Last Tuesday, Andrew wrote about the winter of the Duncan Dynasty in San Antonio. His article was pessimistic about how much the current core could contribute to an additional championship, saying “the league passed San Antonio by.’ Of course, this pessimism is not entirely unfounded. The Spurs haven’t won the vaunted NBA title since 2007. [...]
Empires fall. The history books are littered with them. The Greeks. The Romans. Spain. Britain. Maybe someday even America. The same holds true for nearly every major power that’s ever risen to the top, be it nation, corporation, or basketball team. Especially basketball teams. After all, unlike nations or corporations, basketball teams rely solely on [...]
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 [...]
My posts (here and here) from yesterday morning will raise questions in the minds of some of our readers. I want to anticipate a few of those questions and provide answers below. But more importantly, I want to take a moment, just passing mid-season, for the second installment of our Countdown to 2010 series. This [...]
Over at The Painted Area M. Haubs has provided the basketball public with a hoop viewing guide that runs through the 28th. It’s a helpful resource, and worth linking for that reason alone. But it caught my attention for another reason entirely. While blurbing Saturday’s Euroleague contest between Tau Ceramica and DKV Joventut, Haub’s makes [...]
In the lead up to the NBA season, I’m taking the time to slowly but surely go through every player who is likely to suit up in the silver and black this year and at least give some brief thoughts on their likely contribution. I know some of these players better than others, so some [...]
In the lead up to the NBA season, I’m taking the time to slowly but surely go through every player who is likely to suit up in the silver and black this year and at least give some brief thoughts on their likely contribution. I know some of these players better than others, so some [...]
In the lead up to the NBA season, I’m taking the time to slowly but surely go through every player who is likely to suit up in the silver and black this year and at least give some brief thoughts on their likely contribution. I know some of these players better than others, so some [...]
In the lead up to the NBA season, I’m taking the time to slowly but surely go through every player who is likely to suit up in the silver and black this season and at least give some brief thoughts on their likely contribution. I know some of these players better than others, so some [...]
Although I will be a part of a couple of season preview projects, including Spurs previews for both Celtics blog and Hardwood Paroxysm, I wanted to take the time and do an extended breakdown of the roster the Spurs have assembled heading into this upcoming season. I’ve watched some of these players countless times, others [...]
