Spurs fans are delirious right now. DeJuan Blair is a beast. We couldn’t be happier to have him. His granddad, or some clever imposter, kindly left a message in our comments. Welcome to the lovefest. If someone asks what effect trading for Richard Jefferson and drafting DeJuan Blair has on a fanbase, the answer is [...]
Drafting Jack McClinton and Nando De Colo in the 50s would have been a minor coup. Both men are talented players who could make the team and fill a hole in the roster, making Buford and Lindsey look smart in the process. But tonight our attention is on the spot of incredibly good luck that [...]
R.C. Buford gave an incredibly straight forward interview this evening. The video is at Spurs.com. Here are some bullets that I took away: The Spurs are sad to see their veteran’s go, Bruce Bowen especially. Richard Jefferson is the beginning of the offseason. Buford gives a clear indication that the Spurs are willing to pay [...]
Old flames die hard. In February several news outlets reported that the Spurs were in talks with the Nets and Bucks to trade for either Richard Jefferson or Vince Carter. Apparently, those talks never died. Chad Ford is reporting that the Spurs and Bucks have agreed to a deal that would send Fabricio Oberto, Kurt [...]
Most of you have probably heard the name Jonas Jerebko by now. He’s moving up the draft board, and there is no doubt the Spurs have a strong opinion about his game. Jerebko played last season with Angelico Biella, where he was a teammate of James Gist. The Spurs, one would assume, have scouted the [...]
Our readers in Austin might be interested in this. The Austin Toros invite local basketball fans to join the team as they host a 2009 NBA Draft party on Thursday, June 25th. The party will be held from 5:30 to 8:30pm at Cuatros, located at 1004 24th St. in Austin. Da Bull, the Capital City [...]
The Draft is almost upon us. There have been several reports that the Spurs are looking to trade into the first round, with one rumor having them interested in Washington’s 5th pick. But, honestly, we heard similar things last year. The cold reality of limited assets and the tough business of locating agreeable trade partners [...]
In early May I promised a series of posts on draft prospects who seemed a good fit for San Antonio. I earmarked 8 players for future posts, 4 of which are now complete. Follow the links to read about Omri Casspi (and here and here), Vladimir Dasic (withdrew), Sergio Llull, and Danny Green (and here). [...]
I’ll update this in the coming hours, but here’s a late night round up of information from the last week or so. Some of this may be old hat to you, but judging by our comments these tidbits haven’t worked their way into all four corners just yet. Yiannis Bouroussis’ contract negotiations with Olympiacos have [...]
Graydon and I wanted to create a space to dump some of our leftover notes and anecdotes from the Combine, which seemed like as good a reason as any for a long list of bullets. So, without further ado…
A few weeks ago I tackled the subject of whether or not the Spurs should consider trading Manu Ginobili. In that post I said that there was no reason to suspect that they would, and that they shouldn’t. But I included this qualifier:
The one spot on the Spurs roster that deserves a stick of dynamite is small forward. The frontcourt needs work, but the type of work that merely adds to a solid core. You understand this. You’ve left a hundred comments amen-ing the sentiment. The reconstruction of the Spurs’ wing is not an easy project. Essentially, [...]
Tyler Smith is a soft spoken kid. You won’t notice him if he’s standing in the room. He just blends in. As soon as I mentioned that 48MoH covered the Spurs, he kept up his nonchalant thing, but with a little dry wit, “Oh good. Then you can tell them to draft me.”
Whenever I had opportunity to talk with a player projected second round to undrafted, I wondered what they thought about the possibility of spending the majority of their first season on D-League assignment, a reality for many guys who have gone before them. This question produced some of the most revealing answers of the media sessions. [...]
Everyone is pretty upbeat about the Combine, but one constant question from many of the people here, including the players, is what’s the point of holding a Combine without scrimmages? You can only learn so much from watching guys run around cones. I just bumped into Omri Casspi again and he echoed the familiar sentiment. [...]
