San Antonio Spurs Preview

This is the show we have all been waiting for. After a detailed examination of the Spurs' open practice at the beautiful AT&T Center, we'll be back in prime time Sunday for an extensive preview of the 2009-2010 Spurs Season. With Preseason play beginning against the Houston Rockets (yet again) in only two days, there is a lot to talk about. Spurs mainstays Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Michael Finley are completing another training camp together along with Roger Mason, Jr., Matt Bonner (The Ginger Avenger), George Hill, and Ian Mahinmi. This core from last season is also joined by several new faces that include newly anointed Spurs Richard Jefferson, Antonio McDyess, Keith Bogans, DeJuan Blair, Malik Hairston, and Theo Ratliff. The Spurs' shopping spree this summer has provided fans with a more exciting off-season than we have seen in recent years. The team has the youth and athleticism it was criticized for lacking, and they still have Tim Duncan. In addition, Gregg Popovich has abridged the Spurs' playbook to acclimate the influx of new players, hearkening back to the motion offense used to annihilate opponents (namely the Suns) in 2005. InIt2WinIt will preview the season with an analysis of each player by position, and ask the tough questions that no other San Antonio sports programs will. Should Tony Parker be traded? Is Ginobili the key, or an overrated player? How much does he have left? What is Tim's impact this season? Can we find the defense we haven't had since June of 2007? How old is Dikemebe Mutombo, really? REALLY? We'll even ask the most puzzling question in basketball history: Between Karl Malone and Hakeem Olajuwon, whose English is worse? And don't forget our countdown of the Most Badass Spurs of All Time....