Tim Duncan

**Timothy Theodore Duncan** (an haife shi a ranar 25 ga Afrilu, 1976)  tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ne kuma kocin Amurka. Ya shafe tsawon shekaru 19 yana aiki tare da San Antonio Spurs a Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Ƙasa (NBA). Ana yi masa lakabi da " **Big Fundamental** ", ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin mafi girman ƙarfin gaba a kowane lokaci kuma ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasa a tarihin NBA,  kuma ya kasance babban mai ba da gudummawa ga nasarar ƙungiyar a shekarun 2000 da 2010.  An shigar da shi cikin Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame a shekarar 2020 kuma an naɗa shi ga Ƙungiyar NBA ta Shekaru 75 a 2021.

An haife shi kuma ya girma a Saint Croix a Tsibirin Virgin na Amurka, Duncan da farko yana da burin zama ƙwararren mai ninkaya, amma ya fara wasan ƙwallon kwando yana da shekaru 14 bayan da guguwar Hugo ta lalata wurin ninkaya ɗaya tilo da ke tsibirin. A makarantar sakandare, ya buga ƙwallon kwando a St. Dunstan's Episcopal . A kwaleji, Duncan ya buga wa Wake Forest Demon Deacons, kuma a shekararsa ta ƙarshe, ya sami kyautar John Wooden kuma aka naɗa shi ɗan wasan Naismith College na Shekara da kuma ɗan wasan Kwalejin USBWA na Shekara .

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga kwaleji, Duncan shine ɗan wasan NBA na shekara bayan da San Antonio ya zaɓe shi tare da zaɓen farko a gasar NBA ta 1997. A kakar wasa ta biyu, ya zama ɗan wasa na uku (tare da Magic Johnson da Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ) da ya lashe gasar NBA Finals MVP a kakar wasa ta farko bayan an zaɓe shi, wanda ya jagoranci Spurs zuwa gasar NBA ta 1999. An san Duncan a matsayin ƙwararren mai tsaron baya, an zaɓe shi zuwa ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi biyu masu tsaron gaba a kowane kakar wasa ta 13 ta farko ta aikinsa, tarihin NBA. A matsayin wani ɓangare na manyan 'yan wasa uku na Spurs tare da masu tsaron baya Tony Parker da Manu Ginóbili, Duncan ya lashe ƙarin gasar NBA guda huɗu kuma ya tattara kofuna uku na Finals MVP. Ya taka rawar gani a matsayin mai tsaron baya kuma ya taka leda a tsakiya a duk tsawon aikinsa. Ya lashe gasar NBA sau biyar, ya lashe gasar NBA MVP sau biyu, ya lashe gasar NBA Finals MVP sau uku, ya lashe gasar NBA All-Star sau 15,  kuma shi ne kawai dan wasa da aka zaba a cikin All-NBA da All-Defensive Teams na tsawon kakar wasa 13 a jere. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Duncan a ranar 25 ga Afrilu, 1976, kuma ya girma a Saint Croix, Tsibirin Virgin na Amurka . Shi ɗan baƙi ne daga Anguilla : Ione, ƙwararren ungozoma, da William Duncan, mai aikin gini .  Yana da 'yan'uwa mata biyu manya, Cheryl da Tricia,  da kuma wani babban ɗan'uwa, Scott, wanda ya zama darektan fina-finai da mai daukar hoto .  Cheryl ta kasance zakara a cikin masu ninkaya kafin ta zama ma'aikaciyar jinya, kuma Tricia ta yi iyo don Tsibirin Virgin na Amurka a Gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1988 a Seoul . 

A makaranta, Duncan ɗalibi ne mai hazaka kuma yana mafarkin zama ƙwararren mai ninkaya a matakin Olympics kamar Tricia.   Iyayensa sun ba shi goyon baya sosai, kuma Duncan ya yi fice a ninkaya, inda ya zama fitaccen matashi a tseren mita 50, 100, da 400 kuma yana da niyyar zuwa Gasar Olympics ta 1992 a matsayin memba na Ƙungiyar Amurka. 

A shekarar 1989, bayan da guguwar Hugo ta lalata wurin ninkaya guda ɗaya tilo da ke tsibirin a girman Olympics, an tilasta wa Duncan yin iyo a cikin teku, kuma tsoronsa na sharks ya lalata sha'awarsa ga wasan.  Ya sake fuskantar wani mummunan rauni lokacin da mahaifiyarsa ta mutu sakamakon cutar kansar nono a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 1990, kwana ɗaya kafin ranar haihuwarsa ta 14.  A kan gadon mutuwarta, ta sa Duncan da 'yan uwansa mata suka yi alƙawarin cewa za su kammala karatunsu daga kwaleji, wanda hakan ya taimaka wajen bayyana ƙin barin kwaleji da wuri da Duncan ya yi zuwa NBA. 

