GEORGE KARL HEARING DUNCAN MIGHT RETIRE AT SEASON'S END
In a segment on ESPN's Sportscenter titled "Second Half NBA Storylines to
Watch," former Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl was asked by Jay
Crawford if this could be San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan's last NBA
season.
Karl had an interesting comment about what he's heard. (H/T Scott Sommer)
"You know over the weekend, that was the whispers that I got. I got a couple
of phone calls, one from San Antonio that said that Tim Duncan's thinking
this is going to be his last year. The best, most fundamental big guy ever to
play in the NBA, and he leaving would make me very very sad. The San Antonio
Spurs without Tim Duncan would be very difficult for me to watch."
The full video can be viewed here. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10470831
Duncan will make roughly $10.4 million this season per
BasketballInsiders.com, and he has a player option going into next season
worth the same amount, if he chooses to exercise the option.
Though he missed making the All-Star team this season due to limited minutes
and rest in some cases, Duncan is still performing at a high level, as he's
been the Spurs' anchor these last two months while the team has dealt with
numerous injuries to key players on their roster.
Just this past Wednesday, Duncan had a phenomenal second half in Boston as he
scored 23 of his 25 points in the third and fourth quarter to help the Spurs
win their 38th game of the season, and go into the All-Star break with the
second seed in the Western Conference.
Per 36 minutes this season, Duncan is averaging 18.9 points, 12.2 rebounds,
3.5 assists, and 2.5 blocks per game. Duncan is also shooting 49.5% from the
field per 36 minutes.
No one but Duncan will ultimately know when it'll be time to hang his jersey
up permanently, but in the meantime, whether it's this season or next, Spurs
fans and basketball fans in general need to savor these last few moments of
Duncan's historic career.
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前金塊隊主帥喬治-卡爾在參加一檔ESPN的節目時透露，他聽說馬刺隊老將蒂姆-鄧肯將在
賽季結束後退役。
“過去的周末，那是我聽到的一些風聲。我接到了不少電話，有一個來自聖安東尼奧的電
話說，蒂姆-鄧肯正在考慮這將是他最後一個賽季。他是NBA中最好的，最具基石意義的大
個子，他的離去將讓我感到非常非常遺憾。沒有蒂姆-鄧肯的馬刺隊，這真的很難讓我繼
續觀看他們的比賽。”喬治說道。
本賽季至今，鄧肯打了49場比賽，場均上場29.6分鐘的他可以貢獻15.6分10個籃板和2.9
個助攻。
鄧肯本賽季的薪水為1036萬美元，下個賽季他的薪水為1000萬美元，不過擁有一個球員選
項。