Pictures from first V.I. practice

[Kori Ellis]

Hopefully he's just stretching him out...
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20051004/capt.vir10510042222.virgin_islands_spurs_camp_vir1 05.jpg

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There's a lot more on Yahoo.

[Kori Ellis]

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[Solid D]

Is Nellie acting as a special training camp assistant or is he just passing through? He's got a Mavs shirt on.

[Kori Ellis]

He supposedly is there just to hang out with Pop and then he's going to Nuggets camp to hang out with George Karl.

[Kobayagi]

It's good to see Beno training. I guess the knee is OK. After Beno got injured, he didn't give any interviews to the press, no statements whatsoever about his condition....he just flew back to San Antonio. Quietly. Here, in Slovenia, we didn't get any news about him or his knee ever since. Must have been really disappointed to miss european championships.

[sa_butta]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/gallery

[sa_butta]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20051004/capt.watw10310040134.sonics_media_day_watw103.jpg
Looks like Chewbaca

[Summers]

Hopefully he's just stretching him out...


That's what my... yeah, never mind. :lol

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051004/capt.vir10810042228.virgin_islands_spurs_camp_vir1 08.jpg
"You're doing that just to piss me off, aren't you?"

[phyzik]

I know its not a Spurs pic but this one has GOT to be the funniest one on that page :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

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[boutons]

Stevie's got new boyfriend? What about Cuttino?

[Summers]

Someone beat me to it. :)

[Kori Ellis]

Even more disturbing than Steve ..

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[Jelly]

Where is Tim going with that hair? :lol

[Summers]

Where is Tim going with that hair? :lol

We should have a v-bookie on when he'll shave it.

[TheWriter]

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4788/e8pajb0wk.jpg

[Summers]

:( I missed that one. I hope Devin's happy there.

[boutons]

The New York Times
October 4, 2005
Spurs Open Camp in Virgin Islands
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 7:16 p.m. ET

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) -- The charter plane carrying the defending NBA champions was inches away from landing on the island of St. Thomas when the razzing of Tim Duncan began.

Somebody had to take the blame for the rain-soaked sights the San Antonio Spurs were seeing from their windows, and a fuselage full of fingers began pointing toward the three-time finals MVP as the grief came raining down, too.

''I've already gotten a bunch, so I'm hoping it will clear up a bit,'' Duncan said Tuesday after the Spurs went through their first practice of training camp and began incorporating three key new pieces while beginning their quest to become repeat champions.

On Sunday alone, as much as 5 inches of rain fell on Duncan's nearby home island of St. Croix. Monday brought more of the same, and the total on St. Thomas was 3 inches and counting by the time the Spurs filed off their bus Tuesday at the University of the Virgin Islands.

The sun briefly peaked through the clouds by the time coach Gregg Popovich called it an afternoon, giving a boost to the players' spirits as they looked ahead to getting a closer view at the place Duncan called home until Hurricane Hugo ravaged the islands in 1989.

This is Duncan's first trip back in more than two years, and islanders on St. Thomas and St. Croix are ecstatic to be graced by the presence of the islands' biggest celebrity.

''Spurs On The Rock'' screamed the headline in one local tabloid, and a sign outside the university welcomed ''Tim and the Spurs'' -- one more piece of ammo to fuel the mock hostility directed at Duncan.

''I got a lot of (grief) for that, too,'' Duncan said. ''Trust me, I'm getting my share.''

It was unclear whether Duncan was being heckled for his hair, too, but it wouldn't be a surprise if he was. Sporting a medium-length afro and a full, scruffy beard, Duncan said he hadn't seen a barber since before the Spurs defeated the Detroit Pistons in Game 7 of the finals for their third title in seven years.

''I actually hope to look like Manu (Ginobili),'' Duncan said. ''Whenever I get it long enough I'm going to put some straightener in it and hope I can run around and whip it around like he does.''

Duncan became a father during the offseason when his wife, Amy, gave birth to a daughter. And while Duncan wasn't particularly insightful in discussing the joys of parenthood, his mood was otherwise much more jovial than usual as he shared his thoughts on having the Spurs' reloaded roster pay a visit to his homeland.

