I trust that all of our readers know that Hardwood Paroxysm is one the best basketball blogs going. Matt Moore is at the Hardwood helm and he’s just put up a graph-heavy breakdown which accounts for the Spurs injuries and lack of bench scoring options. Or, put differently, how the the story of this postseason [...]
Tim Duncan gets a holiday. No, really: Governor John de Jongh has proclaimed April 25, 2009, as “Timothy Theodore Duncan Day” in the US Virgin Islands. World famous basketball player Timothy Theodore Duncan was born on the island of St Croix to the late William and Delysia Duncan…. (HT: 228) “Financially, we’re in as good [...]
Spurs.com has video of Pop saying that there will adjustments tonight, J.J. Barea burned them, and the Spurs need to rebound. LatinD, PtR: Tony’s The Man right now, and while he wasn’t chopped liver, we really need him to play at a higher level. Grand Prince Rob Mahoney, Two Man Game: I will say this: [...]
The SportingNews says Spurs in 7. Kelly Dwyer, Yahoo!: The Hornets took in another hot one from David West, who poured in 34 points, but he was outplayed by Tim Duncan. West tried, he contested shots and worked, but Duncan finished with 20 points, 19 rebounds, six assists, four turnovers and a block in 33 [...]
Not Shaq. Not Kobe. Not KG. Only Tim Duncan. Tim Duncan put up 20 and 19 in last night’s playoff-like season finale. 2o points, 19 rebounds and tremendous interior defense is typical postseason fare for TD. And so too is the postseason. Of all the stars of the current era, it’s only Tim Duncan whose [...]
With the D-League playoffs set to tip this evening, what better time to catch up with D-League President and altogether good guy Dan Reed. Dan is making the interview rounds, and joins us to discuss globalization, how D-League talent compares to the NCAA, his league’s role in the stats revolution and, of course, the Spurs [...]
Indulge me for a minute. It was a good night. The Spurs beat the Jazz, and I’ll get to that in a moment. That was encouraging. But there was encouragement to be found in Austin, as well. Malik Hairston was with the team, and he scored 41 in a come from behind victory against the [...]
LJ Ellis is one of the most insightful Spurs commentators around. Many of you may remember that 48 Minutes featured an interview with LJ and his wife, Kori, a few weeks back. This morning LJ framed an argument as to how the Spurs could return to the promised land-this season! Here’s the part that made [...]
When word of the Marcus Williams call up broke, many Spurs fans were hoping Malik Hairston would not be cut. When he saw minutes earlier in the season, he showed the makings of an impact defender. Unfortunately for Hairston, his offense is behind schedule. Even a limited offensive player like Bruce Bowen has a shot [...]
Saturday night I got all laudatory about Marcus Williams. On Monday, the D-League crashed into the praise pile up -Williams was named to the D-League’s First Team, edging teammates Dwayne Jones and Malik Hairston, both honorable mentions. Apparently Dell Demps and Dennis Lindsey were impressed too. They made the recommendation, and Pop and Buford made [...]
Graydon Gordian is repping for 48 Minutes of Hell on today’s NBA Today podcast. I’m swimming in sanguinity about all he has to say. Elsewhere J.A. Adande takes a stab at a question we’ve previously addressed in our Countdown to 2010 posts. You can read the evolution of those posts by following the bouncing ball [...]
Those NBA fans who pronounced the Spurs dead yesterday were only trying to convince themselves. The Spurs aren’t going to roll over. Opposing teams will have to beat the Spurs. They’re not going beat themselves. You’ve heard this before. You know it’s true. Thankfully for the Thunder, they seem to understand this principle. Durant and [...]
The fan in me wants to rally the troops, to find a reason to believe that all is not lost. But Manu Ginobili is done for the year; Tim Duncan is running on tired legs. The Spurs hopes of a fifth championship run are pushed, in knowing resignation, into the yet to be written pages [...]
Early reports are starting to trickle out that Manu Ginobili is done for the season. According to Inside Hoop, a recent MRI and CT scan “showed an increased marrow edema and a stress fracture in his right distal fibula.” Needless to say, this changes everything. Keep checking this space. Graydon and I will punch this [...]
Buck Harvey, San Antonio Express News: One experiment has been especially baffling. Exactly why did Popovich bench George Hill for Jacque Vaughn? The difference, this time, is that the shuffling is still going on as the season comes to an end. Several veterans said it Sunday; the Spurs had never had such flux so late. [...]
