![]() The signing of Manu Ginobili during the 2002–03 season started the moniker of the "Big Three". "Big Three" Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker present President Barack Obama with a Spurs team jersey during an event to welcome the 2014 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs in the East Room of the White House, January 12, 2015. He also won the Italian League MVP Award in 2000––02 and was selected to three Italian League All-Star Games during his career in Italy. He played his final two seasons in Italy for Kinder Bologna, where they were able to make it to the 2001 Italian Championship, the 20 Italian Cups and the 2001 Euroleague, where he was named the EuroLeague Final Four MVP. Manu Ginóbili was drafted 57th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1999 NBA draft, but played three more seasons in Italy before joining the Spurs. The first two seasons were with Basket Viola Reggio Calabria, where he, along with Brent Scott, Brian Oliver, and Sydney Johnson helped the team to promotion from the Italian 2nd Division to the Italian 1st Division. Ginóbili then played his next four seasons in Italy. He started his professional career with the Andino Sports Club of the Argentine basketball league before being traded to his hometown team, Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca where he played for two seasons. Manu Ginóbili played seven seasons internationally before joining the San Antonio Spurs. The "Twin Towers" were named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 2003. Duncan also was named NBA MVP during his final two seasons with David Robinson and was named to the All-NBA First Team in each of his six seasons. ![]() The "Twin Towers" won two NBA titles during their six seasons together-in 19-with Duncan winning NBA Finals MVP both times. With first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft, the Spurs selected Duncan, joining David Robinson to form a frontcourt known as the " Twin Towers". Popovich, appointing himself as head coach, would lead them to a 20–62 record for dead last in the NBA, which resulted in them having the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft. In the 1996–97 NBA season, general manager Gregg Popovich (hired for the position in 1994 after having served as an assistant from 1988-1992) fired head coach Bob Hill after the team was 3–15 to start the year, one that saw David Robinson play six games before breaking his foot. The Spurs had an array of talent that collided with a fateful stroke of injury. He was also the first player in NCAA history to reach 1,500 points, 1,000 rebounds, 400 blocked shots and 200 assists. Duncan is one of only ten players to leave college with more than 2,000 career points and 1,500 career rebounds. Duncan left Wake Forest as the all-time NCAA rebounding leader at the time. Wake Forest had a 97–31 record during his four years there. In 1996, Duncan led the ACC in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots, becoming the first player in ACC history to do so. Duncan also won numerous national player of the year awards for his senior season at Wake Forest and was a two-time consensus first-team All-American. He was a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Player of the Year, three-time NABC Defensive Player of the Year, and MVP of the 1996 ACC tournament. See also: Twin Towers (San Antonio Spurs)īefore being selected number one overall by the San Antonio Spurs, Tim Duncan played college basketball for four years at Wake Forest. ![]()
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