Lamar Odom has resigned with the Lakers. This solidifies the Lakers as prohibitive favorites to win the title. But I’m not worried. The Spurs have a realistic shot at reclaiming the crown. They’ll have to fire on all cylinders and catch a couple breaks, though. Odom is a difficult match up for the Spurs.

On his latest podcast, Bill Simmons talks offseason with Marc Stein and Ric Bucher. It gets a little catty, and each man wins points here and there. When the talk turned to the obligatory “Who will win the title?” question, I was surprised to hear each man offer support for the Spurs (Bucher throws Boston [...]

Over at Fanhouse, my good friend and colleague Matt Moore has written a mammoth piece on Gregg Popovich and the Spurs’ championship aspirations this upcoming season: A little over a week ago, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich told NBA.com this nugget in the brutally honest way only he can. “If we don’t win it, I [...]

According to LNB (via Project Spurs) Tony Parker injured his ankle and thigh during international play. According to the FFBB, the sprain is mild, with no tearing or ligament damage. Parker is expected to play against Italy on August 5th. I assume the thigh injury that initially caused him to leave Friday’s game against Austria [...]

The Spurs have come to an agreement with veteran big man Theo Ratliff. Ratliff, who has been in the league for 14 seasons, adds further depth to what already looked to be one of the deeper frontcourts in the league. A common reaction to this signing (and, in all honesty, my initial reaction) will be [...]

Memphis Grizzlies 76, San Antonio Spurs 75 The relative importance of Summer League games disqualifies them from entering the heartbreak category, but tonight’s loss was definitely a disappointment. After having been down by 6 at half, the Spurs fought their way back and went up by 10 early in the fourth. But that lead steadily [...]

The Spurs will be taking on the Grizzlies at 8 Eastern/7 Central this evening, and I’ll be following the game on Twitter. Follow along and, of course, feel free to send me a message. I’ll be back later this evening with a recap. If you’re a twitter fiend and need more than one live-tweet to [...]

Malik Hairston on the NBA Summer League The Spurs play the Blazers tonight at 9pm CST. I’m looking forward to the Bayless-Hill match up. So think of this Malik Hairston postgame chat as a pregame tease. (HT: 228 for the link, and, of course, Molly Blue for providing the video)

I was just talking to a friend who attended Spurs practice today. He passed along this fun aside. It was amazing to me to watch Hill run that thing. Telling Beck what he’s supposed to be doing on a particular defensive rotation, or explaining an offensive set to James Gist. The kid has come a [...]

Last night a friend reduced Summer League to its finest syrupy self with this statement: “After the offseason the Spurs have already had, they don’t need anymore All-Stars. They just need to upgrade their role players. I think they’ve done it.” The Spurs won last night’s contest, having too much talent and defense for the [...]

DeJuan Blair signed with the Spurs today. The Spurs do not release contract information. We’re always left to sniff around. One non-Spurs source is reporting that the contract is a guaranteed 2.7 million over 3 years. If true, that’s a great deal for Blair and the Spurs. But attentive fans will scratch their heads over [...]

The talk surrounding last night’s game was DeJuan Blair, who registered a DNP. There are rumors of a contract stand off between the Spurs and Happy Walters (Blair’s agent), but I’ve talked with someone close to the negotiations and was told the talks are going well. The Spurs and Blair’s agent decided to sit him [...]

I just re-watched Sunday’s game, and my thoughts on the game run along the same line as Graydon’s, with one exception. Unlike Graydon, whose assessment found Ian Mahinmi lacking, I thought the Spurs’ big man played well. But of course the difference in our opinion owes everything to context-Graydon was evaluating Ian Mahinmi in the [...]

During the 2nd quarter of Sunday’s Spurs Summer League game, Dennis Lindsey gave an insightful interview to Joel Myers, who had the game call. An transcript is not available, but LJ Ellis has summarized the interview in a set of talking points. He’s given me permission to reproduce his notes here. The Spurs are sometimes [...]

After the game this afternoon Kevin Arnovitz of Clipperblog had a chance to catch up with George Hill. They shared a few laughs and talked about Hill’s development since last year’s summer league. Check it out: