Tim Duncan Calls Out Geometric Angle Needed to Make Bank Shot

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Via The Onion:

Immediately after releasing a 12-foot jump shot Tuesday night, Spurs center Tim Duncan called out the angle necessary for the ball to bank off the backboard and into the basket. “Forty-six-point-seven degrees,” said the airborne Duncan, also noting the ball’s initial upward velocity of 14.4 meters per second after a moment of mental calculation.

I’m convinced there is a Spurs fan on staff at the Onion. Over the years they’ve just written so many hilarious, Duncan-based articles.

  • rocko.texas

    I think you’re absolutely right about there being a Spurs fan at the Onion. Manu has been mentioned in a few articles as well, (http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/injured_manu_ginobili_only) although the Duncan ones are usually the best. I’m curious as to what non-Spurs fans think of the Duncan articles, as they often make fun of his supposed “boring” nature.

  • spursny

    But they called Timmy the center which any true Spurs fan knows is a no-no!

    You are right about this, of course. They have some TP stuff also.

  • Rowrbazzle

    Tim Duncan Releases Decade Worth Of Pent-Up Emotion After Spurs Preseason Loss

    http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54212

  • Todd

    Another error in the article:
    “said the airborne Duncan”

  • http://www.themilkcarton.com Tyler
  • duhoh

    haha love this one

  • SAJKinBigD

    Funny thing is wouldn’t this one apply more to Mr. Robinson, a noted Math-Genius? Just food for thought, but all of these stories were funny HA-HA!

  • Area Man

    I just know that the Onion won’t let me down when Tim Duncan announces his retirement, has his number raised to the rafters and is inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Those articles will be absolute GOLD; I hope one of them is worthy of an Onion News Network story.