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Defensive praise: Select all 15 defensive teams, receive 15 years of defensive player of the year votes
NBA rank: 3rd place in defensive rebound, 5th place in block, 171st place
All defensive team honors, the greatest leader ever for legendary power forwards Tim Duncan He has achieved an astonishing 15 distinctions in his career, eight times as the first team, and seven times as the second team. It’s 15 times in a 19-year career, and it’s at a ridiculous level for any player, and it’s almost difficult to believe in hindsight.
What’s even more incredible is that despite Duncan making many all-defense teams in his career, he has never won one of the most shocking trivia in NBA history: Defensive Player of the Year. (He didn’t even get second in the poll. He finished third in ’01 and ’07 twice.)
Anyway, Duncan is ranked fifth in NBA history. 3,020he had a great instinct when it came to protecting paint, so speed and length (7 feet-5 wing spans were reported for Wake Forest products) had a major impact as a shot swatter. Even at the age of 36 in 2012-13, Duncan blocked 2.7 shots per contest.
Duncan led the San Antonio Spurs to five championships during the 19 season.
