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The San Antonio Spurs pulled off a stunning victory over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. Victor Wembanyama stuffed the stat sheet against fellow rookie Chet Holmgren. Of course, Wembanyama did not hold back after the game, sporting an amusing NSFW celebration. Victor Wembanyama and Spurs taste sweet victory after beating […]

The San Antonio Spurs have made a decisive move on one of Victor Wembanyama’s prized teammates. Veteran forward Marcus Morris and the Spurs have agreed to a contract buyout, per Shams Charania. Morris can now be an NBA Playoffs X-factor for a contending team. Spurs agree to depart from Marcus Morris’ contract in his search […]

With a month and a half left in the NBA regular season, the San Antonio Spurs are on track to suffer their worst season record in franchise history. Showing 11 wins through February, the Silver and Black aren’t on pace to exceed the 20 victories the 1996-1997 team mustered. Amid the struggles, the young team […]

The two rookies who’ve combined to win the Western Conference Rookie of the Month this season meet for the third time in the NBA when Victor Wembanyama hosts Chet Holmgren on Thursday. But it’ll mark the first time they’ll see each other since this season’s top overall pick overtook the 2022 draft’s second selection in […]

Coming on the heels of a game against a team they may want to emulate, the San Antonio Spurs get set for a matchup against the franchise that may have laid a blueprint. The Oklahoma City Thunder, who are right near the top of the Western Conference, visit the Frost Bank Center on Thursday night. […]

The San Antonio Spurs’ annual Rodeo Road Trip turned 22 years old this season. And just as the name of the arena that annually hosts the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo has changed a couple times, so have the team’s fortunes. A stretch that once honed Spurs teams for championship runs now hits low […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are on the road to take on the San Antonio Spurs Thursday night. Below we will continue our NBA odds series as we hand out a Thunder-Spurs prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Thunder are having a great season. They are 41-17, […]

A 114-105 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday ended this season’s version of the annual San Antonio Spurs’ “Rodeo Road Trip.” 11-48 for the season, SA won just one of the nine game games that took up most of February. With that, Black and Silver linings may be hard to find. In fact, when […]

San Antonio Spurs super rookie Victor Wembanyama turned the ball over 43 seconds into the second half. Sixteen seconds after that, he was headed to the bench in Tuesday’s 114-105 loss at the Minnesota Timberwolves. The memo was loud and clear to the man who’s already taken the league by storm with some incredibly impressive […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves played host to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. While Victor Wembanyama has blossomed into one of the league’s brightest young stars, the Wolves didn’t allow people to forget just how good they’ve been all season. After jumping out to an early lead, Minnesota pulled ahead in convincing fashion. Stellar defense […]

After a couple days of rest, the Minnesota Timberwolves had the treat of hosting Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. Coming off of a win, the Wolves were searching to start up a new winning streak post-All-Star break. Behind strong efforts from Anthony Edwards, Naz Reid and company, Minnesota comfortably took […]

Forward Jeremy Sochan and the San Antonio Spurs are currently looking for the best ways to maximize the talents around their franchise cornerstone, rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama, who has already established himself as one of the most unique players the game has ever seen. Sochan seems to have garnered a bit more chemistry with Wembanyama […]

San Antonio Spurs superstar rookie Victor Wembanyama is unlike any player we’ve ever seen in the NBA, but a former NBA champion believes one of the game’s greatest legends is an apt comparison for the young Frenchman. Metta Sandiford-Artest, formerly known as Metta World Peace and Ron Artest, said he believes Wembanyama’s ceiling is pretty […]

DeMarcus Cousins, who is not on any NBA team’s roster at the moment, is still clearly following what’s happening in the league. He even has an intriguing insight about a potential trade that sends Atlanta Hawks star point guard Trae Young to the San Antonio Spurs and builds a staggering duo with Victor Wembanyama. “I […]

The San Antonio Spurs are on the road to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves Tuesday night. Below we will continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Timberwolves prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Spurs are 11-47 this season, and they have lost their last four games. […]

Not that they have a ton of options, but the San Antonio Spurs can tell you with certainty which is their best win of the season. Following a 113-112 victory over a Minnesota Timberwolves team that continues to sit atop the Western Conference, Devin Vassell and Gregg Popovich put it at the top of the […]

Save for two of his last four games, San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell is becoming the continued force his team envisions. Overshadowed for a month by teammate Victor Wembanyama’s stat stuffing efforts, Vassell hadn’t scored less than 15 points since January 15th vs. the Atlanta Hawks. That is, until a loss right before the […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama is no stranger to navigating ridiculous, borderline hyperbolic expectations. Not since LeBron James walked into the NBA as an 18-year-old over two decades has a player came into the league with so much pressure to be great right away, and as was the case with LeBron, early returns […]

After posting a rare “5×5” game, San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama followed with 22 points, 10 rebounds, and five blocks in a loss to the Utah Jazz. Such outings are now the norm for the generational prospect and beg the question of how much more he can improve before the end of his rookie […]

Unlike their previous three games against the Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers, Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs faced a team that’s not expected to make the 2024 NBA playoffs. But like the Mavs, Kings and Lakers, the Utah Jazz proved too much for the “sloppy” Silver and Black. A 128-109 […]

