It was done the way you'd expect. No fanfare, no press conference, no announcement of a farewell tour ... just a straightforward release from the Spurs P.R., Tim Duncan.is retiring.
For Nets fans, as for fans in every other NBA city over the last two decades, there are indelible memories of No. 21, but none probably as bittersweet as with the Nets. He denied the Nets a championship and now, one of his teammates, one of his coaches, is trying to recreate that same culture he pushed ... and flourished in.
Nothing hurts more than the memory of Duncan in the 2003 NBA Finals.