Duncan bai sake yin iyo a gasa ba, amma surukinsa ya zaburar da shi ya koma wasan ƙwallon kwando.  Da farko, Duncan ya fuskanci matsaloli wajen daidaitawa da wasan da yake tunanin zai taimaka masa wajen rage masa radadi da takaici. Daraktan wasanni na Makarantar St. Croix Country Day, Nancy Pomroy, ta ce, "[Duncan] ya kasance babba. Ya yi girma sosai kuma dogo, amma ya kasance mai ban tsoro sosai a lokacin."  Ya shawo kan rashin jin daɗinsa don ya zama fitaccen ɗan wasa a Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Dunstan's Episcopal, inda ya samu matsakaicin maki 25 a kowane wasa a matsayinsa na ɗalibi na farko. Wasansa ya jawo hankalin jami'o'i da dama.  Kocin ƙwallon kwando na Jami'ar Wake Forest, Dave Odom, musamman, ya fara sha'awar Duncan bayan da ake zargin ɗan shekara 16 ya buga wa tauraron NBA Alonzo Mourning kunne a wasan da aka yi canjaras a wasan da aka yi 5-on-5.  Odom yana neman ɗan wasa mai tsayi da ƙarfin jiki don ya buga kusa da kwandon.  Ganin raunin matakin ƙwallon kwando a Tsibirin Virgin, Odom ya fara nuna damuwa game da Duncan, musamman bayan ya fara haɗuwa da shi kuma ya yi tunanin bai kula da shi ba; Duncan ya kalli Odom a ɓoye a mafi yawan tattaunawar.  Amma bayan jawabin farko, Odom ya fahimci cewa wannan kawai halin Duncan ne kuma ya gano cewa ba wai kawai ɗan wasa ne mai hazaka ba amma kuma mai saurin koyo ne.  Daga ƙarshe, duk da tayin tallafin karatu da Jami'ar Hartford, Jami'ar Delaware, da Kwalejin Providence suka bayar, Duncan ya shiga ƙungiyar Deacons ta Wake Forest ta Odom. 

## Aikin kwaleji
A shekarar da ta gabata kafin zuwan Duncan Jami'ar Wake Forest, Demon Deacons ya kai matakin Sweet 16, amma daga baya ya rasa babban mai zura kwallaye Rodney Rogers, wanda ya shiga gasar NBA ta 1993.  A kakar wasa ta NCAA ta 1993–94, Koci Dave Odom yana tunanin yin wa Duncan wasa, amma an tilasta masa ya buga shi bayan da babban ɗan wasansa na farko Makhtar N'Diaye ya karya dokokin NCAA kuma daga ƙarshe ya koma Michigan .  Duncan ya sanya lamba 21 a Wake Forest don girmama surukinsa, Ricky Lowery, wanda ya koya masa buga ƙwallon kwando kuma ya sanya lamba iri ɗaya lokacin da yake kwaleji. Zai ci gaba da sanya wannan lamba a duk tsawon aikinsa na ƙwararru.  Duncan ya yi fama da matsalolin sauyawa da wuri kuma har ma an riƙe shi ba tare da ci ba a wasansa na farko a kwaleji, amma yayin da shekarar ke ci gaba, shi da abokin wasansa Randolph Childress sun jagoranci Deacons zuwa rikodin rashin nasara 20-11.  Salon wasan Duncan ya kasance mai sauƙi amma mai tasiri, wanda ya haɗa da jerin motsa jiki na ƙasa-ƙasa, harbin ƙwallon ƙafa na tsakiyar zango, da kuma tsaron gida mai ƙarfi. An zaɓe shi don wakiltar Amurka a Wasannin Kyauta na 1994.  A halin yanzu, Duncan ya yi aiki har zuwa digiri a fannin ilimin halayyar ɗan adam kuma ya ɗauki azuzuwan ilimin halayyar ɗan adam da adabin Sinanci.  Duk da cewa ya mai da hankali sosai kan ƙwallon kwando, shugabar sashen ilimin halayyar ɗan adam ta Wake Forest Deborah Best ta ce, "Tim ... yana ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibana masu ilimi. ... Banda tsayinsa, ban iya bambance shi da wani ɗalibi a Wake Forest ba."  Duncan ya kuma kafa sunansa a matsayin ɗan wasa mai ƙarfi, har ma magoya bayansa suka yi masa ba'a a matsayin " Mr. Spock ", samfurin hali mai ma'ana, mai zaman kansa daga *Star Trek* . 

