San Antonio Spurs

It seems that someone forgot to tell the Houston Rockets that the NBA’s 2015-16 regular season is underway. The early part of 2015-16 has no doubt been weird. Some of the usual juggernauts are juggernauting, but this year’s landscape is rife with early-season underachievers, the fast-plummeting Rockets being among them. Can Houston regain its 2014-15 [...]

Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs, it seems, owe Miami Heat president Pat Riley some sort of assorted wine and cheese and movie gift basket. It’s slightly because of him that LaMarcus Aldridge decided to leave the Portland Trail Blazers, spurn overtures from the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks, among others, and sign in [...]

NBA Power Rankings are back! After a short delay, the return of The Hoop Doctors’ weekly look at where the league stands is once again ready for liftoff. There are no rules here, so check your need for order at the door. These rankings, like always, are going to change from week to week. That’s [...]

All is not well for the Sacramento Kings, and DeMarcus Cousins, aka Boogie, aka DMC knows it. Sure, they’re off to a 1-7 start, a troubling start to the season for obvious reasons. And yes, Cousins only just returned from an Achilles injury. But their issues stretch much deeper. That’s how Cousins made it seem [...]

The San Antonio Spurs were looking end their three-game road trip on a winning note when they paid the Washington Wizards a visit at Verizon Center last night. Bradley Beal wasn’t so certain. Things almost went according to plan for Greg Popovich and company as they held on to the lead after three quarters. But [...]

Manu Ginboili has veto power over San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. Well, not really. But he has the ability to change Coach Pop’s mind. Popovich apparently had plans to sit Manu Ginobili against the New York Knicks on Monday night, a move he thought that Ginobili agreed to. As it turns out, Coach [...]

Kristaps Porzingis is hurt. Again. But his injury isn’t believed to be serious. Again. Late in the fourth quarter of the New York Knicks’ 94-84 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, Porzingis and Carmelo Anthony were involved in a chaotic scrum for an offensive rebound; Anthony came up with it and either fell or stepped [...]

The Detroit Pistons and Andre Drummond are taking a page out of the San Antonio Spurs and Kawhi Leonard’s book. Drummond is up for a contract extension, one that will adhere to the exploding cap. Negotiations were thought to be ongoing with some even thinking the Pistons and their young behemoth would hammer out a [...]

Tim Duncan is impressed by Manu Ginobili. Really impressed. At 38 years old, with 13 NBA seasons to his credit, Manu Ginboili’s best days are clearly behind him. His per-game minutes averages have been in decline since 2010-11, and his role within the San Antonio Spurs’ offense isn’t nearly as prominent as it once was. [...]

Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge are no longer teammates. Which, for the record, has nothing to do with a lack of synergy from when they were teammates. Once Aldridge decided to leave the Portland Trail Blazers for the San Antonio Spurs in free agency, it was assumed that Lillard’s meteoric rise, not just through the [...]