This Week in San Antonio Spurs Basketball - Thursday Edition
by Tim C. on Aug 13, 2009 9:00 AM CDT
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It's a pretty slow week in Spursland. But that doesn't stop us from scouring the internets for anything and everything basketball-related. Slim pickings means it might get a little crazy, so make sure you wear some protection.
Avast, knaves! There be links beyond the jump!
The Music
Lauri's nomination:
My own nomination: The song title was inappropriate. Plus, it's one of my favorite bands.
ATS also nominated this gem(sorry, no embed available), in honor of Tim Varner's latest story at 48 Minutes of Hell. That story is the first link below.
Everything Black, Silver And White
48 Minutes of Hell " Falling Down an Elevator Shaft and Landing in a Pool of Mermaids
Tim Varner examines the precarious position of Peter Holt.
48 Minutes of Hell " Fabricio Oberto, Cool Guy
Fab is going to be wearing #21 in Washington. Why is that, Fab? "porque es el día de mi cumpleaños (NdeR: de marzo) y también en honor a Tim Duncan."
Does Tony have competition??? - SpursReport.com
Eva Longoria Parker was on hand for Saturday morning's practice, and she spent several minutes afterward chatting with Tony Romo... (pics if you click it)
Debate: "The Memorial Day Miracle" vs. "The TD 3" - Project Spurs
Jeff Garcia of Project Spurs compares the 2 most memorable Spurs shots of the TD era.
RealGM - Retooling the Spurs
The Spurs have managed to upgrade or hold strong at every position this offseason. Their biggest challenge coming into this season will be to integrate all of their new players into a system that has already been successful.
5 Things I Think I Know About the Southwest Division | Dime Magazine
Ben York's take on our division.
This Week In Pounding the Rock
My Team Is Better Than Yours: Minnesota Timberwolves Edition - Pounding The Rock
The sixth entry in BlaseE's series comparing teams to the Spurs for the '09-'10 season. This entry compares the Spurs to the Timberwolves with emphasis on last years stats, head to head recaps, roster changes, and a match-up preview.
CADTWNHMS #2: The Number Five - Pounding The Rock
Jolly likes fives.
Blair Pillages Your Village - Pounding The Rock
Grizzly Blair gets the wallpaper treatment, courtesy of LatinD.
UNICEF images of Manu in Argentina - Pounding The Rock
janieannie shares some images of Manu's most recent charity event in Argentina.
Quantifying Tim Duncan's value to the Spurs - Pounding The Rock
Gino20 points out a rather atrocious article from FoxSports.
The Battle for the 5 title and rights to team of the decade - Pounding The Rock
Manu-20 gets a little hyperbolic. Can you blame him?
Around SB Nation
Wally: "They [the Nuggets] are very interested in me"... - Denver Stiffs
Wally World in Denver? Not that it really matters.
Rondo or Odom? Who will be the better 4th man.Key to a title. - CelticsBlog
Yeah, keep ignoring us. We like it that way.
Hornets Trade Rasual Butler to the Clippers - At The Hive
The Hornets have traded Rasual Butler to the Clippers for a future second round pick. While it appears a straight salary dump for now, New Orleans at least has options at the 2.
Clyde Drexler: Blazers Are #1 Western Conference Threat to Lakers - Blazersedge
Provocative title, and a topic that we'll be addressing soon in another post.
The 2009 Off-Season - A Case of Deja-Vu for Raptors Fans? - Raptors HQ
Vicious D shares his insight on the Raps' offseason, and draws parallels to another offseason from earlier this decade.
Leon Powe to the Cavs - Fear The Sword
SBN's Cavs-dedicated blog shares their take on the Powe signing
The Rockets Are Apparently Serious About This Affiliate Thing - Ridiculous Upside
Jon L needs money to pay for his carpal tunnel surgery. Seriously, this guy blogs a lot. But he's good at it - show him some love.
Baby, Were We Born to Run? - Canis Hoopus
Are the Timberwolves the NBA's newest high-octane running team?
