San Antonio Spurs
All-NBA Teams Announced; LeBron Unanimous
Miami HEAT forward LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA First Team, and Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection. Bryant tied Utah Jazz Hall of Famer forward Karl... »Read More
Spurs’ Parker to Have MRI on Left Calf
San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker plans to have an MRI on Thursday on his troublesome left calf, although he doesn’t expect to miss any playing time in the Western Conference finals. Parker... »Read More
Grizzlies Won’t Accept Randolph’s Apology
The Memphis Grizzlies’ goal for Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night? No more postgame apologies for Zach Randolph. “That was the best defense I’ve seen on the big fella in... »Read More
Duncan Readies for Physical Battle in WCF
For the eighth time in his career, Tim Duncan is headed to the Western Conference Finals. The San Antonio Spurs eliminated the Golden State Warriors with a 94-82 win at Oracle Arena on Thursday,... »Read More
Pistons Want Spurs’ Assistant Budenholzer
Sources say there is no leading candidate for the Pistons’ vacant head coach postion, though the Pistons’ ability to pry an interview out of Mike Budenholzer certainly represented some leeway in the San Antonio... »Read More
NBA AM: Which Higher Seed Is In More Trouble?
A look at which higher seed in the NBA playoffs that is in the most trouble... Andrew Wiggins set to make his collegiate choice Tuesday... Abdul Gaddy workout video.... »Read More
Spurs’ Ginobili on Game 4: ‘We blew it’
The Spurs never really played well at any point. But they were at least five minutes away from taking a 3-1 series lead as they led by eight points down the stretch. They unraveled... »Read More
Warriors’ Curry a Game-Time Decision
Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry received treatment on his sprained left ankle Saturday and is considered a game-time decision for Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals. Meanwhile, his San Antonio Spurs... »Read More
NBA Sunday: Warriors Done Without Curry?
A game-time decision heading into Game Four, do the Golden State Warriors have a shot if Stephen Curry can't go? ... Knicks overmatched against Pacers? »Read More
Tony Parker Questionable for Game 4
Battle of the Athletic Trainers Sat: Tony Parker not sure if he will be able to go Sunday after getting kicked in the calf in the 4thQ Fri. via David Aldridge via Twitter »Read More
Warriors Quit Battling During Game 3
One flat game, one Stephen Curry ankle twist, one lost moment, and a whole playoff series flips on its head, again. One day, everything that was bright starts darkening pretty fast. On Friday, the... »Read More
NBA PM: Top Five Destinations For Josh Smith
The top five teams who seem most likely to land Josh Smith this summer ... Dallas Mavericks hoping to lure Chris Paul? ... Up close with Jason Washburn »Read More
Parker Claims ‘Copyrights’ on Teardrop
The slam dunk has captivated the basketball world for a generation with its combination of raw ferocity and balletic grace, but this year a different shot is sweeping the N.B.A. playoffs. It is called... »Read More
Thompson Proving to be Defensive Stopper
(Bob) Myers and (Mark) Jackson believed that (Klay) Thompson, at 6-foot-7, had the capacity to be a superb defender. Over the past summer, Thompson spent hours upon hours in the gym without ever touching... »Read More
NBA PM: End of Hawks As We Know Them
Five things we learned about the Atlanta Hawks this season ... Is the pressure now on the San Antonio Spurs? ... Up close with Kyle Weaver »Read More
76ers Like Budenholzer or Malone as Coach?
It’s too early to identify a front-runner in the Philadelphia 76ers’ search for a new head coach, but the team has conducted a thorough background check on Golden State Warriors assistant coach Mike Malone, league... »Read More
Can GSW End Losing Streak in San Antonio?
