Earlier today, on Tim Duncan's 39th birthday, former NBA player Etan Thomas shared a great short story about \"one of the nicest guys in the NBA and one of the best power forwards ever.\"<\/p>\n
Here is my Tim Duncan story via Etan Thomas on\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n So we're playing the Spurs and I get the ball on the post. I inside pivot and sweep to the middle for my jump hook and he blocks it. So as we are running down the court he says to me \"that was a good move but you have to get more into my body so you can either draw the foul or I can't block it\". So I didn't know if he was talking noise or what so just kind of looked at him confused and said ok. Then, a few plays later I did it again got more into his body and he couldn't block it. I missed the shot and he looked at me and said much better and kept playing lol. I remember calling my boy Zee Chilton<\/a>\u00a0and telling him this story lol Tim Duncan is honestly one of the nicest guys in the NBA and one of the best power forwards ever. Respect<\/p>\n And respect to Etan for putting in 10 years in the league and being a positive influence and role model off the court.<\/p>\n