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Victor Wembanyama is incredible. He hasn’t even played an NBA game yet and everyone still knows how talented, and versatile, he is. That versatility will be a topic all season long, especially if Wembanyama is able to play point guard, something he said he can do, per Michael C. Wright of NBA.com. “There really are […]

It’s an exciting time to be a Spurs fan. A franchise not exactly accustomed to missing the playoffs, they’ve done just that for the past four seasons during a transitionary period which followed two consecutive first round losses in the postseason. But while last season was, from a results perspective, the worst in their history, […]

Victor Wembanyama boasts perspective well beyond his 19 years of age. The San Antonio Spurs rookie has drawn comparisons to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar since he first became a legitimate NBA prospect, his surreal blend of size, athleticism and skill evoking no other player in NBA history save the Los Angeles Lakers legend. But it’s not just […]

Jeremy Sochan will probably go back to the bench in 2023-24 after opening his NBA career as a rookie starter. The San Antonio Spurs have already specified that Victor Wembanyama will start at power forward this season, and Keldon Johnson, after all, is the team’s leading returning scorer. Adequate spacing could be tough enough to […]

Just by virtue of drafting Victor Wembanyama, the San Antonio Spurs were one of the biggest winners of the 2023 offseason. Considered a generational talent, the Spurs are hoping he can be the latest in a strong group of No. 1 draft picks they’ve had. But to build up an eventual championship contender, the Spurs […]

San Antonio Spurs forward/center Victor Wembanyama opened up on his championship aspirations with his new team. Via L’Equipe: “It’s no secret that it’s hard to win a ring,” Wembanyama said. “But I’m patient, and I know it will happen.” Wembanyama, who was picked No. 1 overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, is viewed as the […]

Everything surrounding the San Antonio Spurs takes a backseat to Victor Wembanyama’s development. The No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft is one of the best prospects in the history of basketball, boasting a combination of length, dexterity and budding skill the sport has literally never seen before. Wembanyama is the Spurs now. He […]

Former San Antonio Spurs forward Richard Jefferson shared a story in which he was cursed out by legendary coach Gregg Popovich. Jefferson said Popovich yelled at him after former Spurs guard Gary Neal took consecutive bad shots in a game. Via his “Road Trippin’” Show with Channing Frye: “Pop comes down to the end of […]

This offseason proved to be a dream come true for the San Antonio Spurs seeing as they ended up with the first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Victor Wembanyama has a chance to be a generational talent and he finds himself as one of the most unique players to ever enter the league […]

Gregg Popovich is one of the greatest coaches in the NBA. In fact, the acting president and head coach of the San Antonio Spurs was recently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame after five NBA championships and three Coach of the Year awards. Given Popovich’s achievements in the game, have you ever wondered how […]

The issue of whether the NBA champions should be called “world champions” is all the talk in the league right now. US track star Noah Lyles is at the center of the controversy after he took issue with the label since the NBA is only based in the US (with one team in Canada). While […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is regularly thought of as the best coach in professional basketball, ranking with the game’s all-time greats including Red Auerbach, Phil Jackson and Pat Riley. There’s a lot more to Popovich’s game than analyzing talent and laying out the X’s and O’s when designing game strategy. Spurs big […]

The San Antonio Spurs have a long journey ahead of them toward respectability in the NBA’ Western Conference. The Spurs’ roster includes number one overall draft pick Victor Wembanyama, and very few if any recognizable names other than Head Coach Gregg Popovich. The date of Wembanyama’s first showdown against recent top five pick Brandon Miller […]

One of the most exciting opponents for Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers to face this season will be Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. According to the NBA’s newly released schedule, fans won’t have to wait very long at all to see the two teams face off. Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich gave a special shoutout to Jerry Colangelo during his NBA Hall of Fame induction speech for fulfilling a lifetime dream of coaching Team USA during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. "Jerry Colangelo fulfilled a lifetime dream of mine by having to trust in me to coach the [USA] Olympic […]

While San Antonio Spurs head coach and president Gregg Popovich has long been considered one of the most successful and knowledgeable people to man an NBA sideline, there might not be enough said about the way he’s impacted his roster not just as players but as men. Perhaps it was the time that he spent […]

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is part of the 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame class. Back in 2014, Popovich hired former WNBA star, Becky Hammon, to be the team’s assistant coach. Hammon became the first full-time female assistant coach in NBA history. She also became the first female Summer League head coach in league […]

For years, there was much speculation about the upcoming retirement of Hall of Fame head coach Gregg Popovich. Popovich’s retirement is only a matter of ‘when’, not ‘if’, as the longtime San Antonio Spurs coach is approaching his mid-70s. But just this past offseason, Popovich, in the face of all those rumors, inked a five-year […]

San Antonio Spurs coach and president Gregg Popovich got honest about his true feelings when he first met his former player Tony Parker, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame alongside Coach Pop on Saturday. In contrast to Parker who spoke Friday of Coach Pop being a ‘dad’ figure to him, Popovich was […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is one of the most well-known and beloved figures in the basketball, be it stateside or internationally. Now 74 years old, Popovich began his coaching career as an assistant at the Air Force Academy under Hank Egan in 1973. A former guard for the Falcons and their leading […]

