Nicknamed the “Slash Brothers” by some, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper will also share the ball during the NBA Rising Stars Challenge on All-Star Weekend.
Jeremy Sochan might not be in San Antonio for much longer. The Spurs have granted his representation permission to talk to teams in the hopes of finding a landing spot for the young forward via trade, according to The SteinLine’s Marc Stein($).
In sounding off about the killing of civilian Alex Pretti by federal law enforcement officers over the weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota, San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama also praised his fellow French countryman Guerschon Yabusele for sharing his thoughts on the matter.
Editor’s note: Jeje Gomez here. This is a candid conversation between PtR’s Editor in Chief, J.R. Wilco, and me after the loss to the Pelicans. It has been lightly edited for clarity.
After nearly half a decade of watching ping pong balls and waiting for the draft to improve the roster, the San Antonio Spurs finally have a winning team.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanyama is "horrified" by the deaths of two American citizens in Minneapolis shot by masked federal agents. The Frenchman implied the team's PR department had provided guidance about responding to questions around the flammable topic of federal agents filmed shooting two citizens in the streets of the city.
The San Antonio Spurs are now the only team in the NBA to have multiple selections in each of the last three Rising Stars Challenges. Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper join the announcements of Victor Wembanyama and Castle last year, and Wemby and Jeremy Sochan the year before.
In his return from injury, San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell pointed to an issue that’s been plaguing the team for several weeks now. While the word “soft” hadn’t yet been mentioned directly, allusions to it had.
The San Antonio Spurs erased a 20-point deficit against the New Orleans Pelicans and still lost 104-95. A 24-5 run to open the fourth quarter put them back in the game.
The Golden State Warriors sit at 26-21, a record that is good for only the eighth seed in the Western Conference so far this season. Injuries and trade drama hover like a dark cloud, and amid it all, Stephen Curry’s championship window continues to shrink.
Gregg Popovich made a rare public appearance this week but still appears to be very much in recovery. The legendary former San Antonio Spurs head coach Popovich attended an NBA G League game on Friday.
Spurs wing Devin Vassell, who has missed the team’s past 13 games due to a left adductor strain, is set to return on Sunday against New Orleans, writes Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News.
The San Antonio Spurs will be on the hunt for their fifth win in six games and for a season sweep of the visiting New Orleans Pelicans when the teams clash on Sunday night.
The atmosphere inside the Delta Center is usually enough to rattle even the most seasoned NBA rosters. But on Thursday night, the San Antonio Spurs walked into one of the league’s loudest arenas and systematically dismantled the Utah Jazz in the final frame, securing a decisive 126-109 victory.
De'Aaron Fox hit four threes in the fourth quarter and had a game-high 31 points as the San Antonio Spurs overcame a triple-double by Jusuf Nurkic and defeated the Utah Jazz 126-109 on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.
Stephon Castle got the entire class into trouble on Tuesday. Castle and the San Antonio Spurs faced off against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center in Houston, Tex.