Finally, after an unfortunately long summer, tonight begins a first real look at the San Antonio Spurs. Had this been a regular season game I would remark how fitting it is that the season kicked off against such an appropriate team in the Houston Rockets. I say fitting because both teams face a number of [...]
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 [...]
The NBA playoffs open up with the San Antonio Spurs in their lowest playoff seeding of the Tim Duncan Era. But to understand why the Spurs are not discouraged about opening on the road in Dallas, instead of the friendly confines of the AT&T Center, there must first be an understanding of their philosophy. San [...]
Rarely is a matchup against a 19-48 lottery team at the AT&T Center ever considered a must win, but for a Spurs team clinging to the seventh seed in the playoffs with a hellish schedule ahead that’s exactly what tonight is. And if we’re being honest, success against the Golden State Warriors should not be [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Spurs and the Mavs play this evening in Dallas for the fourth and final time this season. The Spurs currently lead the season series 2-1, with our only loss coming at home during our early season malaise. I don’t have a ton to say about this game other than in all likelihood it will [...]
I began writing this edition of the Notebook last night but honestly I was too frustrated to compose anything articulate. With a little distance between me and the Spurs’ impotent fourth quarter performance, I can now offer some reasonable reflections on what went down. The game began slow, and remained relatively close for the entire [...]
Editorial Note: I apologize “the Notebook” is a tad bit late and a tad bit short today. It’s a crazy day in the life of your humble author. Running on empty, the Spurs managed to pullout a 95-89 win over the Atlanta Hawks last night at the AT&T Center. In my “Match-Up of the Night” [...]