Deconstructing the Destruction of Beno Udrih - Sactown Royalty
Looking at Beno Udrih's 2008-09 season, and wondering how he can get back to good.
Common Misconceptions About the Phoenix Suns - Bright Side Of The Sun
Good read from iamtrevorpaxton over at the SBN Suns blog.
Even More Hoops
Does Emeka Okafor + Chris Paul = Karl Malone + John Stockton? - HoopAngle: Hornets Edition
And you thought Spurs fans were optimistic.
Hardwood Paroxysm " Nichols and Dime: Analyzing Changes in Shot Types Over the Course of a Game
Interesting, if not surprising... analysis.
Rockets, Budinger Get Deal Done - MyFoxHouston.com
The Rockets went ahead and signed Chase Budinger. No surprise there.
NBA free agents: Denver Nuggets forward Linas Kleiza takes Olympiakos' offer - ESPN
Denver Nuggets forward Linas Kleiza is on his way to Greece after signing a two-year contract worth $12.2 million with Olympiakos on Monday.
Von Wafer signs with Olympiacos - EUROBASKET
And Ira Newble signed with OLY's greek "rival" Aris! Oh wait, that's not news-worthy.
Kobe's expensive website - Ball Don't Lie
Kelly Dwyer is a KOBE HATAH!!! OK, a Kobe-website hater.
Hardwood Paroxysm " Ten Thousand Strong at Least
Rob Mahoney thinks that Boston is a wise pick to come out of the East.
Lakers' Pau Gasol sidelined three weeks after finger surgery - SI.com
Don't anyone start talking about karma. It's not like it's his ankle.
5 Things I Think I Know About the Northwest Division | Dime Magazine
Ben York at DIME continues his division previews.
Completely Off-Topic
SPACE.com -- Newfound Planet Orbits Backward
The star and its planet, WASP-17, are about 1,000 light-years away. I move that this planet be named Ron Artest.
Speeding player thought police were fans chasing him - Yahoo! News
Sunderland midfielder Grant Leadbitter, explaining to a court why he was caught speeding, said he thought the police patrol car following him was in fact a car full of Newcastle United fans chasing him for a fight.
Criss Angel's Nephew Forced To Sit Through Another Lame Mindfreak | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Ahhh, The Onion.
BBC - Earth News - Himalayan treasures threatened
Awesome photos, even if you don't read the captions.
Msnbc.com readers’ geeky tattoos - MSNBC
Wow. Just... wow.
Because Internet is Multimedia
Here, have some Marcus Haislip highlights:
Pic of the Week
Don't let the smile fool you
Well, that's it for the half-week. LatinD(or somebody) will be here on Monday with your full-week version of TWSS.
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Good job, Rik. I enjoyed the Hardwood Paroxsym and the Himalayan pics links. I couldn’t see the MSNBC tattoos at work.
Just curious, does anyone have a Spurs tattoo or even thought about it?
No, but I’ve been thinking about putting the PtR ambigram across my shoulders.
We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 13, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
To tell the truth or not?
:: nods head ::
Superman wears Manu Ginobili pajamas to bed. - CMoney
I don't like chatty. I don't do chatty. I like quiet. Quiet and mean. Those are my people. - Nurse Jackie
Nice post, rik, having fun reading these at work.
BTW, MSNBC took those photos from the site I linked to the other day… same tattoos and everything. I wonder if the guy from that blog got paid…
Hardwood Paroxysm’s post was pretty funny. We’ll see how KG looks when he comes back.
Straight from the No-Stat Zone to your computer!
Dunkin' Cheerleaders
For the engineers, scientists and other academicians:
The Journal of Irreproducible Results
It is especially relevant to PTR because of the header on the page
"If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert"
- DBG
FAB: NICE. VERY NICE. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. (btw, babelfish’s translation sucks)
Eva: good work. now parker’s gonna work extra hard to be the finals mvp and on the top of the world again.
highlights: call me boring, but i just cant forget bowens block on billups in game 7 of the finals. i almost kissed bowens image on my screen. someone from yahoo wrote prior to that how “detroit has their own mr. big shot.” how bout “mr big blocked?”
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