Henry Abbott, Kevin Arnovitz, and numerous other TrueHoop Network writers are at the MIT Sloan Sports Conference. While there, Sebastian Pruiti of NetsAreScorching and NBA Playbook reported on a paper presented by John Huizinga, a professor of business at the University of Chicago (via TrueHoop):
Is blocking a lay-up more valuable than blocking a jump-shot?  Mr. [...]

Over at NBA Playbook, Sebastian Pruiti has a tidy little breakdown of a pick & roll play the Spurs ran early in the first quarter of Monday night’s game. Gregg Popovich places Antonio McDyess in the high post and Tim Duncan on the block.

It may be temporary, and due to injury, but George Hill is a starting NBA point guard much earlier than anticipated. Not bad for another of the Spurs’ “where did he come from” draft picks.
Because he has improved so much from last season to this one, a lot of expectations have been placed on the [...]

The Orlando Magic are reeling. After a tough loss to the Lakers last night the Magic have now dropped seven of their past nine games. What does this have to do with the Spurs? Well, among the contenders no one overhauled their roster over the summer more than Orlando and San Antonio.
That both teams have [...]

Well before the 2009 draft, I was talking on the phone with my brother from another mother, whose sensual voice you hear narrating the above video. At the time we both agreed that, behind Griffin, DeJuan Blair would be the second best big man in the entering rookie class. As of right now I’m feeling [...]

Via Clipperblog:
The book being drafted by most of the league on Chris Kaman instructs teams to swarm the Clippers’ big man with double-teams when he catches the ball at 15 feet. But Spurs coach Gregg Popovich’s reading list is self-authored and it reads something like this: “We’re the San Antonio Spurs. We deploy a stay [...]

I love when we play the Clippers because my beloved Spurs get treated to the inimitable stylings of Kevin Arnovitz, who is one of my favorite hoops scribes (and, in full disclosure, my brother from another mother). From Clipperblog:
The patented Spurs Corner 3 off the drive-and-kick is a lethal novelty, but the Parker-Duncan screen-roll is [...]

Via Forbes.com:
After a 1999 NBA championship, San Antonio has gone on to win more than 70% of its games since 2000, while capturing three more titles. Financially, the club’s value has grown 146% since then to $415 million, helped along by a move into the lucrative AT&T Center in 2002.
Their criteria included not only on-court [...]

There are two main reasons Tim and I enjoy being associated with the TrueHoop Network: the thoughtful and articulate readership we’ve gained since joining, and the insight of our wonderful colleagues. That’s why we wanted to direct your attention to the other previews posted around the Network today. In particular I’d like to thank Henry [...]

… is incomplete if you don’t go out and grab a copy of Pro Basketball Prospectus 2009-10. In the interest of full disclosure I penned a small contribution to the section on San Antonio. But I think Daryl Morey’s foreword, Will Carroll’s breakdown of microfracture knee surgery and Kevin Pelton’s analysis of the effect hand-checking [...]

Today at Ball Don’t Lie, Kelly Dwyer revealed his list of the top 10 NBA GMs of the last decade, and R.C. Buford comfortably came in at number 1. Here’s an excerpt:
There’s no denying Buford’s impact on the Spurs’ rise to power this decade. Even though he technically wasn’t the team’s personnel boss (that would [...]

This morning at Slam Online, Adam Sweeney, a man with no love for the Spurs, penned an excellent piece on why “Manu may be the most underrated player of our generation.” Fittingly enough, I think saying he is only the 29th best player in the league is slightly underrating him, but I guess that, if [...]

Over at Pounding the Rock LatinD has written a couple can’t-miss posts in a series called The Wonder Years–a team history, chocked full of fun images and wonderful subheads.  Point your browser in that direction to learn about an earlier version of Manu Ginobili, James Silas, or George Gervin’s Sunsesque philosophy.
Elsewhere, Jeff McDonald asked all [...]

The good doctor ranks the San Antonio Spurs as the 3rd best franchise in league history, edging the Bulls and finishing just behind the Lakers and Celtics. The Hollinger article begins here:
They may not have the tradition of the Lakers or Celtics, but in the two decades since they drafted David Robinson the Spurs have [...]

Tim Duncan and Tony Parker are All-NBA. From Spurs.com:
Duncan was named to the All-NBA Second Team, making him the only player in NBA history to be named to an All-NBA Team in each of his first 12 seasons (First Team – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007; Second Team – 2006, 2008, [...]