San Antonio Spurs

Tim Duncan will step down from his role with the San Antonio Spurs as assistant coach. The Spurs’ internal belief has always been that Duncan would spend one season as an assistant coach. Duncan did not join the Spurs in Orlando for the NBA’s restart. Duncan will revert back to his previous player development role […] More

Facundo Campazzo could leave Real Madrid for the NBA this season with the Minnesota Timberwolves considered the most likely team, per Marca. Campazzo is a 5’11 point guard from Argentina. Pablo Prigioni is an assistant coach with the Wolves. The Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs are also referenced as possibilities.  More

Gregg Popovich has been linked to the Brooklyn Nets’ head coaching vacancy for the past few weeks and there hasn’t been an outright statement refuting the possibility he would consider leaving the San Antonio Spurs. When asked about the future of Popovich by CNBC’s Jabari Young, R.C. Buford said the Spurs are “under the assumption” […] More

Gregg Popovich appeared to confirm he will return as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs next season. “Why wouldn’t I?” said Popovich after the Spurs’ final game of the restart. The Spurs went 5-3 in the bubble and were in contention for the play-in game until the last day. “This is the best we’ve […] More

The Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs continue to fight for the eighth and ninth seeds for the Western Conference play-in. Portland (Brooklyn), Memphis (Milwaukee), Phoenix (Dallas) and San Antonio (Utah) each play their final seeding game on Thursday. The below scenarios will determine the seeding.  Portland eighth seed: A […] More

Gregg Popovich and Becky Hammon stood for the national anthem before the San Antonio Spurs’ first game of the restart. Popovich and Hammon both wore “Black Lives Matter” t-shirts. “I’d prefer to keep that to myself,” said Popovich, when asked what went into his decision. “Everybody has to make a personal decision. The league’s been […] More

Shortly before the NBA suspended its season, Yahoo! Sports reported DeMar DeRozan intended to decline his $27.7 million player option for the 20-21 season with the San Antonio Spurs to become a free agent unless he were to sign an extension before then. DeRozan was asked to assess the potential of his free agency with […] More

Trey Lyles will miss the rest of the 2019-20 NBA season after undergoing an appendectomy on Wednesday. Lyles averaged 6.4 points and 5.7 rebounds on the season. The 24-year-old is on a non-guaranteed contract for next season.  Noah Magaro-George/Pounding The Rock Tags: Trey Lyles, San Antonio Spurs, NBA, NBA Injury, NBA Playoffs More

Gregg Popovich said he briefly thought about sitting out the bubble due to health concerns related to COVID-19, but decided to go after understanding the league’s safety protocols for the bubble.   “From an intellectual point of view and a medical point of view, I would have to say not probably, but I am safer here […] More

Patty Mills announced he will donate his remaining NBA salary for the 19-20 season of $1,017,818 to Black Lives Matter Australia, Black Deaths in Custody and the We Got You Campaign. “I’m playing in Orlando because I don’t want to leave any money on the table that could be going to black communities,” said Mills. More

Lonnie Walker IV cut his signature hair this week and revealed on Instagram on Thursday that he started to grow out his hair when he was in middle school after being sexually abused as a child. “The real truth as to why I started doing this early 5th grade, it was a cloaking device for me,” […] More

The San Antonio Spurs announced that LaMarcus Aldridge underwent successful surgery on his right shoulder on April 24th. Aldridge had arthroscopic subacromial decompression and rotator cuff debridement on his right shoulder. Aldridge injured his shoulder on Feb. 21. Aldridge returned from the injury on March 10th and the season was suspended on the next day. Aldridge […] More