Pounding The Rock Sep 15, 2017
Sports Illustrated’s rankings of the Spurs best players
Sports Illustrated ranked the top 100 players in the league and here’s where the boys from San Antonio came in. Sports Illustrated released their top 100 players in the NBA and there were five Spurs scattered throughout the list. Patty Mills, Danny Green, Pau Gasol, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Kawhi Leonard were all included. This is the first time for Patty Mills to make the list, and he made it at 92: Mills is easy to overlook, what with future Hall of Famer Tony Parker running San Antonio’s show for years and 2016 first-round pick Dejounte Murray lining up as a potential point guard of...
Pounding The Rock Sep 14, 2017
Patty Mills: the Spurs’ little brother, grown up
From towel-waving bench warmer to three-stroking 6th man. Patty Mills has always been the perfect little brother in the Spurs’ family. Photo by Ronald Cortes/ At 6 feet 185 pounds, he’s the smallest guy on the team. He’s also the most visibly positive and playful, as shown through his unmatched towel-waving prowess. When he signed with the silver and black in the summer of 2012, he was known for his energy and encouragement from the bench, which he warmed with great passion in those early years. In 2012-13, he’d occasionally put up double digits in...
Pounding The Rock Sep 4, 2017
Danny Green: Tony Parker is rehabbing "like a maniac" and ahead of schedule
Danny Green gives Spurs fans some encouraging updates on Tony’s recovery San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker is supposed to be back in January 2018, which puts a lot of pressure on Patty Mills and Dejounte Murray to keep the point guard situation manageable in the first half of the season. But Danny Green spoke with French media recently and gave a very encouraging update on the status of Tony’s recovery. If Green’s words are anything to go by, Parker will be back a lot sooner than expected. Here’s Green’s interview with LCI per Jeff Garcia of NEWS4SA: “He obviously had a...
Pounding The Rock Aug 31, 2017
Spurs help serve Food Bank meals at local shelter
The Spurs are doing their part to help serve Harvey victims The Spurs have joined in helping serve the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Patty Mills were serving meals at a local San Antonio shelter. Yesterday, our friends from the @spurs helped us serve Food Bank meals at a local shelter. Thank you for your help! #HurricaneHarveyRelief pic.twitter.com/QQgGu6GdFq— SA Food Bank (@safoodbank) August 31, 2017 Athletes from all over the nation have been joining in to help the people in the Houston area. The area needs as much help as it can get and we...
