San Antonio Spurs

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spurs fan since manu came...hahahaha....weEe!..

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SAN ANTONIO (AP)—Spurs forward Richard Jefferson(notes) could miss the start of training camp after dislocating his right thumb.

Jefferson was injured Tuesday while working out at the Spurs’ practice facility. X-rays were negative, and the 29-year-old swingman is expected to be re-examined next week.

The Spurs called the injury minor. Training camp begins Sept. 29.

Jefferson was the marquee addition in a busy offseason for San Antonio, coming to the Spurs in a four-player deal with Milwaukee. He has not missed a game the past two seasons.

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spurs vs rockets on spurs opening night

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2009-10 Roster
NUM PLAYER POS HT WT DOB FROM YRS
45 DeJuan Blair F 6-7 265 04/22/1989 Pittsburgh R

15 Matt Bonner C-F 6-10 240 04/05/1980 Florida 5

Nando De Colo ** G 6-5 200 06/23/1987 France R

21 Tim Duncan F 6-11 260 04/25/1976 Wake Forest 12

4 Michael Finley F-G 6-7 225 03/06/1973 Wisconsin 14

20 Manu Ginobili G 6-6 205 07/28/1977 Argentina 7

1 Malik Hairston G 6-6 220 02/23/1987 Oregon 1

Marcus Haislip F 6-10 230 12/22/1980 Tennessee 3

3 George Hill G 6-2 180 05/04/1986 IUPUI 1

24 Richard Jefferson F-G 6-7 225 06/21/1980 Arizona 8

28 Ian Mahinmi C 6-11 230 11/05/1986 France 1

8 Roger Mason Jr. G 6-5 212 09/10/1980 Virginia 5

33 Jack McClinton ** G 6-1 185 01/19/1985 Miami (Fla.) R

34 Antonio McDyess F 6-9 245 09/07/1974 Alabama 13

9 Tony Parker G 6-2 180 05/17/1982 France 8

42 Theo Ratliff C 6-10 235 04/17/1973 Wyoming 14

5 Ime Udoka (FA) F-G 6-5 220 08/09/1977 Portland State 5

11 Jacque Vaughn (FA) G 6-1 190 02/11/1975 Kansas 12

2 Marcus Williams G 6-7 207 11/18/1986 Arizona 2

HEAD COACH
Gregg Popovich (College - Air Force Academy)

ASSISTANT COACHES
Mike Budenholzer (College - Pomona)
Don Newman (College - Idaho)
Brett Brown (College - Boston University)
Chip Engelland (College - Duke)
Chad Forcier (College - Seattle Pacific)

STRENGTH-AND-CONDITIONING COACH
Mike Brungardt (College - Central State (OH))

ATHLETIC TRAINER
Will Sevening (College - Wisconsin-LaCrosse)

ASSISTANT TRAINER
Chad Bergman (College - IUPUI)


C - Captain
** - Unsigned Draft Pick
(FA) - Free Agent

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Rumor

Spurs after Greek center

Some NBA players are accepting bigger bucks to go play in Europe. Some European players are accepting the challenge of playing in the NBA.

The San Antonio Spurs appear to have one of the latter about to come onboard, according to Interbasket. The rumor is that San Antonio has offered a four-year deal to Greek 7', 280-pound center Ioannis Bourousis.

Bourousis averaged 12.5 points and 7.4 rebounds in 22 games with Olympiakos Piraeus recently. He also was named MVP of the 2009 Greek All-Star Game.




click for Ioannis Bourousis highlights:

YouTube - Ioannis Bourousis - The Karditsan Giant

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For San Antonio, the questions are far more prosaic:


• Should we really expect Manu Ginobili to be 100 percent after his troubling ankle injury?
• Is Tim Duncan's knee OK?
• Will Tony Parker, the slight point guard, continue his dazzling offensive dominance?
• Can a rotation with players age 37, 37, 35, 34, 32, 30, 30 and 29 (their ages by the end of June) handle the 100-game, eight-month grind of the NBA season and postseason?


If the answers are "yes, yes, yes and yes," the Spurs are in great shape. But a single "no" might well doom them in the deep Western Conference.

But as they move beyond April's humbling first-round exit at the hands of the rival Dallas Mavericks, there are plenty of reasons for Spurs fans to have a sunny outlook this summer.

First, there's the arrival of Richard Jefferson -- our pick for Best Newcomer and the kind of athletic wing player the Spurs have been looking to add for several seasons -- and Antonio McDyess, still a capable big man.