The Spurs added NBA veterans Michael Finley and Nick Van Exel along with Argentine center Fabricio Oberto, a gold medalist at the 2004 Olympics, while losing only one minor player, guard Devin Brown.

With the Phoenix Suns having lost two of their best shooters, and with Finley having departed the rival Dallas Mavericks, there's a sense around the league -- Magic Johnson has already proclaimed ''It's over'' -- that San Antonio might have a legitimate chance at a 70-win season.

No other team has anywhere near the depth on their 12-man roster, an embarrassment of riches that Popovich will try to manage without ruffling egos. The coach is already set on his starting five -- Duncan, Nazr Mohammed, Bruce Bowen, Tony Parker and Ginobili -- and the bench includes centers Oberto, Rasho Nesterovic and Sean Marks, forwards Robert Horry and Finley, and guards Van Exel, Brent Barry and Beno Udrih.

''I'll be checking minutes more than I've ever checked before, and making sure that people are getting enough playing time. Some nights, that'll be a real tough thing to do,'' Popovich said.

Popovich also emerged from the summer well-rested after spending the past three offseasons with the U.S. Olympic team. He took numerous three-day trips to various American cities, sometimes with his wife and sometimes alone, and pointed to the unexpected signing of Finley as the highlight of his three-month vacation.

The often surly coach was also in the best of moods, recalling with a laugh his last visit to the U.S. territories where cars drive on the left side of narrow roads that twist at impossible angles through the islands' mountainous terrain.

''When I came down to St. Croix to see Timmy eight or nine years ago, nobody said a word to me (about driving on the left side),'' Popovich said. ''I got my rental car and I went out on the road, and I was gesticulating at like 10 people before I realized I was the jerk.''

* Copyright 2005 The Associated Press

[Solid D]

Nellie?


He supposedly is there just to hang out with Pop and then he's going to Nuggets camp to hang out with George Karl.

WOAI TV at 6 PM showed Pop interview where Pop said the reason Nellie is there is that "he's an old friend, and he's a great basketball guy. He knows a lot about the game and he wanted to just be involved to some degree...to be able to see a camp different from what he's seen in a while probably. We all need that from time to time, you know we don't all get the chance to go see somebody else's camp."

[1Parker1]

That's a funny article. Especially the Duncan quote about growing his hair like Manu's. :lol

[Ginofan]

''I actually hope to look like Manu (Ginobili),'' Duncan said. ''Whenever I get it long enough I'm going to put some straightener in it and hope I can run around and whip it around like he does.''
:lmao Nice Timmy, I can only imagine.

[ALVAREZ6]

Even more disturbing than Steve ..

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That is quite disturbing....WTF were they thinking taking that picture???

[angel_luv]

No other team has anywhere near the depth on their 12-man roster, an embarrassment of riches that Popovich will try to manage without ruffling egos. The coach is already set on his starting five -- Duncan, Nazr Mohammed, Bruce Bowen, Tony Parker and Ginobili -- and the bench includes centers Oberto, Rasho Nesterovic and Sean Marks, forwards Robert Horry and Finley, and guards Van Exel, Brent Barry and Beno Udrih.



Center position included? Really?

[boutons]

"Center position included? Really?"

yeah, too early decided. We'll see how many minutes Nazr can hold on to. He started in the playoffs, but didn't finish, averaging less the 23 MPG throughout the playoffs.

Rasho's problem is that Fabri is also going to be getting some of those 96 big man minutes split among Tim, Nazr, Robert, Fabri, and Rasho.

[angel_luv]

Votes for Rasho! = )

Or Minutes. :lol

Whatever he would find more helpful!

[spurs=bling]

Even more disturbing than Steve ..

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this picture is just wrong!

[angel_luv]

And Stern is worried about the players' attire reflecting bad on the NBA.

[bigbendbruisebrother]

I don't think we have to worry about Manu getting too bulked up...

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051004/capt.vir10710042225.virgin_islands_spurs_camp_vir1 07.jpg

[spurs=bling]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20051004/capt.azpc10710040058.suns_media_day_azpc107.jpg


WTF???????????

