 2004, who overturned Fisher and the Troika against Phoenix in the playoffs six years ago. It remained as if in a semicircular silence of a table, a half-roller rolling on the rim, a point from the volleyball. And so up to the number of 25,000. Again, none of the NBA players I've ever had a chance to meet has left the impression of a more normal man. If he is not in a dress shirt and a sleeveless t-shirt (Timmy is wearing a sleeveless shirt) Timmy is in three numbers with a bigger shirt and a mandatory backbone. That's it.