I love this picture because it literally looks like Doc Rivers is taking Tim Duncan away from Gregg Popovich.
Well, we know that didn’t happen, but if legend has it correct, Tim Duncan signing with Orlando may have come down to one sentence from Doc, “Tim, of course your family can travel with the team.”
I’m sure there was more to it than that, but had Duncan left San Antonio after the lone 1999 NBA Championship, a few things may have happened:
- The Spurs would have been limited to one title thus validating Phil Jackson’s asterisk comment.