Notebook: Spurs push Leonard out of his comfort zone

Off season signing forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who had a subpar performance in his debut with the team in their loss to the Kings, bounced back in their defeat to Miami.

“My whole career, I’ve been very strategic about what I’ve done with my money and how we’ve invested”, West said. Popovich was actually surprised to see how good Simmons was at passing the ball and that’s what really caught his eye because Simmons’ reputation is that of a guy who can score and that’s basically it.

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Kawhi Leonard of the San Antonio Spurs wants to continue prioritizing team success over individual achievements for the upcoming 2015-2016 NBA Season.

Before Popovich made his first substitutions at the 4:36 mark in the first quarter, the Spurs’ starters shot 7-of-13 from the floor (54%), with four assists on seven makes, and just three turnovers. That means his streak of 780 consecutive regular-season and playoff games started will end. “It’s incredible that he would… give up what he gave up”, Duncan said.

Tip off is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET, and NBATV will broadcast the meeting between Popovich and Mike Budenholzer, his former longtime assistant coach. Chances are, he won’t be expected to extend that streak. First, Duncan grabs the defensive rebound, he kicks it to Parker, who quickly throws the cross-court pass to Leonard on the break for the lay up.

Others were asking how the mistake could have happened. And he’s simply never had a down year, with the Spurs winning at least 61 percent of their games in every full season that he’s been in charge.

Ginobili averaged only 10.5 points last season, his lowest average since his rookie year (7.6) in 2002-03.