David Robinson News

Even though Robinson was drafted first overall in 1987, the San Antonio Spurs had to wait two whole years before he would actually play in the NBA because of his commitment to the U.S. Navy.

After 13 trips to the NBA All-Star game, Spurs forward Tim Duncan has a pretty good idea of what an All-Star looks like.

Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time.

The compressed 66-game schedule has definitely left its mark on the San Antonio Spurs and the NBA as a whole.

You can walk differently, too. Wednesday night, as McHale approached a ref with a complaint, or circled his Rockets for a timeout, he limped on the damaged ankle that sped his retirement as a player.

Rudy Gay tried a series of fakes to lure Kawhi Leonard into shooting fouls that far too many first-year players want to commit.

OSU sophomore guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. attempts a layup in a basketball game against Michigan on Jan.

In case you haven't heard, the fellas out at Basket-Ball Reference undertook a huge project of finding each and every NBA box score since the league's formation in 1946.

Second-year, seven-footer may not mesh well with Tim Duncan, but he shows a bright future in San Antonio While on the subject of Spurs' draft picks, San Antonio recently decided not to pick up the final year on James Anderson's contract.

Our job or career is important because of what it supposedly provides for us. Jobs may provide status-most men in large part gain their identity from what they do-and they also provide money, which allows you to maintain a certain lifestyle.

The biggest basketball event in the state was tipped off Sunday by one of the biggest of the big former NBA stars.

The Spurs came into the season with a 16-game winning streak over the once-moribund Timberwolves.

4. There's probably a joke in there about aging athletes and a pitch for new wheels, but the real farce is that Duncan and other Spurs stars haven't had more opportunities to showcase their off-court skills.

If anything exemplifies the name of this blog, it is the nightly torture chamber Bruce Bowen put opponents through during his tenure with the San Antonio Spurs.

You can get caught up in all kinds of hooplah, and hubris when you micro manage your way through an entire season as we serious fans tend to do.

Just about this time a dozen years ago the reigning champion Los Angeles Lakers were in Denver to play the Nuggets in a regular-season game, but reigning MVP Shaquille O'Neal was avoiding the media after his team's morning shootaround at the Pepsi Center .

Parker laughed. "If I could finish my career that way, like Steve," he said, "I'd sign up right now." Parker said this the way the relieved do.

SAN ANTONIO The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they will retire Bruce Bowen 's No.

The announcement that Tim Duncan would rest Saturday night rather than play against Houston was greeted with an expected reaction in Spurs Nation.

Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Sister Judith Marie Saenz waves goodbye to some of the students and staff gathered outside Friday as a group of nuns load a bus bound for San Antonio outside Incarnate Word Academy.