Friday, December 17, 2010

What's up with the ...Spurs?

At 22-3........the San Antonio Spurs have the best record in the NBA.

Tony Parker

The basketball talk in Denver all week has been about Carmelo Anthony and his future with the Nuggets, and the buzz was still in The Pepsi Center when the Spurs arrived for a nationally televised game on Thursday night. By game’s end, the Spurs had reminded a sellout crowd and the TNT network’s audience that [...] More »

Spurs 113, Nuggets 112 – final

Yes.....the best record in all of basketball.....Better the the Lakers....the Celtics......that "Dream Team down in Miami......

How did this happen?   And why weren't we notified?

Are these the same Spurs.....from last year?  That team went 50-32 and were swept out of the play-offs 0-4 by Phoenix in the 2nd round.

Let's see.....last years' roster: 

Tony Parker, G
George Hill, G
Roger Mason, G
Jack McClinton, G
Manu Ginobili, G
Michael Finley, G/F
Richard Jefferson, F
Malik Hairston, F
DeJuan Blair, F
Marcus Haislip, F
Matt Bonner, F/C
Antonio McDyess, F/C
Tim Duncan, F/C
Ian Mahinmi, C

And this years' roster:

San Antonio Spurs Roster 2010/11
NO. NAME POS AGE HT WT COLLEGE 2010 - 2011 SALARY
25 James Anderson SG 21 6-6 215 Oklahoma State $1,361,400
45 DeJuan Blair F 21 6-7 265 Pittsburgh $918,000
15 Matt Bonner PF 30 6-10 240 Florida $3,050,000
21 Tim Duncan C 34 6-11 260 Wake Forest $18,835,381
23 Alonzo Gee SG 23 6-6 220 Alabama $762,195
20 Manu Ginobili SG 33 6-6 205 $11,854,584
3 George Hill PG 24 6-2 180 $854,389
24 Richard Jefferson SF 30 6-7 225 Arizona $8,400,000
5 Curtis Jerrells PG 23 6-1 195 Baylor $762,195
34 Antonio McDyess PF 36 6-9 245 Alabama $4,860,000
0 Gary Neal PG 25 6-4 210 Towson $525,000
9 Tony Parker PG 28 6-2 180 $13,500,000
22 Tiago Splitter F 25 6-11 232 $3,400,000
2 Garrett Temple G 24 6-6 190 LSU $762,195

Looks like familiar faces to us.


Maybe  Ginobili,  Parker and Duncan.......decided it's time to earn those huge salaries.  Who knows?


What we do know is......the Spurs are atop ....the world....that is the NBA.



 

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