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Spurs stay perfect in Summer League with win over Nuggets
The Spurs are now 2-0 in Summer League play after narrowly beating the Nuggets78-76 at the Cox Pavillion in Las Vegas.The matchup I was especially excited about going in was seeing George Hill against Ty Lawson. I thought if anyone could test Hill after he torched Darren Collison,...
Spurs stay perfect in Summer League with win over Nuggets
The Spurs are now 2-0 in Summer League play after narrowly beating the Nuggets78-76 at the Cox Pavillion in Las Vegas.The matchup I was especially excited about going in was seeing George Hill against Ty Lawson. I thought if anyone could test Hill after he torched Darren Collison,...
Spurscast #166: Summer League
On this episode of the Spurscast, Michael and Jeff talk about the signing of Antonio McDyess before interviewing Pistons blogger and Dyess fan Natalie Sitto of Need4Sheed.com.Natalie gives us some insight on what we can expect from McDyess and talk a lot on the type of player and person...
Rebounding With Dejuan Blair
It is widely known the Dejuan Blair is a rebounding machine and we all saw his impressive rebounding stats at the 2009 Vegas Summer League. But do you know the full extent of his rebounding prowess? Well we at Project Spurs present to you some of Blair's rebounding exploits....
Spurs Summer League Game 1 Recap (Exclusive Interview From Vegas)
Isn't it great to see the Spurs play in what feels like a long time since the Spurs season ended. The Spurs had their first game of the 2009 Summer League game in Vegas beating the New Orleans Hornets 92-86 and it was the debut of Spurs rookies Dejuan Blair and Jack McClinton....
Summer League Profile: Carldell Johnson
With
the 2009 NBA Summer League beginning this weekend, and the Spurs
playing their first game July 12, we here at Project Spurs will begin
to profile some players on the team. We'll continue with Carldell Johnson.Height: 5'10"Weight: 180 lbs.Position: GCarldell Johnson...
Summer League Profile: Donell Taylor
With
the 2009 NBA Summer League beginning this weekend, and the Spurs
playing their first game July 12, we here at Project Spurs will begin
to profile some players on the team. We'll continue with Donell Taylor.Height: 6'5"Weight: 193 lbs.Position: GTaylor played at Oskaloosa...
Spurscast Special: Interview with AccuScore's Jon Lee
A few days ago, Jeff and I got a chance to talk to Jon Lee of AccuScore. Accuscore does Sports Forecasting for Yahoo, ESPN and several other clients.Recently, Jon wrote up an article for Project Spurs forecasting the changes this season after the Jefferson trade, so we thought we&...
The Starting 5
By Fred Silva, Project Spurs Staff Writerfred@projectspurs.com
Just after the news broke that Antonio McDyess had accepted the Spurs offer, Project Spurs reader named "Onion King" posed the question, "What does this do to the starting lineup?" At first glance I...
Spurscast #165: Better Late Than Never
We originally recorded this episode on last week, but with the 4th of July weekend and a 4-day weekend for me, I wasn't able to get to editing till this week, but there's still plenty of good information, even though there has been a lot of action this week. We talk about the...
Here's Some Self-Promotion (Like Always)
I don't know if you know who I am but I'm kind of a small deal. I recently started spewing my usual basketball nonsense over at one of the greatest basketball websites ever created -- Hardwood Paroxysm. I know what you're thinking, "What blackmail-type evidence do...
Ranking Offseason Moves
In Chad Ford's latest at ESPN.com, he ranks all 30 NBA teams for summer moves including free agent signings, trades and the NBA Draft.With the trade to get Richard Jefferson, and stealing DeJuan Blair in the second round of the draft, Ford picks the Spurs at #1.The Spurs always...
Summer League Profile: Ian Mahinmi
With the 2009 NBA Summer League beginning this weekend, and the Spurs playing their first game July 12, we here at Project Spurs will begin to profile some players on the team. We'll continue with Ian Mahinmi.While Ian Mahinmi is not new to the Spurs, he has only played 23 minutes...
McDyess rumored to be leaning towards Spurs
Yahoo! is reporting that the Spurs are the leaders of a three team race to sign free agent Antonio McDyess, the Spurs plan B after his former teammate Rasheed Wallace. The Spurs are rumored to have offered the full MLE for two years and are competing against the Orlando Magic and Cleveland...
Glen Davis a Spur?
As I said it looks Big Baby will be a Spur. He feels he will lose minutes with Rasheed now a Celtic and Grant Hill on the way. -- Gary Tanguay's TwitterLooks like Sheed came with a price other than money.
Report: Wallace to sign with Celtics
According to a report on the Celtics Blog on Boston.com, Rasheed Wallace has committed to sign with the Celtics on July 8 for a two-year deal for the mid-level exception.Celtics All-Star trio of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, owner Wyc Grousbeck, coach Doc Rivers and president...
Swing and a Miss: Ariza > Artest According to Plaschke
This is the start of what I hope to be a series on Celtics 17. I will find stupid basketball columns and show them to you.The first is a column by Bill Plaschke of the LA Times. You know, the guy with the egg-shaped head on "Around the Horn" who thinks the Dodgers are better...
NBA Talk: Plans Change In Detroit With Villanueva and Gordon Added
We all remember the heartbreaking move for Detroit when they sent Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets while Detroit brought in Allen Iverson. It wasn't good for the Pistons as they got destroyed in the playoffs.
Then here they are with Iverson gone and Rasheed Wallace aging...
Gortat verbally commits to Mavericks
Marc Stein of ESPN is reporting that Orlando Magic center Marcin Gortat has verbally committed to sign an offer sheet with the Dallas Mavericks. The Spurs were interested in the 6'11'' Polish center who made a name for himself last season as Dwight Howard's backup....
Spurscast Special: Interview with Alex of NBA Tipoff
A few weeks ago, before the draft, Jeff Garcia had the pleasure of interviewing Alex Curtis-Slep of the NBA Tipoff.Jeff and Alex discuss everything from favorites going into next season, the Lakers and Fabricio Oberto. It's a quick listen, but be sure to listen all the way through...
Spurs announce Summer League roster
A few familiar faces and a few new ones will comprise the Spurs Summer League roster, which begins play in Los Vegas on July 12.The roster is made up of:Malik HairstonGeorge HillJames GistNando De ColoDonnell TaylorCarldell "Squeaky" JohnsonEric DawsonAntonio AndersonMarcus...
Video: Project Spurs at the 2009 NBA Draft
Thanks to our own Jeff Garcia, who was at the draft and captured the following video.
Finley returning for 09-10 Season
The Spurs announced via twitter that Michael Finley informed them that he will be back for the 2009-10 season.The 6-7, 220-lb. Finley appeared in 81 games with San Antonio last season, averaging 9.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 28.8 minutes. He ranked 23rd in the NBA in...
The Eighth Seed - Episode 2
What was once the Flagrant Five is now the 8th Seed, featuring an all-star roster of NBA bloggers/podcasters including Jeff and I from here at Project Spurs, John Karalis from Red's Army, Zach "No Show" Harper from Talk Hoops, Rey Moralde from The No Look Pass, Jared...
Spurscast #164: Draft Recap
Michael and Jeff go over the Spurs second round draft selections, including the steal of the draft, getting DeJuan Blair with the 37th pick.We talk about each player in depth and bring in Chris Denker, Managing Partner of NetScouts to talk about Nando De Colo.We finish off the show...
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