Spurs to play on Christmas?

[TimmehC]

Great, the Unibrow's first pro game is against us.

[justinandimcool]

on first glance....16 B2B total and three sets of 4 games in 5 nights, not bad.

[racm]

Spurs start with 7 games in 11 days. WTF is that

The Spurs' April 2012 schedule was just as packed. Pop is a master of limiting minutes.

None of the first teams except OKC, LAL, and possibly LAC worry me.

[Hoops Czar]

Of course, the Spurs were bypassed for Christmas. No ABC games this year but 15 nationally televised games ( not inc. Nbatv). The spend practically the entire month of November on the road. Otherwise, it isn't a bad schedule

[Stabula]

Not the best, but certainly not a bad schedule. I'm sure the team is satisfied with it as well.

[TD 21]

Unbelievable that they allowed ABC/ESPN to do this. The Rockets (who figure to be amongst the worst handful of teams in the league) and the Rose-less Bulls are going to play, in addition to the irrelevant Nuggets (not a massive market, zero star power), but not the Spurs? I don't care where those respective markets are located, that's beyond a joke; it's a travesty.

The league should have demanded that the Spurs be playing, if for no other reason than integrity purposes. They enter the season as the third best team in the league and play far and away the most entertaining brand of basketball in the league and they can't make a 5 game Christmas day slate? None of the cliche reasoning can justify this. Its inexplicable and the league should be embarrassed. And to top it off, not one "Sunday showcase" game, either. Pathetic.