A kakar wasan NCAA ta 1994–95, an kira ɗan wasan shekara ta biyu a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasa masu sha'awar shiga NBA, tare da takwarorinsu Joe Smith, Rasheed Wallace, da Jerry Stackhouse .  Babban manajan Los Angeles Lakers, Jerry West, ya ba da shawarar cewa Duncan zai iya zama babban wanda aka zaɓa a cikin zaɓen NBA na 1995 idan ya tafi da wuri; duk da haka, Duncan ya ce ba shi da niyyar zama ƙwararre kafin kammala karatun, duk da shirin NBA na ƙara wa sabon ɗan wasa albashi a 1996. Duk da cewa hakan yana nufin ɓatar da kuɗi mai yawa, Duncan ya ƙi kauce wa ƙudurinsa na ci gaba da karatu.  A wannan kakar, ya jagoranci Demon Deacons zuwa wasan zakarun Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) da North Carolina Tar Heels da Rasheed Wallace ke jagoranta.  A lokacin wannan wasan, Duncan ya kawar da Wallace, yayin da Childress ta tabbatar da nasarar da bugun tsalle da ya rage daƙiƙa huɗu a ƙarin lokaci .  A gasar NCAA, Demon Deacons ya kai ga Sweet 16. A wasan da suka yi da Oklahoma State, Duncan ya zira kwallaye 12, inda ya zira kwallaye 22 da kuma toshe guda takwas, inda ya doke Bryant Reeves, amma har yanzu Wake Forest ta sha kashi, 71–66. Duncan ya kammala kakar wasa a matsakaicin maki 16.8 da kuma bugun 12.5 a kowane wasa, an nada shi a matsayin Dan Wasan Kare na Shekara, kuma ya zama dan wasa na uku mafi kyawun mai toshe bugun ƙwallo a tarihin NCAA da toshe 3.98 a kowane wasa.  An kuma zabe shi a matsayin All-ACC First Team, wani abin da zai maimaita a cikin shekaru biyu da suka rage a Wake Forest. 

A lokacin kakar NCAA ta 1995–96, Wake Forest ta rasa Childress, wacce ta kammala karatunta a kakar da ta gabata kuma ta shiga NBA. A rashin Childress, Duncan ya jagoranci kungiyar zuwa rikodin ACC &#x2013;, da kuma rikodin &#x2013; gaba ɗaya.  Demon Deacons ya sake lashe gasar ACC Finals,  amma a Sweet 16, Duncan ya kamu da mura, kuma tawagarsa ta rasa Final Four . Matsakaicin kakarsa na maki 19.1 da kuma sake dawowa 12.3 a kowane wasa ya haifar da wani kyautar ACC Defensive Player of the Year da kuma kyautar farko ta ACC Player of the Year .   Duk da cewa yanzu ana rade-radin cewa tauraron Wake Forest zai shiga gasar NBA ta 1996, ya ci gaba da zama a kwaleji. 

A kakar wasan NCAA ta 1996–97, an samu sabbin 'yan wasa 7 ƙafa 1 a cikin (2.16) m) Demon Deacon da kuma ɗan wasan NBA na gaba Loren Woods sun rage matsin lamba da Duncan ke fuskanta kusa da kwandon. Ƙungiyar 1996-97 ta lashe wasanni 13 na farko, amma daga baya ta faɗi ƙasa, kuma sun kasa lashe gasar ACC ta uku.  A ranar 12 ga Janairu, 1997, Duncan ya zira kwallaye 26 da kuma bugun ƙwallo 14 a wasan da suka yi da Duke da ci 81-69.  A ranar 24 ga Janairu, 1997, Duncan ya zira kwallaye 16, bugun ƙwallo 15 da kuma toshe ƙwallo 5 a wasan da suka yi da Clemson da ci 65-62.  Daga baya, a lokacin gasar NCAA, Jami'ar Stanford, wacce mai tsaron baya na NBA Brevin Knight ke jagoranta, ta kawar da Wake Forest da ci 72-66.  Duncan ya kammala kakar wasansa ta ƙarshe da matsakaicin matsayi na aiki na maki 20.8, sake dawowa 14.7 da kuma taimakawa wajen taimakawa 3.2 a kowane wasa yayin da yake harbi .606 daga filin wasa kuma ya lashe kyautar ɗan wasan tsaron gida na shekara a karo na uku a jere. Ya sami lambar yabo ta All-American a ƙungiyar farko a karo na biyu kuma an zaɓe shi da cikakken goyon baya ga Oscar Robertson Trophy da kuma Naismith College Player of the Year .  Duncan shine na farko a gasar NCAA Division I a 1996–97 a sake dawowa, na goma a bugun da aka toshe (3.3 bpg), kuma na 28 a zira kwallaye (20.8 ppg ).  An sake zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan wasan ACC na Shekara kuma, bisa ga kuri'un masu watsa labarai da masu rubuta labarai, ya lashe kyautar John Wooden ta 1997 a matsayin ɗan wasan maza mafi kyau na NCAA. 

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