He just announced it this morning. I am hearing plenty of fanfare on sports radio and seeing it on twitter.Incredible career--one of my all-time non-SU favorites.
And not surprisingly, there seems to be zero fanfare about his departure.
I always liked Tim and had a tremendous respect for the low key way he carried himself. That's pretty incredible for an athlete of his stature to have no "controversy" section on his Wikipedia page. Probably the closest Tim came was when he got divorced a couple years ago but nothing bad seemed to even come out of that.
He just announced it this morning. I am hearing plenty of fanfare on sports radio and seeing it on twitter.
I was referring to him riding off into the sunset with no advanced warning [i.e., fanfare]. Compare that to the season long send-off party Kobe got last season.
ESPN asked a good question: rank the top 5 players from their generation... Kobe, Shaq, Dirk, KG, Duncan.
I was referring to him riding off into the sunset with no advanced warning [i.e., fanfare]. Compare that to the season long send-off party Kobe got last season.
I can relate to Tim as he definitely matches more my personality.
ESPN asked a good question: rank the top 5 players from their generation... Kobe, Shaq, Dirk, KG, Duncan.
GotchaI was referring to him riding off into the sunset with no advanced warning [i.e., fanfare]. Compare that to the season long send-off party Kobe got last season.
although Jeter took the year long retirement tour.He reminds me a lot of Jeter
although Jeter took the year long retirement tour.
Not saying he didn't. Duncan deserves it too, I'm just pointing out a difference between the two men.He did, and I think he deserved it.
I can relate to Tim as he definitely matches more my personality. One time in about 3rd grade, I spelled a word wrong on purpose because I didn't want the attention from winning the spelling bee. Now I'm not THAT shy anymore, but I don't exactly run for attention either.
6'6"ESPN asked a good question: rank the top 5 players from their generation... Kobe, Shaq, Dirk, KG, Duncan.