Editing Tim Duncan (section)

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1976)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Tim Duncan
| image = Tim Duncan Walks Verizon Center's Floor (cropped).jpg
| caption = Duncan with the [[San Antonio Spurs]] in 2009
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|4|25}}
| birth_place = [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 250
| high_school = [[St. Dunstan's Episcopal High School|St. Dunstan's Episcopal]]<br/>(Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands)
| college = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest]] (1993–1997)
| draft_year = 1997
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 1
| draft_team = [[San Antonio Spurs]]
| career_start = 1997
| career_end = 2016
| career_position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|center]]
| career_number = 21
| coach_start = 2019
| coach_end = 2020
| years1 = {{nbay|1997|start}}–{{nbay|2015|end}}
| team1 = [[San Antonio Spurs]]
| cyears1 = {{nbay|2019|full=y}}
| cteam1 = San Antonio Spurs (assistant)
| highlights = * 5× [[List of NBA champions|NBA champion]] ([[1999 NBA Finals|1999]], [[2003 NBA Finals|2003]], [[2005 NBA Finals|2005]], [[2007 NBA Finals|2007]], [[2014 NBA Finals|2014]])
* 3× [[Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|NBA Finals MVP]] ([[1999 NBA Finals|1999]], [[2003 NBA Finals|2003]], [[2005 NBA Finals|2005]])
* 2× [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|NBA Most Valuable Player]] ({{nbay|2001|end}}, {{nbay|2002|end}})
* 15× [[List of NBA All-Stars|NBA All-Star]] ([[1998 NBA All-Star Game|1998]], [[2000 NBA All-Star Game|2000]]–[[2011 NBA All-Star Game|2011]], [[2013 NBA All-Star Game|2013]], [[2015 NBA All-Star Game|2015]])
* [[NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award|NBA All-Star Game co-MVP]]{{efn|along with [[Shaquille O'Neal]]}} ([[2000 NBA All-Star Game|2000]])
* 10× [[All-NBA Team|All-NBA First Team]] ({{nbay|1997|end}}–{{nbay|2004|end}}, {{nbay|2006|end}}, {{nbay|2012|end}})
* 3× [[All-NBA Team|All-NBA Second Team]] ({{nbay|2005|end}}, {{nbay|2007|end}}, {{nbay|2008|end}})
* 2× [[All-NBA Team|All-NBA Third Team]] ({{nbay|2009|end}}, {{nbay|2014|end}})
* 8× [[NBA All-Defensive Team|NBA All-Defensive First Team]] ({{nbay|1998|end}}–{{nbay|2002|end}}, {{nbay|2004|end}}, {{nbay|2006|end}}, {{nbay|2007|end}})
* 7× [[NBA All-Defensive Team|NBA All-Defensive Second Team]] ({{nbay|1997|end}}, {{nbay|2003|end}}, {{nbay|2005|end}}, {{nbay|2008|end}}, {{nbay|2009|end}}, {{nbay|2012|end}}, {{nbay|2014|end}})
* [[NBA Rookie of the Year Award|NBA Rookie of the Year]] ({{nbay|1997|end}})
* [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ({{nbay|1997|end}})
* [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team]]
* No. 21 [[San Antonio Spurs#Retired numbers|retired by San Antonio Spurs]]
* [[USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year]] (2003)
* [[Sportsman of the Year|''Sports Illustrated'' Sportsman of the Year]] (2003)
* [[List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards|National college player of the year]] ([[1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1997]])
* 2× Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1996 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1996]], [[1997 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1997]])
* [[Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award|Chip Hilton Player of the Year]] (1997)
* 3× [[NABC Defensive Player of the Year]] (1995–1997)
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season rebounding leaders|NCAA rebounding leader]] (1997)
* [[ACC Athlete of the Year]] (1997)
* 2× [[Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|ACC Player of the Year]] (1996, 1997)
* 3× First-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-ACC]] (1995–1997)
* No. 21 [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Wake Forest Demon Deacons]]
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 26,496 (19.0 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 15,091 (10.8 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Block (basketball)|Blocks]]
| stat3value = 3,020 (2.2 bpg)
| HOF_player = tim-duncan
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2017
| medal_templates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's [[basketball]]}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]| [[United States national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[FIBA Americas Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[FIBA Americas Championship 1999|1999 San Juan]] | [[United States national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[FIBA Americas Championship 2003|2003 San Juan]] | [[United States national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1994 Goodwill Games|1994 St. Petersburg]] | [[United States national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1995 Summer Universiade|1995 Fukuoka]] | [[United States national basketball team|Team]]}}
}}
