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After Game 2 of the series between the Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich gave some high praise to LaMarcus Aldridge that many believed was a slight at Kawhi Leonard. “LaMarcus has been a monster all year long,” Popovich told Sam Amick of USA Today Sports. “He’s led our team at […]

Manu Ginobili was optimistic after a Game 2 showing, despite suffering a second straight loss to the Golden State Warriors and now facing an 0-2 deficit in the first-round playoff series. “We left San Francisco, we got a better feeling in Game 2 than in Game 1, knowing that we have to use that performance […]

The Kawhi Leonard saga boasts plenty of implications — is there a rift between him and the organization? No rift? Is he willing to take the supermax offer? If not, where would he go? According to Tim Bontemps of The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Lakers and the L.A. Clippers will be players on this […]

The divide between Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs can be narrowed down to a rift between the star forward and coach Gregg Popovich, who haven’t seen eye to eye in recent memory. Popovich has mentioned Leonard “and his group” more than once now during interviews — a clear sign that the long-tenured 69-year-old […]

Fans and critics alike have dished out their opinion on the San Antonio Spurs-Kawhi Leonard situation. It has gained so much attention that NBA legend Scottie Pippen shared his views on the matter. As posted by ESPN, Pippen blasted Leonard’s absence from the team. The former six-time champion said in part: “I think it is […]

Usually, when a player is injured, he just doesn’t stay at home. If he can, he joins the team or at the very least, gives them updates. But the Kawhi Leonard-San Antonio Spurs situation is very different. It was revealed that Leonard went weeks without communicating with the team. As reported by Ailene Voisin of […]

Apart from being one of the best coaches in NBA history, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is also known for his sarcastic quips. It varies from stone-faced replies to reporters, one-worded answers to lengthy questions, and recently, cheering the opposing team on. As posted by TMZSports, Popovich said “Go Warriors” while riding out […]

For the San Antonio Spurs, the drama in these playoffs does not just unfold on the basketball court. Down 0-2 in their first-round series matchup with the Golden State Warriors, the Spurs are also trying to wade through the issue of Kawhi Leonard’s inability to play despite San Antonio clearing him medically to return to […]

The Golden State Warriors are in no rush to get Stephen Curry back, as they are currently enjoying a 2-0 lead in their playoffs first-round matchup with the San Antonio Spurs. That said, the two-time league MVP will be lending his teammates support from the sidelines in Games 3 and 4 of the series, per […]

Kawhi Leonard’s concluded end of the season hasn’t done much to stop the imminent questions of his distance from the organization, reportedly in New York rehabbing his injury instead of with the San Antonio Spurs during this important playoff stretch. Asked about his fellow star teammate, big man LaMarcus Aldridge didn’t have many words to […]

Klay Thompson had the worst postseason of his NBA career last season, ironically during a dominant 15-1 postseason run for the Golden State Warriors. Yet this time around, the sharpshooter has done everything in his power to erase those memories with a couple of dominant games to start the playoffs against the San Antonio Spurs. […]

After the San Antonio Spurs’ Game 2 victory over the Golden State Warriors, Gregg Popovich raised some eyebrows with his comments about LaMarcus Aldridge. “LaMarcus has been a monster all year long,” Popovich told Sam Amick of USA Today Sports. “He’s led our team at both ends of the floor. He doesn’t complain about a […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich might not have the most popular political opinions living in the state of Texas, historically a Republican state. Popovich has been a liberal soul ever since his time serving in the Air Force and has carried those same beliefs throughout his life, and his comments against the current […]

One of the better off-the-court stories to take place in this first round involved Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and his son Nick. Nick Kerr is currently working as an intern for the San Antonio Spurs and before Game 1 of the playoffs, he was voted out of the film room by the […]

After the San Antonio Spurs’ 116-101 loss in Game 2 to the defending champion Golden State Warriors, head coach Gregg Popovich and his Spurs now find themselves down 2-0 in a series that heads back to San Antonio. Following Monday night’s loss, Popovich praised the efforts of All-Star power forward LaMarcus Aldridge for his 34-point, […]

Although San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has been at the helm of a team playing shorthanded without star forward Kawhi Leonard for a vast majority of 2017-18, he managed to get the Spurs back into the playoffs for a record 21st straight season. When Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News asked Popovich about […]

The San Antonio Spurs have been put in a precarious position involving star forward Kawhi Leonard centered the handling of his quad injury. This has moved to the point to where his long-term future with the franchise has seemingly been put up in the air. Leonard is set to enter the fourth year of his five-year, […]

Following a rousing 113-92 over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green proved ultimately confident of his team, so long as it can replicate the high level of play the team showcased on Saturday afternoon. In light of the 21-point coast-to-coast beatdown, the Spurs are bound to take a […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich responded to yet another Kawhi Leonard question, giving one last update even after the team announced he will miss the remainder of the postseason. “He’s rehabbing right now in New York, trying to get healthy,” Popovich said, according to Michael C. Wright of ESPN. With not much else […]

