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LeBron James might just have pulled the greatest heist in NBA All-Star Draft history during Thursday’s first rendition of its broadcast, putting on a clinic in true Fantasy Basketball fashion while managing to toe the line between friendly competition and elite-level tampering. The King’s picks for this 2019 iteration of the February festivities are so […]

The San Antonio Spurs ended up standing pat at Thursday’s trade deadline. Just before 3:00 p.m. EST came and went, though, Gregg Popovich had some fun with Rudy Gay, suggesting he was lobbying general manager R.C. Buford to ship the veteran swingman out of San Antonio. “I walked by Rudy at breakfast this morning and […]

Prior to their Thursday night game against the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich delivered some good news regarding Derrick White. Per Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News. Small bit of positive news from Pop pregame tonight. Expectation is Derrick White could be back "pretty soon after the All-Star break." […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich recently made it abundantly clear which side he’s on in the highly-polarizing debate involving NFL star Colin Kaepernick and his unwavering protests against racism. According to the 70-year-old coach, he greatly admires Kaepernick’s actions, and believes that he is blazing the trail for the fight against racism, particularly […]

Back in 1992, the USA Team deployed its 12 best players on the Olympic stage and promptly annihilated every opponent in its path. It was at the time called the Dream Team. A moniker the team has earned and has will be used for the rest of history. That team was quite the collection of […]

Gregg Popovich is up to one of his oldest, most-favorite tricks. The San Antonio Spurs announced that star LaMarcus Aldridge and DeMar DeRozan would each sit out of Wednesday’s tilt with the Golden State Warriors on ESPN, flaunting the league’s stated public preference that marquee players suit up for nationally televised games if healthy enough […]

San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray is not a happy man after ESPN brought his name up in a trade scenario, and he made his displeasure known. Murray was brought up by the famed sports network as part of a hypothetical trade. According to the outlet, Murray — along with several other Spurs — would […]

The NBA’s trade deadline is upon us, and teams will be looking to make moves before Thursday to either improve their roster in preparation for the postseason, gather draft picks for their future, and to simply unload bad contracts. One of the teams who is looking to free up some cap room is the San […]

Gregg Popovich is currently in his 23rd season as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, and once again, he is doing a masterful job, leading a questionable cast of players to a 32-23 record over the first three-and-a-half months of the season. But is the 70-year-old nearing the end of his tether as an […]

After some early-season struggles, the San Antonio Spurs have managed to work their way to a 32-23 record and currently sit in the sixth spot in the Western Conference. They have a tough stretch ahead of them, though, as they just embarked on an eight-game road trip and may not have a key player for […]

Midway through the fourth quarter of the matchup between the Sacramento King and the San Antonio Spurs, Marvin Bagley slammed hope a nasty 360 alley-oop. This put the Kings up by nine halfway through the last quarter of the game. 👀 MARVIN BAGLEY THE THIRD! 👀 📺: @NBATV pic.twitter.com/Ct1en4vkq4 — NBA (@NBA) February 5, 2019 […]

San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White is expected to miss at least the next three games, according to Jeff McDonald of The San Antonio Express-News. Derrick White is dealing with a right heel injury,  though it’s not the same foot that caused him to miss some time earlier in the season. An update to this: Derrick […]

The designated veteran player extension, best known as the “supermax” extension, was designed to give small market teams a better chance to keep their homegrown stars and entice those stars to remain with the franchise with a more lucrative offer. Following Kevin Durant’s shocking signing with the Golden State Warriors on July 4, 2016, the […]

San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White is set to miss the first of their eight-game road trip on Monday. According to Jeff McDonald of My San Antonio, Derrick White has been ruled out of the Spurs’ Monday night showdown with the Sacramento Kings due to a right heel soreness. Fortunately for the team, that is not […]

San Antonio Spurs All-Star power forward LaMarcus Aldridge has now scored over 18,000 points in his NBA career, as the big man reached the impressive milestone on Saturday at home against the New Orleans Pelicans. Aldridge entered Saturday with 17,988 career points. He’s No. 72 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. With this bucket, @aldridge_12 reached […]

Bats have a long history of attending San Antonio Spurs home games. The most memorable encounter with the winged, nocturnal creatures at AT&T Center came in 2009 when Manu Ginobili used his flair for daring and notoriously quick hands to knock a bat out of thin air as it terrorized fans, players, coaches, and officials […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich won’t offer New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry advice on how to handle superstar big man Anthony Davis’ trade request. To recall, Popovich had to deal with Kawhi Leonard’s trade request last summer. The Spurs traded Leonard to the Toronto Raptors. Pop was asked whether he's offered Alvin Gentry […]

The NBA’s trade deadline frenzy has already begun with the New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks offering the first salvo in blockbuster deals. With one stroke, the Knicks and Mavs sent shock waves reverberating throughout the league as Kristaps Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr., Courtney Lee and Trey Burke were sent packing from New York to […]

During Thursday’s game between the Brooklyn Nets and the San Antonio Spurs, a bat flew into the crowd to everyone’s surprise. This called for an opportunity for the Spurs crowd to prove that they’re the only ones who’s trained to handle such occurrence. All they had to do was chant “Manu Ginobili” for all to […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has noticed a trend of players demanding a trade from their team. Despite its possible negative effect on the league, Popovich pledged his support for the players. As reported by Mike Finger of San Antonio Express-News, Popovich believes that such trade demands might have a “deleterious” effect on […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are trying to engage the New Orleans Pelicans in trade talks that would let them acquire All-Star forward Anthony Davis. Reportedly, the Pelicans’ front office will not entertain any calls from the franchise. And one particular person from the San Antonio Spurs might have something to do with that. Spurs head […]

