Tom Orsborn: Derrick White joking about the #Spurs’ new strategy for perimeter defense: “We are just going to let them go by us and hope Jakob blocks it.” Poeltl has 14 blocks over the last 4 games, the first Spur to do so since Tim Duncan in 2015.
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Tim Duncan
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Born: 04/25/76
Height: 6-11 / 2.11
Weight:259 lbs. / 117.9 kg.
Earnings: $245,964,351 ($307,745,968*)
Born: 04/25/76
Height: 6-11 / 2.11
Weight:259 lbs. / 117.9 kg.
Earnings: $245,964,351 ($307,745,968*)
Jon Johnson: Last night Joel Embiid recorded his 2,000th rebound, becoming the fastest player to do so since Tim Duncan in 1999. Fastest to 2,000 in Sixers history: George McGinnis (168 games) Joel Embiid (174 games)
In response to numerous requests from nosy reporters — not just me — Duncan has relayed word through Tom James, the Spurs’ longtime press officer, that he intends to do no interviews this season. None. Will he stick to such a rigid policy? If anyone can, it’s Duncan, who has not granted an interview of substance since he abruptly announced after the 2015-16 N.B.A. season, his 19th, that he was done playing.
On Nov. 5 in Atlanta, I crossed paths with Kevin Willis, the former Hawks standout, who went on to play for the Spurs’ title-winning team in 2002-03. Willis was on a scouting mission similar to mine that night. “It’s just beautiful,” Willis said. “I love seeing him out there. I never saw it coming — I never really saw Tim as a coach. But since it happened, why not? When he’s working with other players, he’s the ultimate teacher.”
Mike Vorkunov: “I’m just tired of Tim Duncan altogether,” Knicks coach David Fizdale said dryly. “He kicked my butt before as a player. Now I gotta look at him as a coach and he’s a brilliant basketball mind.” Fizdale believes Duncan, now a Spurs assistant, will make a great coach.
Tim Bontemps: A smiling Gregg Popovich on Tim Duncan : “I’m hoping somebody will take him. He thinks he knows everything. For some reason, he thinks he’s going to be in the Hall of Fame. He’s got all these ideas on what we should do, and I’m a little tired of it. And you can quote me on that.”
