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Team USA fell apart against France to open the Tokyo Olympics, allowing a 16-2 run to close the game in a brutal 83-76 defeat. While many may view this is a surprising and humiliating loss, Team USA head coach Gregg Popovich doesn’t see it that way. Instead, Pop is simply disappointed with the loss and […]

San Antonio Spurs star DeMar DeRozan is clearly laying back and just listening to all the rumors this summer. The latest one on Friday came from The LA Times, claiming that he was interested in coming back home to Southern California to play for the Los Angeles Lakers. Just hours after that was leaked, DeRozan […]

Team USA star Kevin Durant went on IG Live during the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Friday, dishing on a number of topics during the parade. One thing Durant brought up was how hard Gregg Popovich was working them at practice. While KD admitted being “pissed” in the moment during these sessions, […]

Australia’s Josh Giddey is projected to be a lottery pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-8 guard spent the past year playing for the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He won the NBL’s 2021 Rookie of the Year award, averaging 10.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and a league-high 7.6 assists across 28 […]

The San Antonio Spurs need to evaluate who they sign in free agency as they now have missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons. San Antonio lacked shooting from behind the arc last season, and they need to retool their roster to fit today’s NBA, as having a surplus of shooters is never bad in today’s […]

One of the reasons the San Antonio Spurs failed to make the playoffs in consecutive seasons was due to a lack of 3-point shooting. The Spurs ranked last in 3-pointers made (9.9) and 3-pointers attempted (28.4) this season. The 35.0% success rate ranked just 24th. In this NBA, that doesn’t cut it offensively. The NBA […]

Despite drawing a lot of flak, San Antonio Spurs young forward Keldon Johnson silenced all the haters with a huge debut for Team USA on the team’s final exhibition match against Spain. The 21-year-old was handpicked by his NBA head coach Gregg Popovich to join the 12-man roster to replace Bradley Beal of the Washington […]

The San Antonio Spurs are a model franchise in the NBA in terms of culture and winning. After 22 consecutive seasons of playoff basketball for the Spurs, they now have failed to qualify for the postseason in two straight seasons. It was the first time in franchise history that the Spurs have failed to qualify […]

Big man Lauri Markkanen is one of the wild cards of the upcoming NBA free-agent period. A soon-to-be restricted free agent, Markkanen’s role with the Chicago Bulls has been all over the place recently. Given them selecting Patrick Williams with the fourth pick in last year’s NBA Draft and acquiring star big man Nikola Vucevic […]

Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins figures to be one of the most sought-after free agents in this upcoming offseason. After having an impressive 2020-21 campaign, which saw him become a vital piece in Atlanta’s stellar playoff run to the Eastern Conference Finals, several teams have reportedly expressed interest in snagging the athletic big man from […]

Gregg Popovich’s Team USA squad finally got it together against Argentina in Tuesday’s exhibition contest ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, jumping  out to a big lead from the get-go and then cruising to a 108-80 victory. It had to feel good after losing two straight games in embarrassing fashion. Popovich talked about the performance afterward […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have officially placed Ben Simmons on the trade block. They reportedly want an All-Star caliber player in return. Whether they get their wishes or not is still a matter of wait-and-see. After all, Simmons’ draft stock plummeted after that poor showing in the playoffs. The Spurs can offer DeMar DeRozan, their lone […]

The San Antonio Spurs have fallen into a mid-tier team after being perennial playoff contenders under head coach Gregg Popovich. Now, it seems they are more than ready to make a big change if it means ushering a new winning era in San Antonio. According to a report from Zach Harper of The Athletic, rising […]

Bradley Beal led Team USA’s offensive attack in their exhibition win over Argentina on Monday night, snapping the United States’ two-game losing streak in these Las Vegas friendlies. The losses to Nigeria and Australia reminded everyone that Team USA’s competition is slowly but surely moving in the right direction. Despite missing the services of Devin […]

The run made by the Atlanta Hawks in the playoffs put them directly in the spotlight and has raised expectations looking ahead to next year. Trae Young burst onto the superstar scene and others like John Collins and Clint Capela got a major boost as well. John Collins is going to be a restricted free […]

Australia took it to Team USA in the second half of Monday’s exhibition bout in Las Vegas, sending the Americans to another embarrassing loss after a shocking first defeat against Nigeria over the weekend. Patty Mills and Joe Ingles played starring roles in Australia’s 91-83 triumph, with Mills going for 22 points and Ingles chipping […]

Team USA head coach Gregg Popovich wasn’t in the mood for fake news and slander after his team dropped another tough loss against Team Australia on Monday. The San Antonio Spurs head coach chimed in after what a reporter seemed to have suggested multiple times that the national team should be blowing out teams like […]

Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, and the rest of Team USA dropped their second straight defeat, this time at the hands of Team Australia. After a surprising defeat against Nigeria on Saturday, the might national team couldn’t bounce back and fell flat against Patty Mills, Joe Ingles, and the rest of the team from down under […]

The league was caught by surprise when the Boston Celtics decided to part ways with Kemba Walker along with a 2021 first-round pick, and a 2025 second-round pick to Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Al Horford, Moses Brown, and a 2023 second-round pick back in mid-June. This brings us to the San Antonio Spurs. […]

