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San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones didn’t hold back during her first Town Hall of the new year, blasting Spurs owner and Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell for making a $6 billion donation in December to the White House’s Trump accounts program. “Michael Dell is an owner of the Spurs,” Jones said. “I wonder if he was able to do that because the city gave up — and the county gave up — so much money for the [new Spurs] arena. Because if you can give $6 billion for these accounts, you could have paid for your own arena.”
NBA Communications: San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama and Detroit Pistons guard-forward Ausar Thompson have been named the Kia NBA Western and Eastern Conference Defensive Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in January.
Marc Stein: NBA commissioner Adam Silver has named Toronto’s Darko Rajaković as head coach for Team World in next weekend’s All-Star Game. Detroit’s J.B. Bickerstaff and San Antonio’s Mitch Johnson will coach the two USA teams. The full roster breakdown will be announced later today.
After being cleared to play and registering 25 points, eight rebounds, five blocks and four steals against the Magic, Wembanyama said he didn’t think his latest bout of soreness was connected to his previous strain. “I don’t know that it’s related to my injury before,” Wembanyama said. “Out of caution, it’s almost like we’re going to consider it’s related.”
The double-team of an east coast snowstorm plus a mechanical failure with the team plane prevented the Spurs from arriving from Charlotte until 4 ½ hours before a rescheduled 8 p.m. tipoff Sunday at the Frost Bank Center. “It’s been a long-ass day,” Wembanyama said after the game. “I’ve been up since 6-something a.m. Charlotte time. It’s close to midnight now. … So a lot of caution in that report.”
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NBA Communications: SCHEDULE UPDATE FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 1: The Orlando Magic at San Antonio Spurs game will now tip off at 9 p.m. ET due to Spurs’ travel issues today.
Tom Osborn: The winter storm that has blanketed North Carolina with heavy snow is forcing the Spurs to stay in Charlotte overnight, a team spokesman said. No word yet on the status of Sunday's 3 p.m. game against Orlando at the Frost Bank Center.
Jason Beede: NEWS: The NBA says Sunday’s game between the #Magic and Spurs at Frost Bank Center will now tip off at 7 p.m. ET due to San Antonio’s travel issues because of inclement weather. The Spurs are stuck overnight in Charlotte, where they played earlier, due to a winter storm.
Tom Osborn: Devin Vassell told me he's not sure if the new starting five will continue: "I think we're just trying out new stuff to see different lineups, different ways how to space the floor, so we'll just see what happens with that. But I don't know if it's a permanent thing or not."
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Hornets upset Spurs 111-106 behind 26 points, eight rebounds from Brandon Miller, 21 points from Collin Sexton. Victor Wembanyama struggles, scoring 16 points on 15 field-goal attempts.
The Phoenix Suns, who are seeking power forward depth, are among several teams that have checked in on San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan, league sources told HoopsHype. Suns center Nick Richards was brought up during exploratory talks, sources said. However, such a move would push the Suns further above the luxury tax, which is not ideally something Phoenix wants to do.
Sacramento, sources say, has only increased the intensity of its talks to ship out Keon Ellis entering the weekend … with the Lakers, Pacers, Spurs and Celtics among several teams still hoping to factor into the race to acquire the defensive-minded guard.
With nine MLB teams still likely poised to abandon Main Street Sports Group, three sources said Friday their exit could create financial flexibility for Main Street to avoid immediate liquidation and pay NBA and NHL teams reduced rights fees the remainder of this season. “What is bad from MLB might be good for us,” said an NBA and NHL team source asking for anonymity due to the sensitivity around the topic, which has many industry stakeholders on edge.