Mike Finger

1 week ago | victoriaadvocate.com | Mike Finger

In the big picture, nothing has changed. Victor Wembanyama sounds like he believes this. Mitch Johnson does, too. The rest of us will wait and see. The young superstar says he's still on schedule, "neither late nor early," with the same boundless possibilities awaiting him, and with the same expectations of reaching them. The young coach says this offseason will be like any other, with no reason to worry about job titles, and with no urgency for anyone to make a franchise-altering decision.

1 week ago | star-telegram.com | Mike Finger

In the big picture, nothing has changed. Victor Wembanyama sounds like he believes this. Mitch Johnson does, too. The rest of us will wait and see. The young superstar says he's still on schedule, "neither late nor early," with the same boundless possibilities awaiting him, and with the same expectations of reaching them. The young coach says this offseason will be like any other, with no reason to worry about job titles, and with no urgency for anyone to make a franchise-altering decision.

1 week ago | star-telegram.com | Mike Finger

Six months ago, a genius was here. In this very space he wrote a mid-October column predicting the details of an entire Spurs season, month by month and week by week, and this was how the last entry began:April 13: The Spurs beat Toronto at home to finish 34-48, a 12-game improvement from last season but still seven victories shy of the 10th spot in the stout Western Conference. Sunday afternoon, almost all of that can come true, with the forecasted record spot-on perfect.

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Mike Finger

Six months ago, a genius was here. In this very space he wrote a mid-October column predicting the details of an entire Spurs season, month by month and week by week, and this was how the last entry began:April 13: The Spurs beat Toronto at home to finish 34-48, a 12-game improvement from last season but still seven victories shy of the 10th spot in the stout Western Conference.

2 weeks ago | tylerpaper.com | Mike Finger

SAN ANTONIO — His hands never left his hips. There was a pass, then a dribble, then two more passes, and the beginning of a jump shot. Kelvin Sampson watched all of this from the Alamodome sideline Monday night, completely motionless. He did not move when Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr. came flying at Houston’s Emanuel Sharp. He did not move when Sharp, briefly taking aim at the basket, let the ball fall to the floor instead.