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Tim Duncan was keenly aware of how his words and actions could affect his teammates — whether they were superstars or role players.

Then, there’s the day-to-day Duncan at the team’s training facility, his leadership through deeds, not words.

To this day, Duncan remains a regular inside the Spurs’ practice gym on the Northwest side of San Antonio. Even in retirement, he texts members of the Spurs staff saying he misses them, that he can’t wait to get back into the gym with them.

Every day on practice courts all over the NBA, players utilize a shooting machine called The Gun, a contraption that collects and passes the ball back to a shooter, thus alleviating the need for a rebounder to shag balls. Usually, an assistant or equipment manager sets up the machine for players.

Not in San Antonio.

“Timmy would set The Gun up for himself, and he would take it down for himself,” Buford said. “No other player ever did that. They get the manager to set it up, and they get the manager to take it down. That’s a tone that he set. It was never with his voice, but with his personality that Timmy set the tone.”

It still resonates loudly at the team’s facility.

As the Spurs started preparations for Duncan’s induction ceremony, a contingent of staffers strolled past general manager Brian Wright’s office. Surprisingly, they discovered both of Duncan’s MVP trophies and one of his three Finals MVP awards sitting in a box, caked in dust.

“Who knows where the hell they’ve been?” Buford said, laughing. “It’s not like they’re out in the middle of the house someplace being polished. But if a guy that accomplished has his trophies in the back collecting dust in a closet someplace, that’s probably where all of ours should be.”

CARING: Popovich lost his top two assistants in the summer of 2019 when Ime Udoka (currently a Brooklyn Nets assistant) joined the staff of the Philadelphia 76ers, while lead assistant Ettore Messina returned to Italy with Olimpia Milano.

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