Golden State has dropped 29 in a row in San Antonio, a streak dating to Feb. 14, 1997, nearly four months before the Spurs drafted Duncan. Guard Klay Thompson said the Warriors will not... »Read More
NBA Sunday: Analyzing Conference Semifinals
Breaking down the second round of the 2013 postseason... Chicago Bulls' leader backs up bold prediction »Read More
Tim Duncan Dealing with Stomach Bug
Spurs forward Tim Duncan arrived at the team’s practice facility Saturday morning and was promptly sent home. Ailing with what the team is calling a stomach bug, Duncan missed the Spurs’ final full workout... »Read More
Warriors’ Lee Wants to Play Against Spurs
Eleven days after the Golden State Warriors said foward David Lee was done for the season because of a torn muscle in his right hip, even if they made it to the Finals in June,... »Read More
Spurs’ Splitter Doubtful for Game One
Tiago Splitter, the Spurs’ starting center in 55 of the final 56 regular-season games and the first three games of their first-round playoff series against the Lakers He isn’t expected to practice before Monday’s... »Read More
Boris Diaw May Return for Semi-Finals
Out of action since April 12 surgery to remove an olive-sized cyst from the base of his spine, (Boris) Diaw says he’s “getting close” to returning to the Spurs’ active roster. He could suit... »Read More
NBA Power Rankings – Playoff Edition
Two teams have already advanced. Can the Golden State Warriors upset the Denver Nuggets? NBA Rankings, playoff edition. »Read More
Popovich: ‘Obviously it wasn’t a fair fight’
The result was as predictable as windshield vs. june bug, except by the end of the Spurs’ 103-82 series clinching victory, the june bug was still around to tell the tale. Spurs coach Gregg... »Read More
Spurs’ Splitter Out 7-10 Days Due to Ankle
Just as the San Antonio Spurs drew closer Saturday to getting one injured big man back on the floor, another one hit the shelf. Head Coach Gregg Popovich says starting center Tiago Splitter is out... »Read More
Lakers’ Nash Out Tonight; Morris to Start
If the Los Angeles Lakers are going to take the first step toward becoming the first team in NBA history to win a series after falling down 0-3, they’ll have to do it with... »Read More
Lakers’ World Peace Likely Out for Game 4
Calling his play “bummish” and “noneffective” in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 120-89 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, forward Metta World Peace said he “probably” will not play in Sunday’s Game 4.... »Read More
Spurs’ Tiago Splitter Doubtful for Next Game
Popovich says Splitter likely out next game with ankle sprain. X-rays negative. via Kurt Helin via Twitter »Read More
Howard: Lakers Confident on Series Win
Dwight on confidence of the Lakers: “We have total confidence that we can come back and win this series.” via Jeff Caplan via Twitter »Read More
Lakers’ Nash, Blake Injured in Loss
As if their 102-91 loss to the San Antonio Spurswasn’t bad enough for the team that trails 0-2 in the Western Conference first-round series, the status of their top two point guards is now in... »Read More
Lakers’ Hill Ready to Play Against Spurs
Los Angeles Lakers backup forward Jordan Hill has been cleared to play in Game 2 of the Lakers’ opening-round series against the San Antonio Spurs, just three months after undergoing surgery on his left... »Read More
NBA AM: The Playoff Free Agent Shooting Guards
Earlier in the week we looked at the pending free agent point guards, today we look at the pending free agent two guards playing in the post season.... Andrew Harrison could be one of... »Read More
NBA AM: The Playoff Free Agent Point Guards
Free Agency opens in July however some of the best free agent guards are playing in the playoffs, who can be had?... 2014 is not just Wiggins And Parker... Is Bledose being shoved... »Read More
McGrady Acquired as ‘Insurance Policy’
“I don’t really know,” (Spurs coach Gregg) Popovich said when asked for his plan to integrate Tracy McGrady, who was just signed this week, into the lineup for the playoffs. “We’re going real slow.... »Read More
Ginobili Admits Taking ‘Risks’ in Game 1
With a flurry of eight points in 85 seconds to end the third quarter, (Manu) Ginobili set the Spurs’ course toward 91-79 victory that served as the series’ opening salvo. By the time Ginobili’s... »Read More
Steve Nash to Play Versus Spurs in Game 1
Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash plans to play in Game 1 of the team’s playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, but is relying on Head Coach Mike D’Antoni to pull... »Read More
Vinny Del Negro Predicts Spurs over Lakers
There wasn’t much insight to be gained from Vinny Del Negro’s session with the media before his Clippers took down the Grizzlies in Game 1 of their playoff matchup on Saturday. But there was... »Read More
Dwight Expects Pop to Use Hack-A-Howard
Dwight Howard expects San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to parade him to the foul line when the Los Angeles Lakers open up their playoff series with Game 1 on Sunday, and it doesn’t... »Read More
Jackson Describes Disagreement with Pop
While some face termination for not working hard enough, former Spurs forward Stephen Jackson said he was dismissed from the team for wanting to give more. “We had a disagreement,” Stephen told Sister 2... »Read More
Lakers Clinch 7th Seed in Playoffs
The air inside Staples Center before the Los Angeles Lakers’ stirring 99-95 overtime win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night was impossibly thick. There would now be a front door and a backdoor... »Read More
NBA MVP Watch: April 18th
HOOPSWORLD looks at the final NBA MVP watch for the 2012-13 season. »Read More
McGrady May Not Play Many Minutes
With all the twists and turns during the 2012-13 regular season, it was only fitting that the Spurs gave us one more on Tuesday, signing Tracy McGrady to fill to roster vacated after the... »Read More
NBA Power Rankings – Week 24
Fifteen teams have locked in playoff berths. Will the LA Lakers or Utah Jazz make it sixteen? The NBA , 24 weeks in . . . »Read More
Tony Parker Wanted to Play Against Kobe
For as long as Tony Parker has been with the Spurs, Kobe Bryant has been a nemesis. In eight of Parker’s first nine seasons, the path to the NBA Finals went through either San... »Read More
Will Ginobili Return Prior to Playoffs?
