Editing Tim Duncan (section)

==National team career==
In 1998, Duncan was selected as one of the last two players for the [[United States men's national basketball team|United States national team]] for the [[World Basketball Championship]]. However, this team was later replaced with [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] and college players because of the [[1998–99 NBA lockout|NBA lockout]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-stars-locked-out-of-team-usa/|title=NBA Stars Locked Out Of Team USA|work=CBS News|publisher=CBS|date=July 7, 1998|access-date=August 28, 2008|archive-date=January 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111123255/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/07/archive/main13393.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Duncan's first chance at playing for the national team came in 1999 when he was called up to the Olympic Qualifying Team. He averaged 12.7 ppg, 9.1 <abbr title="rebounds per game">rpg</abbr> and 2.4 <abbr title="blocks per game">bpg</abbr> and led the team to a 10–0 finish en route to a qualifying berth for the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]], but a knee injury forced him to stay out of the [[Olympic Games]] themselves.<ref name="usabio"/>

In 2003, Duncan was also a member of the USA team that recorded ten wins and qualified for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="usabio"/> He started all the games he played in and averaged team bests of 15.6 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.56 bpg, while shooting 60.7 percent from the field.<ref name="usabio"/> At the Olympics itself, the team lost three games on its way to a bronze medal.<ref name="usa2">{{cite web|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/national/moly_2004.html|title=Games of the XXVIIIth Olympiad&nbsp;– 2004|work=USA Basketball|access-date=March 26, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918162934/http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/national/moly_2004.html|archive-date=September 18, 2010}}</ref> The record represented more losses in a single year than in the 68 previous years combined. It was also the first time since NBA players became eligible that the U.S. men's basketball team lost a game in international competition and returned home without gold medals.<ref name="usa2"/> After the tournament, Duncan was disappointed with team's unpreparedness for the tournament and commented, "I am about 95 percent sure my [[FIBA]] career is over. I'll try not to share my experiences with anyone."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/olympics/2004/basketball/08/28/usa.lithuania.ap/index.html|title=U.S. men's avenge loss to Lithuania, earn bronze|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=August 28, 2004|access-date=January 13, 2008|archive-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012221345/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/olympics/2004/basketball/08/28/usa.lithuania.ap/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In total, Duncan was a member of five USA Basketball teams and played in 40 games.<ref name="usabio"/>