The Bradley Beal-Gregg Popovich love fest continues. The San Antonio Spurs coaching icon recently made waves for praising the Washington Wizards guard to the press at the Team USA training camp. But more specifically for calling Beal “thick”. “He’s stronger than I expected. He’s a strong young man. I always used to think of him […]

Gregg Popovich and Team USA are currently preparing for the Tokyo Olympics in Las Vegas. During a recent practice, it was the 72-year-old Popovich and the coaches who were putting in the work and not the players for a little bit. Kevin Love got video of Pop and his staff running suicides. It’s truly a […]

It was a scary moment for Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns in the third period of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. CP3 appears to have injured his ankle in a dangerous play that is eerily familiar to a major Kawhi Leonard injury many years ago. Here’s a look at the […]

In case you didn’t know, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer is one of a few select individuals in the NBA today that hails from the Gregg Popovich coaching school. That is, coach Bud once had the privilege of working alongside the great Gregg Popovich with the San Antonio Spurs. Now that Budenholzer is about […]

The San Antonio Spurs, as Damian Lillard of the Blazers is aware, have missed the playoffs the past two seasons after making them the previous 22 seasons. They have acquired talent over the past few seasons and could be a trade away from playoff contention. The Spurs will have many intriguing options and decisions going […]

One of the biggest reasons behind the backlash the Portland Trail Blazers has received over their decision to hire Chauncey Billups as their new head coach is the fact that they chose the former NBA champ over San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon. Hammon was reportedly one of the frontrunners to land the job, but […]

It had been previously reported that Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons wouldn’t be suiting up for Australia at the Tokyo Olympics, and that was made official on Monday. The Sixers youngster told Boomers head coach Brian Goorjian that he would be skipping the Olympics in order to work on “individual skill development,” according to Basketball […]

The San Antonio Spurs are coming off a disappointing season that resulted in just barely missing out on the postseason. Gregg Popovich’s squad lost in the play-in tournament to the Grizzlies, who eventually clinched the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference. While the Western Conference will likely continue to be loaded with stiff competition, […]

Far removed from their glory days and desperately in need of starting a new chapter, the San Antonio Spurs have recovered nicely by building a solid young core for the next phase of their franchise. However, they still are a few pieces away from having a legitimate playoff contender in place. Having said that, let’s […]

San Antonio Spurs swingman DeMar DeRozan had an interesting take when asked who he thinks should be on the list of the best one-on-one players in the NBA right now aside from himself. DeRozan is arguably one of the best individual talents in the league and no, that’s not up for debate. When asked who […]

DeMar DeRozan is set to be one of the premier players on the NBA free-agent market this offseason. Fresh off three consecutive seasons averaging 20-plus points per game for the San Antonio Spurs, DeRozan is poised to earn a hefty payday in what is his first time hitting the open market. The 31-year-old remains one […]

Becky Hammon is a finalist for the Portland Trail Blazers’ open head coaching job, according to Shams Charania and Sam Amick of The Athletic. This makes Hammon the first woman to get this far in an NBA coaching search. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski also reported on Hammon getting another interview, with Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach […]

The San Antonio Spurs are the winningest NBA franchise over the last two decades, having made the postseason 22 consecutive times since the 1997-98 season. Over this stretch, San Antonio won four championships in the span of nine years and gutted out another one in 2014 with their renowned legendary Big Three of Tim Duncan, […]

Kelly Oubre Jr. will be one of the better forwards on the NBA free agent market this summer. Although Oubre is coming off a rollercoaster season with the Golden State Warriors, he was a productive force in the Bay Area. Averaging 15.4 points and six rebounds per game, he was a vital piece to the […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are closing in on their next head coach. According to reports, the team’s front office has narrowed down its search to five primary candidates. As it is, it looks like Damian Lillard’s next coach is going to come from either the Los Angeles Clippers, the San Antonio Spurs, or the Brooklyn […]

The Golden State Warriors have an important decision to make on Kelly Oubre Jr.’s future with the squad. With the 25-year-old set to enter free agency in the summer, it also looks like the Dubs are going to have some competition if they actually intend to offer Oubre an extension. According to reports, several teams […]

Reports surfaced on Wednesday that Kemba Walker and the Boston Celtics are nearing a breakup this offseason after a disappointing campaign. However, the C’s apparently tried shipping him off to the Spurs at the trade deadline in March in exchange for LaMarcus Aldridge, according to SI’s Chris Mannix. By no surprise, Kemba wasn’t too pleased. […]

Just 43 seconds into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals on Saturday, Brooklyn Nets superstar James Harden was forced to exit with a hamstring injury. The former MVP was unable to return and it was an unfortunate incident to kick off Brooklyn’s highly-anticipated matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. As it turns out, however, not […]

Kawhi Leonard was born to Mark Leonard and Kim Robertson in Los Angeles, California on January 29, 1991. When Leonard was five years old, his parents split so he moved to Moreno Valley, California to live with his mother. During Leonard’s teenage years, he frequently visited his father on weekends and summers helping him with […]

DeMar DeRozan and Kawhi Leonard have a complicated history. As the centerpieces in the blockbuster trade between the San Antonio Spurs and Toronto Raptors, they’ll forever be intertwined in NBA lore. DeRozan went from competitor to fan as he witnessed Kawhi Leonard dominate his matchup against Luka Doncic on Friday night. The Spurs star didn’t […]