Spurs

Tony Parker’s torn left quad will not keep him out of the San Antonio Spurs’ lineup for all of 2017-18—or so he says. In an interview with L’Equipe, Parker said he believes he’ll be ready for action sometime in January (via Eurohoops.net): “I will play my best basketball when I return in January”, Parker told L’Equipe. After his injury during [...]

Cold water is being thrown on the idea that the San Antonio Spurs pose a threat to stealing Chris Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers. Worst of all, for Spurs fans anyway, this cold water comes courtesy of breaking-news sage Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. During an appearance on CBS Sports Radio with Gary Parish (h/t Kyle [...]

Derrick Rose and Tom Thibodeau, together again? It’s a possibility. Rose and Gregg Popovich, an actual item? That might be one, too. According to ESPN.com’s Ian Begley, the Minnesota Timberwolves have interest in signing the free-agent point, and they may not be the only ones: The Minnesota Timberwolves view Derrick Rose as a potential free-agent [...]

Gregg Popovich has high expectations every season for his San Antonio Spurs, but he’s also a realist. And so, he is anything except upset over the year ending in a Western Conference Finals sweep at the hands of the Golden State Warriors—especially when you consider it was the team’s first season without Tim Duncan being [...]

Admit it: You’ve thought about Chris Paul playing for the San Antonio Spurs. It seems too perfect. He is perhaps the best, or second-best, point guard of all time, and the Spurs are billboards for dominance who just so happen to be going through an uneasy time at Paul’s position. Tony Parker is 35 and [...]

Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs unfolded as you would expect knowing Kawhi Leonard wasn’t involved: The Spurs bent, and the Warriors rolled, winning 136-100. But Gregg Popovich was still left surprised. While he couldn’t have assumed the Spurs would win, he most certainly didn’t sound like [...]

The news on Tony Parker’s left knee injury is in. And, as expected, isn’t good. Word came Thursday afternoon from the San Antonio Spurs that their point guard is done for the playoffs after suffering a ruptured left quadriceps tendon. Here’s more details from ESPN.com: San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker has a ruptured left [...]

We have talked a lot about Manu Ginobili in this space over the last year. Stances on whether he’ll retire have changed, not daily, but they’ve moved. The latest: He’s undecided about whether he’ll return to the San Antonio Spurs in 2017-18. Per the San Antonio Express-News’ Jeff McDonald: It is a sentence no true Spurs fan [...]

Don’t talk to Kawhi Leonard about resting down the stretch. He wants none of it, per the San Antonio Express-News‘ Melissa Rohlin: Star forward Kawhi Leonard, meanwhile, has informed the coaching staff he would prefer to play in each of the Spurs’ remaining six contests. “I told them I want to play out the games,” Leonard [...]

Becky Hammon is already one of the best WNBA players ever. Now a San Antonio Spurs assistant coach, she’s also won an NBA Summer League championship, as head honcho for the Spurs’ offseason kiddies. What’s next? Coaching the women’s basketball team at Florida, perhaps. According to Mike Robinson over at Swish Appeal, Hammon is among the [...]