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Timothy
Theodore Duncan was born on April 25, 1976 on the Island of St. Croix, US
Virgin Islands. Upon graduation from the the St. Dunstan's High
School, tim atteded the Wake Forest University. He became
college basketball's consensus Player of the Year in 1996-97. Duncan
capped his brilliant four-year career at Wake Forest by winning NABC
National Defensive Player of the Year honors for the third consecutive
season. He finished his career as the all-time
leading shotblocker in Atlantic Coast Conference history with 481, second in
NCAA annals behind Colgate's Adonal Foyle.
He
also finished third on the ACC career rebounding list with 1,570 and was the
10th player in NCAA Division I history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,500
rebounds in his career. In 1996-97, Duncan led Division I in rebounding
(14.7 rpg), was 10th in blocked shots (3.3 bpg) and field goal percentage
(.608) and was 28th in scoring (20.8 ppg). He was the ACC Player of the Year
for the second straight season, leading the conference in scoring,
rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots.
to the San Antonio Spurs. He lived
up to the high expectations, starting all 82 games winning Rookie of the
Year honors in 1997-98, then leading the Spurs to the NBA Championship in
his second season and winning MVP honors in the 1999 NBA Finals.
Duncan continued to excel as an NBA
rookie. He ranked 13th in the league in scoring at 21.1 ppg, third in
rebounding at 11.9 rpg, sixth in shotblocking at 2.51 bpg and fourth in
field goal percentage at .549. He was a landslide winner of Rookie of the
Year honors, receiving 113 of a possible 116 votes, and was the first rookie
to earn All-NBA First Team honors since Larry Bird in 1980. He also was
named to the All-Defensive Second Team. Duncan's fantasy career reached new
heights in 1998-99, as he led the Spurs to the first NBA title in franchise
history.
field goal percentage, he lead the league
with 37 blocks in 50 games and was again voted to the All-NBA First Team,
finishing third in the MVP balloting behind Karl Malone and Alonzo Mourning.
He was a dominant force in the playoffs, averaging team-highs of 23.2 ppg
and 11.5 rpg and shooting .511 from the field. He was even better in the NBA
Finals against New York, posting 27.4 ppg and 14.0 rpg and shooting .537 to
earn NBA Finals MVP honors.