0 comments by Dale Stamford on 11/1/2016
The Philadelphia 76ers have traded Jerami Grant to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Ersan Ilyasova and a conditional draft pick, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. Per Wojnarowski, the Thunder had been trying to find an athletic forward to complement their roster and pursued Grant for several months. He averaged 9.7 points, 4.7 rebounds […]
0 comments by Tom Petrini on 9/26/2016
Gregg Popovich got his 2016 press conference season off to a roaring start at Spurs media day on Monday. He verbally jousted with reporters who asked unclear or repeated questions, stated that he will be fining Tim Duncan $2,500 daily until he shows up, and declared Duncan “Coach of Whatever He Feels Like.” Then, the […]
0 comments by Tom Petrini on 8/11/2016
On Wednesday night Team USA faced their toughest Olympic opponent yet in a scrappy Australian team. Some may be surprised by how well the Aussies competed, but the Boomers weren’t. Andrew Bogut said in an interview with ESPN that the objective was to play hard and win. “If we go out there and we’re intimidated […]
0 comments by Staff Reports on 7/21/2016
Project Spurs has been online for nearly 12 years now, covering a little over half of Tim Duncan’s career. In that time, we’ve obviously covered #21 quite a bit. Here is a collection of some of our favorites among the Duncan archives over the years. [View the story “A Look Back at Tim Duncan career […]
0 comments by Staff Report on 7/20/2016
On Monday, San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor declared tomorrow, July 21, as “Tim Duncan Day.” We’ll share some of our favorite coverage on Duncan tomorrow, but to kick things off before that, we asked some of our staff to reflect on Duncan’s career and to share some of their favorite stories or moments. Tim Duncan has […]
0 comments by Tom Petrini on 7/11/2016
Tim Duncan has been the face of the San Antonio Spurs for nearly two decades, and in that time he has been a perfect franchise player. The model of consistency and production, he was the common denominator for each of San Antonio’s five championships. His stoic, team first attitude became the identity of the Spurs. […]
0 comments by Michael A. De Leon
It’s officially the end of an era in San Antonio and the day Spurs fans have been dreading for years. Tim Duncan has called it a career, but what a career it was. After 19 seasons in the NBA and five NBA Championships, Duncan announced his retirement with very little pomp or circumstance, as a press […]
0 comments by Tom Petrini on 4/25/2016
On Sunday night in Memphis, Tim Duncan tied former teammate Robert Horry for second most playoff victories of all time (155). The next day Old Man Riverwalk celebrated his 40th birthday, probably by practicing his bank shot and eating pre-chewed carrot cake. Seriously though, Duncan has been the face of the Spurs since the Clinton administration. […]
0 comments by Michael A. De Leon on 4/18/2016
The NBA has announced that San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard has been named the 2015-16 NBA Defensive Player of the Year. He received the most first place votes, 88, and 547 total points to make him the repeat winner, edging out the likes of Golden State’s Draymond Green and Miami’s Hassan Whiteside. Leonard is […]
0 comments by Michael A. De Leon on 4/16/2016
With Game 1 of the playoff series between the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies kicking off tomorrow in San Antonio, I polled our staff and a few media members to get their predictions. As for my prediction, while a first round series with the Memphis Grizzlies brings up bad memories for Spurs fans, the […]
0 comments by Winston Harris on 4/12/2016
This NBA season was a hopeful one for the Los Angeles Clippers. The offseason drama that was DeAndre Jordan’s free agency played out in the team’s favor and this was supposed to be the breakout year for the Clippers in some onlooker’s estimation. Well, drama found the team once again in the form of Blake […]
0 comments by Zac Graham on 4/7/2016
The final days of an NBA season are usually some of the strangest in American professional sports. This season is certainly no different. I liken the experience to the final week of high school. Whenever that may have been for you, try to remember back to those final few days before your passage into the “real” […]
0 comments by Keff Ciardello on 4/6/2016
With six seconds left in the game and three seconds on the shot clock, the Spurs needed to act quickly if they wanted to break the 86-86 tie against the Utah Jazz last night. Off an inbounds pass under the basket, Kyle Anderson passed to Kawhi Leonard, who was heavily guarded by Gordon Hayward. Without […]
0 comments by Keff Ciardello on 4/1/2016
It’s well known that San Antonio Spurs head coach, Gregg Popovich, dislikes being interviewed by sideline reporters during games. He has been known to be short and uncooperative with his responses, preferring to focus on the game and his team rather than on questions from the media. If there is one exception for in-game interviews […]
0 comments by Winston Harris on 3/29/2016
The playoffs are less than one month away and the NBA playoff picture is anything but clear for some teams. One of those teams unclearly depicted is the Eastern Conference’s Detroit Pistons. After years of disappointment, the 39-35 Pistons have experienced some changes that have them right in the thick of a fight for the […]
