This is becoming old hat for the San Antonio Spurs. For the fifth time in the last 15 years, the organization opened its home slate with a celebration of the past.
On Tuesday night, Spurs players received their NBA championship rings and unveiled the banner for their 2013-14 NBA Finals win.
The Spurs tweeted out photos of head coach Gregg Popovich and NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard receiving their rings:
On Monday, the normally stoic Tim Duncan admitted that he'd relish getting the fifth ring of his career.
"I don't know about anybody else, but I'm really going to enjoy that moment," he said, per Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News. "I'm not going to look past it. I'm not going to mentally prepare for the game before I get the rings."
The NBA posted a Vine of Duncan receiving his ring.
Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have been the driving forces on the court behind the Spurs' success. They all took a moment before the game to pose with their rings.
Fans in attendance inside the AT&T Center received a repli ...
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