A little adversity goes a long way | Spurs Insider

About this episode

The episode discusses the Spurs' recent success and its implications for their playoff readiness.

Columnist Mike Finger and Spurs beat reporters Jeff McDonald and Tom Orsborn discuss the Spurs winning 25 of their last 27 games, who they could meet in the playoffs, and whether their recent blowouts might actually hurt their playoff prep. Suggested reading: Still green as an NBA duo, 'thousands' more lobs to come from Castle to Wemby Spurs' Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox finalists for high character NBA awards Does Victor Wembanyama need to score more to win MVP? How Stephon Castle celebrated UConn's miracle victory over Duke Catch us everywhere: More episodes: https://www.expressnews.com/project/podcasts/spurs-insider/ Spurs Nation Newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newsletters Finger on BlueSky : @mikefinger.bsky.social Become a subscriber: https://exne.ws/sub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Mike Finger

Guests: Jeff McDonald, Tom Orsborn

Topics covered

• Spurs performance
• playoff preparation
• NBA awards
• Victor Wembanyama
• team dynamics

Keywords

• Spurs
• NBA
• playoffs
• Victor Wembanyama
• Harrison Barnes
• De'Aaron Fox
• Stephon Castle
• Mike Finger

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: San Antonio Express-News

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