Spurs of the Moment

The Good News: The Spurs have won four straight games, are 36-24 (12 games over .500), and are in 7th place in the West still – 5.5 games ahead of Houston (9th) and Memphis (10th).
The Bad News: Tony Parker is out for the next six weeks with a broken hand.

That’s the short and sweet version of events, but I feel compelled to elaborate. Let’s start with the wins.

Read more »

First off, the Spurs did the unthinkable and beat the Nuggets on Thursday night 111-92. It was a road win, a win against a playoff team, and great way to go into the All-Star Break. In other words, it completely defied logic, or at least my significantly lowered expectations. That makes the Spurs 3-2 on the Rodeo trip, and the next three games are against weaker teams, so they should be able to come back to San Antonio with the (minimum) 6-2 record I’d hoped for as well as a win over at least one of the three playoff caliber teams. At this point I will be happy with that scenario.

As for the All-Star festivities, Read more »

DeJuan Blair was chosen to participate in the Rookie Challenge.

The Sophomores have won for seven straight years, but I think this Rookie squad could win it this year. A few names missing from the Rookie team that will likely rub a few fans the wrong way are Ty Lawson and DeMar DeRozan, but I can’t really argue with the guys they picked. Of course the top two picks in the draft, Blake Griffin and Hasheem Thabeet, won’t be participating. Griffin’s knee is busted and he’s out for the season while Thabeet is just plain busted. My guess for MVP is either Brandon Jennings if the Rookies win, or O.J. Mayo if it’s the Sophs.

  Read more »