San Antonio Spurs

Spurs Nation reported yesterday that Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili will not be traveling with the team for the season opener. Evidently, Ginobili’s back is still bothering him. According to head coach Gregg Popovich, Ginobili tried to take the court for one practice before the season started and “couldn’t do it.” The Spurs saw Ginobili [...]

September 14, 2012 – Dan Favale In 2010, in a New York minute, Tracy McGrady came to the Knicks, and then left. And now, just as swiftly and not as quietly, he and the Big Apple may be headed for a reunion. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, after finishing up a workout with [...]

August 29, 2012 – Dan Favale There’s plenty of deficiencies separating the Los Angeles Clippers from legitimate title contention, and one of them is Blake Griffin. Though the young forward is a high-flying juggernaut, he can be underwhelming in many other facets of the game; perpetual dunking will only carry you, and your team, so [...]

August 7, 2012 – Rob De France The Orlando Magic and Dwight Howard want the same thing—to build a championship team. The question is whether or not they can achieve that goal together. Although the Magic have stopped entertaining trade offers for Howard, the Gold-medal Olympian has recently reiterated that he will explore free agency [...]

July 24, 2012 – Rob De France After moving 2-time MVP and 8-time All-Star Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns have reloaded quickly. The Suns will have their ups and downs in the regular season, but this is a team others will try to avoid come playoff time. Letting go of Nash was challenging for the [...]

July 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Just when it looked like the sun was setting on the fantastic careers of aging MVP’s Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash, an odd twist of fate has paired them together on the Lakers in a quest for Bryant’s 6th ring and Nash’s 1st. Now that the Los Angeles [...]

June 27, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Now that the Miami Heat have won the NBA Championship, 4-1, over the Oklahoma City Thunder, how does this first championship expand LeBron James’ legacy? Even without a title, James had already amassed quite an impressive resume. 3x MVP, 8x All-Star, scoring champion, and so on. Now, add [...]

June 20, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors As we prepare for Game 5 of the 2012 NBA Finals, here are the Top 10 Individual Performances in NBA Finals’ Game 5’s over the last 20 years (1991-2011): 10. 2009 Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol (Los Angeles Lakers) Closing out Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic in [...]

June 11, 2012 – Dan Favale The NBA finals kick off Tuesday night in Oklahoma City where the Thunder have an opportunity to accomplish something special. [...]

June 7, 2012 – Dan Favale After a second consecutive improbably dominating regular season, the San Antonio Spurs are once again heading home without a taste of the NBA Finals. So, what now? The Spurs weren’t supposed to have the best record in the league this year. Hell, after Manu Ginobili’s injury, there were probably [...]