The San Antonio Spurs announced today that the franchise will retire Avery Johnson’s number. Johnson’s No. 6 will join James Silas, George Gervin, Johnny Moore, David Robinson and Sean Elliott in the rafters in the AT&T Center. The retirement ceremony will take place on December 22 when the Spurs host the Clippers. The 5-11 Johnson […]
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For those wondering how Boston’s newly-made “Big Three” will perform, their first exhibition game against Toronto provided a pretty accurate glimpse. KG racked up 19 points and 17 boards, the Truth chipped in 21 points, Ray-Ray shot a dismal 4-13. The gist? KG’s is pumped for his team, for one. The main thing is that […]
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Posted in San Antonio Spurs on Sep 29th, 2007
The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they signed their 2007 second round draft pick Marcus Williams. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed. Williams, the 33rd overall pick, played for the Spurs summer league teams in both Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. He averaged 3.6 points and 2.4 rebounds in […]
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Posted in San Antonio Spurs on Sep 6th, 2007
The Spurs officially announced their 2007-08 regular season broadcast schedule. Spurs fans will be able to see all 82 Spurs games on either the Spurs local broadcast network or one of the NBA’s national broadcast partners. The Spurs local broadcast partners will split the schedule three ways, Fox Sports Net will televise 31 Spurs games […]
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Posted in San Antonio Spurs on Sep 4th, 2007
The San Antonio Spurs today announced that Brett Brown has been named an assistant coach. He will join Mike Budenholzer and Don Newman on the team’s bench. “Brett Brown will continue to do the great work he has done for us for the past five years,” said Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich. “I look forward […]
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Posted in Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, General, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz on Aug 29th, 2007
NBA ratings have been on a steady downturn. Not coincidentally, the first significant drop in finals ratings happened when ABC took over from NBC. Just to illustrate, in the 12 years that NBC had the NBA Finals, the ratings for the Finals were in double figures EVERY YEAR. Cannot give all the credit to MJ, […]
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Posted in San Antonio Spurs on Aug 16th, 2007
The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have signed guard/forward Ime Udoka. Per team policy terms of the deal were not disclosed. Udoka spent last season with the Portland Trail Blazers where he averaged 8.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists while starting in all 75 games in which he appeared. He led the […]
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Posted in San Antonio Spurs on Jul 23rd, 2007
InsideHoops.com: The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have waived guard/forward James White, a high-flyer who has been famous since high school for his incredible leaping and dunking ability. White joined the Spurs as a free agent on November 3, 2006. He appeared in six games, averaging 8.3 points and 3.3 rebounds in 22.8 […]
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The Rockets have longed searched for a power forward who would fill the void Kelvin Cato left a few years back when he was traded to the Magic (along with Steve and Cuttino). Although Kelvin Cato was not the best of players, the one year he had under Van Gundy was very successful; he was […]
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The Rockets, weak at the power forward spot last season and even more desperate for help after trading Juwan Howard away, have acquired an overseas leader at the position. Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the team has obtained the draft rights to Argentinean F Luis Scola and added F/C Jackie Butler […]
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