San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan's million-dollar lawsuit in federal court today

Tim Duncan emerges from proceedings after he makes an appearance in federal court before U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez regarding his lawsuit against Charles Banks on June 10, 2015. Tim Duncan emerges from proceedings after he makes an appearance in federal court before U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez regarding his lawsuit against Charles Banks on June 10, 2015. Photo: Tom Reel, San Antonio Express-News Photo: Tom Reel, San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 45 Caption Close San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan's million-dollar lawsuit in federal court today 1 / 45 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO — Spurs star Tim Duncan has usually fared well when he's had home court advantage in his 17 years of pro basketball.

But, a former financial adviser he's suing in Bexar County for more than $1 million wants a federal judge to force Duncan to arbitration in California, or to move a portion of the suit to Colorado.

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The Spurs superstar was in court Wednesday for a hearing before U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez to take up motions by defendant Charles Banks, who says the investment agreements Duncan signed specify that all disputes over Duncan's investments in hotel and winery businesses must go to arbitration in San Francisco or Los Angeles.

Duncan's issues over his investment in a sports merchandising company should be litigated in federal court in Colorado, Banks argued.

But after a lengthy hearing, the matter ended with no definitive winner.

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Rodriguez instead gave Banks’ legal team 20 days to find more documentation, if available, showing that Banks or the company he worked for had provided Duncan with contracts for investments Duncan made with Banks. Once that is done, the judge said, he’ll decide whether to rule or set more hearings.

“A decision hasn’t really been made, but I just wanted to be here to kind of show that I’m serious about this, and to rebut some things that have been said by Charles Banks…that this is just a misunderstanding,” Duncan said after the hearing of the advisor he hired in his Spurs rookie season in the 1990s. “That couldn’t be further from the truth. There is something here. He’s acted, to put it as politely as possible, dishonestly in his representation as my financial advisor, and I was hoping to get this worked out.”

Banks moved Duncan's original suit out of state court in Bexar County and put it in federal court in February.

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