Tag: San Antonio Spurs
Tim Duncan will play Saturday when San Antonio hosts the Houston Rockets after missing the previous three games. Source: Official Press Release
Boban Marjanovic, all 7-foot-3 of him, went to the foul line in the fourth quarter of the Spurs’ 112-79 blowout victory of Phoenix on Wednesday at the AT&T Center and a few fans in the crowd went temporarily insane. “M-V-P!” came the chant in the mostly quiet arena. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was not amused. […]
The San Antonio Spurs showed off their depth — at the Denver Nuggets’ expense. Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and San Antonio rebounded from a rare loss to beat Denver 101-86 on Saturday night to remain perfect at home. San Antonio extended franchise-record home winning streak to 26, including a record 17 open this season. […]
The Detroit Pistons’ Reggie Jackson and the San Antonio Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard were today named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 14 through Sunday, Dec. 20. Source: Official Press Release
By January 10, NBA teams will have to either commit to players on non/partially-guaranteed contracts or let them go.
Then a reporter made (Danny) Green aware he’d passed Hall of Famer Larry Bird in career 3-pointers, inquiring whether the accomplishment blew the guard’s mind. “That is mind-boggling,” said Green, who has 651 career 3-pointers to Bird’s 649. “I did not know that.” Source: Michael C. Wright of ESPN
Speaking of pitches, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich discussed how it was that he reeled in (LaMarcus) Aldridge. “I don’t pitch too much,” Popovich said. “We don’t try to convince people very often, honestly. I think it’s overblown like we’re going go have some sort of sales deal. We tried to sell Jason Kidd [in 2003] […]
Four nights after his team handed the 76ers a 51-point beating in Philadelphia, Spurs boss Gregg Popovich was tossing bouquets at the Philadelphia organization for signing Brett Brown to a two-year extension as head coach. “It’s thrilling to see an ownership make a decision like that because they know the qualities of the individual and […]
The Sixers reached out last summer to Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler, league sources have said, and they got nowhere. That failure is pertinent, (Sixers GM Sam) Hinkie insists. “They chose to stay with the teams that drafted them.” Source: Zach Lowe of ESPN
The Golden State Warriors may be the reigning champions, but the San Antonio Spurs are still the gold standard. There’s a bigger picture here that’s still very much in play, a history of success and smarts that has netted them five titles since 1999 and currently has them with an 18-5 record that hardly anyone […]