[John T]

What am I missing with the Dunleavy picture? Looks like he's just sampling wine to me. Or am I just really slow? This is certainly a possibility!

Carie

[1Parker1]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20051004/capt.azpc10710040058.suns_media_day_azpc107.jpg


:lmao Too easy........

[spurs=bling]

:lmao Too easy........
why is he wearing those?

is it part of the suns uniform now, what??

[baseline bum]

It's weird seeing Devin in another jersey, but I think the move to Utah was what's best for him.

[Jelly]

Even more disturbing than Steve ..

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reminds me of "the continental"...you know, the Christopher Walken character on SNL.

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20051004/capt.watw10310040134.sonics_media_day_watw103.jpg

Well, If I was a Sonics fan I'd rather have him than Jerome James...

[baseline bum]

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Finley and Van Exel.

[milkyway21]

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hey i like this picture of Mike & NVE:D...BTW, isn't it the start of Ramadan yet? Where's Nazr?

[phyzik]

hey i like this picture of Mike & NVE:D...BTW, isn't it the start of Ramadan yet? Where's Nazr?

Down at the local Texas Land and Cattle eating a giant 16oz T-bone.... :elephant

[milkyway21]

''I actually hope to look like Manu (Ginobili),'' Duncan said. ''Whenever I get it long enough I'm going to put some straightener in it and hope I can run around and whip it around like he does.''

Duncan won 3 titles, 2 reg season MVPs, 1 All-Star MVP and 3 finals MVPs, thinking he is Merlin...

now, he wants to be SAMSON, too? :lol

[ploto]

"Center position included? Really?"

yeah, too early decided. We'll see how many minutes Nazr can hold on to. He started in the playoffs, but didn't finish, averaging less the 23 MPG throughout the playoffs.

Rasho's problem is that Fabri is also going to be getting some of those 96 big man minutes split among Tim, Nazr, Robert, Fabri, and Rasho.
In the Express News article Pop says that would be the starting five if there was a game tomorrow and that he plans to use the ones he ended last season with unless someone proves him wrong.

[sanman53]

what is the web addesss for the rest of the spurs pics on yahoo? is it their homepage at yahoo?

nice pics by the way

[Summers]

BTW, isn't it the start of Ramadan yet? Where's Nazr?

He's there... saw him in one of the videos. He's said in the past he doesn't miss anything, but since he can't drink or eat during the day, his coaches usually go a little easy on him. And he'll lose quite a few pounds.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The coach is already set on his starting five -- Duncan, Nazr Mohammed, Bruce Bowen, Tony Parker and Ginobili

Sorry Rasho lovers (and Nazr haters).

BTW, I think Tim should keep the 'fro going. That'd be awesome.

[ObiwanGinobili]

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whoa.... 2 things come to mind immediatly after view ing this photo.

1. Did he grow that so he could look more Sheriff-like? in his pursuit to be a cop?
and
2. wow .. that thing makes him look even more retarded then ususal.

[angel_luv]

In the Express News article Pop says that would be the starting five if there was a game tomorrow and that he plans to use the ones he ended last season with unless someone proves him wrong.

We will see then. = )

[ObiwanGinobili]

Angel - don;t worry if rasho isn;t starting.... I mean just LOOK at our bench! Horry, Finley, Van Exel, Oberto....these guys would be starters on anyother team. But only 5 guys can start. Besides you know Pop likes to change stuff up alot. He had Manu coming off the bench for most of 1 season and occasionaly last season too.
rasho being 2nd string is not derogatory in anyway when your talking 2nd string on the SAN ANTONIO SPURS!
just lopok at the motto in my sig! you know what I mean!

[angel_luv]

Angel - don;t worry if rasho isn;t starting.... I mean just LOOK at our bench! Horry, Finley, Van Exel, Oberto....these guys would be starters on anyother team. But only 5 guys can start. Besides you know Pop likes to change stuff up alot. He had Manu coming off the bench for most of 1 season and occasionaly last season too.
rasho being 2nd string is not derogatory in anyway when your talking 2nd string on the SAN ANTONIO SPURS!
just lopok at the motto in my sig! you know what I mean!


