When old Duncan met rookie Jokic.
Something to the effect of “I played him after I was me and before he was him”. Tim Duncan is a very interesting person considering how boring he seems.
I wonder if Tim wouldn’t have come off so boring if we had more social media during his peak.
If Joker played back then, we’d barely know anything about the horses and his family
the man would’ve been a myth-like figure
He was a StarCraft player back when the “nerd vs jock” narrative was still the norm, before it was considered normal to be into video games as an adult, let alone as a top athlete. If nothing else the nerds would have championed him.
And I also think some legends like Jordan, for example, would’ve been less myth-like.
Dude would’ve been posting snapchats in the casino and would’ve coined Taco Tuesday before Bron
I always recommend watching the silly Richard Jefferson video with Tim from RJ’s YouTube. It shows his dry humor so well and it’s always fun looking at dread head Timmy now
https://youtu.be/BFAPeTdQSpM?is=IKUkRX6oU4Rg2D6L
What up Werd?
i imagine TD twitch streaming Starcraft
I mean… regular media still existed, and it definitely did stuff like cover the major hobbies of top athletes
Yeah, but where am I reading all that? I can’t just search keyword “jokic” and get a million articles at my fingertips back then.
Infinitely different, worlds apart
Yeah but does Timmy strike you as the IG live kinda guy? Jokic and the horse stuff would probably get printed in Sports Illustrated back in the day and have a similar response.
Before too long ago the most interesting thing about Kawhi was that he laughed weird on camera one time.
You’re arguing we had as much access to daily lives before social media? C’mon man
I don’t think they said that tho. I’d assume their argument is more along the lines that social media isn’t gonna make someone indifferent in the spotlight super interesting all the sudden. Jokic and his horses would have been known back in the day too, just like Timmy and his video games.
Cmon man
Twitter, Facebook and Reddit were around.
Probably not, unless he had his dreadlocks.
IDK. Joker isn’t into social networks either. We know about horses mostly because of the press conferences.
he said “I played him after i was me and before he was him, and I did alright”
he graduated with a BS in psychology. pretty cerebral dude
person considering how boring he seems
ay, I’m not the biggest Tim fan, but those are fighting words so watch yo mouf.
Technical foul on the play: Shai shoots 2 free throws
Would not have guessed they overlapped, Duncan in the nba feels like a lifetime ago
Shaq played played aganist Curry
Robert Parish played against Kobe Bryant
Magic played against Garnett
This is the one that gets me every time
Theres a video somewhere of rookie curry fouling cavs shaq on a cherry picking bucket
Yep
Luka and Dirk played together for a season.
& Brunson
If anyone wants to watch an absolutely insane game from a names perspective check out the 1996 Bulls Lakers game they played near Christmas.
Garnett played vs Magic Johnson and Jokić
Jokic is also older than some people realize bc he had no hype coming in whereas highly touted prospects are recognized names a year or two before they even enter the league
He and Nurkic were picked in the same draft and Nurkic was traded to Nuggets on draft night. They were on the team together for like 2-3 years
Nurkic was picked much higher
Embiid was top 3 pick in the same draft class
And Embiid spent his entire first 3 years injured. Ive never seen someone go from playing his rookie year as a third year pro to becoming an MVP on the team that drafted them. Would never happen in the NFL, 3 years is a long time to bet on potential, but the difference between having a good 7 footer or not is like the difference between having a good QB or not.
Jokic has been playing for 11 years!
Jokic has also played against KG, who played against Magic
Allen Iverson played against the Westbrook, Durant and Harden Thunder
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Well, that was a fun whole 3 possessions to watch. Thanks, OP!
They really had an epic back and forth battle in this clip!
If u say so
Bro failed the vibe check
Was there a time they were playing Jokic/Nurkic together with one as a PF?
yes, jokic was the PF. they took longer than they should have taken to figure out that this wasn’t a great idea, and nurk was shipped out during their second season together.
Yep, then Jokic was benched and half in the doghouse and the story was that the Nuggets ownership had to intervene and tell Malone to start Jokic
To make an objective choice, Nuggets President Josh Kroenke asked team analysts for a blind, per-36-minute statistical comparison. Player A was an anonymous Hall of Famer in his second NBA season.
To make an objective choice, Nuggets President Josh Kroenke asked team analysts for a blind, per-36-minute statistical comparison.
The analytics revealed that Player B (Jokić) outperformed Player A in nearly every major category. When Kroenke asked for the identity of the mystery legend, the data team revealed that Player A was Larry Bird from his second season.
In NBA 2k16 I did a Nuggets rebuild and remember both Jokic and Nurkic standing out simply because of their names, they were both young, and they relatively similar skillset (in the game at the time if I remember correctly). I gave them each 24 mpg for half a season and Nurkic played better so I traded Jokic and built a championship team that included Nurkic.
I was genuinely baffled when Jokic became a MVP caliber player irl and I was just like “hey thats the dude I traded away in 2k that one time because I thought Nurkic was better”
Just a reminder to tell all the youngsters out there, Tim Duncan is one of the 10 best players of all time
Top 6, at worst 7 in my book.
Jordan, Lebron, Kareem, Magic, Bird, Wilt, Russell.
Yeah, I always class Wilt/Rusesll in an OG class which leaves my ranking the same as yours with Timmy at the end.
I can’t put Russell on the list that high. Defense. Mebounds. Horrible shooting percentage. He’s the Angel Reese of his era.
If Reese gets 11 rings she enters the GOAT conversation too
thats certainly a fucking take for the ages
Lmk when Angel Reese wins 5 MVPs
Ya BuT He wAs BoRIng!
Old Hakeem Olajuwon vs Tim Duncan https://youtu.be/pUYpVEQ8nuo?si=fjosTpLbxjdnlmAQ
That crossover into the stepback was smooth af by The Big Fundamental
Analytics guys pulling their hair out over that long 2 lol
He got the ball with just a couple seconds on the shot clock so at that point just getting a clean look off is good.
Not a bad shot if it goes in.
The patented 4 step crab walk on that first clip.
The big fundamental!
I am a bit infuriated by Tim’s travel after that rebound though.
Reminds me of Sampras vs Federer. Crazy that it happened, even if neither was at their absolute peak.
This is back when he was drinking 2 to 3 Litres of Coke
You can see how in the moment Nikola is. Not overpacing, trying to do the right thing, observing. This must feel nice after the game is over
God, I miss Timmy.
could watch that all day
Just needed either:
Jokic bricking and Duncan saying something patronizing like “Aww, almost in.”
Jokic executing a move poorly and Duncan explaining how to do it better next time.
I wonder if Duncan remembers playing against him at all
He was asked something about Jokic by Richard Jefferson and he said something like, “I played him after I was me and before he was him, and I did alright.”
we somehow won this game lmao
Travel in the first clip lol
Tim Duncan is just so simple lol and he is buckets.
even as a rookie he was bbq chicken
And yet more rings and mvps than your franchise
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No it refers to the one getting cooked.
As opposed to raw bbq chicken? Can’t risk that- have you seen all the contaminated foods entering our food supply