Tim and I are going to be over at ESPN while the Spurs take on the Jazz, contributing to the nightly Daily Dime chat. If you’ve got a chance, swing by and make a comment or two. In other news, the Toros selected Alonzo Gee in the first round of the NBA Development League draft. [...]

Richard Jefferson asserted himself as a full-fledged member of the Spurs last night. He gave Spurs fans a taste of the exotic during last night’s game by receiving a pass in the corner and blowing past his man for an at-the-rim finish. It’s been awhile since San Antonio crowds have witnessed such athleticism from their [...]

San Antonio Spurs fans were treated to a deliciously entertaining intersquad scrimmage this afternoon. A note of caution before proceeding to a list of takeaways: this was merely a practice. Don’t read too deeply into the tea leaves. It was helpful to see the Spurs play, but far from definitive. My thoughts:

The current lockout of NBA referees has provoked a handful of thoughtful responses. Howard Beck reminded us of the 1995 lockout, a process which revealed that NBA players secretly adored their whistle-blowing adversaries. Things haven’t changed much since then. We’re only a few days into the current standoff and, once again, it’s all winks and [...]

The Spurs announced that they have waived Jack McClinton and added Dwayne Jones, a former Toro who has also spent time on the Cleveland, Boston and Charlotte rosters. After a poor summer league performance, McClinton’s chances of making the team did not look good. We here at 48 Minutes of Hell wish him well, and [...]

When the Spurs signed Keith Bogans, my mind immediately turned to a recent Spurs.com video. In that video George Hill, DeJuan Blair, Malik Hairston, Marcus Williams, Jack McClinton and James Gist visit a San Antonio-area food bank. As our readers know, Hill, Blair, Hairston and Williams are under contract with the Spurs. It’s presumed that [...]

San Antonio has signed former Baylor point guard Curtis Jerrells to a make good contract. Many Spurs fans will recognize the name because of Jerrells’ Big 12 history, and from the fact that he was born in Austin. The Spurs saw Jerrells prior to the draft-they worked him out in early May. What do we [...]

Michael Schwartz of Valley of the Suns read my recent Conversation with Marcus Williams with more interest than most. Prior to his work at Valley of the Suns, Michael covered Marcus while they were both students at the University of Arizona. Given that history, he provided us with this personal retrospective on Marcus Williams. All [...]

Marcus Williams comes into the season as the forgotten Spur. The Spurs signed him from the Austin Toros on April 8. Marcus Williams was the D-League’s best player at that point. His numbers in March were good, averaging 25 points, 7 boards and 6 assists a game. But April was something else entirely: 27.5, 10.5, [...]

I’m curious to see what Austin holds for the Spurs this season. Recent Toros Ian Mahinmi, Marcus Williams and Malik Hairston will vie for court time in San Antonio. Player development in Austin may take a peculiar flavor this year. At least two players from last year’s team were not Spurs, but proved worthy of [...]

On his latest podcast, Bill Simmons talks offseason with Marc Stein and Ric Bucher. It gets a little catty, and each man wins points here and there. When the talk turned to the obligatory “Who will win the title?” question, I was surprised to hear each man offer support for the Spurs (Bucher throws Boston [...]

Malik Hairston on the NBA Summer League The Spurs play the Blazers tonight at 9pm CST. I’m looking forward to the Bayless-Hill match up. So think of this Malik Hairston postgame chat as a pregame tease. (HT: 228 for the link, and, of course, Molly Blue for providing the video)

The talk surrounding last night’s game was DeJuan Blair, who registered a DNP. There are rumors of a contract stand off between the Spurs and Happy Walters (Blair’s agent), but I’ve talked with someone close to the negotiations and was told the talks are going well. The Spurs and Blair’s agent decided to sit him [...]

I just re-watched Sunday’s game, and my thoughts on the game run along the same line as Graydon’s, with one exception. Unlike Graydon, whose assessment found Ian Mahinmi lacking, I thought the Spurs’ big man played well. But of course the difference in our opinion owes everything to context-Graydon was evaluating Ian Mahinmi in the [...]

Antonio McDyess has agreed to terms with the San Antonio Spurs. Unless they surprise us, the Spurs offseason is more or less finished. The Antonio McDyess signing caps off the most dramatic offseason of the Tim Duncan era, and one of the more impressive offseasons (of any team) that I can remember. The Spurs frontoffice [...]