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 [...]
In Wednesday’s post, I suggested the Spurs needed to put their backcourt house in order. This might come about naturally as players develop and learn the system. The return of Manu Ginobili will help, as if I needed to tell you. But if I let the impression with any of our readers that the Spurs [...]
The Spurs have 3 second round selections in the 2009 draft, number 37, 51 and 53. Most of us would agree that their position of greatest need is small forward. So in the initial weeks of our draft discussions, I’m going to focus more heavily on that position. But honestly, I’m pretty excited about this [...]
I plan a long series of posts considering the Spurs roster, with consideration toward individual players and larger roster issues. At points, these posts might overlap with thoughts on the upcoming draft (forthcoming shortly). But they will be tagged differently. I wasn’t sure where to start with my offseason analysis, but Pop’s DNP of Drew [...]
One of the most important coaching decisions facing Popovich this series is whether or not to play small. Coach Popovich was forced to play small in ’06 because the Mavericks were too fast for that season’s Spurs roster. If you remember, Avery Johnson had Devin Harris, Jason Terry and Josh Howard running down the Spurs’ [...]
In a recent comment thread, NickyDubs asked, “So I don’t recall what we tried earlier in the season, but who do you think we’ll send at Dirk?” The short answer is Matt Bonner and Ime Udoka, but that doesn’t say much. The Spurs have some personnel problems, one of which has been there since preseason. [...]
Better late than never. Last night the Spurs defeated the Bobcats in San Antonio to sweep the season series 2-0. For 3 1/2 quarters Charlotte put up a good fight but a lockdown defensive stand by the Spurs to close the game brought us the win. For the second game in a row Ime Udoka [...]
For most media outlets, the story of this evening’s 93-76 victory over the Mavericks will be the inspired offensive play of Tony Parker. He ended the game with 37 points, 18 of which came in the first quarter (during which I believe he missed only a single shot). His 12 assists weren’t an insignificant contribution [...]
