In the NBA, back-to-back games are common, one day off is normal, two days off is considered lucky, and three is almost unthinkable, but for the San Antonio Spurs they are in the midst of a three-day break from NBA action. After losing four on the bounce the Spurs currently sit 4-11, and with this …
After showing some signs of life with a pair of victories over the bottom-dwelling Orlando Magic and Sacramento Kings, the Silver and Black are now in the middle of a four-game losing streak that has dragged them to 13th place in the Western Conference standings. The losses are piling up, and their schedule only gets …
Thanksgiving holiday is just a round the corner. There are a couple of great games you can attend. Monday night the Spurs host the Suns. On Wednesday, there is a special event before the Spurs game against the Atlanta Hawks. Beer Fest takes place prior to tip off on Wednesday, November 24th at the AT&T …
There is admittedly a lot of time left until the NBA All-Star Game. To be precise, there’s three months, or 13-ish weeks, or 92 days (or 44 games if you’re a Spurs fan) until the 24 best players in the NBA descend upon Cleveland on Feb. 20, 2022. But every team in the league has …
Matt Bonner used to be one of the most divisive players on the Spurs, in part because he rarely looked like he was impacting the game all that much but always seemed to have a great plus/minus, which led to a fantastic net rating. The advanced stats seemed to say that the team was much, …
Jakob Poeltl’s return will shake up the big man rotation. Has Thaddeus Young done enough to completely take over the backup minutes no matter the matchup? Marilyn Dubinski: I’m not sure if I’m quite ready to say “completely” or “no matter the matchup”, but I do believe he has done enough to be the first …
Well, we’re just about ready to hit Thanksgiving, and as always, we here at Pounding The Rock continue to try to figure out what we can add, change, modify and/or remove to keep growing this site into the best possible version of itself. To that end, one thing that we’ve been thinking about starting up …
In their second straight game against the Cuidad de Mexico Capitanes — and in a complete opposite showing of their San Antonio counterpart’s simultaneous outing in Minnesota — the Austin Spurs rode a strong first-half performance to a relatively comfortable 99-91 win over the G League’s newest franchise. Although his current focus is to become …
The San Antonio Spurs suffered by far their worst loss of the season as the Minnesota Timberwolves blew them out of the water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes on Thursday night. Devin Vassell was one of the lone bright spots for Gregg Popovich and company as the second-year wing dropped a team-high 18 points …
With the Timberwolves playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Spurs had a golden opportunity to take advantage and pounce on a tired opponent. Unfortunately, the good guys came out of the gates completely flat and looked like the more lethargic team, as San Antonio went 0/8 to start the game and took …
Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The Spurs are on a 2-5 slide recently, since …
When Devin Vassell was first drafted 11th overall by the Spurs in the 2020 NBA Draft — their first lottery pick since Tim Duncan — most fans were satisfied. He filled a positional need and was generally considered the best available player at the time. (While there was and maybe still is a contingency that …
