Tim Duncan turned down being the highest decide to graduate and dominate | Wooden Award Spotlight

In this episode of Wooden Award Spotlight, Myron Medcalf revisits the unlikely story of Tim Duncan, as soon as a prime younger swimmer within the Virgin Islands who ended up at Wake Forest thanks to 1, fateful sport. Duncan most likely would have been the No. 1 decide within the NBA draft had he entered it after his sophomore 12 months, however his promise to his late mom to graduate fueled a one-of-a-kind school profession.

0:00 Intro
0:28 From the swimming pool to the hardwood
1:33 Wake Forest enters the chat
2:06 Freshman season
2:48 Matching up with Shaq in 1994
3:04 Sophomore season
4:19 Junior season
5:09 A promise and a choice
5:51 Senior season
7:40 Worth the wait

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