Chapter 959: Inheritance

The 40-year-old Duncan has a total of 26,496 career points and 15,091 rebounds, and he and Abdul-Jabbar are the only two players in the league to have 26,000 points and 15,000 rebounds in their careers. Last season, Duncan helped the Spurs to a franchise-best 67-15 record. And won the Cavaliers 4-1 in the finals and won the championship crazily!

Duncan, who has achieved numerous achievements in his 19-year career, has now retired with fame and announced his retirement in a quiet way, and fans are full of reluctance. As the parent team that witnessed Duncan's transition from rookie to five-time superstar, the Spurs will hold a press conference on Tuesday (Seoul time) to announce Duncan's retirement. However, Duncan will not attend the press conference.

However, according to Wernarowski, Duncan will not leave like this, and will still reveal his heart to fans through a press conference, but not at the Spurs' official press conference.

Duncan will hold a press conference later this week to say goodbye to the fans.

"Can we go to the site?" Jiang Haoran immediately called Zhao Xianjing, and Zhao Xianjing said no, this is a press conference for Duncan and his fans, and if Jiang Haoran goes, it will change the nature.

"!" Jiang Haoran couldn't bear it, and he didn't see Duncan yet, so he listened to him retire!

"Don't worry, he'll be there next season when the shirt is retired." Zhao Xianjing is also very incredible on the phone, Duncan has controlled his injuries very well this year, and has been called the No. 21 rookie by fans many times, and he can definitely play for another year next year, but everyone knows why he chose to retire:

1: Give Jiang Haoran and Leonard more space.

2: In the small-ball era, Duncan's stats and role have reached the lowest level of his career, and no matter how good the frame is, it is useless.

3: When people reach 40, their hearts are tired.

Almost every player or fan can guess these three reasons, can't Kobe Bryant play? No way, it's just that Black Mamba definitely doesn't want to be a role player.

"Two legends have been retired this year." Pu Chulong poured three glasses of rice wine, hoping that the sweet aroma of rice wine would relieve them of the depression in their hearts.

Jiang Haoran drank it all, and he also thought of Kobe.

Bryant announced his retirement on April 14. At Staples Arena, the Flyers put a stop to their careers with "Mamba Out".

Two of the world's most legendary players announced their retirement within 88 days. In the post-Jordan era, Bryant and Duncan won 5 and 6 championships respectively for their teams. And now, when Kobe Bryant and Duncan have announced their retirement, it also means that the NBA will enter a new era.

Over the course of his career, Duncan was named to the All-Star team 15 times, to the All-Star team 15 times, and to the All-Defensive Team 15 times. If Kobe Bryant is compared to a raging fire, then Duncan is as arrogant as ice. The legend of ice and fire officially came to an end this summer.

Compared with the popularity of Durant joining the Warriors, Duncan, who plays unpretentiously, is much less popular, but it has caused a big shock in the industry, and even Jiang Haoran didn't expect it, let alone these reporters.

As the commentator of the stinging honey, Su Qun posted a long article very sensibly: "I understand this as a sign that the Spurs have entered a new era, in fact, last season, Leonard, Jiang Haoran, and Aldridge became the core of the team's essence, and Duncan took a back seat and became the spiritual leader." It's just that when Duncan really announces his retirement, everything will feel strange again. Without Duncan's spurs, can they really still have the soul of a king as before?

Maybe someone wants to say Jiang Haoran, I think he can really do it, but he is still young, can he really carry a team? ”

Yang Yi: "The GDP portfolio has also officially dissolved. In fact, before that, Ginobili had already announced that he would play another season, and just when many people thought that Duncan would also continue to fight with the Demon Sword, Shi Buddha made up his mind to say goodbye.

I don't know how the Spurs will operate this summer, but I personally feel that Gasol can fill the vacancy in the free market. ”

This is also the most uncomfortable place in Jiang Haoran's heart, the GDP combination was disbanded, this favorite combination when he was a child, and it was disbanded like this.

NBA Chairman Adam Shaw thanked Duncan: "Tim Duncan is one of the most dominant players in NBA history. He focused on excellence, became a basketball maestro, won 6 championships, 2 regular season MVPs, earned a place in NBA history, and was one of the greatest players. He is also very low-key and selfless, and is the best partner for his team-mates. ”

"For nearly 20 years, Duncan has been a passionate, a role model, and an icon for the Spurs, St. Anthony and the NBA. Everyone in the NBA family is grateful for the profound impact he has had on basketball. ”

And Kobe first teased: "Brother, isn't it uncomfortable not to win one more trophy than me?" ”

He then added: "People praise him for his fighting spirit, but he is even more fighting than people think. I love everything he shows on the pitch. Kobe Bryant said. Bryant played a total of 20 seasons with the Lakers, setting a record for the length of time an NBA player has played with the same team. During the OK team, Bryant met Duncan 5 times in the playoffs, and he and O'Neal won 3 times and won 2 championships.

James tweeted: "Tim Duncan, you know how I feel about you, you know how I feel about everything you've done for me and everything you've done for the NBA as a whole. Thank you for an amazing career! #历史上最好的大前锋#传奇, thank you for beating me so many times and making me stronger! ”

"The greatest power forward in NBA history, a steely power forward." Shaq O'Neill said: O'Neal is one of the greatest centers in NBA history, playing eight seasons with the Lakers at his peak and meeting Duncan five times in the playoffs — Duncan led the Spurs to a 4-0 sweep of the Lakers in the 1999 Western Conference semifinals and a 4-2 run in the 2003 Western Conference semifinals, with the Spurs winning both championships. Duncan was one of the few players at the time who could smash O'Neal on the inside.

"The end of an era. Thank you for everything you do on the field! You are called a winner in your own way. Congratulations, Tim! Curry said in an interview that he was only 8 years old when he first met Duncan, before Duncan's draft, and this year's Duncan and his younger brother JK blocked Curry on the way to the Finals, and he was still in his prime.

"Always salute you, whether it was my childhood, my youth, and now as a man! The best power forward in history!! Chris Paul said. Paul met Duncan at the age of 11, and Duncan is an alumnus of Wake Forest.