Straight from Tim Duncan: "I'll be on the court next year" ... story coming soon on
Mike Monroe
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Mike Monroe
@Monroe_SA
Contributing writer for @TheAthleticNBA's Spurs coverage; 2014 winner, PBWA Phil Jasner Lifetime Achievement Award; old but rarely in the way.
- Un-retired and now writing again for The Athletic. Here's my first column
- Replying to @BleacherReport and @olympicchannelLet's see ... 119.61 minutes/26.2176 miles=4:56 per mile. Un-freakin-believable!!!
- Excited to announce I am coming out of retirement to contribute to @TheAthleticNBA’s Spurs coverage this season. I will contribute weekly, with new stories, beginning next week. For 40% off subscription, use this promo code: theathletic.com/welcomemonroe
- Tim Duncan just passed Walt Bellamy into 10th place on all-time NBA rebound list, 14,242
- #Spurs Tim Duncan just passed Reggie Miller for 17th on all-time scoring list, now with 25,280 pts.
- Recruiting trip for Aldridge produced for #Spurs: Per Tim Duncan ... 'Finally had a chance to talk with Pop; I'll be on court next year.'
- There are 2 big men at Toyota Center tonight who have blocked 3,000 shots: Hakeem Olajuwon and, now, Tim Duncan ... Dream sitting courtside
- With Popovich tossed for first time this season it is now hard to tell who is running Spurs, but it seems like an amalgam of Tim Duncan, Becky Hammon, Will Hardy, with Duncan most vocal in talking to team.
- Gregg Popovich ('minor medical procedure') out for tonight's #spurs game; Ettore Messina to become 1st European-born to coach NBA game
