Carlisle praises Pop as best hoop coach ever
Gregg Popovich’s place at the Basketball Hall of Fame is a certainty one of these days when he decides to hang up his whistle and retire to his vineyards. Even though he’s uncomfortable with such shows...
View ArticleMavs will keep Odom despite recent absence
Wayward Dallas power forward Lamar Odom still isn’t back with his team as he deals with a family matter. But as Odom is away from the Mavericks, all kinds of stories are floating that the Mavericks...
View ArticleFive quick takes: Why Jackson showed moxie by joining Spurs on Saturday
Stephen Jackson has been away from the Spurs for nearly nine years. But after watching him play nearly 17 minutes in his return Saturday night, it was almost like he was never gone. Jackson was prized...
View ArticleSpurs’ roster moves don’t shock Carlisle
Dallas coach Rick Carlisle wasn’t surprised the Spurs made a couple of moves at the deadline to bring new players like Stephen Jackson, Boris Diaw and Patty Mills as soon as his visa situation is...
View ArticleJackson fires potshot at Cardinal after flagrant foul
Although both teams discounted any extra intensity in Friday’s game, at least one Spur didn’t take kindly to Brian Cardinal’s flagrant foul in the first quarter when he raked Tim Duncan on the eyes...
View ArticleWhat the Spurs, Mavs said after Friday’s game
Here’s a collection of some of the comments from both dressing rooms after the Spurs’ 104-87 victory over Dallas Friday night, courtesy of the Spurs media services representatives. Spurs coach Gregg...
View ArticleDiaw back in Phoenix with ‘loading up’ Spurs
PHOENIX — Boris Diaw will take the floor at the U.S. Airways Center tonight, and at times it will feel like a homecoming. Diaw spent the most productive seasons of his career here from 2005 until being...
View ArticleCarlisle goes ballistic but it doesn’t really help
Dallas coach Rick Carlisle knew his team needed a jump start Thursday night after two narrow losses to start his team’s first-round series against Oklahoma City. So it wasn’t really all that surprising...
View ArticleManu is finalist for Magic Johnson Award
Spurs guard Manu Ginobili’s reputation as one of the most media-friendly NBA players in the NBA enabled him to finish as a finalist for the Pro Basketball Writers Association’s Magic Johnson Award....
View ArticleNew NBA competition committee targets flopping, international goaltending
NBA commissioner David Stern has some legitimate plans in streamlining the process to come up with potential rule changes. Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News reports that the committee has...
View ArticleVideo: Carlisle channels his inner Pop
SAN ANTONIO — Boston coach Brad Stevens raved about Gregg Popovich before last night’s game in San Antonio, citing him as a model that every coach in America admires and emulates. Stevens was...
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