The Spurs are not only making interesting big moves but also being smart when it comes to the fringes of the roster. The Spurs traded Malaki Branham, Blake Wesley, and a second-round pick for Kelly Olynyk.
The San Antonio Spurs traded for center Kelly Olynyk Tuesday, a deal that gives them another shooting big man and closes the book on a big part of their disastrous trade of Derrick White.
The Ohio State Buckeyes may have had 14 players selected in the NFL Draft back in April, but the program didn’t produce a single pick in this year’s NBA Draft.
Hakeem The Dream, Clyde The Glide, Magic: The NBA has produced some incredible nicknames over the decades. Some, like Magic and Penny, have even come to largely replace the player's actual name.
Two days after landing Kelly Olynyk in a three-team trade, the Washington Wizards are flipping the veteran big man to San Antonio, per ESPN’s Shams Charania.
SAN ANTONIO — A 22-year-old shooting guard still looking to carve out a role for himself in the NBA isn't uncommon. It can sometimes take a few teams to do so, however.
A trio of players who had roles at some point, but overall didn’t play much throughout the season. Welcome to Pounding the Rock’s 2024-25 player reviews!
As the San Antonio Spurs headed to Paris to take on the Indiana Pacers in two games in Victor Wembanyama's hometown, third-year guard Malaki Branham had a lot to celebrate.
Malaki Branham and Keldon Johnson each scored 17 points off the bench as the San Antonio Spurs used an uber-balanced attack to defeat the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 118-105 on Thursday.
The San Antonio Spurs hosted their local rival Houston Rockets for their third game of the new 2024/25 season. They got off to a slow start and spent most of the game trying to close the gap.
Faced with naming his personal goals for the regular season, Malaki Branham didn't budge. The gears in his head were turning as he stared at the question; the San Antonio Spurs guard seemed to recall exactly what they were in an instant.
As San Antonio looks for reliable production in the next stage of the rebuild, upside alone might not be enough to keep the young guards safe for much longer.
The San Antonio Spurs saw a lot of common trends last season. One was the immense amount of talent that got drowned out due to a lack of minutes and time available on the court.
As the Spurs get deeper, two of their three third-year players have plenty to prove if they want to stay long-term. For the most part, the San Antonio Spurs have done what fans wanted them to do in the draft and free agency.
Up by three points, the San Antonio Spurs had the ball with 30 seconds to go against the Sacramento Kings on Thursday. They ended up losing by five. A key turnover on a pass from Malaki Branham to Zach Collins with seven seconds left that led to a Kings go-ahead bucket proved the difference.
The San Antonio Spurs are back in the loss column after falling to the Houston Rockets 114-101 on Tuesday night at Toyota Center. In the loss, the Spurs committed 18 turnovers compared to the Rockets' five, which certainly made a difference throughout the game.
The Los Angeles Lakers were looking to get right after their defeat to the Warriors on Thursday and that's exactly what they did on the second night of their back-to-back this week.
Malaki Branham suffered an ankle injury last night in the first quarter of the San Antonio Spurs’ 106-98 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Branham did not return to the contest, finishing with two points on 1 of 5 shooting.