Fair or not, San Antonio Spurs fans have been awaiting the arrival of Tiago Splitter since the team first drafted Luis Scola. Since 2002 (the year Scola was drafted) each FIBA tournament has served as a tease of sorts for Spurs faithful. And with each passing tournament the concept of foreign big man savior grew [...]

Chanel recently launched an ad campaign with plus-sized model Crystal Renn. The promise of the fashion house, or so it would seem, was to capture the outer charm of Christina Hendricks in a tasteful still frame or two. But when the campaign launched, there wasn’t much of anything plus-sized about it. Renn was captured from [...]

Basketball, at the heart and soul of its appeal, is a fluid game. Not unlike Jazz. To attempt to label and classify every aspect of it is to deny the improvisational qualities which make it so endearing. There are rules and guidelines by which each is identified, but whether on the court or in a [...]

The San Antonio Spurs 2010-2011 regular season schedule was released on Tuesday. In what could be the last year (or is that next year?) that the Spurs compete for an NBA title, we take a look at the schedule and see what lies ahead for the silver and black from late October to mid-April.

… you finished number eight in Forbes‘ list of America’s best sports fans. Spurs fans were the second-ranked NBA fanbase on the list, behind only the Boston Celtics, who were number seven overall. In other news, it’s August and there’s not much going on in the NBA. When NBATV is running a special announcing the [...]

Much of the offseason player movement has trickled to a halt, so barring another point guard that David Kahn just has to have, a final destination for Shaq, or another scathing LeBron column from Adrian Wojnarowski, the majority of the summer’s story lines have played out to their finish. For the most part, as has [...]

The Spurs have announced their home schedule for preseason– an entertaining set of contests from first to last. The Heat travel to San Antonio on Saturday, October 9th; Tiago Splitter’s former team, Caja Laboral, will visit on Saturday, October 16th; a Monday, October 18th tilt features Kevin Durant and the Thunder (and rumors that rock [...]

During a recent press conference, R.C. Buford said that Richard Jefferson was more efficient last season than basketball observers realize. You can hear those comments in the video below, as well as R.C.’s thoughts on the Spurs’ front office turnover this offseason. If Buford’s comments fill you with a little “huh?” and a lotta “say [...]

An undefeated run through the Las Vegas Summer League does not turn many heads, not when the squad in question lacks the intrigue of a first round draft pick or second year rising star. DeJuan Blair out. James Anderson out. Malik Hairston out. Garrett Temple one game and out. Ryan Richards out of the country. [...]

Last year one of the fun story lines during training camp was Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich’s love-fest for second year point guard George Hill. Coach Pop, you may remember, went out of his way to shower Hill with praise at every turn. Well it looks like Pop may have a new favorite.

Next summer, when the league is in the midst of a lockout and we struggle to find topics to write about, there should be a wealth of information to look back on from this summer as to why the NBA is in such dire financial difficulties. Cap space may have been in abundance, but common [...]

Newly wed and now newly signed, Tiago Splitter interrupted his honeymoon long enough to stop in San Antonio and make his long awaited arrival official. Having forged his game overseas against the best competition not in the NBA, Splitter is no ordinary rookie, joining Arvydas Sabonis as one of only two players to win the [...]

If there is an advantage to being a perennial lottery team, it’s the opportunity to piece together a talented core through the draft. GMs who have the luxury of compounding high draft picks over multiple seasons place themselves in the enviable position of acquiring the league’s best young  talent. It sucks to lose, but the long term [...]