Bath drowning joke

When it comes to Duncan, the first impression in most people's minds may be the iron-blooded tough guy who is divided under the basket and expressionless, always ready to cover his opponent's attack with those horrible big hands. Indeed, as the first person in the history of the Spurs and the first power forward in the history of NBA, Duncan is undoubtedly the absolute overlord at the peak. Under his leadership, in the first decade of the new century, the Spurs are the strong competitiveness of the annual championship. The five championships he brought to San Antonio are unique among other superstars except Jordan, Pippen and Kobe in modern times. It can be said that Duncan left too many beautiful memories for our youth. And we also know that, in fact, off the court, Duncan also has a rather funny side. In private, what are the interesting things about the wonderful life of the stone Buddha? Under the plain expression, there is a "man show" heart! 12 story restores a real Duncan

12. Pretending to drown frightened Popovich.

After being selected by the Spurs, the excited Spurs management immediately sent Popovich to Duncan's hometown to inspect the talented big man. In order to spoof the unfamiliar Popovich, swimmer Duncan deliberately struggled in the water and pretended to drown, which scared Popovich out of his wits. Fortunately, all this is just Duncan's prank.

The first time I came into contact with basketball was because I was afraid of sharks.

If there were no natural disasters, Duncan would be lost in basketball, and maybe there would be one more celebrity in swimming. When Duncan was in the ninth grade, Hurricane Hugo destroyed the only Olympic-sized swimming pool in his hometown, so Duncan gave up swimming and played basketball instead. Duncan insisted on not going swimming at the seaside because he was afraid of sharks. At that time, in order to alleviate Duncan's boredom, his sister Tricia Duncan asked her husband to teach him to play a round red ball. It was from that moment that an epic was about to be established.

Ten, put on a pantomime and refused to carry a backpack for the old bird.

As we all know, the NBA has always had an unwritten practice of flirting with new people. In Duncan's rookie season, Popovich also reminded him: "Hey! Tim. You should help the old players carry their backpacks. " And Duncan just looked at him, naughty but seriously made a backpack to carry on his back. In this way, Duncan carried a "virtual" bag and quickly left them, leaving only a group of people who felt ironic.

Nine, winking at Bobo after winning the championship

After winning the championship in 2003, the excited Popovich tried his best to suppress his emotions and wanted to continue to be interviewed calmly and deeply as a big brother. But behind him, the naughty Duncan directly began to wink at the camera and kept making jokes to the head coach. When Popovich noticed, Duncan immediately dodged. What an old urchin!

Eight, miss the super-god data humor.

7. Delaying playing career is only because of warm commitment.

When he went to college, many people hoped that he would enter the league ahead of time like other players without finishing college. You know, it means getting a generous salary one year in advance. However, Duncan was unmoved at all, and only after finishing his studies in a down-to-earth manner did he enter the NBA league. Later, it was discovered that his mother had already suffered from cancer, which was Duncan's firm commitment to her seriously ill mother: to pursue a career after finishing college.

Six, the video game master abused Eliot.

Although Duncan seems to be a real mystery, no one expected him to be an absolute video game master. Even if Duncan sprained his ankle in the game, he would limp away from the 50-minute celebration party, and then go to the hospital to play a video game with his teammate Elliot, who had just finished kidney transplantation and was anesthetized, and beat the opponent who claimed to be a gamer to the sky. It seems that no matter where, Duncan's winning heart is amazing!

Five, spoof Bobo and let him drink strange drinks.

When Duncan first came to the Spurs, he knew that Popovich liked the habit of red wine. In order to make fun of him, he deliberately made a drink with gin and star anise to coax him to drink it. After being smashed, Popovich was also embarrassed, but a little helpless. He just threatened, "Boy, this is your beginning!" " However, for Duncan, this is useless.

Fourth, my blood is boiling for the first time in my career.

In fact, in the first game of Duncan's career (Summer League), his shot was covered by the tough center greg ostertag. Although he doesn't care about this, it's a bit embarrassing for this highly anticipated champion to start his career with this ball. Aside Popovich, did not show anxiety.

"Good shot," Bobo encouraged Duncan. "We are sure to be great this year."

Duncan also responded with a joke without weakness: "I told you it was wrong to choose me."

Third, blow big dreams and keep bobo.

1998-99' s lockout season, the Spurs started with a very poor record, only 6 wins and 8 losses. For the team with Duncan and Robinson, this is totally unacceptable. So what's the problem? The boss thought of the head coach Popovich, thinking that he was incompetent, and prepared to replace him with the commentator Doc Rivers when the team lost again. But it didn't happen. In the next game against the Rockets, Duncan scored a game-high 23 points 14 rebounds and 5 blocks, defeating the Rockets who had future Hall of Famers Charles Buckley and Scott Pippen besides their dreams.

Second, the first battle of the college competition is embarrassing.

When Duncan represented Wake Forest University in the first game, they came to the cold Alaska. According to Duncan's memory, it was the first time he saw such heavy snow. In the game with the University of Alaska, Duncan obviously found that college basketball was faster than he thought. Perhaps because of this, Duncan was a little embarrassed in that game. Fortunately, half a year later, he became the most dominant star in college basketball.

First the bench snickered and was fired.

At the end of the 2006-2007 season, there was a scene that attracted worldwide attention in a regular season against Mavericks. At that time, for some reason, Duncan, who was resting outside, covered his head with a towel and began to laugh. But the referee Crawford felt offended and thought that Duncan, who was dishonest, was laughing at his bald head. In a rage, Duncan was directly expelled from Crawford. Later, he was suspended by the alliance for abuse of power. But this did not affect the Spurs, who won the fourth championship the following spring. But it was also because he was frightened that Duncan seldom giggled again in later games.