Sean Elliott joins practice

[hsxvvd]

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2011/01/14/dont-bet-on-elliott-as-an-option-as-the-teams-13th-player/


For the first time all season, Spurs color analyst and former standout player Sean Elliott shot with the team during their Friday practice as they prepared for their game against Dallas tonight. Despite starting rustily from the foul line, the 42-year-old Elliott showed his familiar touch from deep in the corners. The Spurs are actively looking for a 13th player to join the roster. San Antonio Express-News Blog


I freaked when I read the link to this on insidehoops.com under the title "The Spurs are actively looking for a 13th player". Not going to happen, and not quite sure why it was published, but it got my attention.

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2011/01/14/dont-bet-on-elliott-as-an-option-as-the-teams-13th-player/




I freaked when I read the link to this on insidehoops.com under the title "The Spurs are actively looking for a 13th player". Not going to happen, and not quite sure why it was published, but it got my attention.

Now that would be something. haha.

[greyforest]

sean should run the point for a couple of home games, just to sell a shitload of tickets.

hell, bring back drob and let him ride the pine to another ring. might as well, he's still enormous like shaq or mutombo who played in their 40s.

[hsxvvd]

Does either DRobb or Elliott play charity games? I saw Mark Price in a charity game against mixed sex high school kids here in Australia, and he was schooled by a 16yr old girl...lol.

[Guajalote]

I love it. "There's too much wine in his system."

[Whisky Dog]

sean should run the point for a couple of home games, just to sell a shitload of tickets.

hell, bring back drob and let him ride the pine to another ring. might as well, he's still enormous like shaq or mutombo who played in their 40s.

This is the 1st place in the NBA, not Jackie Moon and ABA ball.

[SenorSpur]

I wouldn't read anything into this. I'm sure this isn't the first time he's done that. In fact, Sean would be the first to shoot down any possibilities of a "brief" return.

I remember a few years ago, someone asked a recently-retired David Robinson, if he felt he could still get out there and contribute. His answer was, "I'm probably good for only one complete trip up and down the court, then it would be all downhill from there."

[Frenzy]

I'm sure David...Elliott...even avery get the bug once in a while. How can you not?

[boutons_deux]

I think anybody who has played on winning teams gets the bug. I know I do.

[jeebus]

I'd buy tickets to a game to see Sean back in the uniform, even if it was for 5 minutes.

[Kori Ellis]

Seeing as Sean pretty much loaned the Spurs the money to build the practice facility, he probably practices there all the time :lol

[Chomag]

One of my favorite Spurs of all time. Wish we had some video of Sean practicing, I would love to see what the old man still can do. lol

[my2sons]

ya, but would this force him to go to cold weathered cities...or will he put it into his contract not allowed

[Mark in Austin]

Seeing as Sean pretty much loaned the Spurs the money to build the practice facility, he probably practices there all the time :lol

:lol was thinking the same thing. probably has his own key/card & locker there...

[SenorSpur]

Seeing as Sean pretty much loaned the Spurs the money to build the practice facility, he probably practices there all the time :lol

Is that a joke or is that really true? Did Sean in fact pour some of his own money into the building of the practice facility?

[SA210]

He's a part of the Spurs family. It's a shame Bruce didn't take that route and instead signed a long-term contract with BSPN.

Pop screwing him over probably had a lot to do with that.

[Bukefal]

Is that a joke or is that really true? Did Sean in fact pour some of his own money into the building of the practice facility?



09/18/2002 12:00 AM

From the days of George Gervin to David Robinson's arrival in 1989 to the current Tim Duncan era, the Spurs have been a team on the move, dribbling from local gym to another, always looking for a place to practice and a home to call their own.

The players' lounge area at the Spurs' Northwest Side facility has a pool table and video-game consoles. 'When guys are home and they're antsy and they want to go do something, it's a great place to come,' Coach Gregg Popovich said.

The gym has two side-by-side full-length courts and is thought to be the league's only private practice facility with six baskets that have NBA 3-point lines.

"For as long as I can remember," said Spurs general manager R.C. Buford, "we've been vagabonds."

After years of shuttling between Blossom Athletic Center, HemisFair Arena, the University of the Incarnate Word, Trinity University and the Alamodome, the Spurs will put an end to their nomadic ways this month when they finish moving into a 37,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art office-and-workout headquarters that promises to be part practice facility, part resort.

