Archive for July, 2009

Spurs Point Guard Tony Parker has injured his ankle in a game against Austria according to reports.  He has also injured his thigh in the collision. The Spurs’ star hurt his right thigh and ankle in a collision with Stjepan Stazic in a game Friday. Parker issued a statement saying he was hit in his thigh and turned his ankle. The good news is that there were no signs of ligament tears. Boy was I the only one that gave a sigh of relief there? We at Air Alamo will keep you updated with Parker’s injury.

On Saturday the San Antonio Spurs signed veteran Center Theo Ratliff.  The deal of the contract was not disclosed.  The 6’10″ Ratliff spent last season playing for the Philadelphia 76ers .  While there he averaged 1.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1 block per game in the 46 games that he appeared in. Ratliff will look to be a stopper in the middle as he is ranked 18th in the league for total blocks at 1,902 and fifth amongs active players.  Though he has probably surprassed his prime Ratliff will sure give the Spurs more defensive presence in the paint.

I was looking around the internet today as most of us are doing and well as I thought I heard the last of LeBron James getting slammed on I click on TMZ and low and behold I see that they are saying they supposedly have the tape and they said it was awesome. Right now they have a still picture on their site and it is blurred so I can really tell if it is James or Crawford or as TMZ puts it “THE DUNKER”. Looks like they posted it early guys. It is on their site now. Here is [...]

Delfino Not Satisfied: That Sounds Familiar [ Life On Dumars ] Scottie Pippen On Derrik Rose [ Pippen Ain't Easy ] Shaq To Host WWE Raw [ King James Gospel ] Magic, Barnes Agree In Principle [ Howard The Dunk ] Sean May Is A Good Signing Period [ A Royal Pain ] Adam Morrison: Laker’s Sub His Own Worst Enemy [ Lake Show Life ] Spurs Big Men From Championships to Today [ Project Spurs ] 2009 A Summer League Odyssey [ Pounding the Rock ]

The San Antoino Spurs started their summer league on a nice track winning their first three.  That would be their only wins of the Summer League as they would drop their final two.  Their loss to the Memphis Grizzlies (5-0) was a last second layup with 0.4 second left to give San Antonio their first loss.  Their second loss would come by the hands of the Portland Trailblazers and San Antonio just got outplayed. Blair finished that game with a double-double 16 points and 11 rebounds. Though all I caught was highlights of the games played in the Las Vegas [...]

Game three of the San Antonio Spurs Summer League in Sin City took place on Thursday night and boy did they look good…..oh they were playing the Oklahoma City Thunder! Who the hell cares.  A win is a win right!?  The Spurs saved the best for last.  And what I mean by that they showed the Thunder that there is four quarters to a game.  San Antonio came out blazing in the fourth and dropped 29 points in the period to defeat the Thunder,  85 to 76 to move to 3-0. DeJaun Blair and George Hill paced the Spurs with [...]

Ty Lawson looks for open room against Spur’s Jack McClinton. Well day two of the Las Vegas Summer League was Tuesday Night and our Spurs were back on the floor and with a nail biter, they escaped with a two point win. Malik Hairston led the team with 17 points on 7 of 11 shooting from the floor.  Ian Mahinmi was the only player to finish with a double-double.  He had 12 points and 16 rebounds. George Hill added 16, and continues his play and shows that he is a big asset to the team when not on the floor, [...]

The San Antonio Spurs saw themselves down at the end of one to the Hornets but a strong second half and 25 from Spurs guard George Hill, San Antonio went away with a 92 to 86 win.  Hill was 7 of 13 from the floor and 11 of 11 from the free throw line. Outside of George Hill many wondered how the ‘new’ guys did.  Well DeJuan Blair showed what he is going to bring to the table come regular season.  Blair seemed to be in form as he scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.  He was 4 of 7 [...]

As first reported by NBA.Com’s David Aldridge,  free agent power forward Brandon Bass and the Orlando Magic have agreed to a four year deal.  The deal is said to be worth $18 million over four years: The Orlando Magic are trying to keep up in the arms race in the competitive Eastern Conference, agreeing to terms on Friday with free agent forward Brandon Bass on a four-year deal believed to be worth $18 million. The 23-year-old Bass was one of the most coveted big men in this year’s free agency class, having been a valuable role player off the bench [...]

The man of the week when it was reported, Jordan Crawford sat down with Jay Crawford on ESPN’s First Take to talk about the Dunk NOT SEEN around the world: