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Basketball Vs. Soccer: The Steve Nash Foundation Showdown

SBN Studios — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:54:23 -0000

Phoenix Suns superstar Steve Nash recently hosted a celebrity soccer event in New York City. The Steve Nash Foundation Showdown brings together stars from the worlds of basketball and soccer to benefit charity and is really a unique event. SB Nation's own Matt Ufford took a trip down to the event to talk to the fans who showed up for the spectacle of basketball stars playing soccer and got some time to talk to a number of NBA and FIFA stars, including Danny Green, Grant Hill, Elton Brand and Thierry Henry. Check out the footage below.

Net Cords: San Antonio Spurs, Still Villains Of The NBA

Seth Pollack — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:00:22 -0000

The San Antonio Spurs have defied NBA conventional wisdom by apparently reloading on the fly. After getting swept out of the playoffs by Phoenix in 2010 and getting ousted in the first round by Memphis last year, many thought it was time to trade their top talent and rebuild through the draft.

Instead, the geniuses running one of the best organizations in the game ignored the fans and critics and kept their aging core while ading a variety of pieces, from castoffs like Danny Green and Boris Diaw to non-elite young players like Tiago Splitter and Kawhi Leonard.

The result is a Spurs team in the top echelon of the NBA among the likes of Miami, Chicago and Oklahoma City.

Perhaps because their advice went went ignored, or maybe because they are just tired of the Spurs, but the national media has mostly ignored the success in San Antonio.

SB Nation's Spurs site, Pounding the Rock, has it's own unique and hilarious take on the situation.

The San Antonio Spurs: Villains of the NBA - Pounding The Rock
I know the importance of narrative. Humans need a story to help them understand the world. In this lockout-shortened season there's a dearth of storylines for fans to latch on to, and the small-market Spurs barely get a mention because the pundits don't have a convenient role into which they can force them.

So far they've gotten away with it ... but it's plain to see that the time is coming when ignoring San Antonio will no longer be an option.

[...]For us, it's a good old-fashioned heroic epic. For the rest of the league, it's a horror story. And we're the monsters.

Tony Parker as Hannibal Lecter. Tim Duncan as The Terminator (T-1000 model). Whatever it takes, the Spurs fans are more than willing to embrace their role in this story, even if it's as the villain.

'Net Cords' features the great work being done by the SB Nation network of NBA team sites.

VIDEO: Danny Green Talks About His Winding Path From UNC To The Spurs

Tom Ziller — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:42:43 -0000

Danny Green, the former North Carolina Tar Heels star, had a winding path to get to where he is today; a major contributing role on a team bound for the NBA playoffs. Green has played in all 39 games for the San Antonio Spurs this season and is averaging more than 23 minutes per game, including filling in as a starter due to Manu Ginobili's injuries.

It didn't always look like Green would get here as he struggled to find a spot for himself in the NBA. He talks to SB Nation's Erin Sharoni about his pro basketball journey and what the Spurs need to do to come out of the West in May and June. Check the video below the jump.

Tim Duncan Might Be A Lunatic

Tom Ziller — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:10:33 -0000

From San Antonio Express-News beat man Jeff McDonald:

Spotted on a local HS track, running conditioning drills in triple-digit South Texas heat: Tim Duncan, James Anderson, Danny Green.

James Anderson and Danny Green are young bucks with everything to prove. Tim Duncan is an MVP, a Finals MVP, the greatest modern power forward and maybe one of the greatest 10 players ever. This is why. (Also, he's tall and coordinated and smart.)