Hubbard: David Robinson went out a Champion in His Final Game

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In the fifth and final installment from his new book The History of the San Antonio Spurs (© Whitman Publishing, LLC), Sheridanhoops columnist Jan Hubbard (twitter: @whyhub) writes about what is arguably the greatest Spurs’ team ever – the only championship team that included Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. (You can order the book here.) 

The story in 2003 wasn’t Parker or Ginobili. It wasn’t even Duncan, who was the first player since Michael Jordan to win consecutive Most Valuable Player awards.

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Hubbard: How the Spurs ended up with Tony Parker

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This is the fourth in a five-part series on The History of the San Antonio Spurs (© Whitman Publishing, LLC), which was recently released and is written by Sheridanhoops.com columnist Jan Hubbard (twitter: @whyhub). In the third excerpt, Hubbard recounted the crafty dealings that went into the Spurs’ acquisition from the financially strapped Virginia Squires, who has traded Julius Erving to the New York Nets earlier this season. In this installment, the drafting of Tony Parker is described. (You can order the book here.)

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Sheridan Hoops MVP Rankings After Week 18

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Now what, Pop?

With Tony Parker out for a month, do you turn to the French rookie (Nando DeColo) … or the Aussie speedster (Patty Mills)?

And yes, we agree with your statement that Parker should be given major consideration for every award out there, and yes, we agree that there hasn’t been an NBA point guard who has done as much for his team as Parker has done for the Spurs.

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Hubbard: Colangelo and Popovich Need to Make It Work

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If you wanted to compare the possibilities of who might be the next U.S. Olympic basketball coach to the weather, the following would make perfect sense:

A heat wave will soon hit Antarctica, a driving rainstorm will be pelting the Sahara and Jerry Colangelo will no doubt hire Gregg Popovich.

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Tony Parker out a month with sprained ankle

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En route to the best record in the NBA, the San Antonio Spurs have withstood injuries to Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard.

Now they will have to do without Tony Parker, their most indispensable player.

The Spurs announced Saturday that Parker had an MRI that revealed a Grade 2 sprain of his left ankle that will sideline him for four weeks.

Parker was hurt in the third quarter of Friday’s 130-102 home rout of Sacramento. He is averaging a career-high 21.0 points (10th in the NBA) and 7.6 assists (sixth) while shooting 53.3 percent fron the field (first among guards).

Parker has started to receive MVP consideration. Prior to the All-Star break, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich – whose gushing comes extremely grudgingly – said his point guard “should be in every conversation for any award that’s going to be given.”

Popovich continued his campaign last week, saying, “Name me a point guard who’s had a better season? I can’t think of one.”

The Spurs are 46-14, two games in front of Miami for the NBA’s best record and homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs. San Antonio also is trying to hold off Oklahoma City (42-16) and the Los Angeles Clippers (43-18) in the Western Conference.

Over the last three seasons, the Spurs are 150-44 when Parker plays and just 7-7 when he doesn’t.

However, if told their star point guard was going to miss a month, the Spurs probably would have picked March. They have 13 games remaining in the month and 11 are at home.

Parker’s backups are rookie Nando de Colo and Patty Mills. Ginobili also runs the offense on occasion.

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