You're right. We do have a great bench. Only the best for Nazr to sit on.
;)


:lol

[batman2883]

Ha ha ha ha, Donnie is going to every WC team to learn their tricks and plays then will venture back to Dallas and let Avery know everything thats going down at the practices....

[angel_luv]

Ha ha ha ha, Donnie is going to every WC team to learn their tricks and plays then will venture back to Dallas and let Avery know everything thats going down at the practices....

From Johnny Ludden Article
Guest Nellie takes a peek at workout :

Popovich said he isn't worried about Nelson giving any of the Spurs' secrets to Dallas coach Avery Johnson.

"That would be the most obvious spy work that's ever been done," Popovich said. "That would be like us calling some country and saying, 'Excuse me, when you have your next meeting, could we have somebody from our State Department come over and sit in?'

"Avery's only been to 10 of my training camps. I think there are no secrets for Avery. He already knows what we're doing here."

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The idea of us resting our starting five on the second nights of a back to back and letting the bench team start just cracks me up for some reason.

I could see us doing it for games against the scrub teams in the league.

[kskonn]

reminds me of "the continental"...you know, the Christopher Walken character on SNL.


that is dead on......



"You can leave at any time..... no no no wait, where are you gong?" Ha ha ha

everytime i see him in a game I will think of that now.

[TDMVPDPOY]

I laugh if gino plays with duncans hair if he grows it out like his, like how last season duncan kept on touchin ginos hair and gino tryin to brush of catch duncan in the act, and duncan just smiles in the background.

[angel_luv]

I laugh if gino plays with duncans hair if he grows it out like his, like how last season duncan kept on touchin ginos hair and gino tryin to brush of catch duncan in the act, and duncan just smiles in the background.

Good times = )

[Summers]

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whoa.... 2 things come to mind immediatly after view ing this photo.

1. Did he grow that so he could look more Sheriff-like? in his pursuit to be a cop?
and
2. wow .. that thing makes him look even more retarded then ususal.

:wow I didn't even notice the mustache. Look at the size of his arms!

[E20]

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4788/e8pajb0wk.jpg

Me and Devin have the same shoes. :smokin

[loveforthegame]

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[milkyway21]

:wow I didn't even notice the mustache. Look at the size of his arms!...he said he is READY, he added extra pounds of ......beef(muscles) :D

shld the Spurs team worry?

no ShaQ! :nope

[spurs=bling]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20051005/capt.vir10310051828.virgin_islands_spurs_camp_vir1 03.jpg

big ass feet :lol

now he should grow the fro more to go along.

but the pics are cool

[boutons]

damn, Tim's knees already need icing?

[Kori Ellis]

He's always iced after every game he plays .. I assume that he ices after all scrimmages too.

Manu ices a lot too.

I've only seen Bowen and Tony ice a couple times.

[ObiwanGinobili]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20051005/capt.vir10310051828.virgin_islands_spurs_camp_vir1 03.jpg


I'm glad to see that he babies his weak spots.:tu
those thigns are moneymakers!:bling :bling no need to take them for granted.

[ObiwanGinobili]

...he said he is READY, he added extra pounds of ......beef(muscles) :D

shld the Spurs team worry?

no ShaQ! :nope


thast just extra weight for his old tired ass to drag around the court... :lol

[TMTTRIO]

I laugh if gino plays with duncans hair if he grows it out like his, like how last season duncan kept on touchin ginos hair and gino tryin to brush of catch duncan in the act, and duncan just smiles in the background.

Funny thing is Manu was talking about his fro and said that he tried last year to convince Tim to grow his hair out :lol

[boutons]

Tim with that hair resembles Olowokandi.

[sa21]

Tim with that hair resembles Olowokandi.
Tim looks better than Olowokandi. With or without hair.

[milkyway21]

thast just extra weight for his old tired ass to drag around the court... :lol:lmao

..if I know he is just getting ready for his role in Scary Movie than the NBA...

[Leetonidas]

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051004/capt.vir10210042200.virgin_islands_spurs_camp_vir1 02.jpg

:lol I thought that was Robert Horry for a second. :lol