Roger Mason News

Bargain hunters rejoice. You don't have to break the bank to add a piece to the rotation or perhaps even a starter in the shopping spree known as free agency.

Michael Finley has informed the Spurs that he will return for the 2009-2010 season.

By Brendan Jackson , CelticsHub.com June 24th, 11:07 am Filed under: Commentary Offseason In today's latest Draft Buzz Chad Ford makes some interesting possibilities if the C's, despite what they say, are hell-bent on trading Rondo: Given that, a couple of potential trade scenarios come to mind.

On June 23, 2009 the San Antonio Spurs and their odd year dynasties will never be the same again.

The Spurs have made the first move in the Southwestern Arms Race. R.C. Buford and Greg Popovich continue to impress, as they always have.

The first rule of NBA trades is "Follow the money." It's the only way to make sense of a seemingly lopsided deal, such as today's swap that reportedly sent Richard Jefferson to the Spurs for Kurt Thomas , Fabricio Oberto and Bruce Bowen , pending league approval.

Originally I was going to do a series of posts breaking down Pop's coaching performance as it evolved over the course of the season but I decided a chronological take on the matter would involve a fair amount of unnecessary narration, etc.

Full of wise saws and modern instances, and so he plays his part. Accurately assessing the job Gregg Popovich did during the 2008-2009 season is a difficult task.

The November 5th game in Minnesota was way more exciting than any regular season game deserves to be, and adding to that improbability was the fact that it was scheduled at an otherwise unimportant point in the season.

Austin Nichols is Ime Udoka is Roger Mason Jr. is Bruce Bowen. Since the Spurs were eliminated from the playoffs, I've tried to paint a big picture of their options this summer.

One of the unanswered questions-so far-of this offseason is trying to figure out how the Spurs see their 2009 backcourt.

Six years later, Jason Kidd promises to go with his head and not his heart. That may not be good news for the freshly-minted Western Conference semifinalists.

Dirk's getting double-teamed. What's your excuse? *Unless Mark Cuban smears Swine Flu on Tony Parker, I'm afraid the desperate and prideful San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks tonight, forcing a Game 6 Friday night at American Airlines Center.

Eric Gay / Associated Press Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki greets San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich after the Mavericks won Game 5 of a first-round Western Conference NBA playoff basketball series in San Antonio, Tuesday.

It was an innocent enough question, but Tim Duncan was offended. I was in San Antonio last October and I was talking to Duncan about the young big men in the NBA -- specifically Dwight Howard, Andrew Bynum and Greg Oden.

Posted by John Paulsen With the Mavericks' 106-93 Game 5 win in San Antonio, it is the first time that Tim Duncan has lost a first round series.

The San Antonio Spurs were old when the season started and they didn't get any younger 87 games later.

The general consensus is that any chance the San Antonio Spurs had of capturing their fifth NBA title this year ended when Manu Ginobili was lost for the season.

Written by Matt Moore on Sunday, April 26, 2009 This is graph heavy, so be advised.

Commentary, news and views about the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs play the Mavericks at 3 p.m. Saturday in Dallas in Game 4 of the best-of-seven series.