2022-2023 SEASON SPURS NEWS

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Dedicated to on and off-court news, we start with the beginning of the season soon.

First is the media day!

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Also, our broadcast schedule is out. Nice to see this visually:

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New positions and new people news:

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Some highlights:

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In addition to already being VP of Basketball Operations, Barry is also taking on GM of Austin Spurs responsibilities.

Other big moves:

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Dupree will be in Player Development.

The team has also promoted Willis Hall and Greg Stiemsma in Player Development, Josh Brannon to Head Video Coordinator, and Kenny Trevino as Assistant Video Coordinator.

In the Spurs medical and performance group, the team has added Carlos Sosa Marin as Athletic Performance Coach. San Antonio has also promoted Chastity Chov to Assistant Athletic Trainer and Ryan Curtis to Performance Coach.

In the Spurs front office, the team has promoted Dave Telep to Vice President of Basketball Operations and David Kaplan to Manager of Basketball Analytics.

https://www.nba.com/spurs/news/san-antonio-spurs-announce-basketball-operations-additions-and-promotions

So it looks like there are now two VPs of Basketball Operations.

EDIT to add: More details about new positions and personnel

Dupree joins the Spurs after playing 16 years in the WNBA, where she currently stands fifth in league history in career points scored (6,895). A seven-time WNBA All-Star and 2014 Champion with the Phoenix Mercury, Dupree also suited up for Chicago, Indiana, Seattle and Atlanta in her run that currently ranks her third all-time in made field goals, fifth in games played, as well as seventh in total rebounds. After playing four years for Dawn Staley at Temple from 2002-06, she was selected by the Sky with the sixth overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft. The Tampa, Florida native has also played professionally in Poland, Slovakia, Russia, China, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Dupree was part of the coaching staff for the Spurs at the 2022 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

Telep is entering his 10th season with the Spurs. San Antonio’s Director of Player Personnel from 2019-22, Telep previously served as the team’s Director of Scouting from 2016-19 after starting with the Spurs in 2013 as the team’s Scouting Coordinator. Prior to joining the Silver and Black, he served as ESPN.com’s senior national recruiting analyst. He also spent time as a sideline reporter for ESPNU and as a studio analyst for Recruiting Nation. Telep has also served on the USA Developmental National Committee for the USA National Team.

Trevino spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Austin Spurs after serving as a coaching assistant with Austin in 2019-20. First joining the Spurs organization as a ball boy for San Antonio in 2012, Trevino later became an assistant equipment manager for the team in the 2016-17 season. He worked in San Antonio’s video room from 2016-19 before joining Austin’s coaching staff. The Laredo, Texas, native graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2016.

2022-23 San Antonio Spurs Basketball Operations Staff Additions and Promotions:

Josh Brannon – Head Video Coordinator

Chastity Chov – Assistant Athletic Trainer

Ryan Curtis – Sports Science Coordinator and Performance Coach

Candice Dupree – Player Development

Willis Hall – Player Development

David Kaplan – Manager of Basketball Analytics

Carlos Sosa Marin – Athletic Performance Coach

Greg Stiemsma – Player Development

Dave Telep – Vice President of Basketball Operations

Kenny Trevino – Assistant Video Coordinator

https://www.nba.com/spurs/news/san-antonio-spurs-announce-basketball-operations-additions-and-promotions

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And so it begins...

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[Phreak50]

I've had a dislocated shoulder. Was back playing football a week later.

He'll be fine.

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I've had a dislocated shoulder. Was back playing football a week later.

He'll be fine.

I imagine any player on our roster that might accidentally win us a game will have a dislocated shoulder at some point this season

[Phreak50]

I've had a dislocated shoulder. Was back playing football a week later.

He'll be fine.

I imagine any player on our roster that might accidentally win us a game will have a dislocated shoulder at some point this season

Pop has a supply of balaclavas and metal baseball bats!

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A new court honouring our 50th Anniversary!

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*siiiiiiigh*

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Explains the shoulder and leg sleeves, respectively.

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Mmmm hmmm...

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I'm soo much more high on Wembanyama than Henderson. Henderson looks to me like he could be ok but nothing special. The more I see him play(only goes right, not good at getting other players involved...etc) the more I hesitate. Wembanyama is a player you tank for, Henderson is just a player.

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I'm soo much more high on Wembanyama than Henderson. Henderson looks to me like he could be ok but nothing special. The more I see him play(only goes right, not good at getting other players involved...etc) the more I hesitate. Wembanyama is a player you tank for, Henderson is just a player.

Did you watch tonight?! Victor is a phreak of nature once in a lifetime phenomenon.

I like Scoot's competitiveness and he has a mature game for his age but I'm curious about Amen Thompson more than a 6'2" PG with very nice, but let's face it, not generational skills.

There's Victor and everyone else, but in the latter category I'm more intrigued by AT.

7-11 from 3 crazy hahaha!

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Hmm... Borrego was with Pop visiting Ettore Messina in Italy during the Euro games this summer, too.

So we have Brown on the bench, and James in the Spurs staffer box. Interesting...

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Not who I thought would get waived first based on play but perhaps he has a chance elsewhere and needed to be released to enable it:

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And it enables us to do this:

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Happy birthday, Wilder!

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Stop gap deal. Was cutting it close with a week left till the season starts. We had a year. Wonder what the issues in getting new naming rights were. Anyway, good to have this settled for now:

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Some additional context:

Ricard Jenson, a professor at UTSA specializing in sports marketing and management, told me prior to confirmation that AT&T was extending its agreement that there could be suitors interested in a shorter-term contract.
“What I could see happening is more of a short-term deal, maybe something for five or 10 years,” he said.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2022/10/12/at-t-inc-to-extend-naming-rights-for-spurs-arena.html

I wonder whether a potential shorter deal allows for new naming rights for a new arena? Current deal of current arena runs out in ten years. Things to look out for in the future.

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No offense to Alize Johnson but you could see this coming from farther than a dog running away for two days on a Saskatchewan prairie:

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