Many believe that the San Antonio Spurs of today is no longer the once-feared Spurs side that could challenge for a title year in and year out. According to top NBA statistician Justin Kubatko, this perceived downfall might have a lot to do with their defense. Kubatko presents a very interesting statistic that proves that […]

After a close win against the Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich came to reporters heated. He did not think his team deserved to win that game. Rudy Gay had to hit a buzzer beater three to win the contest. Popovich told ESPN: “We were really fortunate to win the game. I […]

The San Antonio Spurs have put on an offensive showcase in their last two games, shooting the lights out from beyond the arc. For the first time in franchise history, the team has made 15 threes in back to back games: Spurs have hit 15+ three-pointers in back to back games for the first time […]

Rudy Gay hit a huge three against the Pheonix Suns on Tuesday to seal the win for the San Antonio Spurs. With four seconds on the clock, Gay dribbled down right above the free throw line. He pulled up and splashed a three in Kelly Oubre’s eye, beating the buzzer to win the game. RUDY […]

San Antonio Spurs shooting guard DeMar DeRozan missed his third consecutive game on Tuesday, but the All-Star guard says he’s feeling the best he has in weeks and that he’s trying to be smart with his body. DeRozan is dealing with a sore left knee. The Spurs’ leading scorer says he would be playing if […]

Think it’s a shoo-in that the New Orleans Pelicans trade superstar big man Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers? Think again. According to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, San Antonio Spurs head coach spoke to Pelicans general manager Dell Demps this week, telling Demps not to give in to Davis or the Lakers: “I’ve been […]

Though he’s currently the league’s most accurate shooter from beyond the arc, San Antonio Spurs forward Davis Bertans has not received an invitation to this season’s three-point contest. Bertans, now 26 years of age, is knocking down 49.2 percent of his shots from downtown — a remarkable feat by any stretch. However, the NBA feels […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich revealed that Dejounte Murray will definitely not return to action this season. Per Jeff McDonald, Popovich reiterated that Murray tore his ACL and has a “zero” chance of returning this year. A torn ACL usually has a timetable of 12 months. In case you were wondering, Gregg Popovich […]

Look out for Bryn Forbes on this week’s edition of Shaqtin’ a Fool. The San Antonio Spurs guard had a Meme Team worthy moment in the fourth quarter of their Saturday night match-up against the New Orleans Pelicans. Forbes lost his shoe after making a tough layup over Pelicans forward Solomon Hill. Just as the […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach and future Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich set an NBA record Saturday night following the Spurs’ road win against the New Orleans Pelicans on the road. Pop makes history 👏 (via @EliasSports) pic.twitter.com/bM6TPBf8d5 — NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) January 27, 2019 Congratulations, Pop! While a lot of people are talking […]

San Antonio Spurs small forward Rudy Gay grabbed his 5,000th career rebound on Saturday against the New Orleans, etching his name next to Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James and Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook along the way. Rudy Gay entered the NBA back in 2006 with the Memphis Grizzlies. Since then, […]

The San Antonio Spurs take on the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday in the Big Easy, and Spurs shooting guard DeMar DeRozan won’t play. DeRozan is dealing with a sore left knee. It will be a battle of short handed teams tomorrow: Per #Spurs, DeRozan (sore left knee) and Bertans (personal reasons) are out. Aldridge […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich made a surprising decision to bench his star player DeMar DeRozan in the winding seconds of regulation, as the Spurs had only 1.1 seconds to tie the Philadelphia 76ers or leave with a win on their hands on Wednesday night after trailing 122-120. DeRozan was hit hottest player […]

Before Brett Brown became head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers in 2013, he learned under the tutelage of Gregg Popovich, serving as an assistant for the San Antonio Spurs from 2002 through 2013. Like so many other of Popovich’s contemporaries, Brown has great respect for the grizzled coach, calling him the greatest coach who ever […]

Philadelphia 76ers forward Wilson Chandler made a game-saving block on San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan on Wednesday night. There were just seconds left in the game when Chandler locked him up and blocked him from behind to seal the game. Clutch block from Wilson Chandler on DeRozan #HereTheyCome pic.twitter.com/yw0JBz8Uo7 — Def Pen Hoops (@DefPenHoops) […]

With the emergence of Jakob Poeltl, the San Antonio Spurs could look to trade veteran big man Pau Gasol at the Feb. 7 trade deadline, but they might not have much luck. According to Jabari Young of The Athletic, a league executive doesn’t think Pau Gasol has any trade value at this stage of his career: […]

With the trade deadline coming up, the San Antonio Spurs are looking for some more wing help and have inquired about acquiring a swingman, according to Jabari Young of The Atheltic. The Spurs reportedly had interest in Trevor Ariza, but he was sent to the Washington Wizards before San Antonio was able to come up […]

With NBA All-Star Weekend looming, the league is starting to trim the field of potential 3-Point Contest participants. One such candidate is San Antonio Spurs big man Davis Bertans, who is stroking the three-ball at 48.6 percent on 4.1 attempts per game this season. Bertans’ Spurs teammate and fellow sharpshooter Marco Belinelli has thrown his […]