San Antonio Spurs Articles

Victor Wembanyama Is Something Entirely New

by Micah Wimmer

Nov 3, 2023 1:37 PM

Victor Wembanyama is not a remixed version of another player, nor is he a combination of previously seen skills coming together in one person. He is something entirely new.  Read more »

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NBA's Top Wing Trios Ranked

by Wes Goldberg

Aug 16, 2023 1:51 PM

We've ranked every team's wing corps from 1 to 30 based on the top three wings' production, upside and versatility. Read more »

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Spurs Hit Jackpot, So Did Victor Wembanyama

by Zachary Cohen

May 16, 2023 10:10 PM

On Victor Wembanyama entering the NBA with some of the highest expectations we've ever seen and now joining a franchise perfectly suited to realize it, plus a look at whether the Hornets will choose Brandon Miller or Scoot Henderson. Read more »

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Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)

by RealGM Staff Report

The Celtics finished first in Net Rating ahead of the Cavaliers, who jumped up from 13th last season and 28th as recently as 2021. Read more »
Jeremy Sochan's Game Is A Minor Protest Against The NBA's Orthodoxy

by Kevin Yeung

Jeremy Sochan breaks the convention and structure of the game. He plays a hyperactive, improvisational style that feels like watching a basketball randomizer. Read more »
Dejounte Murray Puts On The Black Hat

by John Wilmes

Overnight, Dejounte Murray has branded himself as one of the most savage showmen within recent memory, necessarily changing the forecast for the vibes, if nothing else, of the 22-23 Hawks campaign. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)

by RealGM Staff Report

The Suns jumped from 30th in the NBA in Net Rating in 17-18 to 29th to 18th in 19-20 to third last season and first in 21-22. Read more »
DeMar DeRozan's Deliverance

by Katie Heindl

DeMar DeRozan has come into his power like the sun showing up in the eye of a hurricane, there all along but waiting, patiently, for the circle of fortune to form up around him. Read more »
The Overdue Recognition Of DeMar DeRozan

by John Wilmes

DeMar DeRozan wasn't LeBron and he wasn't Kawhi, and he also wasn't Tim Duncan when he reached the Spurs. He quietly improved nonetheless and turned into one of the most overlooked playmakers in the NBA. Read more »
High Time For DeMar DeRozan To Impress Again

by Colin McGowan

The Bulls are all in trying to win 50 games this year, and DeMar DeRozan will help considerably. There is a rung right below greatness, where some swell players hang out, but you can lose track of them. Read more »
Kobe, KG, Duncan And The Recession Into The Past

by Colin McGowan

The guys that go into the Hall of Fame precede the current crop of players by a generation or several and their accomplishments have begun to acquire the smell of warehoused memorabilia. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)

by RealGM Staff Report

The Jazz jumped from ninth in Net Rating last season to first in 20-21. Read more »
Thirty Futures: San Antonio Spurs

by Colin McGowan

Gregg Popovich has always treated basketball with the correct amount of seriousness, which is to say you let it drive you nuts, until you realize you're being stupid and ease up. Both of those things are important. Read more »
2020-21 NBA Season Preview: Southwest Division

by Keith P Smith

While the Mavericks appear to be the only playoff lock in the division, the Rockets, Spurs, Grizzlies and Pelicans should all at least be in the Play-In mix. Read more »
This Weird NBA Season Has Two Separate Defending Champions

by Micah Wimmer

Both the Raptors and Kawhi himself, though separated by the breadth of a continent, have something at stake, a chance to assert that they were the truly indispensable part of last year's triumph and win back-to-back chips. Read more »
Suspended Indefinitely: Michael Finley Belongs

by Colin McGowan

Michael Finley wasn't going to be Jordan, or really anything like Jordan. But at 24, 25, 26, his career was still a splintering branch of possibility. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)

by Christopher Reina

We look at the trajectory of every team in the NBA in terms of how they rank in the category. Read more »
Suspended Indefinitely: Tim Duncan Feels Ageless

by Colin McGowan

Tim Duncan was not actually a computer program; we had been discussing him in metaphor. He was a guy, an extraordinarily talented and temperate guy, choosing to put in the work and make all the right decisions. Read more »
2019-20 Southwest Division Preview

by Keith P Smith

On the Grizzlies' exciting rebuild, Houston's big gamble on Russell Westbrook, Dallas seeing what they have in Doncic and Porzingis, the Pelicans in Year 1 of the Zion era, and the Spurs doing very little but outperforming expectations yet again. Read more »
Thirty Histories: San Antonio Spurs

by Colin McGowan

It all seemed premature and reckless when Gregg Popovich controversially fired Bob Hill in 96-97 and became head coach of the Spurs, until it was proven to be ingenious. Read more »