"It's Like Watching Timmy And Company All Over Again": Danny Green Compares Wembanyama's Spurs To Iconic San Antonio Crew

The first of Danny Green’s three NBA titles came in 2014, when he played alongside Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili in San Antonio. It’s been over a decade since that championship win, but Green feels like he’s seeing shades of that Spurs crew today.

On a recent episode of his “Inside the Green Room” podcast, the ESPN analyst praised the current Victor Wembanyama-led squad for continuing the Spurs’ legacy of top-tier basketball. 

“It’s like watching Timmy and company all over again,” Green said. “When he had David Robinson, when we had Tony and Manu, and when I was there…Just a beautiful game reiterated within the new group.”

Green’s co-host Harrison Sanford went on to ask what he thought of the narrative surrounding the Spurs’ “lack” of playoff experience. Green brushed that narrative off, citing examples from the NBA’s recent history. “We said the same things about OKC a year ago,” he pointed out. “These young guys are up-and-coming, and they don’t care about no grown men or grown-up type of stuff…They’re here and ready to win championships.”

Was the Thunder an outlier? Not necessarily, says Green. “Denver didn’t have [championship] DNA till they won it. Milwaukee didn’t have DNA till they won it. So who’s to say?”

Indeed, the precedent set by these previous championship squads pokes holes in the argument citing the Spurs’ “inexperience.” On top of that, the team’s roster does have a number of veterans who have tasted Game 7s and NBA Finals action in the past. These include former champions Harrison Barnes and Luke Kornet, as well as two-time All-Star De’Aaron Fox.

Age-wise, the Spurs aren’t exactly the youngest squad in the league. Their average age of 25.9 years puts them in the middle of the pack, somewhere in between the two extremes of the Brooklyn Nets (23.3 years) and the Los Angeles Clippers (30.7 years).

Today, just like in years past, the Spurs are led by an impeccable two-way player equipped with freakish length and high basketball intellect. Victor Wembanyama, however, recently set himself apart from Tim Duncan by becoming extremely vocal about his case to win MVP.

Was Duncan the type to campaign for a major award? No. Does Wemby’s audacity make him less of a Spurs icon? Not in the least. If all goes according to plan, Wembanyama and his friends will win the first NBA championship since the days of Duncan and Green.