Spurs

As of this writing, the San Antonio Spurs’ season has been over for roughly 12 hours, following their bizarre, and disturbing, Game 6 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. And they apparently already have a plan to get back on top. No, it’s not Kevin Durant. It’s Mike Conley, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet [...]

There is only one game on the docket in NBA Playoff action tonight and it is the most substantial and intriguing game yet in the 2016 postseason, a game that could effectively end one of the greatest eras for a team in professional sports history or plant the initial seed to send another franchise in [...]

The 2nd round series between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder has lived up to its billing through 5 games as we had another nail biter with the Thunder pulling off the upset on the road in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are showing why [...]

Since he’s already been injured twice so far in these playoffs, when should Steph Curry truly make his return to the court? Do they need him vs. Portland? Does OKC have a chance versus the Spurs, and does the Luke Walton hire in Los Angeles make much sense? Kevin Burke discusses… Please enable Javascript to [...]

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 [...]

The San Antonio Spurs’ interest in signing Kevin Durant this summer is a thing. Apparently a real thing. We’ve thought about it. Read about it. Heard about it. Wondered whether it’s true. Talked ourselves out of it. Then back into it. Then out of it again. Would the Spurs really swing for the fences in [...]

If you’re wondering what an extensive NBA head coaching search looks like in 2016, just keep refreshing a “Sacramento Kings head coach rumors” Google search. The Kings have been linked to no less than 5 million candidates, give or take a few. They have, by all measures, left no stone unturned. And that now includes [...]

The NBA’s referees from Monday night’s Game 2 matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals have a message to deliver: Oops. In the closing seconds of Oklahoma City’s 98-97 win over San Antonio, Dion Waiters was inbounding the ball and elbowed Manu Ginobili from the sidelines. Nothing [...]

Hello again, from the Kevin Durant free-agency rumor mill! Though the Oklahoma City Thunder have yet to be eliminated from the postseason, speculation on Durant’s free agency won’t wait for the offseason. Apparently, if he leaves the Oklahoma City Thunder, he already has a few other places in mind, according to Frank Isola of the [...]

Tim Duncan has played 19 seasons in the NBA and has made the postseason in all of those 19 seasons, winning five NBA titles and making six NBA Finals appearances in that time period. That means The Big Fundamental has played in a lot of playoff games, 243 to be exact. Something happened in the [...]