San Antonio Spurs

[Silver_Surfer]

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mga bro, ayaw lang mo kalain ha... di man kayo ko ganahan ni Toni Parker oi, mo gawas jud ang ka buwaya niya gud... nndot unta i trade si Toni Parker and Michael Finley = Brandon Roy... hehehe

niya or nindot naa pud si Marcus Camby = Matt Bonner and George Hill

[Silver_Surfer]

btaw bro, salamat kay na banned na jud tong tawhana... maka lagot man gud to siya... isog lang ug naa sa internet gud... hahaha

[menderouv]

Kung wa c tony parker wa na mu point guard s spurs.dman pwd si roy mg point guard. Ang spurs will stay with tony for more years

[cxtknight]

ah, ok rman nah c tony parker part kay idol man kaau naq hahaha... freal, tinuod man pod nah imuha part nga mubuaya xa peru kapila na bya niya nadala ang spurs sa championship so i guess ala nia ang problema, hinuon kita q kausa duwa nia last season , d na xa paweha kato na-mvp xa, maybe malas lng pud xa ato

[vcmov_15]

mga bro, ayaw lang mo kalain ha... di man kayo ko ganahan ni Toni Parker oi, mo gawas jud ang ka buwaya niya gud... nndot unta i trade si Toni Parker and Michael Finley = Brandon Roy... hehehe

niya or nindot naa pud si Marcus Camby = Matt Bonner and George Hill

tony is fine... he is effective as a spur... for marcus camby. murag lisud nana brad tiguwang nasad si camby and injury prone sad.. the spurs want to get younger not older. george hill is playing good basketball at the moment so not yet the time to involve him in a trade or something.

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Spurs coach Gregg Popovich likes the moves the team has made so far this offseason.

"If we don't win it, I should probably be fired," Popovich told NBA.com.

However, he added that the Spurs will only go as far a healthy Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili next season.

Hehehe!

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Contract in hand, Blair dominates Vegas again

By Jeff McDonald - Express-News
Editor's note: Updated to show the value of DeJuan Blair's contract at about $3.8 million.

LAS VEGAS — The Spurs took care of the final piece of their offseason puzzle Thursday, locking up rookie forward DeJuan Blair to a long-term contract.

Blair, a consensus All-American drafted No. 37 overall out of Pittsburgh, signed a four-year deal believed to be worth about $3.8 million. The fourth year carries a partial guarantee.

It's a hefty price tag for a second-round pick. If Blair performs like the lottery-worthy talent the Spurs believe he can be, it will be well worth it.

“It's nice to have it taken care of,” Blair said. “I knew it was going to happen. It was just a matter of when.”

The Spurs had held Blair out of Tuesday's summer league victory against Denver while they worked with Blair and his agent to finalize the agreement.

Contract in hand, Blair returned to action in the NBA Summer League, leaving his stamp on the Spurs' 85-76 victory over Oklahoma City at UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center.

In his second consecutive impressive summer league outing, Blair scored 20 points against the Thunder to go with five rebounds. He shot 8 of 11 from the field and was 4 for 4 from the foul line.
In the process, he flashed an element to his game previously unseen in the summer league. Apparently, the rebounding machine can score as well.

In his double-double debut against New Orleans earlier in the week, Blair did most of his work on the glass, getting three of his four field goals on putbacks.

Against Oklahoma City, Blair did his dirty work on the blocks, scoring on a series of nifty post moves. He got his first basket of the game, meanwhile, by taking Oklahoma City's Serge Ibaka off the dribble.
It was a good day for Blair, made better by what he did before ever entering the arena Thursday. By signing his first NBA contract, Blair made his own day.

“It's everything I've ever dreamed of,” Blair said. “I thank God every night before I go to sleep for putting me in this situation. I didn't go where I wanted to go (in the draft), but I fell in the perfect place.”

Contract in hand, Blair dominates Vegas again

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Summer League Notes, Episode 5: Leaving Las Vegas
By Jeff McDonald

LAS VEGAS -- The Spurs capped off their five-game stay in Vegas with a 76-75 loss to Memphis tonight, with the Grizzlies getting the game-winning points on a scoop shot from the Other Marcus Williams with 0.4 seconds left.

The story from the Spurs' angle was Ian Mahinmi. With DeJuan Blair sitting out the second game of the back-to-back, it was Mahinmi's job to tangle with Hasheem Thabeet, Memphis' 7-foot-3 rookie and the No. 2 overall pick in last month's draft.

Mahinmi won the matchup hands down. He scored 15 points, went to the line eight times, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked four shots.

Thabeet, as he had for most of summer league, simply looked overmatched. He had nine points and five rebounds, which were actually better than his average numbers heading into the night.

Thabeet doesn't move well, doesn't seem to have much of a feel for Memphis' system, and doesn't seem to possess much of a killer instinct. Even his dunks are soft. It's still very early in Thabeet's career, and maybe he figures some of this out. It's hard to teach 7-3, and it's hard to teach wingspan, and Thabeet certainly has that.

But, short term, if I'm given the choice between Thabeet and Mahinmi next season, I'm taking Mahinmi. Both players are 22, by the way, so there is room for improvement on both sides of the equation.

Other thoughts from Game 5 ...

* James Gist had another active night, and displayed some basketball skills to go with his ever-running motor. On back-to-back possessions in the first half, Gist drove for a layup, then hit Romel Beck for a basket on a give-and-go.

* Good to see Jack McClinton turn in a nice game. The rookie shooter went 4 for 10 and scored eight points. It's still not stellar, but it was a nice rebound after going 1-for-11 in his first four games. At this point, McClinton looks like a player who could benefit from a year in the D-League or overseas.

* Shooting-wise, George Hill experienced a flashback to 2008, going 2-for-9 from the floor, including back-to-back airballs in the fourth quarter. Regardless of the numbers, however, Hill showed the Spurs brass this week what they wanted to see: Namely that he can run a team from the point guard position.

Late in the fourth quarter, Hill provided another example that, yes, he can. The ball swung to Beck in the corner, but Beck passed up the shot. "You've got to shoot that," Hill said. When Beck tried to protest, Hill persisted. "Doesn't matter," he said. "You've got to shoot that."

Of course, a couple dribbles later, Hill fired up one of his airballs. Ah well.

[cxtknight]

tony p mayneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee