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Spurs to retire Tim Duncan's jersey with special ceremony

Published Dec. 9, 2016 12:31 p.m. ET

Rob Perez

From 1997 to 2016, Tim Duncan, arguably the greatest power forward in basketball history, blessed us with his greatness.

On Wednesday, the San Antonio Spurs announced the date, time and details of when and how they plan on honoring their franchise's biggest star:

This is appointment television for any basketball (and sports) fan.

Tim Duncan to the rafters!

We will retire No. 21 on December 18th in a special postgame ceremony » https://t.co/ysH8Epa5Hm pic.twitter.com/EPF8V8Cvj0
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) November 16, 2016

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