184: About the Future (Asking for Monthly Pass!)_3

The draft was the next big event.

Tim Duncan's story began to receive increasing media coverage, with the entire league preparing for his arrival.

Spurs fans cheered in advance, believing Duncan could immediately return the team to championship contention.

Because he was not just a player with mature skills.

He was also a player with a mature mindset.

A widely circulated story goes like this, a reporter asked Duncan, "You were already the number-one college player in your junior year, why didn't you enter the NBA a year earlier? That way, you could have earned millions more."

Duncan's measured response was, "I recommend you read the story of 'The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains.' It has taught me a lot."

He was never in a hurry, he was mature and steady.

His answer was reminiscent of the Admiral.