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Hubbard: How the Spurs ended up with Tony Parker

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This is the fourth in a five-part series on The History of the San Antonio Spurs (© Whitman Publishing, LLC), which was recently released and is written by Sheridanhoops.com columnist Jan Hubbard (twitter: @whyhub). In the third excerpt, Hubbard recounted the crafty dealings that went into the Spurs’ acquisition from the financially strapped Virginia Squires, who has traded Julius Erving to the New York Nets earlier this season. In this installment, the drafting of Tony Parker is described. (You can

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Hubbard: The crafty deal that landed George Gervin with Spurs

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This is the third in a five-part series on The History of the San Antonio Spurs (© Whitman Publishing, LLC), which was recently released and is written by Sheridanhoops.com columnist Jan Hubbard (twitter: @whyhub). Yesterday, the roots of the Spurs franchise were traced back to the first six colorful but largely futile years the franchise spent as the Dallas Chaparrals. Although they were excited about having a team in a major league sport – even if it was only the struggling American Basketball

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Hubbard: Colorful but futile start for Spurs franchise in Dallas

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This is the second in a five-part series on The History of the San Antonio Spurs (© Whitman Publishing, LLC), which was recently released and is written by Sheridanhoops.com columnist Jan Hubbard (twitter: @whyhub). In this excerpt, the roots of the Spurs franchise are traced back to the first six colorful, but largely futile years the franchise spent as the Dallas Chaparrals.  (You can order the book here.)  The Chaps managed to last six seasons in North Texas but never generated excitement.

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Hubbard: As Popovich nears 900 victories, a look at the early days

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Spurs coach Gregg Popovich will soon become the 12th coach in NBA history to win 900 games. In his recently released book – The History of the San Antonio Spurs – Sheridanhoops.com columnist Jan Hubbard writes about Popovich’s early years and how he incorporated the talents of Tim Duncan into a team led by David Robinson. An excerpt is below. (You can order the book here.)  [Read more…]

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Hubbard: Dreaming of OKC vs. James Harden

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The concept of payback often results in conflicting feelings. Revenge at its worst could be considered a character defect and something you would not teach your kids. But in the right context, proving someone made a mistake – payback – and doing it with class, can be delightfully rewarding. Although it likely occupies only a tiny part of his daily thought process, you have to believe that on occasion, when alone, James Harden looks at the NBA standings and salivates at

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Hubbard: Colangelo and Popovich Need to Make It Work

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If you wanted to compare the possibilities of who might be the next U.S. Olympic basketball coach to the weather, the following would make perfect sense: A heat wave will soon hit Antarctica, a driving rainstorm will be pelting the Sahara and Jerry Colangelo will no doubt hire Gregg Popovich. [Read more…]

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Hubbard: Remembering Jordan at 50 – Fun Behind the Scenes

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While attempting to uncover a certain fact about Michael Jordan, an extended Google search proved futile. The fact would be wonderful to know because it would be a way of tormenting Jordan, and that’s always been fun to do because that’s what he’s always done to everyone else. In searching the internet, however, I couldn’t find out what time Jordan was born 50 years ago today. I’d like to know because if it was more than a few seconds after midnight

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