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The San Antonio Spurs drafted Stephon Castle in late June. They added Chris Paul in very early July. So, when they traded for Harrison Barnes several days later, it seemed a little anticlimactic. Castle was considered by many the most pro-ready prospect, and possibly the best player, period, in last summer’s draft. Paul is one […]

Despite being officially eliminated from postseason contention, Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker suited up and played in the team’s final home game of the season, a 117-98 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night at Footprint Center. The appearance held no playoff implications, but Booker explained that his decision to play was rooted […]

The Dallas Mavericks became the most criticized organization in professional sports in the aftermath of their decision to trade Luka Doncic away to the Los Angeles Lakers. In fact, it was only the Lakers that was given the opportunity to acquire Doncic, with the Mavericks being hellbent on acquiring Anthony Davis in return. But at […]

With a tight race in the Western Conference for playoff seeding, every game down the stretch is magnified. The Golden State Warriors found themselves in a close game against the San Antonio Spurs that ended with a Harrison Barnes game-winning three-point shot to win the game, 114-111. That shot put a serious damper in the […]

Even though there are still games remaining on the NBA schedule, voters know who they are choosing for the Rookie of the Year award at this point. Will it be Stephon Castle, the heavy favorite, or could it be Zaccharie Risacher, the first-overall pick? What about Jaylen Wells and the season he’s put together as […]

Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors have been on a roll over the past two months following Jimmy Butler’s arrival, but their path to a deep playoff run remains steep. Locked in a tight race to escape the play-in tournament, the Warriors stumbled on Wednesday with a costly 114-111 loss to the struggling San […]

The NBA season continues, and we have a tilt between the San Antonio Spurs and the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Warriors prediction and pick. The Golden State Warriors host the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night at Chase Center in a Western Conference clash. […]

It’s a good thing that Charles Barkley can dish it as well as we can take it from his Inside the NBA crew. Over the years, Barkley made it a tradition of playfully mocking San Antonio’s “big ol’ women.” In a satire of the viral Pop the Balloon series, they got their revenge. If Barkley’s […]

The Spurs visit the Clippers on Tuesday in Los Angeles! These teams are headed in opposite directions, with the Spurs spiraling out of control while the Clippers have been red-hot. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Clippers prediction and pick. The Spurs are 32-6 but have lost seven of their last […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will host the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night at Intuit Dome. Kawhi Leonard is questionable on the team’s injury report due to right knee injury management. Here’s everything we know about Leonard’s injury and playing status vs. the Spurs. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* […]

Whenever the NBA Rookie of the Year has been brought up to Stephon Castle – and it’s been mentioned often going on a couple of months now – the San Antonio Spurs standout has downplayed the award. Recently, after winning the Western Conference’s Rookie of the Month for March, Castle said it didn’t cross his […]

The college basketball national championshop game is going down on Monday night in San Antonio as Florida is going up against Houston. There are a lot of celebrities in the house, and one of them is San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. Wembanyama and the Spurs play at the nearby Frost Bank Center, so it […]

The writing went on the wall when the San Antonio Spurs announced that Victor Wembanyama would not play another game for the remainder of the 2024-2025 season. A month later that writing might as well been noted in ink when the team shut down De’Aaron Fox. While both are relevant as to why the Spurs […]

While the San Antonio Spurs cross their fingers ahead of the NBA Draft Lottery  in a little more than a month, they’ll have two selections in the first round regardless barring any trades. Both could come in the lottery if the Atlanta Hawks, who parted with their 2025 first round pick in the 2022 Dejounte […]

As the Duke Basketball team exits the Final Four, they leave after four true days in San Antonio, including the morning they arrived. Not long after landing and taking buses to their team hotel, Cooper Flagg and the Blue Devils headed to the San Antonio Spurs headquarters for a preliminary Final Four workout. Opened as […]

Kevin Durant’s tenure with the Phoenix Suns didn’t work out like it was supposed to, and now the two sides are expected to go their separate ways this offseason. A trade involving Durant seems inevitable with the Suns currently out of the Play-in Tournament. One of the teams Durant has shown interest in is the […]

There have been no shortage of brilliant players to walk through the doors of the San Antonio Spurs. That’s no surprise. Since entering the NBA, they’ve made the playoffs in 38 of 47 seasons, won five championships, and have the best overall record in the league. The Spurs are currently in the longest playoff drought […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are on the road once again, facing off against the San Antonio Spurs in what might seem like just another late-season game. But with the playoffs looming and key role players sidelined, this contest carries more weight than it appears for the Cavs. Cleveland has shown flashes of dominance, but inconsistency has […]

If this is it for Chris Paul, the San Antonio Spurs point guard has had an unbelievable career. Although NBA insider Brian Windhorst weighed in on Paul’s future, the end might be near. In an Andscape.com article by Marc Spears, the point guard seems to have no regrets about his career. “I’m proud. Grateful, I […]

San Antonio Spurs point guard Chris Paul is a future Hall of Famer without question. Is Paul, who will turn 40 years old in May, planning to continue playing past the 2024-25 season? CP3 addressed the subject during a recent interview with Marc J. Spears of Andscape. “I’ll be 40 in May,” Paul said. “So, […]

