This time last year, Jakob Poeltl’s immediate future in San Antonio felt up in the air. The big man who’d arrived in 2018 as an accessory to the Kawhi Leonard trade was entering restricted free agency, with no certainty around the team’s willingness to match any exorbitant offer sheets he may sign. Centers, especially traditional …
The San Antonio Spurs are officially assigning Josh Primo to the Austin Spurs, per a press release from the team on Wednesday morning. The San Antonio Spurs have officially assigned rookie guard Josh Primo to the Austin Spurs. Their G League affiliate faces the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in their season opener on November 5. …
The San Antonio Spurs put forth an admirable effort, fighting tooth and nail but ultimately dropping an overtime thriller to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Dejounte Murray and Jakob Poeltl feasted on a feeble Purple and Gold defense, with the latter scoring a career-high 27 points and the former dishing out a career-high …
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After his controversial selection at 12th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2021 NBA Draft, rookie Josh Primo has gone from loathed to loved more quickly than anyone could have imagined, and all it took was one exciting performance in garbage time of the preseason. Since their preseason-opening win against the Utah Jazz, …
Last year, the Spurs employed a starting five of DeMar DeRozan, Dejounte Murray, Derrick White, Keldon Johnson, and Jakob Poeltl when all were healthy. This year, the exit of DeMar DeRozan left opportunity for Lonnie Walker IV or Devin Vassell to fill the gap. Instead, the Spurs signed free agent Doug McDermott. McDermott made no …
After three games, the Spurs are in the bottom five in the league in three-point attempts and three-point percentage. Do you expect significant improvement in either category going forward? Marilyn Dubinski: I don’t expect them to rise too much in three-point attempts, especially if the goal is to keep pushing in transition for layups, but …
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in San Antonio Spurs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts. The San Antonio Spurs are coming off a trying season-opening week that included matchups against the lowly Orlando …
The opening of the 2021-22 season represented the dawn of a new era for the San Antonio Spurs, and for the most part they did not disappoint. The “Youth Movement” Spurs opened with an expected record of 1-2, with an opening night blowout win over a depleted Orlando Magic team, followed by scheduled losses in …
Despite a second loss in as many nights, the good guys provided a lot of optimism for the still very young season. Doug McDermott led the Spurs with 25 points while Keldon Johnson poured in 20 of his own. Lonnie Walker IV came off the bench to contribute 17 points. Jakob Poeltl (10 points, 8 …
Yesterday, the G-League held it’s annual draft and the Austin Spurs chose Alexis Wangmene. Although he 6’7” big man was born in Cameroon, he played high school ball here in San Antonio at Central Catholic High School before attending Blair Academy in New Jersey. He returned to Texas to attend UT Austin in 2007 and …
The Spurs hung tight with Milwaukee for the better part of four quarters, but the shorthanded Bucks showed their championship pedigree, pulling away late to dispatch San Antonio, 121-111, in their first SEGABABA of the season. Doug McDermott led the Spurs with 25 points, closely followed by 20 points from Keldon Johnson. Khris Middleton paced …
