Statistical geeks love him, casual fans and traditionalists abhor him. Given that the team manages to stay out of the headlines and no longer employs Bruce Bowen, perhaps no Spurs player is more polarizing than Matt Bonner.
How polarizing? Just take a look at the opening paragraph of one of Timothy Varner’s more recent posts.
Whenever I [...]

Not exactly known for being fleet of foot, Matt Bonner pulled his best David Robinson impression, helping to force Craig Smith into a missed layup and then beating the Clippers in transition for an “acrobatic” reverse layup.
With the score still a reasonable 20-14 before the basket, and still in the first quarter, that sequence is [...]

The Spurs have put out a press release to announce the signing of Garrett Temple to a 10-day contract.
The 6-6, 190-pound Temple has seen time this season with the Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the D-League.  Signed as an undrafted free agent by Houston on 9/22, he averaged 2.5 [...]

Richard Jefferson shook off a string of bad performances in his return to the starting lineup and two key players got some much needed rest.
Given the quality of the opponent, and the nature of the game, extracting any other meaningful insight or trends from last night’s game would be an exercise in futility.

The stakes may not have been as high, nor the visiting team as good, but the Spurs put on a throwback performance reminiscent of their first championship run, though probably not in the most flattering sense: an ugly win they will not apologize for.
Manu Ginobili once again carried the Spurs, scoring 28 points while grabbing [...]

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Recently, 48MoH has discussed the struggles of San Antonio’s interior defense.  Please see The Roots of Defensive Decline and The Root of All Defensive Evil for discussion of these points.  But a struggling interior defense is often an indication of a prior breakdown on the perimeter, which seems to be the case with San Antonio this season, Manu Ginobili’s [...]

Coming into the season, most assumed the Thunder would eventually become contenders, it was just a matter of when. The Spurs were put on a different clock, counting down the time they have left as a relevant basketball powerhouse. Tonight the Spurs hope to show that those times have not arrived sooner than expected.
For some [...]

Our readers might be interested in the latest Spurscast from the gang at Project Spurs. They made the terrible mistake of having me as a guest. We talked trade deadline and the season ahead. What’s left of it, at least.

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 Spurs [...]

Lost amid all the trade speculation heading into the deadline is the fact that the Spurs have an important game tonight.
For all the talk of their struggles and demise–and there has been reason for it–the Spurs could move within a half game of the Dallas Mavericks with a win tonight.
More promising is the last time [...]

Leaving the All-Star weekend, perhaps no theme encapsulated the Spurs more perfectly nor enemy loomed so big–well, maybe the Laker’s frontline–as time.
And not just time, as in the amount of time left in their stars’ careers, but timing. Timing is everything.

Pending any unforeseen (or speculated) trade, tonight offers the last opportunity for the Spurs to make the Rodeo Road Trip a success in the court of public opinion.
Chances are the Spurs sweep the remaining road games following the All-Star break at Indiana, Philadelphia and Detroit. But feasting on hapless opponents is nothing new this season.
For [...]

As a quick addendum to The Science was Sound and Closing One Window, Cracking Open Another, I’d like to remind our readers

I just wanted to take a moment and draw your attention to NBC’s newly launched ProBasketballTalk. I’m doing so not only because, on this, its first day of publication, the men steering that recently christened ship are already doing an excellent job, but because I’m proud to call them my friends.
If I had to put [...]