The NBA season continues, and we have a tilt between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the San Antonio Spurs on Friday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Cavaliers-Spurs prediction and pick. The Cleveland Cavaliers (61-15) visit the San Antonio Spurs (32-44) on Friday in a clash of teams at opposite ends of […]

For as great as Chris Paul is for the San Antonio Spurs, father time might be catching up to him. Although he’s been a major veteran presence for the team, the point guard is in his 20th season. Even though Paul turned back the clock for the Spurs against the Boston Celtics, his age might […]

Hours after Stephon Castle joined San Antonio Spurs royalty, the rookie from UConn downplayed the honor that led to such notoriety. In winning a second Western Conference Rookie of the Month, Castle became only the fourth rookie in the rich Spurs annals to accomplish the feat. But, instead of focusing on San Antonio legends Tim […]

Trade speculation surrounding Kevin Durant has intensified as the Phoenix Suns face an uncertain offseason. According to Shams Charania of ESPN, Durant and the Suns are expected to work together on a potential trade this summer, with mutual interest already existing between the former MVP and five NBA teams: the New York Knicks, San Antonio […]

As blossoming star Stephon Castle has set himself up as the inevitable winner of this season’s NBA Rookie of the Year, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the San Antonio Spurs guard has captured his second Rookie of the Month award. What might be surprising, however, is the company that Castle now […]

The NBA season continues, and we have a tilt between the Orlando Magic and the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Magic-Spurs prediction and pick. The Orlando Magic face the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday, April 1, in a matchup missing star power as Victor Wembanyama […]

While the San Antonio Spurs have been without Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox since March 13, it’s a reality that may be hitting hardest a couple of weeks later. Over the span of 11 days, the Silver and Black have seven games against some of the top teams in the NBA, all without their two […]

It has been nearly 10 years since San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan retired from the NBA. Since hanging up his sneakers, Duncan has not been in public view as often as he used to during his days in the league. But on Sunday, the 15-time NBA All-Star showed up to support his former team […]

In each of the team’s previous two complete seasons, Devin Vassell has ranked second on the San Antonio Spurs in scoring. Two years ago, the 2020 first-round draft pick trailed only Keldon Johnson. Last season, super rookie Victor Wembanyama led the Silver and Black in that category. In every one of his four NBA seasons, […]

Following a full time-out just four minutes and 23 seconds into a contest vs. the Golden State Warriors, the overwhelming majority of the San Antonio Spurs who walked onto the court had not yet set foot on it. Two of those four players have only recently found their way into the team’s rotation—mainly because of […]

In a stretch of four consecutive games that pitted the San Antonio Spurs against teams that are firmly entrenched in the NBA playoff picture, their standout rookie Stephon Castle has continued to shine. Versus the Detroit Pistons, the former UConn Husky scored 19 points. At the Cleveland Cavaliers, he put in 22 points. Against the […]

As the shorthanded San Antonio Spurs were hanging around with the defending champion Boston Celtics down the stretch, Chris Paul put his team on his shoulders. With 8:17 remaining in the contest and his Spurs threatening to get what had consistently been a 15-point deficit since the third quarter into single digits, the future Hall […]

We’re set for yet another betting prediction and pick inside the NBA as we head to the Western Conference for the continuation of this three-game season series. The Golden State Warriors will visit the San Antonio Spurs as the Warriors look for their first win against San Antonio. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Warriors-Spurs […]

The Celtics have been one of the best in the NBA, while the Spurs have been struggling recently. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Celtics-Spurs prediction and pick. The Celtics are 54-19 and have won seven straight games. They are on a roll and look primed for the postseason already. Jayson […]

A conversation with Gregg Popovich proved vital in Chris Paul’s decision to join the San Antonio Spurs. It turns out, the future Hall-of-Famer played just a handful of games for the Hall-of-Fame coach. Literally. Though the NBA’s all-time winningest coach kept the door open to a return before season’s end and though an official announcement […]

Even during an insane NBA trade deadline that saw a few of the NBA’s biggest stars on the move, Kevin Durant stayed put with the Phoenix Suns. Although it appeared that Durant was headed towards a reunion with the Golden State Warriors, the two-time NBA Champion remained with the Suns as the team hunts for […]

It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t easy. But the Cleveland Cavaliers, shorthanded and tested, found a way. With Evan Mobley watching Cleveland from the sidelines and Tristan Thompson ejected, the Cavs had every excuse to stumble against a relentless San Antonio Spurs squad. Instead, they dug deep, leaned on their depth, and got a monster performance […]

Outside of their fabled number-one overall picks, only one player in San Antonio Spurs history has been drafted higher than Stephon Castle. And while Sean Elliott, who went third overall in the 1989 NBA Draft, ranks as one of the greatest in Silver and Black history, it’s Stephon Castle who’s now joined Tim Duncan, Victor […]

The San Antonio Spurs equaled their season-high four-game winning streak snapped. Throughout the 2024-25 NBA season, defense has been the problem that’s kept them from consistency. In a recent 122-96 Spurs loss at the Detroit Pistons, Devin Vassell pointed to the other side of the court for the Silver and Black. “We’ve got stuff we’ve […]