'''Timothy Theodore Duncan''' (born April 25, 1976)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slamduncan.com/about-qa.php|title=Tim Duncan Q&A|publisher=slamduncan.com|access-date=January 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209055530/http://www.slamduncan.com/about-qa.php|archive-date=December 9, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American former professional [[basketball]] player and coach. He [[List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise|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 the greatest [[Power forward (basketball)|power forward]] of all time and one of the greatest{{under discussion inline|talkpage=WT:NBA#Discussion on allowing "greatest" in the lead of all NBA players}} players in NBA history,{{refn|<ref name="ap_07122016">{{cite news|date=July 12, 2016|title=Tim Duncan's prolific career draws praise from NBA stars|website=CBC.ca|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/tim-duncan-retires-1.3674268|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111040708/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/tim-duncan-retires-1.3674268|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=gaither_07112016/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29105801/ranking-top-74-nba-players-all-nos-10-1|title=Ranking the top 74 NBA Players of all time: Nos. 10–1|date=May 13, 2020|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=November 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119203144/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29105801/ranking-top-74-nba-players-all-nos-10-1|url-status=live}}</ref>}} and was [[San Antonio Spurs#1997–2016: The Tim Duncan era|a central contributor to the franchise's success during the 2000s and 2010s]].<ref>*{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=David J. |date=January 11, 2023 |title=Tim Duncan: Career retrospective |url=https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/tim_duncan_career_retrospective/s1__37879692 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223224324/https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/tim_duncan_career_retrospective/s1__37879692 |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |access-date=February 23, 2023 |website=Yardbarker |language=en}}
*{{Cite web |last=Resnick |first=Steven |date=May 30, 2009 |title=Forget Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan Is the NBA's Best of the Decade |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/189183-tim-duncan-best-of-this-decade-not-kobe-bryant |access-date=February 23, 2023 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223224327/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/189183-tim-duncan-best-of-this-decade-not-kobe-bryant |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 [[United States Virgin Islands|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 High School|St. Dunstan's Episcopal]]. In college, Duncan played for the [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|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]].

After graduating from college, Duncan was the [[NBA Rookie of the Year]] after being selected by San Antonio with the [[List of first overall NBA draft picks|first overall pick]] in the [[1997 NBA draft]]. In his second season, he became the third player (alongside [[Magic Johnson]] and [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]]) to win [[NBA Finals Most Valuable Player|NBA Finals MVP]] in his first two seasons after being drafted, guiding the Spurs to the [[1999 NBA Finals|1999 NBA title]]. Known as a strong post defender, Duncan was selected to one of the two [[NBA All-Defensive Team|All-Defensive teams]] each of the first 13 seasons of his career, an NBA record. As part of the Spurs' [[Big Three (San Antonio Spurs)|Big Three]] with guards [[Tony Parker]] and [[Manu Ginóbili]], Duncan won four additional NBA championships and collected three Finals MVP trophies. He primarily played the power forward position and also played center throughout his career. He is a five-time [[NBA champion]], a two-time [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|NBA MVP]], a three-time [[Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|NBA Finals MVP]], a 15-time [[NBA All-Star Game|NBA All-Star]],<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duncati01.html|title=Tim Duncan|work=Basketball-reference.com|access-date=May 20, 2008|archive-date=October 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014031903/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duncati01.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the only player to be selected to both the [[All-NBA Team|All-NBA]] and [[NBA All-Defensive Team|All-Defensive Teams]] for 13 consecutive seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/tim_duncan_earns_allnba_100506.html|title=Tim Duncan Earns All-NBA And All-Defensive Team Honors For 13th Straight Season|work=NBA.com|date=May 6, 2010|access-date=May 8, 2014|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213023928/https://www.nba.com/spurs/news/tim_duncan_earns_allnba_100506.html|url-status=live}}</ref>