Talk:Tim Duncan

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Contents 1 Parents 2 Best Player of his Generation 3 Greg Newton 4 Greg Newton and other unexplained reverts by Downwards? 5 Position

[edit] Parents

Someone in the past couple of days has been trying to change Tim's mother's name to "Delysia" rather than "Ione." Baffled by this, I did a search, and found BOTH of them in articles. For now I have changed it back to Ione, since there are more sources that have this name and seem to be more credible sources, but I would really like a definitive answer on this if anyone knows for sure or can find a very good source. I couldn't find a name on Tim Duncan's official site, [www.slamduncan.com], but perhaps someone else can. Thanks! EWS23 20:45, August 11, 2005 (UTC)-

I have been a fan since Tim Duncan Wake Forest years, and his mother name is Ione, father name is William and his two sister's are Cheryl and Tricia. fmwash14353@peoplepc.com

[edit] Best Player of his Generation

Should the article have a specific section advocating Tim Duncan as the best player of his (the post-Jordan) era? If yes, here are some important accomplishments to consider:

Entering the 2005-06 season, San Antonio has the highest winning percentage, .702 (438-186), in professional sports since drafting Duncan first overall in 1997.

Scored 12 points in the last six-plus minutes of the 3rd-quarter in Game 7 of the 2005 NBA Finals. In the 4th-quarter, scored 5 points, set-up two open look three-pointers for Manu Ginobili and Bruce Bowen, and sealed off Ben Wallace twice allowing Ginobili uncontested dunks.

21 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists, and 8 blocks against the New Jersey Nets in in Game 6 of the 2003 NBA Finals, clinching the title.

37 points and 16 rebounds in Game 6 of the 2003 Conference Semi-Finals against the Lakers in Los Angeles, effectively ending the Shaq-Kobe Dynasty.

Averaged 27.4 points and 14 rebounds per game during the 1999 NBA Finals.

[edit] Greg Newton

Is there some reason the Greg Newton affair is being removed from the trivia section?

The Animal 04:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greg Newton and other unexplained reverts by Downwards?

Here's are just a few of the references I found doing a little research on line about the Newton-Duncan dispute that Downward reverted the other day:

From the Virginian-Pilot newspaper:

"Newton Is Pulling His Weight At Duke A War Of The Words With Wake's Duncan Shows The Ex-bench Warmer Has Arrived."

"Is Tim Duncan The Best Big Man Ever In The ACC?"

"Wake Beats Duke 8th Straight Time"

From Hoopsworld.com

"Understanding Tim Duncan Better"

Looks like the edits The Animal and Sugar Daddy are certainly verifiable and cannot be called vandalism. Instead, I would characterize the repeated reverts by Downwards inappropriate when not accompanied by any explanation in the edit summaries or on the talk page. More importantly, calling The Animal's last edit vandalism is almost (but not quite) a violation of Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy.

On 24 May 2006, Downwards deleted 66.229.8.151's trivia note about Duncan's American Express ad without comment (it's a funny ad, by the way -- here's a link to the video).

On 19 May 2006, Downwards deleted a three-word edit by 131.210.251.108 attributing Duncan's nickname, "The Big Fundamental", to Shaqille O'Neal. Once again, this was reverting a valid edit; from the Victoria Advocate: "The Big Fundamental: Mavs know all too well what they're up against with O'Neal"
--A. B. 05:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Position

The article on centers has a good discussion of whether Duncan plays the four position or the five. I don't know where to put in a link, though.--WadeMcR 16:46, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

You could probably mention that in the player profile section. Quadzilla99 22:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC)