It appears we may have seen the last of Boris Diaw in an NBA uniform. After struggling mightily in Utah last season, Diaw was unable to find an NBA home this off-season and is now reportedly headed to play professionally in France this season. [tweet https://twitter.com/somenewsfm/status/908392890858176512] Diaw is currently playing for France in Euro Cup [...]
September 15, 2017
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Now, about the Utah Jazz winning 50 games this season…that’s probably not going to happen. It’s not that the Jazz don’t have the talent to reach that mark. No, no, no. They’re just a magnet for injury bugs. Boris Diaw is the latest to fall victim. He will miss at least the next two weeks [...]
November 4, 2016
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Gregg Popovich from all accounts is an extremely intelligent, funny and engaging personality behind closed doors and around those he respects he is even legendary for his distaste and complete refusal to provide anything to most reporters, sideline reporters especially. Every once in a while he will give reporters a little nugget to run with [...]
May 6, 2016
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Boris Diaw will not be suiting up with the San Antonio Spurs for a little while. From Project Spurs’ Paul Garcia: [tweet https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaPS/status/717115973405282304] Three games is three games, yada, yada, yada. The Spurs are locked into second place in the Western Conference, and head coach Gregg Popovich probably would have rested Diaw for one or [...]
April 5, 2016
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Do you want to spend a day hanging with Boris Diaw and Manu Ginobili? Of course you do. Especially now. Ginobili tweeted the following photo ahead of the Thursday night drubbing the San Antonio Spurs handed out to the Phoenix Suns: Foto con nuestros clones en Phoenix esta mañana.
With our clones this AM in [...]
January 22, 2016
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Boris Diaw is a role model…for Manu Ginobili. Ever the energetic contributor, Diaw needs to get regular caffeine fixes. Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News recently relayed the story of how Biaw was rescued from drinking pre-game sludge the AT&T Center, the San Antonio Spurs’ home court, passed off as coffee. He now has [...]
January 21, 2016
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David Blatt is at it again. No, the Cleveland Cavaliers head honcho isn’t spouting fighter-pilot analogies. He is, however, comparing San Antonio Spurs jack of all tradesman Boris Diaw to English singer and songwriter David Bowie, who just passed away on Jan. 10. From Fran Blinebury of NBA.com: David Blatt just compared Boris Diaw to [...]
January 14, 2016
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Boris Diaw wins life. Following the San Antonio Spurs’ 123-98 shellacking of the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night—which was their ninth victory by at least 25 points, the most in NBA history through 37 games, according to Basketball-Reference—Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News relayed some wildly awesome, yet somehow totally predictable information: You're gonna [...]
January 7, 2016
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Hi, LaMarcus Aldridge. This is your new coach, Gregg Popovich, speaking. Welcome to the San Antonio Spurs. Now, sit down and shut up. Sounds about right, doesn’t it? The Spurs’ newest championship cog missed a training-cap workout on Tuesday with what San Antonio called “leg tightness.” For the record, it was not his decision. He [...]
October 7, 2015
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Boris Diaw knows the deal: Tim Duncan is forever. The 39-year-old Duncan is prepping for his 19th NBA season with the San Antonio Spurs. He will be just the third player in league history to spend at least 19 years with one team, joining John Stockton and Kobe Bryant. Though he signed a two-year deal [...]
August 10, 2015
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