Tim Duncan pens thank you letter on Spurs website

Duncan announced the decision on Monday, with the Spurs tweeting the news.

I suspect the Spurs signing free agent big man Pau Gasol – a player with skills and philosophies so similar to Duncan’s – made it easier for Duncan to walk away with a clear conscience. Popovich became in head coach in 1996, Duncan joined the team in 1997. He also made the NBA All-Defensive First Team eight times.

Duncan, who turned 40 on April 25, was the NBA’s MVP in 2002 and 2003 and was named Finals MVP in 1999, 2003 and 2005. “The security, the safety net, the home plate, the hub of the well – all that sort of thing – is who he was as a player”.

He played a total of 1392 games, averaging 19 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3 assists and holds the Spurs record for the most points, rebounds, assists, minutes played and games played.

But he’s been incredibly thankful to the Spurs fans in San Antonio and around the world, as he expressed in an open letter posted to the San Antonio Spurs’ official website.

Tim Duncan never wanted the spotlight, only the trophies.

The best examples of a Tim Duncan today would probably be Steph Curry, who gets extra points for a lot of his off the court activities with fans and LeBron James, although he losses a few points for that sumo hand powder thing he does before tip-off. “I’m certainly going to hit with everything I have to keep him around here as long as I possibly can because he means that much to everyone in the organization”. “He was always looking to improve his game”.

The announcement comes two months after the Spurs were upset by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals, a six-game exit that immediately had people wondering yet again if it was Duncan’s last hurrah.

Duncan often credited his teammates and coaches for his success, and never seemed to take much stock his personal achievements, even though they are considerable.

Tim Duncan finally addressed his retirement in the most Tim Duncan way possible. “I said it many times”. It was an honor to play with you!! But last season’s campaign was disrupted by a knee injury and he played in only 61 games.

The Spurs reached the play-offs in every one of his 19 seasons. The towers as they were called and did they ever live up to all of the expectations. They reached the playoffs in every one of his 19 seasons, the team said in a statement.

By the time he retired, he had won the second highest number of games as an National Basketball Association player (only behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). The end result of that conversation was that Duncan played the entire fourth quarter without coming out for a rest.