Being deep is always a good thing, but how much depth do you really have if an entire skill set (creating shots) is provided by only one player?

Have the San Antonio Spurs already transitioned into the Post-Duncan Era?

The Spurs take on Kobe, Gasol and two-time defending champions Los Angeles Lakers. How have Duncan and Gasol historically fared when defending each other?

The reeling Magic recently traded half their roster, but they still have Dwight Howard. How did the Spurs contain Howard last time? What changes should be made?

The wave of milestones keep rolling in, and so far as Tim Duncan is concerned, he’d rather they not be. In the San Antonio Spurs 95-78 victory over the Portland Trailblazers the Spurs longtime franchise player played his 1,000th game and took sole possession of 29th place on the NBA all-time scoring list, surpassing Walt Bellamy.
If Duncan had his way, he’d rather not have just accomplished either, let alone be reminded.

Drafted 10 years apart, Duncan now finds himself in a similar transition to the one once undertaken by his retired fellow twin tower. Still the anchor of a defense for an elite team, Duncan’s role in the offense has increasingly diminished. Now, looking back 10 years, his numbers are eerily similar to Robinson’s at the same point in their career.

Tim Varner says DeJuan Blair is not working as a Spur. He’s a center, Tim Duncan’s a center, and something has to give.

Tim Duncan reflects on Tim Duncan in his new role as San Antonio’s third best player.

Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are often pushed the prototype attitude for becoming a winner. Tim Varner argues that Tim Duncan is often overlooked on this front, but is just as commendable a model as Jordan or Bryant.

Richard Jefferson bottled up Kevin Durant? Can it be true? The Spurs are morphing into a defensive force.

In announcing his timetable for retirement at the start of training camp, Tim Duncan accomplished a feat so rare that few of the all-time greats have ever achieved it. In signing Tony Parker to an extension-along with Manu Ginobili last year-that keeps the Spurs All-Star backcourt intact through their primes, the San Antonio Spurs [...]

You know that silly debate whether Tim Duncan is a power forward or center? It kind of matters now. The Spurs are 2-1, but through three games they’re a below average defensive team. Tim Duncan and DeJuan Blair are playing relatively poorly. This is not a statistical judgment. It’s one of those we-watch-the-games judgments. During the [...]

A night after the most ballyhooed Big Three in NBA history made their historical debut, an 80-88 loss to the Boston Celtics, the league’s most accomplished Big Three quietly opened their season in San Antonio. For the first time in what feels like ages, a healthy Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker shared the [...]

I stole the title of this post from last night’s Daily Dime Live. DDLer Anthony asked, “…if the Spurs keep playing defence (sic) like this, will your blog be renamed ’48 Minutes of What the Hell?’” It’s a good line, and befitting of the first 24 minutes of action between the Indiana Pacers and the [...]

New season, new narrative. And with this season, there is that monster metanarrative creeping around the league: the Miami Heat. The Heat, as a story, are more imperial than meta. That story has one of those manifest destiny, send small pox to the Indians agendas going on. The Thing has a bloodlust, I tell you. [...]