In the past decade the NBA has dramatically tilted its rules in favor of quicker, more diminutive floor leaders. But while the NBA became a “quarterbacks” league, its greatest point guards have had surprisingly little say in the ultimate prize. In discussing the positional revolution, I stated under the current NBA rules defending quality point [...]

Throughout the Tim Duncan era the Spurs have operated on a certain stonecutters credo. Ironically, they now operate between a rock and a hard place. With a broken chisel. The rock? Richard Jefferson’s burdensome contract. The hard place? The NBA Salary Cap. In the short term, there will be those who are disappointed that the [...]

Via Woj’s Twitter: The Spurs have traded Theo Ratliff to Charlotte, source tells Y! Sports. As of now, the move seems to be nothing more than a salary dump, saving the team over $800,000 in luxury tax payments and the responsibility for the remainder of Ratliff’s contract. Update: Looks like we got a second-round pick [...]

Leaving the All-Star weekend, perhaps no theme encapsulated the Spurs more perfectly nor enemy loomed so big-well, maybe the Laker’s frontline-as time. And not just time, as in the amount of time left in their stars’ careers, but timing. Timing is everything.

As if the Spurs’ position in the Western Conference standings and general hierarchy of the NBA wasn’t already in jeopardy with their play this season, Mark Cuban and Dan Gilbert are close to putting it on life support. The Dallas Mavericks on Saturday completed a seven player trade with the Washington Wizards that appears to [...]