• NBA season previews

    30 Previews In 30 Days: The San Antonio Spurs

    NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that is NEW AND EXCITING!! (But not really.) They are: The San Antonio Spurs.

    When last we saw them: Finished 56-26, second in the Southwest Division and tied for second overall in the West. Eliminated by the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals after Manu Ginobili blew a tire. More »

    11:00 AM on Tue Oct 28 2008
    By Basketbawful
    2,515 views, 24 comments

    Most discussed Doyle McPoyle: Fun Fact: Popovich majored in Soviet Studies at the Air Force Academy. Now there's a degree that comes in handy. more »

  • Shaq

    Shaquille O'Neal has a Few Things He's Like to Get Off of His Chest...

    Sports 620 KTAR showed up at Suns practice on Tuesday and provided The Big Angry with an opportunity to lay waste to everything in his path. The first target: Gregg Popovich, the yellow bastard who dared to (successfully) employ the Hack-a-Shaq strategy in last year's first round playoff series between the Spurs and Suns. More »

    1:30 PM on Thu Oct 16 2008
    By Basketbawful
    7,670 views, 35 comments

    Most discussed wonderlic---myballs: Whats a travis knight? Is that like a randy knight? more »

  • nba closer

    Lakers Worship Shiny Ball, Advance To Finals


    The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who has a funny feeling the Spurs aren't going to repeat this year. When he's not stating the glaringly obvious, he can be found mocking someone or something at Basketbawful. Enjoy! More »

    9:15 AM on Fri May 30 2008
    By Basketbawful
    4,616 views, 42 comments

  • nba playoffs

    NBA Playoffs: Lakers-Spurs, Game 5

    Basketbawful has broken out the highest quality Wiccan spell components — coffin nails, dead sea salt, glory water, graveyard dirt, and a very phallic ritual candle — to uncover the darkest mysteries of tonight's NBA playoff game.

    Thanks for nothing, NBA. The league office has come out and officially stated the totally freaking obvious: Derek Fisher fouled Brent Barry on the final play of Game 4. And it should have been called outright or replay should have been used. But aw shucks, it wasn't! I'm sure that'll make the Spurs players and coaches feel so much better when they get eliminated tonight whenever. More »

    6:30 PM on Thu May 29 2008
    By Basketbawful
    2,860 views, 30 comments

  • nba playoffs

    Only People Not Upset About The Foul Call: The Spurs


    Of all the discussions and analysis of the foul-or-not-a-foul that probably cost the Spurs the Western Conference Finals last night, the one thing we can't get our minds around: Brent Barry was taking the last shot? Brent Barry? The guy who ruined the dunk contest? That Brent Barry? Well, jeez, no wonder he didn't get the call! Who in the world would give Brent Barry a call? More »

    10:00 AM on Wed May 28 2008
    By Will Leitch
    8,669 views, 60 comments

    Latest by Convict78: Dude that looks like Hitler = Sean Hayes with a bad mustache more »

  • nba closer

    The Foul That Wasn't (But It Really Was)

    The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who can't wait to see how David Stern fixes tonight's Pistons-Celtics game in favor of Boston. When he's not coming up with new NBA Finals conspiracy theories, he can be found humming a jaunty tune at Basketbawful. Enjoy! More »

    9:10 AM on Wed May 28 2008
    By Basketbawful
    10,649 views, 58 comments

    Latest by kurt9988: Had their roles been reversed, the hall of fame flopper, Derek Fisher, would have been laid out like a blanket. more »

  • nba playoffs

    NBA Playoffs: Lakers-Spurs, Game 4

    Basketbawful has pulled out his Ouiji board, Magic 8-Ball and Tarot cards in order to give you a little prognostication for tonight's game.

    Manu Ginobili. He was the unquestioned goat of Games 1 and 2, and even moreso the unquestioned hero of Game 3. His "In yo face, suckah!" performance (30 points, 9-for-15, 5-for-7 in threes) was pretty damn impressive...especially when you consider he's doing it with an arthritic ankle. Ouch. Seriously, though, some of those threes were wacko - one of them even made Kobe laugh - and I don't know if that kind of lightning is going to strike twice. So the Spurs are going to need some... More »

    7:00 PM on Tue May 27 2008
    By Basketbawful
    2,850 views, 12 comments

  • nba closer

    Spurs-Lakers: First Blood, Part II

    The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who's starting to get a very bad feeling about these playoffs. A very bad feeling. When he's having nightmares about another Lakers championship, he can be found crafting Kobe Bryant voodoo dolls at Basketbawful. Enjoy!
     
    When you're pushed, killin's as easy as breathin'. They've been pushed around since Shaq was traded away. Now, in these playoffs, the Lakers have become brutal, efficient, and cold-blooded killers. And last night, they gutted the defending champs and stuffed them into a 101-71 body bag. And somewhere Emperor Stern is laughing softly on his dark throne. More »

    12:30 PM on Sat May 24 2008
    By Basketbawful
    2,775 views, 8 comments

    Latest by Billy Batts: The world's oldest living animal is a 235 year old tortoise that resides on the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. It more »

  • ratings war

    Another Reason For Stern To Fix The Western Conference Finals

    At this point, the adage that "David Stern doesn't want a Spurs-Pistons final" has become so commonplace as to become tired. But if you live in a world that pretends that Nielsen boxes actually mean anything — because no one's ever met anyone with a Nielsen box and you could track actual viewing patters using DVR and Tivo, but that would never happen because everyone pretends Nielsen knows what it's talking about, because without them there is chaos — Stern has good reason to want to see the Spurs go home early. More »

    3:00 PM on Wed May 21 2008
    By Will Leitch
    6,604 views, 80 comments

    Latest by iHaveaRagingTebowner: We had a Neilsen box when I was in high school. I used to leave the TV on random more »

  • free darko presents

    Free Darko On Los Angeles-San Antonio


    We're looking at every NBA Playoff series through the eyes of both Free Darko. Here's Free Darko's look at the Los Angeles Lakers-San Antonio Spurs series. Your author is Dr. Lawyer IndianChief.

    At the peril of divulging my devotion to my bloglines reader, I have to say I am particularly fond of the running joke that Gawker has on Slate (both of which are favorite websites of mine). The joke is basically pointing out how much Slate just looooooves to flip conventional wisdom on its head. In a jab at Slate’s recent assertion that we Americans should feel lucky for only paying four dollars a gallon for gas, Gawker snarks: More »

    1:35 PM on Wed May 21 2008
    By Free
    4,786 views, 31 comments