Tag: San Antonio Spurs

The NBA’s wealthiest owners

Used cars have been very, very good to New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson.

That’s a big stake in the fortune that puts Benson, the business magnate with strong ties to San Antonio, on . Coming in at No. 360 with a net worth of $1.2 billion, he’s one of , including:

Paul Allen Portland, (20, $15 billion)

Rich DeVos, Orlando (67, $5.1 billion)

Micky Arison, Miami (68, $5 billion)

Stan Kroenke, Denver (92, $4 billion)

The Dolan family, New York (132, $3 billion)

Tom Gores, Detroit (192, $2.5 billion)

Mark Cuban, Dallas (206, $2.3 billion)

Herb Simon, Indiana (218, $2.2 billion)

Dan Gilbert, Cleveland; Donald Sterling, L.A. Clippers (t250, $1.9 billion)

Glen Taylor, Minnesota (285, $1.7 billion)

For reference’s sake, the net worth of Spurs owner Peter Holt is estimated at a paltry $80 million — barely tip money for this crowd.

Kelley, Witherspoon get camp invites

With training camp set to begin next week, the Spurs have added a couple more more warm bodies to the mix: 6-9 rookie forward Wesley Witherspoon and 6-0 veteran guard Tre Kelley.

Not to go all negative, but with the 15-man roster almost set for this season, they both have about as much chance of making the team as I do. That said, they might catch the team’s eye and earn an apprenticeship in Austin. Indeed, that’s where Kelley played in 2010-11, averaging 9.4 points and 3.4 assists in 11 games.

Among other spots, the former South Carolina standout also had a one-week stop with Miami in 2008 and a brief training camp stint with Memphis in 2010.

Witherspoon went undrafted after averaging 7.2 points and 3.7 rebounds last season at Memphis. It was his second straight season of regression after being pegged as a potential first-round pick following a breakout sophomore campaign (12.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 43 3-point %).

Weakside defensive rotation: .

Spurs look to go up 2-0 on Thunder

 

“It was a hard-fought ball game. Nothing to be ashamed of.” Thunder Head Coach Scott Brooks

The San Antonio Spurs have continued their winning ways and look to capture their 20th consecutive victory tonight as they face the Oklahoma City Thunder for Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals.

In game 1, the Spurs showed the rust of a week plus off while waiting for the Thunder and were behind for 3/4 of the game until Head Coach Gregg Popovich uttered those words that will most likely flood the city of San Antonio via posters and T-shirts “I want some nasty!”

The “nasty” that Popovich was looking for erupted in the 4th quarter as the Spurs outscored the Thunder 39-27 to turn a 10-point deficit into a 10-point lead that the Spurs never relinquished.

“They found some rhythm. They were able to attack us through penetration,” said point guard Derek Fisher. “We spent a lot of time trying to talk about doing the job, taking away the penetration of Ginobili and (Tony) Parker. We didn’t do that in the fourth quarter. You can’t give up a 30-point quarter in a playoff game and expect to win.”

The Spurs and Thunder kick off Game 2 tonight at the AT&T Center at 7:30.   Get your tickets to the hottest series thus far in the NBA Playoffs.