Manu Ginobili

NBA's most dominant force? Injuries

These include "Where high ankle sprain happens." Early injury-oriented swoons have been conducted by the Washington Wizards, Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs, whose official gurney is overdue for an oil change....

NBA Barometer: Mayo's been huge

Two weeks have passed, and things are becoming a bit clearer. Ben Gordon (CHI) — Fantasy prognosticators were down on the Bulls' crowded backcourt entering the season as it looked like Gordon, Derrick Rose, Larry Hughes and...

Top 5: Early season NBA betting surprises

What a difference a summer makes. The new NBA season is just a few weeks old and already it's provided more surprises than a night at Isiah Thomas' house. Here are just a handful of the early-season shockers. Atlanta Hawks...

Lakers 7-0, Paul Pierce delivers Hawks first loss

The Celtics won 103-102. Paul Pierce made a jumper with 0.5 seconds left to give the Boston Celtics a 103-102 victory over Atlanta on Wednesday night, handing the Hawks their first loss of the season. The Hawks (6-1) provided...

Hill and Mason find rhythm in Spurs' backcourt

San Antonio's new starting backcourt of George Hill and Roger Mason Jr. sounds more like a pair of architects or investment bankers. Now Frank is the investment banker, and Mason is building a new future as a scorer with the...

Ginobili back in November?

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Wednesday he didn't want to put himself into a corner when asked if SG Manu Ginobili might return before the end of November. Ginobili was in street clothes walking without a limp before the game...

World leaders who could make Obama sweat

As Barack Obama, a former high school basketball player, prepares to take his rhetorical and organizational gifts and crossover dribble into the highest office in his land, he might be interested to know that other heads of...

Jack McCallum: NBA storylines that will be short-lived

Around the offices of Sports Illustrated, we try to resist what we call the premature trend story. A few of them present themselves every November of the NBA season, exposing us to the possibility of panic buying.

Ginobili on road with Spurs, gets 'better every day'

Ginobili was with the team in Milwaukee on Wednesday night when the Spurs fell to the Bucks. Ginobili was in street clothes walking without a limp before the game and said he's feeling better. "I'm getting better every day,"...

NBA: Milwaukee 82, San Antonio 78

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Ramon Sessions and Richard Jefferson combined to make three free throws in the final 11 seconds Wednesday, boosting Milwaukee past San Antonio 82-78. The Spurs took a six-point lead into the fourth...