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich says injured guard Manu Ginobili is “progressing” in his rehabilitation from a strained right hamstring. One day — perhaps soon — the team’s medical staff will clear the 35-year-old sixth... »Read More
NBA Saturday: Olshey Digging for Diamonds
Neil Olshey scored a big win in the 2012 NBA Draft with Damian Lillard. Now he's in Portsmouth looking for another gem... San Antonio parts ways with Stephen Jackson, while New York says goodbye... »Read More
San Antonio Spurs Waive Stephen Jackson
Spurs waive Stephen Jackson. Knicks waive Kurt Thomas. via Art Garcia via Twitter »Read More
Parker, Popovich at Odds on Return Date?
On his way to the team bus after a loss to the Nuggets in which Gregg Popovich would not allow him to play Tony Parker, the Spurs’ All-Star point guard, made a promise he... »Read More
Thunder Passes Spurs for Conference Lead
Things are looking pretty good for that top spot. In what set up as a must-win game of sorts for the Thunder to stay in the driver’s seat in its quest to finish first... »Read More
NBA MVP Watch: April 11th
HOOPSWORLD looks at the 2012-13 NBA MVP race after 23 weeks of basketball. »Read More
If the NBA Playoffs Started Today: West
No first-round match-up appears to be safe in the brutal Western Conference heading into the 2013 NBA postseason. »Read More
Nuggets’ Lawson to Play Wednesday?
Ty Lawson is still dealing with his heel injury, but did participate in practice today, though played “OK, nothing much more than OK,” coach George Karl said. “I don’t think he took many chances,... »Read More
NBA Power Rankings Week 23
Thirteen teams have clinched including all eight in the Eastern Conference - the NBA Power Rankings 23 weeks in . . . »Read More
Duncan Carries Spurs; Absent Manu, Parker
Considering Tony Parker left Oklahoma City on Thursday with practically every part of his anatomy aching, there was little question he’d skip Saturday night’s game against Atlanta with an injury. The only question was... »Read More
Popovich ‘Concerned’ About Tony Parker
Gregg Popovich does not know what to make of Parker’s unspecified leg injury from last night. The Spurs lost a 108-88 blowout to Oklahoma City and Parker left the court in the fourth quarter... »Read More
NBA AM: Huge Blow To Nuggets’ Title Hopes
Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari appeared to suffer a serious knee injury. Were the Nuggets’ title hopes dashed in the process? »Read More
‘Very concerned’ Popovich Pulls Parker Out
By the fourth quarter of the Spurs’ 100-88 loss at Oklahoma City on Thursday, Gregg Popovich had seen enough of Tony Parker. “I saw him come across half court actually limping at one time,... »Read More
NBA MVP Watch: April 4th
HOOPSWORLD looks at the 2012-13 NBA MVP race after 22 weeks of basketball. »Read More
Ginobili May Miss Beginning of Postseason
Before Monday’s 92-90 loss at Memphis, the Spurs put an official number on (Manu) Ginobili’s prognosis, announcing the 35-year-old bench catalyst would miss the next three to four weeks with his latest injury. That... »Read More
NBA PM: The Unsung Hero of 2013 Free Agency?
Is the real impact player in free agency flying under the radar? ... Should the Miami HEAT be fined for resting players? ... Carmelo Anthony says healthy New York Knicks can contend »Read More
NBA Power Rankings Week 22
After a lengthy slump, the N.Y. Knicks are suddenly hot, winners of eight straight - now sixth in the NBA Power Rankings for Week 22 »Read More
Can Anyone Beat the San Antonio Spurs?
The Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz continue to jockey for eighth but are they any match for the San Antonio Spurs? »Read More
Manu Ginobili May Miss Significant Time
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich puts Manu Ginobili’s timetable to return from a strained right hamstring at weeks rather than days, a significant setback to the team’s pre-playoff preparation. “It’s a huge blow for us,”... »Read More
HEAT’s LeBron, Wade, Chalmers Out At Spurs
Miami HEAT forward LeBron James, guard Dwyane Wade and guard Mario Chalmers sat out Sunday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs. A HEAT official said James suffered a right hamstring strain in the... »Read More
Spurs’ Ginobili Out Against HEAT Tonight
San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili will be missing from a rematch against the Miami HEAT in San Antonio on Sunday, but it won’t be at the behest of Gregg Popovich — this time.... »Read More
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