The Spurs impressed with their victory in New Orleans one week ago. However, the Spurs had varying levels of success defending Chris Paul and David West.

The Spurs have another high profile game against Chris Paul’s Hornets. Paul is having another MVP type season. How can he be stopped, slowed or even exploited?

AT&T CENTER — Having whittled an 18-point lead to three, Richard Jefferson lined up a open 3-pointer from the baseline with a little over a minute left — it was his only missed shot of the fourth quarter, and one that would have completed a furious comeback. “It looked good, I was already on my [...]

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 [...]

Last week we ran a series of features exploring three options for the Spurs: Make no move; make a minor roster move; and make a major roster move. There was supposed to be one more- a post arguing that we should make moves focused on future seasons- that for various reasons was never published. After [...]

Via the Express-News: If there was still doubt about whether Hill belonged in the NBA — and there wasn’t — his performance Monday answered it. Thrust into the starting lineup with Richard Jefferson ailing, Hill scored 16 points in the Spurs’ 97-90 victory over the Hornets, a number secondary to the unquantifiable damage he wreaked [...]

A year ago this game would have headlined the daily marquee as a matchup between arguably the league’s top two point guards. A week ago Hoopsworld.com reported the Spurs tried to trade Tony Parker for Chris Paul. But tomorrow, despite those tidbits of information, the matchup has lost some of its luster. I say arguably [...]

The Spurs tipped off their 2009-10 campaign in impressive fashion, defeating the New Orleans Hornets 113-96 in the season opener at home this evening. It’s hard to imagine an opening game that inspires more confidence moving forward. I think the overwhelming truth that must be taken from tonight’s game is how deep this squad is. [...]

… there’s a game tonight. Which means two things: Come back at 7 Central for a liveblog co-hosted with Hornets 24/7. Pre-game notes. So… The Hornets most substantial offseason move was trading Tyson Chandler for Emeka Okafor. I think there are arguments to be made either way as to whether the move is a step [...]