The NBA lockout maybe in full swing, but that doesn’t mean the San Antonio Spurs are short on basketball news. Aside from some of their key players participating in Olympic qualifying tournaments, some Spurs players have participated in various summer league events and are set to play in the Impact league later this month. On…
Argentina coach Julio Lamas has announced his squad for the FIBA Americas Championship. Leonardo Mainoldi and Juan Pablo Figueroa were the last players to be cut. Lamas announced what many were expecting. “I chose the best twelve players because I can set up the best possible team and I have all the resources I need…
In their final warm-up game before the 2011 EuroBasket kicks off next week, San Antonio Spurs’ draftees Ryan Richards and Davis Bertans went head to head on Saturday in Jelgava. Both teams started out slow, with Latvia taking a 15-13 lead after the first quarter. The Latvian’s never let up in the second quarter outscoring…
In 2010, the San Antonio Spurs drafted Ryan Richards as the 49th overall pick hoping to address some depth on their frontcourt rotation and perhaps in preparation for the post Tim Duncan era. However, he spent the majority of his first year in San Antonio on the sidelines recovering from two operations to repair a…
On the final day of the London International Basketball Invitational, Ryan Richards and Great Britain suffered a heartbreaking 91-90 overtime loss to Spurs assistant coach Brett Brown and Team Australia who played without Patty Mills. Team GB finished the tournament with a 1-4 record, but with three losses by less than five points. Britain’s head coach…
After a one day break and sitting out in the win over China, San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker returned back to action for Team France on Saturday as he helped them beat Croatia 83-60 in day four of the London International Basketball Invitational. Parker led the French national team with 12 points, three assists,…
Looking for their first win at the London Invitational Tournament, Great Britain played a solid basketball game against Serbia. Team GB finished the opening quarter with a four-point lead 22-18 but Serbia battled back to tie the game 44-44 to end the first half. In the third quarter, Great Britain lost two key players to…
