San Antonio Spurs

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[MalditohoN]

thank u spurs fans for rooting for the nuggets against the lakers.. sa tanan ni laban sa nuggets nga original spurs fans salamat kaau 1-1 na ang series.. now lets beat LA hehehehhee

its our pleasure bro!

[tackielarla]

Ex-IUPUI star's rookie season leaves everybody smiling
Spurs coach promises to play Hill more next year.
By Jeff Rabjohns

George Hill learned many lessons in the NBA this season, including that a rookie needs to know his place -- even in the parking lot.

After an early season practice with the San Antonio Spurs, Hill came out to find his Escalade filled to the brim with foam packing peanuts, courtesy of his new teammates.

His offense? He was in All-Star center Tim Duncan's parking spot.

"I didn't think we even had 'spots' because they didn't have names on them," the former Broad Ripple High School and IUPUI star said recently while he was in town watching his youth league team play.

"I was always at the gym an hour or two before everybody, and I just parked closest to the door. I came out six hours later and I was like, 'What happened here?' "

Always good-natured, Hill laughed it off and went about his rookie season in the NBA.

An early entry candidate after his junior season at IUPUI, Hill became the school's only first-round NBA draft pick. But going to an established team like the Spurs with stars such as Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, Hill wasn't expected to play much.

After their first-round playoff loss to Dallas, coach Gregg Popovich said he wished he would have played Hill more. He promised to do so next season.

Hill, a 6-2 point guard, averaged 5.7 points, 1.8 assists and 2.1 rebounds in the regular season, and about the same in the playoffs. As important, he learned about the difference between the 82-game regular season and the postseason.

"There's more focus on that one game," Hill said while waiting for the first-grade basketball team he sponsors, G3 Progeny, to play at the Indy Southside Sports Academy.

"You have time to study other players. You have time to study the whole team, what their strengths and weaknesses are."

Hill showed he was more ready for the pros than many people expected. He scored in double figures in 10 of his first 17 games, with three 20-point performances, as the Spurs dealt with injuries in the backcourt.

The state's leading scorer as a high school senior, Hill was IUPUI's top offensive player in college. In the NBA, he already is making a name for himself as a defender.

"They're now talking about him becoming a great defensive player and how that's what he's going to make his living on," IUPUI coach Ron Hunter said.

"When George came into our program, he had no idea what defense was. For him to turn himself into a great defensive player says a lot about him and how hard he's worked."

Popovich said Hill will be part of the primary rotation next season.

"He's somebody that's going to be important to the Spurs both at the point guard and the off guard," Popovich said. "Obviously the pick-and-roll is big in the league and he's learning that offensively and defensively, but he's a fantastic defender. That's his major skill. He's learning to shoot the 3, and he's going to get better as he gets more experience."

Hill plans to spend part of his summer working out in Indianapolis. He wants a better jump shot.

He'll be sure to make time for the little guys, too.

"It's just a joy," said Hill, who recently had his first chance to watch his first-grade team play a full game. "I never had anyone as a mentor I could look up to start me off on the right foot when I was little.

"To see these kids wearing the GHill Progeny jersey and the headbands, it puts a smile on my face because it puts a smile on their face because it's giving them an opportunity."

[vcmov_15]

hahahaha initiations of a rookie... its all good.. all for laughs that kind of stuff can strengthen bonds between players in a team.

[MalditohoN]

for me as a spurs fan... they should revamp their rosters....

[tackielarla]

Spurs want $10 million released for arena

Spurs seek additional money for AT&T improvements
By Guillermo X. Garcia - Express-News

The San Antonio Spurs are seeking $10 million in Bexar County bond money for facility improvements at the county-owned AT&T Center in addition to the $75 million in bonds that voters approved last year.

Last week, Bexar County Commissioners put off approving a contract that would keep the Spurs in San Antonio until 2032, five years past the original deal, after Commissioner Tommy Atkisson complained about rushed negotiations.

County officials and the Spurs stressed the contract is simply an extension to the original pact the two signed in 1999, when the bond vote that secured the funds to construct the Spurs home court was signed. Both sides claimed there would be no monetary changes to the extension.

But tucked into the 12-page document is the Spurs' request for the $10 million, part of $24 million still available from the 1999 bond election.

Some of the other parties to the contract — the San Antonio Livestock and Exposition, Inc. and the Community Arenas Board, which acts as the county's landlord at the complex — apparently hadn't seen the proposed changes and were concerned with some of the document's language.

The deal, brokered by Commissioner Paul Elizondo, was completed last Tuesday , less than two hours before commissioners met, but not with enough time for the other parties to review it, Atkisson said.

He moved to postpone the vote so that those groups could be briefed.

The pact is an extension of the agreement with the Spurs that allows them access to the $75 million in venue tax revenue bonds that voters approved to finance AT&T Center capital improvements in 2008, funded through a tax on hotel rooms and rental cars.

The Spurs, who under the pact are obliged to kick in $15 million, pushed to get the item onto Tuesday's county agenda, Elizondo said.

Although the Spurs have agreed they won't be dipping into the $75 million bond fund before 2012 — they'll have to finance any improvements made to the stadium before then themselves, although they could seek reimbursement later — team officials were anxious to get the contract signed.

“It has been a year since the bond election and we were hoping to get this completed by the one-year anniversary,” said Leo Gomez, vice president for Spurs Sports and Entertainment, the holding company that owns the Spurs.

He noted that club officials wanted a signed contract before they begin laying out their plans, which the commissioners must pre-approve, for whatever changes they plan for the center over the coming decades.

“The situation ended up clumsy, time just ran out,” Elizondo said. “Some of the commissioners were confused, or didn't remember details, but they just didn't want to move forward without having had time to analyze the final product.”

The Spurs “are not getting a blank check, we are not giving the farm away here, but this contract does favor them, by and large,” Elizondo acknowledged. Originally, the Spurs had sought $110 million from the 2008 bond issue, but negotiations brought it down to $75 million.

David Marquez, the county's economic development director, said the agreement “guarantees that the Spurs won't be leaving San Antonio and that the AT&T Center will remain an attractive, technologically up-to-date facility that the fans will enjoy.”

A meeting is set for later this week, during which the Spurs will lay out details of the contract, Gomez said.

He declined to discuss what facility improvements the Spurs may be contemplating.

[vcmov_15]

wow renovations sa dome would that mean renovation sad sa roster nila bro? whos in and whos out for the next season the world and the spurs fan awaits.

[manuginobili]

unsai news ni manu...ehehhe...myta fully recovered na xa...

[tackielarla]

unsai news ni manu...ehehhe...myta fully recovered na xa...

Recovering nicely bro. In fact, he has a facebook account that he updates regularly.

[manuginobili]

Recovering nicely bro. In fact, he has a facebook account that he updates regularly.

taga.i ko ana' iyng FB account beh...idol kaau na' nako c manu...wohoo!!