The Austin Toros announced on Sunday nine players for the team’s training camp roster. The nine players include several players from last season’s team and three players allocated by the San Antonio Spurs after getting cut during Spurs training camp.
AT&T CENTER — It was a quiet home locker room in the AT&T Center last night, and for good reason. The San Antonio Spurs, who hoped to get out to a better start this season than last, thanks to a favorable early season itinerary, put in a terrible third quarter of play and fell 99-90 [...]
AT&T CENTER — Having whittled an 18-point lead to three, Richard Jefferson lined up a open 3-pointer from the baseline with a little over a minute left — it was his only missed shot of the fourth quarter, and one that would have completed a furious comeback. “It looked good, I was already on my [...]
Big news today ahead of the Spurs’ second game of the regular season. The San Antonio Spurs announced that Tony Parker signed a multi-year extension with the team. Per the usual, the details of the extension were not announced. [Update: According to Tony Parker's website, he signed for $50 million over four years. That's $12.5 [...]
To get to the point, tonight should offer an opportunity for a great debate over points-point guards that is. Two of the best face off tonight at the AT&T Center, both coming off injury plagued seasons, and both mentioned in trade rumors at various points during the summer. Trade rumors that could resurface as the [...]
Team chemistry is thought of as some unknown quality. Good teams have it, bad teams don’t. For some it’s an enhancement. And others, it’s an excuse. But how important is it, really? Do we over-blow the importance of chemistry because there’s no number behind it, and most claims can’t be totally refuted?
A night after the most ballyhooed Big Three in NBA history made their historical debut, an 80-88 loss to the Boston Celtics, the league’s most accomplished Big Three quietly opened their season in San Antonio. For the first time in what feels like ages, a healthy Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker shared the [...]
I stole the title of this post from last night’s Daily Dime Live. DDLer Anthony asked, “…if the Spurs keep playing defence (sic) like this, will your blog be renamed ’48 Minutes of What the Hell?’” It’s a good line, and befitting of the first 24 minutes of action between the Indiana Pacers and the [...]
The San Antonio Spurs don’t have much depth at small forward. Amongst the Western Conference’s playoff contenders, strong wing play is a staple. The Lakers boast Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, and Matt Barnes. Oklahoma City can use Thabo Sefolosha in place of Kevin Durant. When the game is on the line, the Blazers have their [...]
AT&T CENTER — It was a popular storyline in the preseason, the San Antonio Spurs are going to push the pace. San Antonio is going to try to speed things up and score a few extra baskets a game. No one really bought it, though. We don’t believe you, you need more people. Then San [...]
Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said before San Antonio’s opening game against the Indiana Pacers that Tiago Splitter could be ready to play in time for the team’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. “I think after New Orleans, he’s got a good shot to be ready,” Popovich said. Popovich added that Splitter [...]
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New season, new narrative. And with this season, there is that monster metanarrative creeping around the league: the Miami Heat. The Heat, as a story, are more imperial than meta. That story has one of those manifest destiny, send small pox to the Indians agendas going on. The Thing has a bloodlust, I tell you. [...]
Off to the left is my favorite Gregg Popovich-inspired Doc Funk moment of the preseason. It reinforces the general perception of Gregg Popovich as the NBA’s most beloved S.O.B. But anyone who regularly watches the Spurs knows this doesn’t quite square with reality. Gregg Popovich is an endearing personality, in part, because he is equals [...]
