In advance of the big showdown between the Los Angeles Clippers and San Antonio Spurs tomorrow afternoon, I exchanged some emails with SpursFanSteve from the Spurs blog Pounding the Rock. So yes, it a conversation between the ClipperSteve and SpursFanSte

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said point guard T.J. Ford (right) won't return until after the Rodeo Road Trip concludes. (AP Photo/Bahram Mark Sobhani) T.J. Ford went through his most extensive workout of his rehabiliation Friday as he prepares to return fr

The Nuggets' Ty Lawson looks to pass around the Spurs' Danny Green on Jan. 7, as Tiago Splitter (right) looks on. (Edward A. Ornelas / eaornelasexpress-news.net) To start or to come off the bench? Throughout a nine-year NBA career of doing both, Spurs g

Project Spurs NEWARK, NEW JERSEY -- It has been an up-and-down season for San Antonio Spurs' rookie Cory Joseph. From getting minutes early in the season, being sent to the D-League Austin Toros to now getting spot minutes, Joseph has definitely been fin

There is a reason Texas has made the NCAA Tournament 13 straight times under Rick Barnes. He is a good a basketball coach. Sure, plenty of credit goes to a bunch of talented Longhorns, such as T.J. Ford, Kevin Durant, D.J. Augustin and LaMarcus Aldridge.

Spurs guard Tony Parker keeps a loose ball away from the Pistons' Greg Monroe during the teams' March 9, 2011 meeting at the AT&T Center. (Jerry Lara / glaraexpress-news.net) Point guard Spurs: 9 Tony Parker (6-2, 11th yr) Pistons: 7 Brandon Knight (6-3

For an elite level high school hoops player, there is no bigger honor than being selected as a McDonald’s All American. Since 1977, McDonald’s has hand selected the very best HS seniors to participate in the annual McDonald’s All American Game, which has

Kawhi Leonard (left), who has started 15 games for the Spurs, is tied for 10th in scoring among NBA rookies. Bahram Mark Sobhani/Associated Press The Spurs’ medical staff has cleared guard Manu Ginobili for all the basketball activity he wants. Don’t dou

PHILADELPHIA — When Spurs coach Gregg Popovich took the extraordinary step of allowing a group of substitutes to play the entire fourth quarter and overtime in a 101-100 loss at Dallas on Jan. 29, the rest of the NBA took notice. In retrospect, there was

Marshall Plumlee was not ready to play at Duke. Period. He lacked the strength and development to legitimately compete for playing time this season. The best decision was to redshirt him and allow for him to work on his body and game with the team. Coach

The 2012 NBA Draft class is phenomenally deep this year. With the return of college stars such as Harrison Barnes, Jared Sullinger and Perry Jones III, the basketball world has been buzzing over the star power that will be lining up to shake David Stern'

STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer | Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry (31) spreads his arms as the crowd cheers after Terry scored, forcing overtime in an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Dallas, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. The Mavericks

DALLAS (AP)—Jason Terry was more than willing to take the big shots with Dirk Nowitzki just getting back into the Dallas Mavericks’ lineup. And made them when they counted the most. Terry scored the last four points in overtime, after hitting a tying 15-

The Spurs had seen it before. Over his career, Darko Milicic has made life miserable for them in the paint. LaMarcus Aldridge has torched them on occasion, as has Andrew Bynum. Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph took tag-teams turns tormenting the Spurs during

Jan. 23: Rockets 107, Timberwolves 92Minnesota Timberwolves' Luke Ridnour, left, defends against Houston Rockets' Kevin Martin in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in Minneapolis. Martin led the Rockets with 31 points. (Jim

Kobe Bryant recently “pinpointed” Jamaal Tinsley as an ideal conductor of offensive arrangements, exactly what the Lakers (and Knicks) distinctly lack. While there’s really no reason to solicit a second opinion on Tinsley once Bryant expressed his consid

T.J. Ford (left) tweeted today that his comeback from a hamstring injury is coming with some challenges along the way. (AP File Photo) T.J. Ford has sparked a little controversy on local radio shows with a recent tweet he sent out earlier today about his

Kansas forward Thomas Robinson is one of the leading candidates for national player-of-the-year honors. Few conferences can match the Big 12 in elite talent produced in the past decade. Since the 2002-03 season, the league has had eight first-team All-Am

Spurs backup point guard T.J. Ford grimaces after pulling his hamstring against the Bucks on Tuesday. The injury will sideline Ford for four to six weeks, and has hit the team doubly hard. (Jeffrey Phelps/Associated Press) The hamstring injury that has S