Tyus, 24, spent his first four seasons in his hometown of Minneapolis playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves after he entered the league as a first-round pick 24th overall.
I want to do that for myself, so when my name is called, I can be ready to go out there and have an impact. Guard Lonnie Walker IV did individual work at practice Tuesday but has yet to scrimmage or experience any contact.
The Spurs began working together as a team last Friday. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian still holding off on naming a starting QB. Marc Blucas, who was a senior at Wake Forest when Duncan enrolled in and remains a close friend, said that Duncan arrived on campus with the bank shot already in his arsenal and even deployed it during summer pickup runs.
The bank shot was one of their first attempts. Duncan started on the left block, with his back to the basket. He had it all down. In San Antonio, Duncan continued refining the bank shot. Often either early in the morning, or very late at night, you could hear somebody in the gym with the shooting gun. The next season, the first for which the NBA has data available on attempts off the glass defined as bank jump shots and bank hook shots, but not layups , Duncan canned But, no, he worked on that shot as much as any.
Different angles, different post moves, off the dribble. When we did shooting drills as a team, Pop always implemented the bank shots as one of the spots where everybody had to shoot from. Duncan would often field the ball just outside the paint on the left side of the court, spin open, and size up his defender.
So it was a variety of options, and he was surrounded by other Hall of Famers and was a willing passer. It was just impossible to build any momentum against them.
Fun story: Duncan celebrated the title by taking his V10 Dodge pickup to an empty San Antonio parking lot, where he and Blucas did doughnuts until 4 a. But if you got Duncan back on the other end, he was surprisingly cordial. Duncan retired in , after 18 NBA seasons of confounding opponents.
Even as he approached 40 years old, Timmy remained one of the most feared rim defenders because of his excellent timing, length and defensive IQ. He was as consistent as a player could possibly be and always led his team both by example and, when necessary, by teaching them. Duncan harbored a culture that holds true in San Antonio today that puts team-based effort above all else and emphasizes the whole above the parts.
His unselfishness afforded him the chance to play high-level basketball after mileage that most players would crumble under. Next: One of the most skilled to ever do it. He could go out and drop 30 on a nightly basis. He was a mid-range killer, making the bank shot his signature, and could cook you any which way in the post. He could score with either hand, delicately dropping shots into the hoop with a hook over either shoulder, a maneuver into a layup or a beautiful turnaround jumper.
Duncan played an inside-outside game, curling off of screens as a roll-man or pick-and-pop specialist. He read his opponents to a tee, cutting inside when they lacked focus and finding himself open under the basket constantly. Even in his youth, Duncan was never the most athletic player.
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