Tim Duncan

Also known as Timothy Theodore Duncan, The Big Fundamental, Timothy T. Duncan

American basketball player

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Tim Duncan was an American professional basketball player who played for the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. He is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time due to his exceptional skills, consistency, and success in winning multiple championship titles.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Theodore
Family name: Duncan
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Christiansted
Occupation: basketball coach
Educated at: Wake Forest University
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award
Participant in: 1995 Summer Universiade
Sport: competitive swimming
Member of team: San Antonio Spurs
Position played: center
League: National Basketball Association
Country for sport: United States
Mass: 113
Official website: www.slamduncan.com
Image: Tim Duncan.jpg
Height: 211

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date of birth: 1976-04-25
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drafted by: San Antonio Spurs
social media followers: 13024
end of work period: 2016-00-00
start of work period: 1997-00-00
partner in business or sport: David Robinson
name in native language: Tim Duncan
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Timothy Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player and coach who spent his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Big Fundamental", he is widely considered to be the greatest power forward of all time and one of the greatest players in NBA history, and was a central contributor to the franchise's success during the 2000s and 2010s. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020 and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.

Born and raised on Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Duncan initially aspired to be a competitive swimmer, but took up basketball at 14 after Hurricane Hugo destroyed the island's only Olympic-sized pool. In high school, he played basketball for St. Dunstan's Episcopal. In college, Duncan played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and in his senior year, he received the John Wooden Award and was named the Naismith College Player of the Year and the USBWA College Player of the Year.

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