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Season Review: Austin Spurs showed amazing adaptability despite an ever-changing roster How did San Antonio’s G League affiliate perform? And which players could join the Silver and Black in the NBA sometime soon? Share this story Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images The Austin Spurs ended their 2021 campaign a little less than a week ago with a brutal 124-103 loss to the Delaware Blue Coats in the first round of the single-elimination G League playoffs. Despite a disappointing finish t...

Keeping track of former Oregon high school and college standouts playing at the highest level of professional basketball.

Keeping track of former Oregon high school and college standouts playing at the highest level of professional basketball.

The Austin Spurs that fans may one day see in the NBA Share this story Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images The D-League, founded in 2001, was once a little-known passion project of the NBA that yielded mixed results for players and organizations alike. And as recently as a decade ago, it was a place fresh-faced draft prospects and established journeymen actively sought to avoid on their pursuit of earning legitimate minutes in the association. The aforementioned developmental farm syste...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... On Dec. 9, I was a guest on Henry Tafoya’s “GameFace Live” podcast. Inevitably, the conversation turned to University of New Mexico men’s basketball. After a turbulent and unsatisfying 2019-20 season, I was asked, what did I think lay ahead for coach Paul Weir and his program? Assuming the ro...

Keeping track of former Oregon high school and college standouts playing at the highest level of professional basketball.

Keeping track of former Oregon high school and college standouts playing at the highest level of professional basketball.

Former Oregon Duck Dillon Brooks looks sharp after long layoff: Locals in the NBA and G League Updated Feb 06, 2021; Posted Feb 05, 2021 Dillon Brooks and the Memphis Grizzlies returned from a long coronavirus-caused layoff last week. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)AP Facebook Share Last month we posted a list of the eight NBA players who starred in high school or college or both in the state of Oregon. This week and throughout the rest of the NBA season, we’ll keep tabs on how they’re faring. Th...

The G-League releases Austin Spurs regular season schedule Share this story The G-League announced its regular-season schedule on Wednesday, as the Austin Spurs and 17 other NBA affiliates prepare to travel to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. The NBA used this location as a bubble to house their seeding, play-in, and playoff games after COVID-19 brought about a four-month hiatus three-quarters of the way through the 2019-2020 regular season. Protocols such as s...

At 35, former Lobo J.R. Giddens looks forward to the bright lights with New Mexico on his jersey again