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About Tim Duncan
Although he didn't play organized basketball until ninth grade, Tim Duncan is one of the world's premiere basketball stars
and is just the second player in NBA history to be named to both an All-NBA Team and an All-Defensive Team in each of his
first four seasons. He was selected with the first pick of the 1997 draft and was named NBA Rookie of the Year
and 1999 NBA Finals MVP after winning his first NBA Championship with the San Antonio Spurs. Tim won back-to-back NBA MVP
awards in 2002 and 2003 and was named NBA Finals MVP in 2003 and 2005.
He and his wife Amy were married in the summer of 2001 and, together, they run the Tim Duncan Foundation- which will fund
nonprofit organizations in the areas of education, health awareness and research, and youth sports and recreation.
Foundation funds will be raised through special events and fundraisers. Over the last five years – through the Tim Duncan
Bowling for Dollar$ Charity Bowl-A-Thon – Duncan has raised and donated more than $550,000 for breast and prostate cancer
detection, prevention, and treatment. In addition he hosts an annual charity golf tournament in San Antonio.
The Foundation has also donated $25,000 to purchase and install the first wooden basketball court on the island of St.
Croix, Tim’s homeland in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In San Antonio, the Foundation recently purchased a multi-purpose vehicle
from Gunn Automotive for Roy Maas' Youth Alternatives (RMYA). The vehicle replaced the center’s existing van with a
newer, safer means of transportation for the nearly 700 children per year that they serve.
Tim Duncan Quick Career Highlights:
· Named the 2005 Finals MVP
· 2004 Athens Olympic Game Medalist
· Named the 2003 Finals MVP
· Named Most Valuable Player in 2002-03 season
· Named Most Valuable Player in 2001-02 season
· Just the second player in NBA history to be named
to both an All-NBA Team and an All-Defensive Team in each
of his first
five seasons (David Robinson was the first and he earned the honors in each of his first seven seasons)
· Has been named to the All-NBA First Team all seven
seasons. Duncan is only the sixth player in NBA history
to make the
All-NBA First Team in each of his first seven seasons, joining Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor, Larry Bird, George
Mikan, Bob
Pettit and Oscar Robertson.
· Has earned a spot on the All-Defensive First Team
each of the last five seasons after being named to the
All-Defensive
Second Team as a
rookie in '97-98
· Named the 1999 Finals MVP
· Named the 1998 Rookie of the Year
· Named co-MVP of the 2000 All-Star Game
Tim Duncan Quick Facts:
· Received his degree in psychology from Wake
Forest
· Didn't play organized basketball until the 9th
grade
· Concentrated on swimming as a youngster, at one
point was a top U.S. competitor in his age group in the 400
freestyle,
before his local pool was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989
· Known for wearing his practice shorts backwards,
a trend he started while at Wake
· Has two sisters, Cheryl and Tricia ... Tricia was
a member of the Virgin Islands swim team in the 1988
Olympics
· Has a large knife collection which includes a
three-foot samurai sword
· Admits to being afraid of heights and sharks
· Favorite movie is The Crow
· A video game junkie
· Has a block of 40 tickets to each Spurs home game
which he donates to various San Antonio charities
· Hosted the first annual Tim Duncan Bowling for
Dollar$ Charity Bowl-A-Thon in January of 2000, and to date
has raised
over $550,000 for breast and prostate cancer prevention, detection and treatment.
· Teamed-up with corporate partners Sprite and
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock to create the Beat Cancer program,
raising
$50,000
for the Cancer Therapy and Research Center during the 1999-2000 season
· Holds the annual Tim Duncan Foundation Charity
Golf Classic to benefit various charitable organizations
· Works in partnership with the Spurs Foundation on
a program called Tim Duncan's Character Program
which rewards
school-age children who have demonstrated integrity, fairness, respect, dependability, caring, and civic
responsibility. The
The Tim Duncan Foundation has expanded this program to include St Croix, Tim's home in the U.S. Virgin
Islands; and to
Winston-Salem N.C. area schools near Wake Forest University where Tim attended college.
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