Tiago Splitter has emulated Gregg Popovich as interim head coach of the Trail Blazers, writes Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News. Splitter, 41, spent five of his seven NBA seasons playing in San Antonio under Popovich, including winning a title in 2014. “The way he treats people makes you feel like you are part […]
The San Antonio Spurs open their first round series as the No.2 seed against the 7-seeded Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night.
The Spurs started looking like the champions of yore with a torrid second half of the season.
Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones preview the Spurs-Blazers in the West, Celtics-Sixers in the East and the potential 1-8 matchups in each conference.
With the San Antonio Spurs preparing to take on the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, it will be a new experience for superstar Victor Wembanyama. As the Spurs’ big man in Wembanyama gets ready for his first playoff series, he would speak more on the emotions heading into the […] The post Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama gives ‘grounded’ take ahead of first playoff game appeared first on ClutchPoints.
We’ve got the Portland Trail Blazers vs. San Antonio Spurs Game 1 results according to NBA 2K26 to see who the game thinks will win. The NBA Playoffs are finally here, and the top 16 teams will duke it out in a battle for the Larry O’Brien Trophy. The Spurs, led by Victor Wembanyama, are playing […] The post Trail Blazers vs. Spurs Game 1 Results According to NBA 2K26 appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The sixth-year wing isn't featured the way he used to be, but he's never meant more to a Spurs team with title aspirations
Two Euros carry the hopes of Texas in the NBA Playoffs. Alperen Sengun is looking to prove the Houston Rockets are better than their own fans have thought for much of the season. Meanwhile Victor Wembanyama is making his playoff debut and wants to show the San Antonio Spurs are ready now. Wow, the rest […] The post Wembanyama and Sengun look to shape NBA playoffs appeared first on BallinEurope.
He's probably going to be the runaway, if not unanimous, choice for defensive player of the year. He's going to make this season's All-NBA team. He's going to get some MVP votes . He's already a global superstar. Victor Wembanyama has met every expectation . Except, perhaps, his own. He came to the San Antonio Spurs three years ago as the No. 1 draft pick and hoping to lead a revitalization, one where a perennial title contender that got stuck in a rebuilding cycle would f...
The Spurs big man missed all three regular competitions
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The Golden State Warriors completed the tall task with their victory over Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers. It went down to the final minutes, Leonard is not an unfamiliar foe to a Warriors team that has had multiple battles against, from the Western Conference Finals with the San Antonio Spurs to the NBA Finals […] The post Warriors news: What Draymond Green said about Kawhi Leonard just before play-in showdown appeared first on ClutchPoints.
There is a longstanding belief that an NBA team usually needs to come of age before competing for a championship. The San Antonio Spurs went six consecutive seasons without winning even 35 games in a single campaign, so just making the playoffs would have been considered a big step in the right direction, Instead, they […] The post The Hakeem Olajuwon advice that hit Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama hard appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Finding a potential playoff hero outside of the Spurs’ rotation is not an easy task.
The San Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama continue to draw massive attention as the NBA Playoffs approach, and this time, Dwight Howard added fuel to the hype. During a recent appearance on Yahoo Sports, the former All-Star made a bold statement about the Spurs star. He said, “Wemby, I think he’s going to be at […] The post Dwight Howard makes wild Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama top 3 all-time claim appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Jared Dubin and Mo Dakhil discuss the spectacular Hornets-Heat and Blazers-Suns Play-In games, run through the rest of their end-of-season awards picks, and talk about the major questions that will define each playoff series. Timestamps (00:00) Intro (01:15) Hornets-Heat (14:54) Blazers-Suns (22:25) End-of-season awards (41:03) Knicks-Hawks (47:37) Cavaliers-Raptors (52:59) Spurs-Blazers (58:59) Nuggets-Timberwolves (1:03:42) Lakers-Rockets Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts, Spotify...
Sean Sweeney is expected to be one of the leading head coaching candidates during the upcoming offseason cycle. Sweeney joined the San Antonio Spurs as associate head coach under Mitch Johnson last year after four seasons as the lead assistant for Jason Kidd with the Dallas Mavericks. "He's the top available (first-time NBA head coach) by a wide margin," one Eastern Conference scout told The Athletic. Sweeney was brought up to The Athletic the most amongst insiders when inquiring about potent...
Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija scored 41 points on Tuesday as Portland held on to win a back-and-forth contest over the Suns by a score of 114-110. The victory clinched the Blazers’ first playoff berth since 2021, locking them into the No. 7 seed and lining up a first-round matchup against the No. 2 Spurs. […]
The Trail Blazers are moving on, and Deni Avdija knows what’s waiting. That would be a first-round matchup with the Spurs. “They’re a great team, very talented,” Avdija told Amazon Prime. “They’re young too so they don’t have a lot of playoff experience as well. It’s gonna be a fight. We’re gonna bring everything we […] The post Blazers’ Deni Avdija on Spurs: ‘It’s gonna be a fight’ after play-in win appeared first on Hoops Wire.
