Great stuff on Tim Duncan

Yes, this came from the Worldwide ~~Misleader~~ ~~Follower~~ ~~Kobe-LeBron Network~~ ~~Yankees-Red Sox Channel~~ ~~Brett Favre Retirement Speculation Extravaganza~~ Website called "espn.com."

"Critics say he has no personality but, the thing is, he does. He just doesn't bother to show it to us. He graciously accepts the fame that comes with being a 13-time All-Star, he just doesn't flaunt it. As a result, we've become indifferent to a man who really should have been the face of the league: never in trouble, philanthropist and humanitarian off the court, the game's biggest winner on it. But because we've become a culture conditioned to reality TV and manufactured celebrity -- paying attention only to big personalities or vacuous people who are famous for making a spectacle of themselves -- we don't fully appreciate the beauty of someone who focuses his public persona on being an elite athlete, a person like Duncan."

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A really, really nice article – All Spurs fans should read this!

"Ginobili. . .He's weaving, he's throwing up triple axels in sneakers, he's willing the ball into the basket. It's Cirque du Soleil with refs." Dan Oshinsky / KENS 5

by janieannie on May 1, 2011 6:00 PM CDT reply actions

You can ignore tim duncan if you want .. but you have no excuse on hating tim
Just the kobe fans, the haters of the NBA, hate timme

by cuentaluis1 on May 1, 2011 7:37 PM CDT reply actions

You gotta post the link to this, I want to bookmark it. And who said it? Methinks it must have been one of the assistant producers or a member of the janitorial staff, because each of their on-air ‘personalities’ is too much of an assclown to have said this.

"If I was the kind of guy who posted a signature line, this would be it from now on." -SiMA

by SgtinManusArmy on May 2, 2011 5:31 PM CDT reply actions

First, it amazes me sometimes just how little you know about how this site actually works.
Second, it was LZ Granderson.
Third, if you go to the top of this fanpage, and click on the words “Great stuff on Tim Duncan”, you’ll find that it’s actually a link to the article itself. (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?id=6449896)

The losses must have really gotten to you, b/c even newbies know this stuff.

Pounding the Rock
When you’re not trying to tear apart the fabric of society, you’re pretty cool. -Hipuks

by J.R. Wilco on May 3, 2011 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions

Just count yourself lucky that I even nowadays glance at the stupid “FanShot” column anyway.

"If I was the kind of guy who posted a signature line, this would be it from now on." -SiMA

by SgtinManusArmy on May 3, 2011 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions

And yes, my bad. The season ending so abruptly has caused me forgetfulness. This strange new world frightens and confuses me.

"If I was the kind of guy who posted a signature line, this would be it from now on." -SiMA

by SgtinManusArmy on May 3, 2011 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Did you get around to clicking the link yet? ;-)

by Gino20 on May 3, 2011 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes Gino, I did. After JRW’s public exoneration, I clicked the title and was rewarded with both a good article and enlightenment. Thank you.

o:—— (

"If I was the kind of guy who posted a signature line, this would be it from now on." -SiMA

by SgtinManusArmy on May 4, 2011 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Ah, the Manu smiley makes a triumphant return.

Time to build a new dynasty from the ashes of the old one.

by Tim C. on May 4, 2011 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Exoneration? Perhaps you mean excoriation, or evisceration.

by DrumsInTheDeep on May 4, 2011 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions

JRW actually has gotten on me before about my "mis"use of the word. I still think it fits.

"If I was the kind of guy who posted a signature line, this would be it from now on." -SiMA

by SgtinManusArmy on May 6, 2011 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions

A very concise and well-written piece. Duncan has been my favorite player since he entered the league. It pains me to think that in his twilight years as a player, his opportunity to win another title has been unwittingly undermined by the front office and probably even more so by his coach. I’m referring to the disastrous trade of Scola a few
years back; the resigning to a long-term deal of the terribly inadequate Bonner; and the
refusal to play Splitter during the regular season alongside Duncan. The myopic coach
cannot see that the “stretch 4” philosophy which worked so well with Horry isn’t the same
now with the the feeble Bonner. I have been screaming from my obscure vantage point
for years that this team desperately needs a tough defender and rebounder at the “4.”
If he can make the mid-range shot, so much the better (like a Scola or a Haslem type).
Duncan desperately needs help up front. But I also fear that even if the Spurs find someone in the draft or thru free agency, their inflexible coach will screw it up again.

by mercer on May 2, 2011 8:12 PM CDT reply actions

I used to feel the way you to about Scola, but I don’t anymore and here’s why.

One of the few perks to having credentials that allow me to cover the team and attend the games, is getting to talk to “insiders” as they’re called: members of the media, employees of the team, guys who are in the know, etc. And one of the things that isn’t uncommon, is for a group of these guys to sit at the same table (never the SAME group exactly, of course) for the pre-game meal and talk about all kinds of stuff. Usually there’s nothing spectacular about what’s discussed, but on one occasion the Scola subject came up (ok, I brought it up: guilty) and all of my theories were shot down.

It seems that the inside scoop is that Scola was NEVER going to sign with the Spurs for what they had to offer him. He preferred to stay in Europe over coming to San Antonio and playing for less than he was demanding, and the ever classy Spurs decided that they’d rather get something for him rather than nothing, and actually asked for his input as for where he’d like to go.

This is of course nothing but scuttlebutt and gossip, so you can feel free to take it with as many grains of salt as you feel it requires.

Pounding the Rock
When you’re not trying to tear apart the fabric of society, you’re pretty cool. -Hipuks

by J.R. Wilco on May 3, 2011 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions