Ronald Cortes/Getty Images(SAN ANTONIO) — Following their 113-100 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday, the San Antonio Spurs officially retired Tim Duncan’s No. 21 jersey.
Duncan, 40, retired this past July after 19 seasons in the NBA — all with the Spurs.
“To all of you in here, the fans, all of San Antonio, thank you,” he told the audience during the retirement ceremony. “The love and support is overwhelming, especially over the last couple of weeks.”
“I’ve heard from teammates, from the guys I’ve been with forever, to guys I played a year or two with, to these jokers over here; just an amazing response, and just an overwhelming amount of love from these guys for what I meant to them,” Duncan added. “And it doesn’t even explain how much they meant to me because I got so much more from you guys, from my teammates, than they can explain that they got from me. And I know that.”
The Spurs chose Duncan in the first round of the NFL Draft in 1997. Since then, he’s helped the team win five championship titles.
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