On Sunday evening, Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs hit the road to take on the Utah Jazz from Salt Lake City. The Spurs were coming off a narrow loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in which Wembanyama lit up the Crpyto.com Arena crowd but San Antonio was unable to get over the hump […]

At 75 years old, Gregg Popovich is certainly at an age in which he could be Victor Wembanyama’s grandfather. Heck, there’s a world in which the Hall of Fame coach is old enough to be a freshly-turned 20-year-old’s great grandfather. One thing’s for sure. The San Antonio Spurs’ legendary coach is already making a mark–and […]

From the moment the San Antonio Spurs won the 2023 NBA Draft lottery and the right to draft Victor Wembanyama, the linkage was inescapable. The same franchise that had previously won the right to draft David Robinson and Tim Duncan was set to land another generational seven-footer. It turns out, San Antonio’s “Twin Towers” are […]

Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs faced off against LeBron James and Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. Afterward, it was the legend with whom many often compare to James who took center stage in one of the Spurs superstar’s answers. With five steals and five blocks in the 123-118 loss to the Lakers, […]

The San Antonio Spurs are on the road to take on the Utah Jazz Sunday night. Below we will continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Jazz prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Spurs are 11-46 this season, and they have lost their last three games. […]

The day after the Los Angeles Lakers topped the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night, star LeBron James shared a loving message for San Antonio’s Hall of Fame coach Gregg Popovich: “Love you Pop!!” The message comes after James praised Popovich while speaking about their relationship before Friday’s game. “The utmost respect. One of the […]

Whether it’s Ty Lue, Coach K, or Coach Prime, LeBron James is happy to dole out praise to head coaches (as long as they aren’t whomever he’s playing for at the time). On Friday, following the Los Angeles Lakers’ decisive-enough win over the San Antonio Spurs, James dished out praise to Victor Wembanyama after his […]

The San Antonio Spurs may be the worst team in the Western Conference record-wise, but they have been a must-see team due to the presence of rookie star Victor Wembanyama. The No. 1 overall pick has so far lived up to the hype that was bestowed upon him coming into this season. His dazzling display […]

The San Antonio Spurs were on the verge of knocking off a team that’s expected to make the playoffs. They’d rallied to lead the Sacramento Kings by four with just over two minutes remaining in the game. From that moment on, one team showed why it’s looking for a second straight postseason appearance while the […]

The San Antonio Spurs will attempt to spoil the fun in La La Land as they take on the Los Angeles Lakers this Friday night! it’s about that time to check out our NBA odds series where our Spurs-Lakers prediction and pick will be revealed. Despite owning the worst record within the Western Conference at […]

The San Antonio Spurs aren’t going to win a lot more games over the last third of their season.  But that doesn’t mean they won’t improve. In fact, be prepared to see significant individual growth from several key players. Combine a trade deadline move that didn’t make them better, an 11-44 record at the All-Star […]

The San Antonio Spurs fell to the Sacramento Kings on Thursday, but this hasn’t stopped Victor Wembanyama from making strides as a player. The rookie produced another double-double, scoring 19 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. With his latest performance, Wembanyama joins several well-known names in achieving a certain feat. Hauling down the 500th rebound of […]

LeBron James is expected to return to the Los Angeles Lakers’ lineup for Friday’s matchup vs. Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs at Crypto.com Arena, according to head coach Darvin Ham. LeBron missed the Lakers’ loss vs. the Golden State Warriors on Thursday due to ongoing treatment on his left ankle. (At All-Star Weekend, […]

The Spurs enter the unofficially halfway point of the NBA season just three games better than the Detroit Pistons and two games better than the Washington Wizards in the race to avoid the worst record in the NBA. The Spurs haven’t been seen as being in ‘tank mode’ this season largely because of the brilliant […]

The San Antonio Spurs are on the road to take on the Sacramento Kings Thursday night. This game will continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Kings prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Spurs are 11-44 this season, so they have not been playing as well […]

The San Antonio Spurs’ only move at the NBA trade line was their biggest mistake. And not by default. ClutchPoints reported on Doug McDermott’s affection for San Antonio and the Spurs leading up to a deal that sent him to the Indiana Pacers. In parting ways with one of their few veteran players, the franchise […]

While Victor Wembanyama covered many topics during the NBA’s All-Star break, his biggest headline probably came with how much he gushed over the San Antonio Spurs. But, he also countered one of the franchise’s tried and true mantras. “About not skipping steps, I’ve been told never to skip steps my whole life but it didn’t […]

Victor Wembanyama entered the NBA as the most anticipated prospect since LeBron James, and with the presence of social media, the gap felt fairly negligible. It was not a question of if he would be great but rather how great he would become. It is difficult to live up to such enormous hype, but Wembanyama […]

The San Antonio Spurs were arguably the biggest winner of the 2023 offseason when they became the team that won the lottery, effectively winning them the right to draft generational big man prospect Victor Wembanyama. Many saw Wembanyama as a game-changing talent, a transcendent defensive talent standing at 7’4 who also has the offensive skillset […]