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There is plenty to appreciate in this, the first in a weekly series of of Spurs-related news highlights we’ll call, Hump Wednesday. From the Associated Press (“Spurs beat Pacers 101-79 for first 4-0 start“): The San Antonio Spurs have won four NBA championships, made 32 playoff appearances and captured 18 division titles in their 40-year history. Yet for all their success, they had never opened a season with four straight…
Zach Lowe at Grantland argued that there are only four, but that was before the OKC Thunder traded James Harden to the Houston Rockets. So, make that just three legitimate title contenders — the Heat, the Lakers, and your favorite team in silver and black. From Grantland.com (“Who are the NBA’s top title contenders this season? And who’s trailing the pack?”) : It’s fine if you want to slide them…
Where did the offseason go? One minute we were crying in our beer after watching the Oklahoma City Thunder beat our Spurs in four straight playoff games. The next, we were watching Manu (Argentina), Tiago (Brazil), Tony, Boris and Nando (France) play in the London Olympics. (Way to bring home the Gold, Dream Team 2012!) And now, here we are, in the midst of the World Series, seven weeks into…
Ok, I’ll admit it. This is a shameless attempt at using sex to attract visitors to the site. What I want to know is, who is Don Chavez and where did he get these pictures of our Silver Spurs dancers?
From the Associated Press: Luis Scola scored 17 points, Manu Ginobili and Carlos Delfino added 16 apiece and Argentina held on down the stretch for an 82-77 quarterfinal win over Brazil in the Olympic men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday, setting up a rematch with the U.S. in the semifinals. Argentina lost to the Americans by 29 in the preliminary round finale. With the United States’ win against Australia, the Argentines…
The ‘Inside the Huddle’ moments of NBA games are usually fairly innocuous, showing coaches giving tired cliches and non-emotional motivation to the team. This is by design, of course, as the broadcasts can’t actually show any sort of strategy on live TV during the game. Still, I always get a kick out of hearing Pop mic’d up. And tonight might have been my favorite moment ever inside a huddle, showing…
Lots of great analysis out there on the pending Western Conference Finals, so I thought I’d assemble a nice complement of links for your reading pleasure. • Dan Devine of the great blog Ball Don’t Lie thinks offense will rule the series, but that the improved D of the Spurs might be enough for the team to prevail. He likes the Spurs in 6. • Everybody over at 48MoH likes the…
The Spurs beat the Thunder in two out of three games during the regular season. But a lot has happened since then, mostly in favor of the Spurs. (Can you say Boris Diaw and Stephen Jackson?) No matter whether the Western Conference Finals last seven games or is another sweep for the Spurs (highly unlikely), this series promises to be the best we’ve seen so far this year and perhaps…
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, these Western Conference Finals are going to be a mutual admiration society. For all the rhetoric of the Spurs being the “model” franchise, there is really only one team that has successfully replicated the formula to any degree of success. It’s not surprising that Oklahoma City would find success in mimicking the Spurs, given the strong ties between front offices, management, and…
After eight long days of waiting, the Spurs-Clippers series finally kicks off tonight. Here are previews of the series from around the league. From NBA.com: Few things about the No. 1 seed in the West could be more different than the Clippers, and not just in terms of franchise history. While the worn-out Clippers are facing their sixth game in 11 days, the Spurs haven’t played for eight days since…