"It took until his last year," Spurs chairman Peter Holt said, "but David finally gets a practice facility."

Robinson and the rest of the players will not only be able to finally kick up their feet, they can rest them on leather recliners while watching their favorite movies on a giant projection screen in the team's spacious theater.

"We wanted to create a place," Buford said, "where our players wanted to come all the time."

After scrapping plans to construct a practice court inside the SBC Center with arena funds — the new arena's numerous event dates would have restricted players' access — the Spurs decided to use their own money to build a more spacious facility on the city's Northwest Side. The project was initially supposed to be completed in time for last season, but was delayed in part by developmental issues.

The facility, which also houses offices for the team's basketball operations staff, cost about $6 million. Sean Elliott deferred about $4 million from the final year of his contract to help the franchise begin construction.

Buford spent the past two years planning and overseeing completion of the facility after touring many of the NBA's other practice sites.

Players will have 24-hour access to the complex, and gain entry by scanning their thumbprints. Offices and meeting rooms — outfitted with 9-foot-tall doors, leather furniture, flat-screen TVs and high-speed Internet connections — overlook the practice area.

"This is the best facility in the league," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "We incorporated everything we thought was necessary and then some."

The gym contains two side-by-side full-length courts and is believed to be the only private practice facility in the league with six baskets each with an NBA 3-point line. Unlike in the Spurs' cramped quarters in the Alamodome, the new weight room is large enough for the entire team to work out at the same time.

The training room/rehab center contains a steam room, separate hot and cold tubs and a rehab pool with an underwater treadmill and cameras to monitor players' progress. A lap pool and training hill similar to the one at UIW will be added in the future.


The new weight room is large enough for the entire team to work out at the same time, an improvement over the team's old cramped facilities.

Orthopedic Surgery Associates of San Antonio, which includes Spurs physicians David Schmidt and Paul Saenz, has plans to move its offices next to the facility — giving the team easy access to medical care. HealthSouth Corp., which provides outpatient surgical and rehabilitative services, also is developing a sports medicine complex for the center.

The Spurs' video room, little more than a cubby hole at the Alamodome, now features rows of satellite receivers and DVD players and burners, allowing staffers to compile personalized film clips and scouting reports for players to watch on their laptop computers at home or in flight. The theater houses a drop-down projection screen and another 60-inch screen with telestrating capabilities.

In addition to watching movies, players can retire to a lounge that contains a pool table and video-game consoles.

"When guys are home and they're antsy and they want to go do something, it's a great place to come," Popovich said. "That can build camaraderie."

The Spurs, one of the only teams in the league to not have their own practice gym last season, also hope to use the new facility as a recruiting tool to lure prospective free agents.

"I've come here every day since the first of August to practice," Tony Parker said. "We have everything.

"When you look at it, you can say, 'This is the Spurs' home.'"

Notebook: The Spurs have hired Olympic gold-medal-winning high jumper Charles Austin to work with the players this season.

"Our goal is to get Danny (Ferry) and Steve (Kerr) to dunk this season," Buford said.

[Slydragon]

Wow did not know that. Classy all the way. 24 hours access is damn nice too.

[Dex]

Sean "Ta-co Ca-ba-na" Elliott will always be one of the greats. :toast

[TDMVPDPOY]

so it cost 6m to build, and Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_ deferred 4m into that the construction of that facility?

he must have at least a share in the spurs ownership, no one is stupid enough to pur 4m into something without gettin a return

[Das Texan]

Seeing as Sean pretty much loaned the Spurs the money to build the practice facility, he probably practices there all the time :lol


Holt cat is a smart businessman.

[Mark in Austin]

no one is stupid enough to pur 4m into something without gettin a return

He didn't forfeit the salary, he deferred it (he was paid but later and probably in installments). For a while though, that deferred money might have qualified as the world's most expensive gym membership. :lol

[Blackjack]

so it cost 6m to build, and Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_ deferred 4m into that the construction of that facility?

It never gets old . . .

[Waps1980]

Maybe Penny Hardaway will call Pop and see if there is a spot for him seems he got turned away by the Heat.

[SourCandy]

It never gets old . . .


I have not been here long but even I know to spell the name right...or else :lol

[DMC]

I wonder if Tiago ever thinks about playing again.