Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images DeMar always wore Kobe’s shoes, except against Kobe. In a recent online discussion with Nate Robinson, Spurs star DeMar DeRozan told a funny story from his younger NBA days when he faced off against his mentor and late NBA great Kobe Bryant. DeRozan was a believer in the mantra that …
A recent study showed that San Antonio Spurs fans are the most likely group to turn to Reddit to complain about referees, and rightfully so. Despite being one of the most successful franchises in professional sports since the turn of the century, the San Antonio Spurs don’t always get the respect they deserve from referees. …
Wrapping up the first round of the San Antonio Spurs Role Player Bracket Challenge, the Centers portion of the bracket ended with a few surprises. Nothing in this competition is cut-and-dried, but the Centers portion of the San Antonio Spurs Role Player Bracket Challenge was particularly interesting. We had a round-high three upsets including one …
Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images Fox Sports Southwest will continue to bring the “best of” the Spurs 2019-20 season. With the NBA on an indefinite hiatus, Fox Sports Southwest continues to play encore presentations of games from earlier this season. Our upcoming @spurs Encore Presentations include an overtime thriller in Mexico City against the Suns …
As the NBA season was cut short we were never able to get full answers to these four questions about the San Antonio Spurs. Cut short in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus, we were never able to get the closure on the San Antonio Spurs season that we had hoped for. …
Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports Another day, another Spurs draft night steal. The Spurs have a history of draft night success. Despite spending the last two decades picking outside the lottery, the team has shown the ability to consistently unearth quality NBA players, often finding overlooked and undervalued talent hidden in plain sight. While some of …
Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Was it based on a bad season, or have the fans of the Silver & Black begun pointing fingers for losses? This was the not the best season for the San Antonio Spurs. In fact, until the coronavirus pandemic landed squarely in the NBA and stopped the season in …
Associated Press Rudy appeared on the most recent episode of Inside the Green Room. Like almost everyone these days, NBA players are stuck at home in quarantine while the country attempts to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. Add to the fact that practice facilities have been shut down and major cities are beginning to …
We’re still not sure if the NBA season is over, but if it is we may have seen the last of these three players in a San Antonio Spurs uniform. The world of sports as we know it has come to a screeching halt. Every major sports league in the United States has suspended or …
A San Antonio Spurs themed game for those in need of a little Silver and Black basketball fix. If you’re anything like me, all of this social distancing and self quarantining has you going a little stir crazy. And it certainly doesn’t help that virtually every sport on the face of the Earth, including San …
There’s enough of a sample size to show which players are separating themselves from the pack in the 2019-20 San Antonio Spurs season. With the 2019-20 NBA season at a halt, we’ve had enough of a sample size to determine how this year has gone for a large portion of the San Antonio Spurs rosters. …
Photo by Chris Elise/NBAE via Getty Images “We are all in this together.” We all know Patty Mills as the spirited, towel flinging, three-point scoring, Spurs player that he is. And as I am sure most Pounders are aware, he is a dedicated humanitarian, using his celebrity to bring awareness to events where he can …
In the latest episode of his podcast, Blazers guard CJ McCollum listed San Antonio Spurs legend Manu Ginobili’s eurostep amongst elite company. If there’s one move that stands out amongst the rest in San Antonio Spurs history, it’s Manu Ginobili‘s storied eurostep. There were plenty of other signature shots that we could rattle off to …
Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports The stars get all the attention, but the Spurs would not have been as successful as they have been without underrated role players. The Spurs have had their share of superstars over the years, but what differentiated them from more fleetingly successful franchises was their ability to find good role players …
The latest member of the San Antonio Spurs to show off his musical talents, DeMar DeRozan took to Instagram to show off his rapping skills. In a weird way, the coronavirus has leveled the playing field between NBA players and their fans. You might not ever be able to dunk a basketball, but NBA players …
With the San Antonio Spurs looking at the draft lottery for the first time in more than two decades, the odds of landing a great pick are improved. After years of being projected to crumble, the glass castle built at the AT&T Center is on the verge of finally breaking. Sitting at the 12th seed …
No round of the San Antonio Spurs Role Player Bracket Challenge has been as intense as the first round of voting for the Guards section. If you thought that San Antonio Spurs fans were split on the Wings, wait until you see the results on the Guards section of the polling! After 24 hours of …
Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images Happy Birthday to The Little General and Spicy Meatball. It’s a nice day for Spurs fans. Two of our championship players are celebrating birthdays. One has his jersey in the rafters. The other is in his second stint with the Spurs. Avery Johnson Avery Johnson turns fifty-five today. The point …
Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images When they were good, they were very good indeed, but when they were bad they were horrid. When deciding on the lead-in to this article, I first thought of Dickens “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Then I thought of something a bit more …
Other teams were interested in him at the deadline but the San Antonio Spurs held out of trade talks, what does the future hold for Rudy Gay in the Alamo City? Since arriving in the Alamo City in the summer of 2017, Rudy Gay has gradually developed into a key role player for the San …
