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1 month ago | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Bill Huan
Brad Penner-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: I think a little of both. There is little doubt that the Thunder have been the best team in the West all season, but they are also still very young, and there were times that Denver looked like a team that had “been there” against them. At the same time, while injuries across the board certainly hurt the Nuggets, they have been inconsistent all season.
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2 months ago | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Bill Huan
Troy Wayrynen-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: I’ll give them a 7, with context. If you were told coming into the season that Victor Webmanyama would only appear in 46 games, and they would all come in the first “half” of the season, you probably wouldn’t have guessed they’d still come within a game of their preseason Vegas predictions with 34 wins.
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2 months ago | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Bill Huan
Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: After looking so hopelessly lost last season, I’m surprised the Pistons not only leapt out of the cellar, but all the way up to securing a playoff spot— not play-in, PLAYOFF. It’s the leap we hoped the Spurs could make with similar off-season moves to add veterans, but injuries got in the way. Kudos to the job J.B. Bickerstaff has done. My surprise bad team would be the Suns.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
poundingtherock.com | Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Jacob Douglas |Bill Huan
Stephen Lew-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: Of the four, the Pelicans are the team with a player who is most likely to keep their heads just above the rest in Zion Williamson, but he still randomly misses games (and not just back-to-backs, as their game in San Antonio showed), not to mention they just lost yet another player for the season in Trey Murphy III.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Bill Huan
Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: He would be an upgrade who would help with some of the team’s offensive woes, but I do not believe he is the piece that puts it all together for the Spurs, so the asking price has to be right. The Kings reportedly covet Stephon Castle, but the Spurs do too, and I don’t think they are anywhere close to ready to part with him.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Bill Huan
Rob Gray-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: You could make an argument either way. Obviously Nikola Jokic belongs, then it comes down to whether or not you believe LeBron James and/or Kevin Durant got in based on “legacy” votes more than on-court performance. In other words, are fans (and players, in this case) going to keep voting for them until they just aren’t on the ballot anymore because they’re legends?
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Bill Huan
Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: It’s definitely a success when you look back at preseason expectations (not to mention the strength of schedule), and at the time most considered .500 to be their absolute ceiling, and yet they’ve made it look easy (until recently).
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
poundingtherock.com | Bill Huan
Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images On the heels of three straight losses, the Spurs looked to right the ship against the Lakers as they faced off on Monday night, resulting in a 126-102 victory in La La Land. The game didn’t get off to a good start for the black and silver. LA jumped out to an early 7-0 lead due to some sloppy defense from the Spurs, forcing Mitch Johnson to do his best Pop impression by calling a timeout just two minutes in.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
poundingtherock.com | Bill Huan
Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Wednesday night’s Cavs-Thunder showdown was one of the best regular season games of the last decade. It was the first time in NBA history that two teams on pace for 70+ wins played this late in the season, and it felt like a playoff game given that both sides had two days off to prep.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
poundingtherock.com | Bill Huan
Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Following a frustrating loss in Chicago, the Spurs looked to get back in the win column against the Bucks on Wednesday night. Unfortunately, Milwaukee’s hot shooting led them to a 121-105 blowout victory, pushing San Antonio’s losing streak to three. Despite the disappointing result, the Spurs started the game with a bang. Wemby was unsurprisingly at the center of attention, as he blocked Giannis on the first defensive possession before making a one-legged three.