Despite a previous scare in the last stretch of the season, the San Antonio Spurs have managed to make the playoffs for a 21st straight time, and most-admirably done so without their star forward Kawhi Leonard. Led by LaMarcus Aldridge for the vast majority of 2017-18, the team finished off the season winning 10 of […]

For the Charlotte Hornets who don’t have any games to look forward to anymore this season, their number one priority is to find a new bench boss. After sacking Steve Clifford, the Hornets are on the hunt for Clifford’s successor in the market, and among those who have gotten Charlotte’s attention is current San Antonio […]

The San Antonio Spurs have played most of the season without Kawhi Leonard, and it looks like nothing is going to change for the postseason. According to Shams Charania of The Vertical, Leonard is expected to remain out for the rest of the playoffs. San Antonio Spurs star Kawhi Leonard is expected to miss the […]

The San Antonio Spurs suffered a disappointing loss in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors.This notably had the absent of star forward Kawhi Leonard being around the team although he is still out of the lineup. There has been no clarity on the entire situation and his standing with […]

With the 2018 NBA playoffs officially underway, there are still questions about Kawhi Leonard. When asked about if Leonard will rejoin the San Antonio Spurs during their first round series against the Golden State Warriors, head coach Gregg Popovich said that is a better question for the 26-year-old and his team. As Game 2 takes […]

With the future star forward Kawhi Leonard with the San Antonio Spurs completely up in the air right now, one team that is reportedly making a trade package for Leonard is the L.A. Clippers. Consider the L.A. Clippers one of the many teams keeping tabs on the situation. The Clippers are planning a trade package […]

On Saturday afternoon, the San Antonio Spurs were completely outplayed in Game 1 of the first round by the Golden State Warriors en route to a lopsided 113-92 loss at Oracle Arena. During his postgame press conference with members of the media, Spurs longtime head coach Gregg Popovich had yet another classic interview when he […]

The NBA is not a Black Mirror episode. Of the four major pro sports leagues in North America, it is the most predictable (including the NBA playoffs). Remember last year when we wasted our time watching each team play 82 games for an entire season knowing full well that in the end, it was going […]

Earl Watson just made a very bold claim. The former Phoenix Suns head coach joined Colin Cowherd on his show this week and offered up his thoughts about the Warriors-Spurs first round series in the NBA playoffs. Surprisingly, Watson is siding with the Spurs in this one and it seems to mostly have to do […]

After failing to reach 50-plus wins for the first time since the 1998-99 NBA shortened season, the San Antonio Spurs are currently preparing for the defending champion Golden State Warriors. While Stephen Curry is expected to miss the first round, the Spurs will have their hands full going against Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, and Draymond […]

The Andre Ingram craze has taken over the NBA, but evidently, not everyone knows exactly who he is yet. Ingram is all the time three pointer leader in the G-League and at the age of 32 he finally got his shot in the NBA when the Los Angeles Lakers signed him for the final two games […]

The Golden State Warriors are going to face the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has apparently prepared a gameplan and his scouting report does not include Kawhi Leonard. Steve Kerr said the Warriors are preparing for a Spurs team without Kawhi: "We do […]

A postseason matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors is usually reserved for the conference semifinals, at the least. But, in a weird twist of fate, the 2018 NBA Playoffs will now feature these two teams going toe-to-toe in the first round. There’s a simple explanation behind this uncommon event, though, which […]

The Golden State Warriors are set to face the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. Steve Kerr, who was once a Spur, will face his former head coach Gregg Popovich. Recently, Kerr expressed his immense desire in beating Pop. As reported by Melissa Rohlin of the Bay Area News Group, Kerr […]

No one knows when the end will come for the San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili. All that’s certain is it will come sooner than anyone wants and much later than everyone expected. “I guess it’s sort of a melancholy joy, thinking that every arena he steps into will be the last time I’ll see him […]

Dwyane Wade concurred with a previous rumor of a potential Kawhi Leonard trade this summer, given that the San Antonio Spurs have had a clear divide with their star forward and his camp on his return from a quad injury. A previous talk revealed that the Boston Celtics would have the best assets to offer […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich was asked who he wants to play in the first round of the playoffs. As if we all didn’t know exactly what he would say to that. Popovich of course said he doesn’t care and then went into longer detail on other things. Pregame Popovich: Doesn’t care who […]

The NBA playoffs are right around the corner and a lot can still happen despite just a few games left for most teams. This is especially the case in the Western Conference standings where only the top two seeds are set in stone with the Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors sitting at the […]

It was a performance worthy of the greatest players ever in NBA history. Ben Simmons, the heir apparent to LeBron James, played as well as any of his idol’s opponents, delivering a triple-double and a 132-130 Philadelphia 76ers win to take the third seed in Eastern Conference from the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers on […]

San Antonio Spurs veteran Manu Ginobili has made his potential farewell season a fairly memorable one, having found the fountain of youth, even at 40 years old, impressing both teammates and opponents with his play. The Argentinian shooting guard pulled back the clock once again on Monday, dropping 17 points, six rebounds, and five assists […]