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The Boston Celtics will travel to South Texas to face off with the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center on Saturday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Celtics-Spurs prediction and pick. On Thursday, the Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 124-95 at the American Airlines Center. Jayson Tatum led […]

After a solid start to the 2022-23 NBA season in October, the San Antonio Spurs have gone all-in on tanking for Victor Wembanyama. In fact, the Spurs have gone 8-24 since November started and are currently second-to-the-last in the entire Western Conference. They are just 2.5 games ahead of in-state rivals the Houston Rockets. We’re […]

Two teams trying to avoid the cellars of their respective conferences will meet up for action on this NBA Friday as the Detroit Pistons battle the San Antonio Spurs in the Alamo City. It is time to check out our NBA odds series where our Pistons-Spurs prediction and pick will be revealed for all to see. […]

It has been a rough season for the San Antonio Spurs, but one of the few bright spots has been the play of guard/forward Devin Vassell. What makes this spot even brighter is the fact Vassell has been able to produce battling through soreness in his left knee.  Sadly, the lingering pain is going to […]

The NBA trade deadline is a month away, but the front office for the Boston Celtics is already starting to make moves. Per NBA insider Shams Charania, the Celtics dealt center Noah Vonleh as well as cash considerations to the San Antonio Spurs. While the C’s didn’t receive anyone in this trade (they got a […]

The San Antonio Spurs (12-25) visit the New York Knicks (20-18) on Wednesday night. Action tips off at 7:40 ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Knicks prediction and pick. San Antonio has lost three of their last four games to drop them to 14th place in the Western Conference. The Spurs […]

For years, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has cultivated an image of himself being a tough, hard-nosed coach who urges his players to bring some “nasty” with them on the court. Part of Popovich’s persona is his sometimes contentious relationship with some members of the media, and oftentimes, his prickly disposition during interviews […]

Keldon Johnson has been on quite a tear for the San Antonio Spurs of late. In his last three games, this young man has averaged 27.3 points on 52.8 percent shooting, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks, while also connecting on 3.0 triples per game on a highly-efficient 47.4 percent clip. To say that Johnson has […]

The Brooklyn Nets’ Monday night matchup with the tanking San Antonio Spurs was not at the top of the list of games to watch this season. Despite this, there was a noticeable buzz at Barclays Center as the Nets claimed their 12th straight win, a 139-103 blowout of San Antonio. A sellout Brooklyn crowd remained […]

Gregg Popovich has been coaching the San Antonio Spurs since the 1996-97 NBA season. Robert Parish was still around playing when he started calling the shots from the sidelines for the Spurs. Now in his fourth different decade of coaching the Spurs, does Popovich think about when is the time for him to finally call […]

Jacque Vaughn spent seven seasons on the Brooklyn Nets’ coaching staff before landing the head coaching job. During that time, Vaughn quietly became a significant voice behind the scenes, cultivating relationships with players and providing a high-IQ, defensive mind on the bench. The longtime assistant now finds himself leading one of the most dramatic turnarounds […]

Gregg Popovich made a guarantee in jest that the San Antonio Spurs would be able to hold Luka Doncic below 50 points. The Dallas Mavericks star wasn’t playing around after that, dropping 51 on Coach Pop’s boys. After the game in which the Mavs beat the Spurs by a single point, Popovich hilariously had to […]

Luka Doncic saw Gregg Popovich’s joke about holding him under 50 points in the Dallas Mavericks-San Antonio Spurs game on Friday, so did it motivate him to score another 50-piece? According to Doncic himself, that is not the case as he was solely focused on helping the Mavs take the win and extend their win […]

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic just keeps making history that no other player has done before. He did so again on Saturday against the San Antonio Spurs. Just a few days after becoming the first player to have a 60-20-10 game in NBA history, Doncic continued his hot streak by dropping 51 points on the […]

Before the Dallas Mavericks faced the San Antonio Spurs on New Year’s Eve, Gregg Popovich guaranteed that they were going to hold Luka Doncic to under 50 points. Long story short, they didn’t. Now, Coach Pop is on the receiving end of hilarious trolling from NBA fans who couldn’t help but mock him for his […]

While some fans are happy to see Luka Doncic score 51 points to help the Dallas Mavericks take down the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday and boost his MVP bid, Jason Kidd is not one of them. And why would he? Doncic dropping another 50-piece is good TV and all that, but for the Mavs […]

The Dallas Mavericks will head to the home of the Alamo as they face the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center on Saturday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Mavericks-Spurs prediction and pick. The Mavericks defeated the Houston Rockets 129-114 on Thursday night. Luka Doncic followed his 60-point Tuesday […]

Luka Doncic will step on the court Friday night against the San Antonio Spurs likely still smoldering. No one is having a hotter stretch right now in the NBA than the Slovenian Dallas Mavericks superstar. It was not that long ago when he skewered the New York Knicks for a 60-point triple-double that no one […]

New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson missed Tuesday’s game against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks with a sore right hip. Without Brunson, the Knicks lost to the Mavs in overtime, 126-121, largely due to a 60-point triple-double from Doncic. So when the Knicks travel to San Antonio to play the Spurs on Thursday night, […]

