19 years of kicking ass
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16980885/tim-duncan-san-antonio-spurs-announces-retirement
I'm not a huge Spurs fan, but I think Duncan has probably bumped Barkley off the all-time starting 5 in the power forward position.
Two numbers that really stick out about Duncan, and his team.
QuoteBest Plus-Minus since Tim Duncan debuted in 1997:
+8910, Tim Duncan
No one else above +7000
QuoteIf you combined the career plus-minus totals of Ray Allen (+3,551), Dwyane Wade (+2,941), and Kevin Durant (+1,964), it would still fall short of Tim Duncan's ... by about 500 points.
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He was so great for so long that he almost gets forgotten. And he made it look so damn easy.