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    Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs, the Spurs’ truly dominant season ended surprisingly early. Most had San Antonio penciled in to face the Golden State Warriors based upon a 67-win regular season, but as the series against the Thunder wore on, one thing became very apparent: The Spurs are OLD. San Antonio heavily relies on younger players like Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge, but the core of the Spurs still starts and ends with their original Big 3: Tony Parker, Manu

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    got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this thing done.” The San Antonio Spurs is a great basketball team. Tony Parker is a well known basketball player. France is where Tony Parker grew up but, he was born in Belgium He was born on March 17,1982. In 2012 and 2013 NBA Season is when the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat went to the NBA Finals and the series was tied 3-3 and the Spurs held them for the last minutes, but Miami heat fought throw and won the game (4). The

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    Intro The San Antonio Spurs will face off against the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Does that sentence sound familiar? Well that’s because these two teams met up in the first round of last year’s playoffs as well. The Grizzlies are looking for a different result this time as they got swept in last year’s matchup and lost three out of the four games by 20+ points. Look for the series to be different this time around as Marc Gasol and Mike Conley, who were injured last

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    Houston Coaches Worksheet

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    The San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets are facing off in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. Amidst two of the top 3 MVP candidates meeting in dramatic fashion, one of the key highlights of the series is the coaching battle. Perhaps the greatest coach in the history of the NBA meets perhaps the greatest offensive minded coach of all-time. Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs and Mike D'Antoni of the Houston Rockets have their teams poised to advance to the Conference Finals

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    The Importance Of Sweeps

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    The San Antonio Spurs are a team that is a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Spurs contain a unique identity that separates them from the rest of the teams in the league due to their different style of play. The recognition that the Spurs accumulated came from how the team played in the old days as well as how great of a team they are right now. In the league and around the world, the San Antonio Spurs are regarded as one of the best teams in the NBA. The San Antonio Spurs are

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    succeed is the San Antonio Spurs’ international talent. Over the past decade, the San Antonio Spurs have been one of the most prestigious franchises in the NBA, led by three international stars, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Tim Duncan (Ballard). The Spurs’ trio has ten championships among them and “with [last] year’s trip to the NBA Finals, more postseason wins (98) than all but one trio in NBA history: Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Cooper” (Ballard). The Spurs’ success with

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    The Best Free Agent Team

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    this article, ESPN’s Chris Broussard reported that Aldridge is leaving Portland. According to reports, the Spurs are clearly in the lead to land Aldridge. The Lakers and

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    Tim Keown II.Dennis Rodman, Shirley Rodman, Debra Rodman, Kim Rodman, Lorita Westbrook, Sheldon Steele, Anicka Bakes, Alexis Rodman, Bryne Rich, Detroit Pistons 86-89, San Antonio Spurs 93-95, Chicago Bulls 95-99 III.Trenton New Jersey, Oak Cliff in Dallas Texas, Gainesville Texas, Durant Oklahoma, Detroit Michigan, San Antonio Texas, Chicago Illinois. IV.Dennis Rodman struggles with being himself with rising fame and money when he becomes a NBA player. Dennis eventually deals with his own attempted

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    Pros And Cons Of Tanking

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    The idea of winning is one everyone enjoys. The feeling of winning is incomparable to anything else, and overall creates everlasting memories. When a team can’t win, it can be due to the talent, the coaching staff, or overall just not being good enough. Consistently being atop the totem pole that is the NBA is nearly impossible, but many teams have tried, similar to the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Boston Celtics. When a team is not good enough to win the NBA Finals or to even compete

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    championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. Leading the San Antonio Spurs to multiple championships and is one of the best power forwards in NBA history. Tim Duncan is known as a famous basketball player. During freshman year of high school Duncan started playing basketball. He had grown 9 inches by senior year and improved significantly. Colleges started looking into him for this great basketball skills. He was named as the NCAA player of the year. San Antonio Spurs picked Duncan with the first pick in the 1997

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