It’s a special weekend for the San Antonio Spurs as two of the best members in franchise history get inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Former point guard Tony Parker and beloved coach Gregg Popovich will join legends of the game in basketball immortality. Prior to the induction ceremony on Saturday, Parker […]

Aside from a lull these last few years, the San Antonio Spurs have been regarded as one of the best basketball organizations since the turn of the century. They draft superstars and build around them by looking for hidden gems that fit their system in the draft and international talent pool. With the front-office and […]

The Golden State Warriors re-signed Draymond Green at the start of 2023 NBA free agency, keeping the core of its dynasty together for at least one more year. Warriors coach Steve Kerr has been a key part of that core, leading the group to its first of four rings in the season that he joined […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama has a legitimate chance to be one of the best players in NBA history. Not only because his physique or his skillset but because he also has the mentality to be one of the all-time greats. In his effort to reach that goal, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich will […]

It’s a good time to be a San Antonio Spurs fan. While Victor Wembanyama is taking over as the future of the franchise and receiving mentorship from former stars of the team, Gregg Popovich is going to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in August. The winningest coach in NBA history is far from […]

The San Antonio Spurs and their fans have experienced a roller coaster of emotions in the past few days — and it’s still just Summer League. Number one overall pick Victor Wembanyama’s uneven game one performance was followed by an absolute gem in game number two. The 7-foot-5 rookie Wembanyama made a startling confession after […]

Everyone can stop panicking. Order has been restored. After a rough NBA Summer League debut for San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 overall pick reminded fans of the salivating talent that earned him near-unprecedented praise in the months leading up to the NBA Draft. He put on a show in Las Vegas Sunday, […]

He’s not leaving! Over the last few years, rumors of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich potentially retiring kept floating around. The reports fluctuated over that period, but there was always a real chance of the legend’s retirement being announced. Now, though, Pop is sticking around for the immediate future, as he signed a five-year […]

All those talks about Gregg Popovich retiring soon can end now. The San Antonio Spurs tactician is here to stay, or at least for the next five years after he signed an extension with the franchise. Of course the extension was expected after the Spurs drafted French phenom Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 overall […]

Not only does Victor Wembanyama get to play for one of the most renowned organizations in the league, but perhaps even more importantly, the 19-year-old will be under the tutelage of San Antonio Spurs legendary head coach Gregg Popovich. This seems like a match made in heaven: a young phenom that many consider to be […]

The San Antonio Spurs are excited about their new future star, Victor Wembanyama. The Spurs are also surely hoping they can find a way to keep Wembanyama in San Antonio for years to come. Gregg Popovich’s early impression on Wembanyama may help in that regard. “He works out more than I thought,” Wembanyama said on […]

For the most part, the sports world is excited for the San Antonio Spurs after drafting Victor Wembanyama. Although San Antonio may not be ready to compete for a championship during the 2023-24 season, the future is bright. However, Skip Bayless is choosing to approach the new Wembanyama-Gregg Popovich player-coach duo with a pessimistic outlook. […]

Victor Wembanyama is broadly considered the best NBA prospect since LeBron James, but that hardly guarantees him the ultimate status of becoming a San Antonio Spurs legend. As the process toward reaching that goal begins, the French wunderkind is already learning from franchise icons who helped the Spurs sustain the league’s longest-running dynasty. Just 24 […]

Gregg Popovich has been accused of many things. Extravagant tipping at restaurants. Outspoken political views. And above all, being an expert at the craft of professional basketball coaching. Now he has drafted a player in Victor Wembanyama, a universally agreed upon generational talent, that checks so many of Popovich’s boxes that the question has to […]

The 2023 NBA Draft is in the books, which means it’s time to decide the winner and the losers of the annual event. Because draft night is supposed to be about positive vibes and hope for the future, let’s start with the NBA draft winners. These teams (and one coach) crushed draft night and came […]

Not a single person in the world expected any other outcome, but seeing the San Antonio Spurs officially select Victor Wembanyama as the first overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft was still a sight to behold. Wembanyama is one of the most hyped-up prospects in NBA history, and it’s not hard to see why. […]

Gregg Popovich has a good track record of training young big men into franchise cornerstones for the San Antonio Spurs. Tim Duncan and David Robinson got legendary careers due to their great schematics. Pop seems to be doing the same to Victor Wembanyama as he unveils his NBA Summer League plans. Victor Wembanyama will play […]

It’s official. The San Antonio Spurs have now gotten their hands on Victor Wembanyama as the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. There were no shockers on Thursday night — at least for the first pick — with Wemby now set to take on the mantle as the Spurs’ next great big man. […]

The San Antonio Spurs and Gregg Popovich are landing a generational talent in Victor Wembanyama. Wemby does not just have the skills to be an all-time great, he also has the grit to be one too. The French first overall pick made a bold prediction entering his rookie season. The Spurs’ upcoming pick is very […]