2011 All-Star Weekend

[duncan228]

ughh i wish i could watch these.

You should be able to catch some stuff on line as the weekend goes on. I expect a Duncan All-Star Practice Media Availability video Saturday (maybe a Manu too, I don't remember if they just do starters), a general All-Star Practice East/West Saturday, and NBA Cares events possibly today and Saturday. Keep an eye on Spurs and NBA.com. I'll also post any Duncan video links in the Duncan All-Star thread in the Duncan Forum.

Hope that helps.

[awktalk]

Blair interview: http://www.nba.com/video/teams/allst...stmov-1562403/

[mexpurs21]

Short vid I took:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7YVqJkwVM

[duncan228]

All-Star interviews.

Coach Pop

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/al...nba/index.html

Tim Duncan

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/al...nba/index.html

Manu Ginobili

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/al...nba/index.html

[awktalk]

God that black mamba ad has got to go.

Thanks for posting 228.

[ace3g]

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by JMcDonald_SAEN

Great quote from Popovich on Justin Bieber in celeb game: "It would be disingenuous if I told you how excited I was to see Justin."

[spurs10]

Thank you duncan228! Glad we have those class act individuals representing the Spurs. Tony should be there, but I hope he's getting some rest. We are going to need him to take over the last 26 games and show the NBA what time it is...

[Vic Petro]

http://twitpic.com/4188gn

[duncan228]

Quotes from the interviews.

Spurs dismiss hot start as meaningless if they go cold now
Kurt Helin

Gregg Popovich admitted he holds his breath every time Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili step off a curb.

Things have gone about as well as the Spurs could hope for this season — including them having the same starting five for 55 of the 56 games. They have won 46 of those and looked every bit the le contender they have not been the past few years. Popovich admitted health has helped, especially when he looks at what the Celtics and other teams have had to go through.

“I keep thinking it has to balance out,” Popovich half joked.

Health is only part of it. Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan echoed the company line during interviews — the wins are nice, home court is nice, but they games that really matter are just starting.

Ginobili wouldn’t even commit that they are contenders.

“Too early to tell,” Ginobili said. “Usually in the year’s we’ve won, we’ve been great in March and April. That’s when we build out confidence and finish taking playoff shape. So far we’ve been the best in the beginning of the season, again, it’s not enough.”

Popovich called the Lakers the best in the West and said that the team needs to come out and play the second half of the season with the energy they did the first. Ginobili agreed the game is going to get more challenging.

“It is going to be hard, because we have a bulls-eye on the back now,” Ginobili said. “We are leading the NBA. Same with the Lakers or Celtics, everybody wants to beat you. They want to test themselves against the best in the league, so it’s going to be harder to maintain.

“But we don’t want had one of the great first half of the season. We want to complete it. We want to complete it, we want to win the championship.”

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...y-go-cold-now/

[duncan228]

All three interviews are re-running on NBA TV in the next few minutes.

[ace3g]

caption:

[awktalk]

Neal Interview: http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/2011/...837/index.html

[Spurs Brazil]

All-Star interviews.

Coach Pop

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/al...nba/index.html

Tim Duncan

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/al...nba/index.html

Manu Ginobili

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/al...nba/index.html

Thanks! TD looks tired

[duncan228]

TD looks tired

Exhausted. Really hope he finds some rest. Besides the game there's the media, adidas and NBA Cares stuff. Busy weekend on top of the RRT. Glad they don't play til Wednesday, at least there's a couple of days home after all that.

[timtonymanu]

So who are Spurs fans rooting for? Rookie or Sop res?

IMO, I would go for the Sophs so Blair can get the MVP he deserved last year.

[ace3g]

I'm hoping Blair goes into Beast mode early, he is probably upset with how he played last night

[lefty]

Coach Bud !!!

Beast !!!!


Choochoo !!!!!

[jimo2305]

over/under rookie game:

Blair: 15 rebs?

Neal: 4 3pointers?

[ace3g]

Neal also starting

[Spurologist]

Blair with the jumper OVER GRIFFIN

[jimo2305]

wow.. it's so awkward they're talking about spurs like this lol..

[carina_gino20]

Again with the headband.

[ace3g]

Blair for 3....in and out

[Spurs Brazil]

DB trying the corner 3

[carina_gino20]

Neal with it!