gregg popovich Stories - Pounding The Rock
The Day The Season Died
It is the popular belief around here that the Spurs chances at a championship, or even a deep playoff run, ended when Manu Ginobili was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his ankle on April 7th. I say it ended before then. Any realistic chance the Spurs had for a deep playoff run went up in...
What's Next Pop?
You said the strategy was to stop Dirk and Terry, and congratulations -- today it was mission accomplished. Oh, but your team lost. Got anything else?
Mavs Drop Game Two: Notes and Quotes
Ugh. It was always a bit of wishful thinking to expect Dallas to leave San Antonio up two games, but that really sucked. There is a part of me though that wonders if we should have seen a loss like that coming. All season long Dallas has seemed to play up or down depending on the situation. At...
The Legend of Tim Duncan's Hammer
A legend singing about a legend. Listen to this while you read and imagine these are the lyrics. Legend of Tim Duncan (mp3) Tim Duncan's pappy woke him up one midnightHe said "Before the hurricane comes I wanna tell you." Said "listen boylearn to hoist a J and learn to lay it up, learn to pick...
Spurs 95 Hawks 89
Boxscore Gameflow Team Poss Off Eff eFG% FT Rate OR% TO% ATL 88.5 1.01 50.6 14.3 9.8 11.3 SA 88.5 1.07 50.6 19.0 39.5 19.2 Let's start with the positives as I think there were some last night. Going semi-chronologically... Al Horford's defensive...
Heinsohn, Don't You Ever Smile?: Book Review
As I read Heinsohn, Don’t You Ever Smile? I kept thinking, "This reminds me of something. What the hell is it?" Eventually it hit me – Instant Replay – The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer. I read the latter at least four years ago, but after some thought there are numerous...
Assorted Thoughts on the LA Lakers
The Lakers are Tall LA’s roster lists 7 players at 6-10 or taller. And 4 of them are 7 footers. [Green Bandwagon Update: Three of the 7 footers (Bynum, Ilunga-Mbenga, and Mihm) are not a big part of the Lakers right now. I should have mentioned that earlier.] That’s outrageous. Also if...
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