Nothing like a little curmudgeon Pop humor to brighten your day. When Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich opens his mouth, you never know what you’re going to get. Even if the topic is just on basketball, his answer can range anywhere from terse one-word answers to completely off-topic spiel that still ultimately has a meaning. The latest example of Pop’s …

Spurs blow a definitive lead but end in a win over the Denver Nuggets. 7. There are seven dwarves as well as their interchangeable seven deadly sins (the latter coincidentally being a great David Fincher film). Speaking of films, The Magnificent Seven, The Seven Year Itch, and The Seventh Sign, The Seventh Seal, and Seven Years in Tibet all come …

The Spurs head coach needs to be careful this week I was talking to my friend Matt who is an archivist and he stated that there is no statistic that reveals ejections for NBA coaches. It is not as simple as typing “how many times has Gregg Popovich been ejected?” into a search engine, so Matt went through the box …

This week’s staff Round Table takes a look at Pop, the home stand and improvements to the Spurs play this season. The Spurs have recently played solid Spurs basketball. Not only does their record reflect it, but their defensive rating points to something going right. And with so much competition in the Western Conference, every game counts. With December 15th …

The 39 point drubbing is beginning to look like the new normal for the Spurs 9. Cats have nine lives. If they go the whole nine yards and might just end up on cloud nine. Possession is nine-tenths of the law. 9 is often used in psychological pricing, attempting to make the tag more appealing. We are the $19.99 people. …