For those of you who missed it, here’s the set up.
The Spurs are down 3 with 9 seconds remaining. Popovich has the clipboard, which usually means a clean look out of the timeout. At this point in the game, Roger Mason Jr. was 0-7 from distance. Manu Ginobili was 6-10, but he had also scored [...]
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Spurs plan to fill their 13th roster spot with Cedric Jackson of the Erie Bayhawks.
Gregg Popovich spoke to the roster vacancy prior to the Cavs game, although he didn’t speak specifically to the Jackson rumor.
“Anyone we sign isn’t going to help us this season,” Pop said somewhat expectedly.
“We’re just hoping [...]
One thought I can’t chase away, no matter how remote the possibility, is the thought of LeBron James coming west this summer. Imagine a conference featuring Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Brandon Roy and LeBron James.
Killer, right?
Or maybe he will.
Reversing course on an earlier statement, Tony Parker is apparently reconsidering whether he will play for the French national team this summer. Before it was yes, now it’s no-ish.
Jeff McDonald has the scoop.
Elsewhere, Spurs.com has a helpful mailbag with Gregg Popovich. Coach Pop addresses many of our recent talking points: Michael Finley, [...]
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve noticed an interesting trend in the comments section here at 48 Minutes of Hell. A small but vocal minority has been increasingly critical of Gregg Popovich and has even called for the coach that helped bring this franchise four NBA titles to be fired.
I’ll admit, I find people [...]
Over the last two games, the Spurs floored more traditional lineups, eschewing small-ball combinations for the better part of each contest. This has something to do with Gregg Popovich’s efforts to keep Richard Jefferson at small forward rather than power forward, where he languishes. Coach Popovich has not shown a complete aversion to small-ball, nor [...]
The weeks immediately following the trade deadline are usually kind to San Antonio. It’s typical for veteran buyouts to angle for a spot on San Antonio’s roster, hoping to hitch a ride to a championship. But the times have changed.
San Antonio began the fourth quarter of this afternoon’s game against Phoenix with a three point lead. Over the next 12 minutes, the Spurs did not make too many defensive stops; Amare Stoudemire, Steve Nash, and Jason Richardson all scored with ease. Luckily the Suns aren’t exactly known for their lockdown defense either, and the [...]
One of my favorite pieces of blogging this season is Rahat Huq’s ongoing series Discerning Morey’s Philosophy. The Spurs’ front office success over the last decade–arguably the best front office in sports over that span–has given rise to a constant curiosity: what makes a great front office? There is no right answer to the question, [...]
The Spurs and Pistons were tied at the half.
Detroit controlled the game for most of the second half, commanding an 11 point lead at the 4:54 mark, before the game took an entertaining turn. Gregg Popovich decided to intentionally foul Ben Wallace, who has a .438 FT%.
The coaching maneuver worked, and the crowd at the Palace wanted [...]
During his pregame interview Gregg Popovich said Tony Parker will be out against Detroit. The team expects Parker to undergo an MRI tomorrow. Parker is dealing with multiple injuries, but the team is currently concerned with his strained left hip flexor.
Because of Parker’s injury, the team will start a small lineup of George Hill, Roger Mason, [...]
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 Spurs [...]
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.
If you wrote a book about this season, which story lines would play most prominently in your retelling of the story. The decline of Spurs’ defense? The slight but unmistakable devolution of Manu Ginobili’s game? Tony Parker’s game-weary legs? The promise of DeJuan Blair and George Hill? Tim Duncan’s squandered brilliance? The emergence of small-ball [...]
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 [...]
