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San Antonio Spurs – Starting to Look More and More Like Champions
A sluggish start seems like ancient history as the San Antonio Spurs look more and more like defending champions, beating the turnover prone Golden State Warriors 113-100 behind a strong game from Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard, while Stephen Curry did more harm than good in another rough performance for him.
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San Antonio Spurs – Kawhi Leonard Finally Plays Like an MVP
It’s been a rough start to this season for both Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs. In the 89-85 win over the Los Angeles Clippers he played for the first time like the guy who looked unstoppable and impassible on both ends of the floor in last season’s final, especially during the closing minutes.
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San Antonio Spurs – Champions Don’t Lose on Season Opener
Despite facing stubborn opposition from the Dallas Mavericks, the San Antonio Spurs wouldn’t let that sour their first game of the 2014-2015 NBA season, beating their in-state rivals 101-100 thanks to a big fourth quarter and overall game from Tony Parker, getting plenty of help from Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan.
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San Antonio Spurs, Repeat Champions – It’s Now or Never
Five time NBA champions, but never back to back. The San Antonio Spurs enter the 2014-2015 season as the defending title holders, as the growing, evolving and improving core around Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, orchestrated by Gregg Popovich, will try to finally accomplish the one thing that’s avoided the most successful NBA franchise in the last 15 years.
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10 Oldest NBA Players Heading Into the 2014-2015 Season
A new NBA season begins with five new faces on the list of the 10 oldest players in the league, joining those who are quite used to this distinction of being elderly – Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Andre Miller and Steve Nash.
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10 NBA Active Scoring Leaders
Among active NBA players, there are two players (Kobe Bryant & Dirk Nowitzki) that are in the top 10 of the league’s all-time greatest scorers, with a good chance of moving up at least one spot this season. Three more players – Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Tim Duncan are in the top 20, while […]
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San Antonio Spurs – NBA Teams Should Be Copying Them
Once again, the San Antonio Spurs are forgotten. Instead of trying to copy from Gregg Popovich and the group of players led by Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard, the rest of the NBA is ignoring its champion and once again gets caught up in a race for max contract free agents, sacrificing a thought process and player development for expensive, instant and questionable achievements.
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The History of Number One NBA Draft Picks in the Lottery Era
When the first pick of the 2014 NBA draft is announced, it’ll be the 30th time in the lottery era that a team has taken a chance on someone through the magic of ping pong balls. It makes for a good chance to review which number one picks have done a great service through their NBA careers, from the likes of Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James, to others who have been less successful like Pervis Ellison, Michael Olowokandi and Anthony Bennett.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Back For Another Title Run
As expected, Tim Duncan hasn’t suddenly grown tired of the San Antonio Spurs or of playing in the NBA. The five-time NBA champions who’ll be entering his 18th season in the NBA decided to opt in to his contract for another year with the NBA champions, hoping he gets at least one more chance at going after another title ring.
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San Antonio Spurs – Decisions a Champion Needs to Make
For the first time in seven years we haven’t heard anyone talk about whether this was the last we saw of the current San Antonio Spurs. When you win a championship, suddenly the age of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker don’t matter anymore. Suddenly it’s more about what decisions Gregg Popovich needs to make in order to keep this team stocked and ready to make another title run.