Spurs announce Tim Duncan’s retirement after 19 seasons, 5 titles with team

He is the only player to win titles in three different decades, and just the third to win more than 1,000 career regular season games (Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parish).

A five-time NBA champion, three-time Finals MVP and two-time NBA MVP, Tim Duncan is retiring with an endless list of achievements, awards, and plenty of high ranking statistical milestones, blending in with the best of the best in NBA history.

The 40 year-old entered the league in 1997 as the No1 overall pick and, along with coach Gregg Popovich and team-mates Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, helped transform the Spurs into one of the most successful sports teams of the 21st century.

He was named to an All-NBA team 15 times in his career and an All-NBA Defensive team 15 times as well. Despite that, Duncan was the face of the franchise and provided a lot of leadership for the team.

Duncan will also be remembered as a player that dominated the playoffs having become the only player to log 9,000 career minutes in the postseason.

Duncan played a total of 1392 games, averaging 19 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3 assists. For his career, Duncan appeared in 251 postseason contests (second all-time) and averaged 20.6 points, 11.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 37.3 minutes while shooting.

San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan, arguably the greatest power forward ever to play professional basketball, has retired.