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Tim Duncan

United States · 1997–2016

The most effective player nobody ever described as exciting.

5
NBA titles: 2
MVP awards: 19
Seasons with one club: 15
All-Defensive teams

Career

Duncan won five titles across nineteen seasons with a game built on bank shots, positioning and defensive rotations, all executed without visible emotion. He is the standard case for the argument that consistency, sustained long enough, outweighs spectacle.

Honours

Five championships with San Antonio
Three Finals MVP awards, fifteen years apart at the extremes
Two-time league MVP
Fifteen All-Defensive team selections

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