World unites to roast Curry fan for mind-numbing Tim Duncan attack

I never thought I'd be defending San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan just hours after the Golden State Warriors clinched their seventh NBA Championship, but such is life sometimes.

In the early hours of the morning after Steve Kerr's squad clinched an unlikely title to continue their dynasty, there were likely thousands of hungover fans sleeping in after a night of partying and celebrations. That wasn't the case for Jim Park, aka @Sheridanblog on Twitter. Nope -- he used the opportunity to slander a completely unrelated individual instead.

Tim Duncan in his prime is very lucky to never have run into Steph Curry. Can you imagine Duncan out on a switch against Curry at the arc?? Good lord he would have been food every time. That goes all the same for all the bigs that people think are better than Curry.
— Jim Park🏀🌌 (@Sheridanblog) June 17, 2022

Right off the bat, I had so many questions that I couldn't even set the order of them straight. I'll try though.

1. What does Tim Duncan have to do with anything that happened this year? He retired in 2016.

2. Why is he comparing a 6-11 post-up center to a 6-2 lights-out perimeter shooter in a one-on-one situation?

3. What exactly does this person believe would happen if Stephen Curry was forced to guard Tim Duncan in the paint? After all, he's putting Tim in Curry's territory (the arc) in his scenario.

4. As a Warriors fan, what did the Spurs ever do to this guy besides defeating his club in the 2013 NBA Playoffs, when Curry was still tuning up to what would be a Hall of Fame career? One could argue Spurs fans should be the ones with the grudge after Zaza Pachulia single-handedly torpedoed the franchise for years.

5. Why in the world is this assessment something he decided to tweet only hours after the Warriors won it all?

Of course, I couldn't help myself but to point out just how little this post made sense, especially as someone who's been able to enjoy multiple championship from my favorite team over the years:

I remember watching title celebrations well into the night, shopping for championship gear, and not being able to stop smiling on 5 separate occasions as a Spurs fan. I can't even imagine caring about a completely unrelated team hours after my team just WON IT ALL https://t.co/jn7p6MiOct
— Josh Paredes (@Josh810) June 17, 2022

Unsurprisingly, I wasn't the only one bewildered by the pointless tweet.

Damn bro, there's a distinct lack of nuance and situation of era, play styles etc. Don't just tweet any garbage bro. Both are amazing players.

You don't need rubbish takes to prop one guy and bring another Down. Get outta here homer
— Thunder Moneyball (@geola388) June 18, 2022

Head to Head results. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/rNXchKPr1R
— ᗩᑌᔕ丅Ꭵᑎ (@Austinforkeep) June 17, 2022

Post Prime 1 good knee Tim Duncan ran into Steph Curry tho.

They played against each other 21 times, including 2013 playoff matchup that the Spurs won 4-2. Tim was 36 years old in that series still averaging 20-10 against Curry who was the same age as Tatum is right now.
— Fanatic Perspective (@Fan_Prspective) June 17, 2022

Even people in his own fanbase couldn't take it.

We don’t need to do this man. https://t.co/OLhclbKyPz
— Joe Viray (@JoeVirayNBA) June 17, 2022

Several verified names with huge followings got in on the act as well:

Duncan played Steph/Klay/Barnes/Bogut in the second round of the 2013 NBA playoffs.

Steph shot 38% (33% from 3) and the Spurs won in 6.

Duncan, at age 37, averaged 20 and 10. https://t.co/OHBVMFw7FG
— Ian Kenyon (@IanKenyonNFL) June 17, 2022

I hate this type of basketball conversation. Can we elevate it, just a little bit? https://t.co/7hOVVlu5fG
— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) June 18, 2022

I’m sorry the Celtics allowed this to happen 😔 https://t.co/o9LteGQzzJ
— Dan Greenberg (@StoolGreenie) June 17, 2022

Just here to add to the ratio. Carry on. https://t.co/HsY3PE0p8C
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) June 18, 2022

Basketball Twitter is just terrible lmao. Anyone can just say anything and get retweets. https://t.co/bo1e87FxRK
— Sam Dekker (@dekker) June 17, 2022

If you think Park backed off at some point -- well, he didn't. In fact, he doubled down several times within the Twitter thread.

Duncan fans all over the world are really crying because I said he can't guard Curry in the high PnR lmao these people are hopeless
— Jim Park🏀🌌 (@Sheridanblog) June 17, 2022

After some detective work, I was able to determine that this particular fan's grudge against Tim Duncan goes back many years. At last, some explanation.

This is weird behavior pic.twitter.com/q89DtIJaBO
— Josh Paredes (@Josh810) June 17, 2022

So there you have it, folks. This has been a personal beef for some time now -- for whatever reason. I think most people out there would agree that it was hard to hate Tim Duncan, but I guess anything is possible if you try hard enough.

As of now, the embarrassing tweet has over 1,500 quote tweets, with 99% of them rightfully calling out the awfulness of what they just read. Sounds about right.

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