Fair enough!

In Peter V's column, this morning.
Q: How much of an appreciation do you have for Tim Duncan?
“I said when he was a rookie, after I watched him play a dozen times, that he was the most efficient player in the NBA. There is no wasted motion and no wasted emotion. I feel privileged to witness the things he does, to be able to see the game and understand it. It’s actually thrilling because he only concentrates on the things that are important. He’s not about, ‘This is my team’ or ‘I’m the star.’ That is irrelevant. The only thing important is the final score.
“You see the success [Tony] Parker and [Manu] Ginobili have had. They’re really great players. But I wanna tell you, without Tim Duncan it would be all for naught.
“One of the hardest things to do is to play with a superstar. You don’t know how to act. Do you compete with him? Do you compete against him? Or do you just watch him? I’ll never forget when I was at my best; we were playing a game at the Garden . . . the BOSTON GARDEN. And I blocked seven shots in a row. After the seventh, I got the ball and called time out. We get in the huddle and the guys say, ‘Way to go, Russ!’ And I said, ‘[Bleep] that . . .’ Oh, excuse me, ladies (laughter). I say, ‘I got no business blocking seven shots in a row! If you guys want a good seat, BUY A TICKET! I don’t appreciate you guys watchin’ me!’
“And so what Tim Duncan does for his team is what I did for my team. Like I played for the Celtics 13 years and I was never the leading scorer on the team. And I was never the leading assist man on the team. But I was ALWAYS the leading rebounder. Tim and I played in the way that, I can do my thing and leave room for other guys to do their thing, without us bumpin’ into each other.
“For example, I learned to play basketball in the playgrounds and my freshman coach taught me how to play the center position. But I was a basketball player first and center second. And so one night, early in my career, I got a rebound and I took off the way Magic [Johnson] used to take off . . . but not as fast. And I took it and I ran the break, gave the pass - layup. Feeling good (pounds chest). So next time I started again and I looked over my shoulder and saw Bob Cousy. And he was standing there and I said to myself, ‘This is not correct. This guy runs the best fast break in the history of the game and I’m beatin’ him out of it.’ So from then on, the first thing I do is look for Cooz. If he’s behind me, I drop it off and fill the lane, so that now he can do what he does best. And I still can do what I do best.”