The Spurs are grateful for his or her first real looking shot on the NBA Cup after Wednesday’s win over the Path Blazers. De’Aaron Fox scored a group excessive and tied for a recreation excessive 37 factors with 8 assists and three steals. Devin Vassell contributed 23 factors, and Julian Champagnie notched a double-double with 12 factors and 11 rebounds.
I’m grateful for De’Aaron Fox for selecting the Spurs. Certain, drafted gamers come, they keep, they change into All-Stars, they win championships, they usually make music movies like Stability Toi as a result of drafted Spurs gamers are homegrown. Free brokers, nevertheless, don’t fall out of bushes and into the river stroll. Apart from Fox, notable (and All-Star stage) free brokers who selected the Spurs and the Spurs Means be a part of a really quick record of hallowed Spurs like LaMarcus Aldrige and . . . that’s it. When contemplating the free agent’s standing within the league on the time they signed, Aldridge and Fox are the record. That in of itself is one thing to be pleased about.
I’m grateful for Dylan Harper’s return from harm. The rookie got here off the bench for a fast 7 factors, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and a pair of steals in 16 minutes of play. Since Dylan Harper’s dad, Ron Harper, is besties with Michael Jordan, do y’all assume there was at the very least one Thanksgiving when MJ goes, “Of all of the (expletives) I’ve needed to play with, that Invoice Murray (House Jam) is a chucker.”?
I’m grateful for Devin Vassell’s cool-looking buzzer beater. The six-year vet has built-in superbly with the added firepower of Victor Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox, and Stephon Citadel, however Wednesday evening served as a reminder of Vassell’s skill to play each ends—in any case, it was not too way back when he averaged 19.5 factors per recreation.
I’m grateful for Keldon Johnson’s countless, frenetic, rabid, and unbridled motor. Whereas he’s a vastly totally different type of participant than Manu Ginóbili, each gamers share the embodiment of a sixth man: unselfish, on the spot offense, and human stand-in for the Energizer Bunny. They maintain going and going and going and going and a few advert man bought paid some huge cash to provide you with that standard slogan.
Devin Vassell is grateful for this errant cross that can also be the best method to register a steal on the field rating. Once they say don’t look a present horse within the mouth, do they are saying that as a result of horses have halitosis or one thing? Who was the primary individual to assume, “Hmmm, if I soften down this horse, I could make issues stick to one another!” In case you assume these jokes are like beating a lifeless horse, I’ve one final one for you: A horse walks right into a bar. The bartender says, “Why the lengthy face?”
I’m NOT grateful for whoever in cost that determined NOT to have a Fiesta-colored courtroom for one among these NBA Cup dwelling Spurs video games. Nothing would slap higher than courtroom colours that deal with your eyes to pure unadulterated hues of yellow, orange, turquoise, and pink. A fast google search tells me the nice metropolis of San Antonio’s official colours are Pearl White, Rio Blue, Nopales Inexperienced, Fiesta Gold, and Concha Pink, and why does studying that make me very hungry. Full circle second: Nopales Inexperienced and Concha Pink would make nice horse racing names!
What it is best to take from this mini facet quest of a rant in a highlights article is that, sure, I’m grateful for Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox, and I can’t wait to see them BOTH on the courtroom collectively once more (once more) as a result of simply take a look at this stunning lob from Fox to Luke Kornet. That may be him and Wemby (insert Wolverine touching image body meme)!
I’m grateful for Danny Inexperienced. In case you appeared up “second probability” and “cussed resilience” within the dictionary, you’ll see an image of Danny Inexperienced—with Coach Popovich most likely barking at him within the background. Dude was one step away from leaving the league altogether to turning into a two-time NBA champion because of his dogged willpower and one Gregg Popovich seeing one thing in him and offering that second alternative.
And eventually, I’m grateful for the Pounding the Rock group. It solely appears acceptable to ship you diehard followers out on Turkey Day with a reminder that Tony Parker as soon as had a banger of a rap single. It’s so outdated, the official video on YouTube (hyperlink under) was not even in excessive definition. It’s so outdated, Gray’s Anatomy was barely 2 seasons in. It’s so outdated, LeBron James bought to share the courtroom with the nice (and former Spur, NBA champion) Kevin Willis. It’s so outdated, Nico Harrison tried to steal the DeLorean to journey to 2007 to commerce Dirk Nowitzki to the Lakers for Andrew Bynum. However significantly, play this video proper earlier than your Aunt Bethany recites the pledge of allegiance when saying grace for dinner.
In case you missed the sport since you have been too busy brining the turkey, listed below are the full-game highlights:
Subsequent up, the Silver and Black head over to Denver on Black Friday, November 28, 2025 to tackle the Nuggets.
