Don’t give up on that Duncan guy, yet

It’s been a fashionable topic of discussion this season about how far Tim Duncan’s performance has dropped this season.

Considering that Duncan will go down as one of the top 10 players in NBA history, a decline from his top efforts would be noticeable.

But before we write the “old guy from the Virgin Islands” off just yet, we might consider his game Tuesday night as a statement he still has a little basketball left in him. 

Duncan showed much energy early in the game and his big game just built on that success as he finished with 15 points, matched his season-best with 18 rebounds and matched his career-high with 11 assists. It added up to his first regular-season triple-double since March 14, 2003, and helped boost the Spurs to a 118-98 victory over Golden State.