Then there is the infusion of youthful energy and talent from draft steal DeJuan Blair and second-year guard George Hill, along with the potential emergence of Ian Mahinmi, who's still only 22.

And finally there is the cluster of reasons the Spurs have a halo in the eyes of many NBA observers: the peerless San Antonio front office, steady-as-a-rock coach Gregg Popovich, the players' nonstop commitment to teamwork and defense and the inspired on-court leadership provided by Duncan, Ginobili and Parker.

So far the formula has added up to four rings in 11 years, and who's to say they can't win one for the thumb?


Source: NBA Summer Forecast: Western Conference champs - ESPN

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Rumor

Spurs after Greek center

Some NBA players are accepting bigger bucks to go play in Europe. Some European players are accepting the challenge of playing in the NBA.

The San Antonio Spurs appear to have one of the latter about to come onboard, according to Interbasket. The rumor is that San Antonio has offered a four-year deal to Greek 7', 280-pound center Ioannis Bourousis.

Bourousis averaged 12.5 points and 7.4 rebounds in 22 games with Olympiakos Piraeus recently. He also was named MVP of the 2009 Greek All-Star Game.




click for Ioannis Bourousis highlights:

YouTube - Ioannis Bourousis - The Karditsan Giant

wa na nila gukda ni siya kay puno na sila ug big man. backup point guard ang priority.

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Be like David, not be like Mike

The decency of David Robinson was lost amid the petty bombast of Michael Jordan last weekend.



That is how it always has been with Robinson, and how it came to be on the night Robinson,

Jordan, John Stockton, Jerry Sloan and C. Vivian Stringer delivered their Hall of Fame induction speeches in Springfield, Mass.


Robinson never was a star's star in the NBA. He was too gracious to be that, too straight-laced, too much the friendly next-door neighbor.


Robinson never worried about keeping it real because of his comfort with who he was. He never felt compelled to project an image, to win converts to his side, to be a contrivance.


He was the accidental elite player, after all. His destiny was not the NBA, not when he was in the final year of high school in Manassas, Va. His destiny was the military. The experience shaped his attitude and grounded him.


He grew five inches after arriving at the Naval Academy. He became a 7-footer, which is no way to be if you plan to spend part of your life on a submarine. He met his two-year military obligation after graduating from the Naval Academy and soon became the face of the Spurs.


He was not flashy or controversial or edgy. He sometimes played with a smile, which runs counter to Flip Saunders' directive to the ever-grinning Nick Young. Yet he was a competitor. He did not have to dream up imaginary slights to turn on the emotional fires, as Jordan did.


Robinson's ability to see beyond the basketball floor mostly escaped the NBA chroniclers of his time, perhaps because they were obsessed with all things Jordan.


Robinson raised money to start a school for underprivileged children in San Antonio. He gave back to the community in a profound way, not in a meet-and-greet, photo-op, five-minute way intended to burnish the "We Care" program of the NBA.


Robinson seemingly always knew there was life after basketball. And he was ready to embrace it with the gusto that defined his career. He did not need a farewell tour, which was a good thing. His last season corresponded with Jordan's last season with the Wizards.


While Jordan's final go-around was discussed in redundant detail, Robinson's went largely unnoticed. By then, Robinson was subservient to Tim Duncan on the court.


He took a hit to the ego for the team, one of the overlooked aspects of his career. And Robinson had an ego - but one with a rein on it. In his final seasons, he was the former franchise player nurturing his replacement.


Robinson was appreciative in his speech, the tight-lipped Stockton showed he had a wit, Sloan noted the perspective that came his way after the Evansville basketball plane crash and Stringer talked about losing the love of her life, her husband.


Jordan dumped the names and notes that he took throughout his career on the audience, from the high school varsity player who was selected over him to Jerry Krause to the time he was left off the cover of Sports Illustrated because of Dean Smith.


It was an odd, almost uncomfortable spiel that left you thinking this one-time basketball wonder never will be as satisfied in life as he was on the court.


Robinson left no such impression. He walked away from the NBA knowing it was time. There was no angst then, no thought of a comeback.


Jordan has a rage in him that no front-office position can satisfy. He could not resist suggesting that he could have another comeback in him at age 50. That was not intended to elicit a laugh.
So, just as he did as a player, Jordan claimed the headlines, along with the evaluations of the arm-chair psychoanalysts.


The message, intended or not, lent a twist to the one-time "Be Like Mike" Gatorade campaign, which was: Don't be like Mike.


Instead, be like David: content, well-adjusted, at peace.



Source: Knott: Be like David Robinson, not Michael Jordan - Washington Times

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