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His retirement sort of the anti-Kobe:

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Tim Duncan retired Monday morning, and his retirement announcement was so appropriately Tim Duncan-like it almost made one misty: not a ceremony, or a television interview, or a gooey letter in Derek Jeter’s star-cozy Players Tribune, but a 538-word press release, from the only NBA team he ever played for, the San Antonio Spurs. A press release! It was so modest and charmingly retro it may as well have arrived by fax, or better yet, snail mail.

Would anyone have wanted it any other way? Duncan’s exit was always going to happen like this. No one who loved Duncan ever thought he’d engineer a final-season vanity lap through the league, standing through awkward midcourt celebrations among opponents bearing unwanted gifts. No way. I believe Duncan would have rather spent a season curled in the baggage hold of the team bus than collecting personalized rocking chairs and electric guitars from teams he tried to bury.

Tim Duncan Departs, Brilliantly, Without Vanity - WSJ

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Originally Posted by cmac2012 (Post 3614807)

His retirement sort of the anti-Kobe:

Tim Duncan Departs, Brilliantly, Without Vanity - WSJ

He went quietly, humbly, much as he arrived, out of Wake Forest the first pick in the draft 19 seasons ago to the Spurs,...........
and no doubt with a net worth in the tens of millions, maybe hundred(s).

Enjoy yourself Sir!
:)

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Originally Posted by dynalow (Post 3614819)

He lost about $20m to some bad investments but I gather is still well fixed:

Spurs