San Antonio Spurs News and Rumors
David Stern goes too far with $250,000 fine on San Antonio Spurs for not bringing four players to play against Miami HeatSomeone needs to buy David Stern an NBA team, perhaps as a retirement gift, so he can really be justified in determining who plays, who doesn’t play and who on his bench can run drinks over to the national TV guys at their courtside table when they’re… |
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Celtics' Rivers calls fine against Spurs overdoneNov 30, 2012
Celtics coach Doc Rivers criticized the NBA's fine against the San Antonio Spurs after they kept four top players out of a game. |
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NBA fines Spurs $250,000 for sitting playersNov 30, 2012
ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com The NBA fined the San Antonio Spurs $250,000 for withholding key players in Thursday night's game against the Heat. |
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San Antonio Spurs fined by leagueNov 30, 2012
The NBA announced Friday that the San Antonio Spurs organization has been fined $250,000 for its decision to send four players home prior to the Spurs' Nov. 29 game in Miami. The Spurs' actions were in violation of a league policy, reviewed with the NBA… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Usually, Gregg Popovich goes right for the jugular when he decides to condescend to whatever poor schmuck has to conduct a sideline interview with him. But he threw us a bit of a curveball last night, answering the first two questions he got from Charle… |
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The Coach vs. the CommissionerNov 30, 2012
Ken Plutnicki, nytimes.com The San Antonio Spurs turned an early-season N.B.A. game into a national debate. |
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David Stern Doesn't Have A Problem With Shitty Basketball Games; He Has A Problem With HonestyNov 30, 2012
Tom Ley, deadspin.com When Gregg Popovich decided to rest four of the Spurs' best players last night—a decision made well in advance of their game against the Heat last night, if Pop is to believed—he took all the air out of a hotly anticipated, nationally televised contes… |
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Ray Allen nails game-winning 3-pointer to push Heat past abbreviated version of Spurs (VIDEO)Nov 30, 2012
Dan Devine, yahoo.com A funny thing happened on the way to the inevitable whitewashing that we were sure would follow San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich's decision to send four starters back to Texas early rather than face the Miami Heat at full strength on Thursday… |
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3 mistakes Charles Barkley made while interviewing Gregg Popovich during Heat-Spurs (VIDEO)Nov 30, 2012
Dan Devine, yahoo.com 1. Suggesting that Gregg Popovich would be "happy with the play, so far in the game, from the guys coming off [his] bench." C'mon, Chuck. If you're going to step into the shoes of TNT sideline reporters Craig Sager and David Aldridge, you've g… |
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No matter the argument, Popovich is rightNov 30, 2012
Gregg Popovich rested four starters against the Heat, and the NBA is angry. Why? It isn't against the rules, says Ben Golliver, and it was in the best interest of the Spurs and the league. |
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LeBron James Stops A Starless Spurs Upset In Its Tracks; Golden State Survives A Mind-Boggling FinishNov 30, 2012
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green weren’t in Miami for Thursday’s nationally televised game. After 36 minutes of the big, bad Heat playing neck-and-neck with the Spurs’ second unit, the Heat’s biggest star showed up in a big w… |
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There are at least three competing incentives at work in David Stern's pending punishment of the Spurs for resting Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginob... |
