Tim Duncan continuing to put up shots in an empty gym is proof he’s a basketball robot

Tim Duncan is supposed to be retired, so why is he still the last one at Spurs practice.

Dan Gartland | Nov 8, 2016

Tim Duncan continuing to put up shots in an empty gym is proof he’s a basketball robot /

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Poor Tim Duncan doesn’t know what to do with himself now that he’s retired.

The 40-year-old future Hall of Famer hung it up in July but he keeps showing up a Spurs practice. He was there during training camp and returned again on Monday.

He didn’t need to be there, of course, but it’s out of his control. Duncan is clearly a cyborg whose programming compels him to go the training facility and put up shots until no one else is left in the gym.

The last person to leave the Spurs practice floor: Tim Duncan, same as the last 20 years pic.twitter.com/aPGkSSeAOP
— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) November 8, 2016

Excuse the bad camera work, but here's Tim Duncan taking some free throws. pic.twitter.com/qF1bbLKP4Z
— Michael C. Wright (@mikecwright) November 7, 2016

Hopefully the developers work out this bug when Retirement Timmy 2.0 is released later this year.

Published Nov 8, 2016

DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).