Tim Duncan named All-NBA 3rd Team

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Tim Duncan was named to the All-NBA 3rd Team with 125 points on Thursday. This comes a day after Duncan was named to the NBA All-Defensive 2nd Team. LeBron James and Dwight Howard led voting with 610 total points, all 1st Team votes. Brandon Roy was the low man making the list with 87 points, just to give you a picture of where Duncan stood.

It doesn’t mean much for Duncan, seeing as how the Spurs are staring down at the barrell of an 0-2 hole against Phoenix, but it’ll look nice on the back of a basketball card 15 years from now. Or whatever kids of the future will look at then.

One interesting thing about Duncan’s accolades is the fact that he was named as a center on the All-Defensive team, while he was a forward on the All-NBA squad. Gotta fit him in where you can, right? If only the NBA would fudge the numbers like that for All-Star Game voting.

Duncan fought off forwards Chris Bosh, David Lee, Carlos Boozer, Zach Randolf, among others for a place on the final All-NBA list. Manu Ginobili received 13 points and Tony Parker received one. And it wasn’t from us, we don’t have a vote.

  • rcast1986

    Wow, at the risk of sounding like Rodney Dangerfield…

  • http://basketworldchampionship2010.com Pulpo

    I think Manu should have got more votes… I expected him on the third team or quite near.

  • ThatBigGuy

    You guys forget how bad Manu and Tony played for most of the regular season because of their injuries. Manu’s scintilating play in the last month of t he season doesn’t overcome the fact that he was terrible for the first 4 months.

    Both guys were terrible because of their injuries. Just making sure everyone knows that’s my point.

  • rcast1986

    ONE vote for TP though? I mean, really?

  • Bduran

    Manu was never terrible. He wasn’t as good as when he finished, but he was well above average the first half of the season. He only suffers by comparison to himself.

  • BigWhit

    We are getting old, often injured, and constantly playing catchup. But, we beat the Mavs!

  • Mr. Anonymous

    Surprised at a few of those selections. Lol.

    I’d have picked Duncan over Amar’e for 2nd-Team Center. I’d have picked Pau over Dirk as 2nd-Team Forward. Rondo over Johnson for the 3rd-Team.

    For the All-Defense Teams…

    Kobe shouldn’t be on either team. Wade on the 1st. Artest on the 2nd. Maybe Bogut ahead of Duncan. Not sure.

  • Jason

    Are you serious bduran? Ginobili shot under .400 for most of the season.

  • SpurredOn

    Deserved. He’s already got 5 blocks in this series plus a few shot alters and his continued communication within team defense.

  • The Beat Counselor

    I agree with bduran. Manu was never terrible this year, although the first half of the season, his shot & layups weren’t falling. But man, he was amazing in every other aspect of the game…

    The guy is amazing.

  • NL

    Manu didn’t have a consistent enough of season this year to be third team. He was not better than Roy or Johnson this year. But I certainly expect that he could be next year. If he stays healthy, I think Manu will average 17, 5 and 4 next year.

  • bduran

    According to wages of wins Manu was the second most productive shooting guard behind Wade. He posted .3 wp48 for the season and something like a .275 for the first half (.100 is average). So yes he did perform better in the second half which does who a lack of consistency. However, I’m not sure a player should be penalized for going from great to amazing. His shot wasn’t falling in the first half but he still got the line, got assists, steals etc. So he was very productive. Once his shot started coming along … well, we all know what happens then.

  • bduran

    Oh, and he was much better than Roy and Johnson.

  • Jim Henderson

    Who cares about All-NBA teams at this point. We’re down 0-2 in the second round of the playoffs. Don’t you guys think it’s more appropriate to talk about such “individual” awards after the “team” is done for the season? Anyone want to change the discussion on this thread?

    For example, can someone get into Pop’s head and tell me what we’re likely in for in terms of strategy adjustments and personnel decisions for the Spurs/Suns game tonight? Do we start Parker? Approximately how many minutes do we see Blair on the court tonight? What are we going to do to address our rebounding deficits? Should we make a more “deliberate” effort to SLOW the game down? Do we give Bonner 10-20 minutes no matter what he does tonight on the court? If not, what are your parameters if you were the coach? Must we stick with NEVER playing Duncan & Blair together? Why, or why not? Is Hairston really still injured, or is he just in the doghouse for some reason? If healthy, could we use Hairston for spot minutes against certain match-ups? If Bogans is not playing that well tonight, do we use Temple for more than 30 seconds a game, or do we put Mason back in? What are your top three ways that we can best slow down the Suns transition game?

    I don’t know about you, but I’d sure like to see a Spurs win tonight. And contrary to conventional wisdom, it’s not a given. So, what are the things we MUST do to win tonight’s game?

    Well, there’s a few questions to get us started. Any thoughts, or questions of your own?

  • Jim Henderson

    I went ahead and pushed forward the above questions to the most recent thread about Duncan’s “D” against the Nash/Amare pick and roll. If interested, you might want to address these questions there.

  • ribanez

    Suns deserved to win. There is no way Spurs win 4 in a row. On their best of times it was improbable with the current team impossible!