Spurs legend Tim Duncan retired today. To put into perspective how long he was in the NBA (and like we did with Kobe), here’s a comparison between his first video game and his last.
https://deadspin.com/tim-duncan-was-the-nbas-center-of-gravity-1783447208
Duncan was picked #1 in the 1997 draft, which made NBA Live 98 his first video game appearance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMs7VORycKA
And with 2015-16 being his last season, that makes his final video game appearances those in NBA 2K16 and NBA Live
With both Kobe and Duncan now out of the NBA, the ranks of players to have appeared in every 2K game (Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Paul Pierce, Dirk Nowitzki & Nazr Mohammed?) grows thinner. As for NBA Live, nobody is still around who’s played in every game from that series, which debuted in 1994 (though Garnett comes close!).
