Entries Tagged as '2010 Preseason'

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Preseason: San Antonio Spurs 100, Los Angeles Clippers 99

To be honest, there’s not a whole lot to say about a preseason game in a foreign country. This game lacked energy in the beginning, at least from San Antonio’s end, but actually became pretty entertaining as we got into the second half. But since there weren’t a whole lot of takeaways from this one, [...]

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Manu Ginobili on the state of the game in Latin America

Manu Ginobili may be the only one of the San Antonio Spurs’ Big 3 to be a native Spanish-speaker, but he feels no pressure to be the team’s star while the silver & black are in Mexico City. “I know that I’m the one that speaks Spanish, next to Tiago, but it’s not like I [...]

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Kirk Penney cut from training camp roster

[Update: The Spurs officially announced that the team waived Kirk Penney via press release. It's done and dusted now.] As I first reported on Twitter Saturday night, Kirk Penney was cut by the Spurs. The New Zealand Breakers, Penney’s team back home, confirmed with the Spurs earlier today: Kirk Penney’s latest shot at the NBA [...]

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

The defensive stylings of Tim Duncan and DeJuan Blair

AT&T Center — For the second game in a row this preseason, DeJuan Blair and Tim Duncan started together. And also for the second straight game, the Spurs got off to a quick start in the first quarter, this time in their 90-73 win over the Miami Heat. The pairing of Duncan and Blair has [...]

Friday, October 8th, 2010

Preseason: Houston Rockets 90, San Antonio Spurs 87

TOYOTA CENTER — It wasn’t a packed house and there wasn’t a lot of fanfare, at least not for the silver and black, but the San Antonio Spurs finally tipped-off their season on Thursday night in a 90-87 loss to the Houston Rockets. Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich mixed both veterans and roster hopefuls in [...]