The New York Knicks (18-17) visit the San Antonio Spurs (11-23) on Thursday night. Action tips off at 8:10 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Knicks-Spurs prediction and pick. New York has lost four straight games but still sits in seventh place in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks cover at […]

Gregg Popovich didn’t break his 63-second ejection record on Tuesday, but one could say that his double technical and exit against the Oklahoma City Thunder was quick in its own right. Early in the second quarter of the game, Popovich had some words to the official and received back-to-back techs in return. He was then […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson has emerged as an up-and-coming star this season. The 23-year-old is posting career highs in points, rebounds, and assists thus far and has only missed four games. However, a recent update from the team indicates that Johnson is currently dealing with an injury. With this in mind, when the […]

The San Antonio Spurs’ game against the Utah Jazz on Monday has been delayed for at least 30 minutes due to what the team called a “security threat.” San Antonio and the AT&T center brass didn’t provide further details on what the security issue is, only announcing that a “potential security threat” has “impacted fans […]

The San Antonio Spurs (10-20) visit the New Orleans Pelicans (18-12) on Thursday night. Action tips off at 8 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Pelicans prediction and pick. San Antonio has lost two of their last three games to drop them to 14th in the Western Conference. The Spurs are […]

The 2022-23 season is the start of a new era for the San Antonio Spurs. After missing the playoffs for three consecutive years, the Spurs fully embraced the rebuilding mode by trading All-Star guard Dejounte Murray in exchange for most first-round picks. With the 2023 NBA trade deadline approaching in under two months, expect San […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich didn’t want to make a prediction for the Argentina vs. France FIFA World Cup final, and so he dodged the question like a “politician.” Ahead of the Spurs’ Saturday game against the Miami Heat, Coach Pop was asked which team he’ll be rooting for in the World Cup. […]

Jakob Poeltl is listed as available on the NBA injury report, per NBA.com. The San Antonio Spurs big man has missed an extended period of time due to injury. His impending return provides the Spurs with a steady rim-protecting presence. The 27-year old big man has been listed in a various amount of trade rumors. […]

It will be a superior showdown as the Miami Heat battle the San Antonio Spurs live from Mexico City Arena. It’s time for some international basketball and time for us to continue our NBA odds series with a Heat-Spurs prediction and pick. The Heat defeated the Houston Rockets 111-108 on Thursday night. Tyler Herro produced […]

The San Antonio Spurs, despite being in contention for most of the past 20 years, are clearly in rebuild mode. And with Jakob Poeltl in the last year of the three-year, $26.3 million extension he signed in 2020, it’s no wonder why other teams with dreams of playoff contention, namely the Golden State Warriors and […]

The Portland Trail Blazers (15-12) visit the San Antonio Spurs (9-18) on Wednesday night. Action tips off at 8:10 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Blazers-Spurs prediction and pick. Portland has won four of their last five games to bump them up to sixth in the Western Conference. The Blazers […]

Before she led the Las Vegas Aces to the city’s first title by a professional sports team there, Becky Hammon was an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs. There was a point where it looked like she was about to become the first woman to be a head coach in the NBA but Hammon […]

Keldon Johnson and the San Antonio Spurs have endured a rough past few weeks. Johnson, in particular, had a stretch where he was shooting below 30 percent from the field while the Spurs lost 11 straight games for the first time in Gregg Popovich’s tenure as head coach. But over the past three games, something […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers (17-10) visit the San Antonio Spurs (8-18) on Monday night. Action tips off at 8:40 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Cavaliers-Spurs prediction and pick. Cleveland has gone just 2-2 over the last four games but still sits in third place in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers […]

DeMarcus Cousins is without a doubt one of the most colorful personalities we’ve ever seen in the NBA. This man has been involved in his fair share of controversies both on and off the court. Through the years, he’s also learned more than a few valuable lessons. One of them happens to be, never to […]

The San Antonio Spurs pulled off a close win on Saturday, 115-111 against the Miami Heat, and it was third-year guard Devin Vassell who carried them home with two clutch jumpers in the final 58 seconds. Becoming the Spurs go-to player down the stretch of close games is a role that Vassell has been steadily […]

Saturday’s matchup between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs will be a clash between two teams with very different objectives this season. It will also be an opportunity for fans to witness a chess match between two of the top minds in the NBA today in Erik Spoelstra and Gregg Popovich. Ahead of […]

The February 9, 2023, NBA trade deadline will be here before we know it, which means the NBA trade chatter is heating up. One player who is definitely on the block is San Antonio Spurs center Jakob Poeltl. There are plenty of teams who could use this versatile, talented big man, including the Toronto Raptors. […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson balled out Thursday night in his team’s 118-109 home win over the Houston Rockets. It wasn’t just any other big game from Johnson, though. His performance was one for the books, as it allowed his name to get mentioned in the same sentence as an all-time great in Tim […]

The Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs are two of the worst teams today, clearly in rebuild mode despite being two of the most consistent playoff teams over the past few decades or so. Nonetheless, player development is of utmost priority, with young stars such as Alperen Sengun, Jalen Green, and Keldon Johnson, among others, […]