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Last March, Tony Parker – who, unlike Kawhi Leonard, already returned to play regularly for the Spurs – said his quad injury was 100 times worse than Leonard's. Michael C. Wright of ESPN: Parker regrets how that played out and finds it “unbelievable” some fans thought the comments played a role in Leonard's desire to leave San Antonio. If people think that, then they're really wrong,” Parker says, addressing the situation publicly for the first time. Continue to Article

January 14, 2019 11:51:am EST

Tony Parker has never played against San Antonio -- it's likely he doesn't even know where the visitors' locker room is at the AT&T Center -- but will get his first chance on Monday when the Charlotte Hornets visit the Alamo City to square off with the Spurs. Unlike the vitriol showed former Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard two weeks ago when he played his first game against San Antonio, expect the reception for Parker to be a warm one. Monday's game is also a return to San Antonio for Hornets rookie coach James Borrego, who spent four seasons as an assistant with the Spurs. Continue to Article

January 13, 2019 1:11:pm EST

Dennis Schroder broke out of his slump in a major way. The reserve point guard scored all of his 19 points in the second half to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs 122-112 on Saturday night. Schroder entered the night shooting just 32 percent from the field in 2019 and averaging just 10.4 points, dropping his overall average to just over 15 per game. Continue to Article

January 12, 2019 11:49:pm EST

Marco Belinelli has been one of the NBA's more successful marksmen from deep the past decade. The move puzzles even Gregg Popovich, who, as the longest-tenured American professional coach in sports, has seen just about everything by now. “It's not a sometimes thing — he always is leaning somewhere,” said Popovich, who is coaching Belinelli for a second stint. Continue to Article

January 09, 2019 5:29:pm EST

Eden Hazard led calls for restraint by Chelsea and Tottenham fans in Tuesday night's League Cup semi-final, a match for which Scotland Yard will stage its biggest match-day security operation in recent years to combat a spike in anti-Semitism. A “zero-tolerance” plan on hateful language has been devised by the Met Police, Spurs and Chelsea after recent warnings failed to combat a series of hateful incidents. Chelsea already face potential Uefa sanctions over anti-Jewish chanting and are now desperate to avoid further embarrassment. Continue to Article

January 07, 2019 5:30:pm EST