News Rundown 2-15-07

Hi all, this will, hopefully, be the first of many news rundowns dealing with the Spurs and other interesting bits of news.

First is the game recap for the Pistons game courteousy of the Express-News.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/stories/MYSA021507.01C.BKNspurs.pistons.game r.128be5b.html

..and the accompanying notebook.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/stories/MYSA021507.06C.BKNspurs.notebook.181 86e0.html

In other news.

Matt Bonner talks about the injury, his role on the team and his recovery.
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070215/REPOSITORY/702150337

Buck Harvey Mailbag: Questions pertaining to the Spurs and their questionable supporting cast.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/columnists/bharvey/stories/MYSA02142007.WEBbuckharveymailbag.en.8 1e44fe9.html

Tony Mejia of CBSSportsline examines how new Spur Melvin Ely can help us...if he lives up to his long-dormant potential.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/nba/story/9995033

The Chicago Tribune has a piece detailing the often-ignored aspect of All-Star weekend, the general managers' meeting. They, specifically, talk about one Pau Gasol.
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/cs-070213bullsbits,1,3046116,print.s tory?coll=cs-bulls-headlines

And if you have NBA TV, be sure to check out James White in the D-League All-Star game on Feburary 17th at 2p.m.
http://www.nba.com/allstar2007/news/dleague_allstar.html

And finally, keep up with the Spurs' foreign prospects by checking out Eurosport.com. Luis Scola's TAU Vitoria stuns favored Tel Aviv Macabi.
http://www.eurosport.com/basketball/euroleague/2006-2007/sport_sto1088395.shtml

In none-Spurs, but still interesting news.

Devan George is hurt, again, and he might miss time after the All-Star Break.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2766032

I think this is an important injury, mainly because George is the one guy on the Mavs bench that could sub for Josh Howard. He's a long, strong guy who rebounds and can play the 4, allowing the Mavs to play small ball. If George misses a significant amount of time, it might affect Dallas's playoff rotations. It's not a 10 pt difference, but there's rarely a 10 pt difference in Spurs-Mavs games.

And of course, Tim Hardaway is a bigot.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2766213