Timothy "Tim" Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976
in Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin
Islands) is an American professional basketball
player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National
Basketball Association (NBA). The 6'11" (2.11 m),
260-pound (118 kg) power forward/center is a
four-time NBA champion, a three-time NBA Finals Most
Valuable Player, and the current captain of the
Spurs. He has also won the NBA Most Valuable Player
Award twice, and has been voted into ten All-Star
games, 11 All-NBA teams, and 11 All-Defensive teams.
Duncan started out as a swimmer and only began
playing basketball in ninth grade, and had
difficulties adapting. However, he soon became a
standout for St. Dunstan’s Episcopal High School,
and had an illustrious college career with the Wake
Forest University Demon Deacons, winning the
Naismith College Player of the Year, USBWA College
Player of the Year and John Wooden awards in his
final year. Duncan graduated from college before
entering the 1997 NBA Draft as the number one pick,
and his list of accomplishments and leadership in
the Spurs' NBA title runs in 1999, 2003, 2005, and
2007 have led basketball experts to consider him to
be one of the greatest power forwards in NBA
history.
Off the court, Duncan is known for his quiet and
unassuming ways, as well as his active philanthropy.
He holds an honors degree in psychology and created
the Tim Duncan Foundation to raise general health
awareness and fund education and youth sports in
various parts of the United States.
