Who reported that Tim Duncan is a Bears fan?
The report comes from Mike Monroe, who covered the Spurs for 12 years and wrote for Bleacher Report in December 2016. Monroe described a level of comfort with Duncan, "enhanced by our common love for the Chicago Bears." The claim is the writer's firsthand account, not something Duncan has said in his own words.
The Bears' own site backed it up in November 2019, saying the longtime NBA star "has followed the Bears closely from afar." It described a Bears playoff game that went into overtime in 2006, when Duncan made the San Antonio Spurs team flight wait to take off until the game ended.
How does it fit with where Duncan is from?
It doesn't track with his background. Duncan was born in 1976 and raised in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and he spent his entire NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, from 1997 to 2016. None of those places is Chicago. The Bears won Super Bowl XX in 1986, the year he turned 10.
Questions people ask
What team did Tim Duncan root for growing up?
The reports describe his Bears fandom from the 2006 season onward, so they don't say what team he followed as a child.
What is Tim Duncan's favorite NFL team?
According to Bleacher Report's Mike Monroe, it is the Chicago Bears, a report the team's own site backed in 2019.
Is Tim Duncan still a Bears fan?
Monroe's report from December 2016 describes him as a Bears fan, and the team listed him among its fans in November 2019.