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Popovich Has Already Set the Bar for Spurs Season: Championship

In the dog days of summer, every NBA team is filled with championship dreams.OK, that's a crock of Jerome James-flavored gumbo. Most teams are well aware that the only gold at the end of an NBA season's rainbow is named Jose. And I'm not talking about just the Clippers or Kings here. I'm also talking about the Hawks and...

Quiet Reformations in San Antonio, Detroit

Lots of teams transformed this summer. Boston gave up on its green thumb and imported fully grown trees. Minnesota gave up on its own oak, opting for seedlings. Houston rewrote its rotation and its philosophy before the playoffs were over. New York added an All-Star, Memphis went global, Seattle and Portland got lucky....

San Antonio's French Population Just Doubled

The Spurs, those shrewd manufacturers of cheap talent, just signed Frenchman Ian Mahinmi to a multi-year deal. Mahinmi was virtually unknown when San Antonio drafted him in 2005, an 18-year-old kid who wasn't even listed in the 128-player draft guide.The Spurs' R.C. Buford says the plan will put Ian on the Austin Toros of...

All Hail R.C. Buford

When talking about the future, it's silly to ignore the current. I looked at the future stars of the NBA GMing scene earlier, and I should probably address today's gold standard in the field. We really shouldn't have to talk about R.C. Buford -- his name should be known well and his list of feats studied. But due dually to...

RC Buford News From the Web

05/23/12 Spurs 'grind hard' back to the Western Finals Source: San Antonio Current - San Antonio TX About this time last summer, things were looking pretty bleak for the Spurs.
05/17/12 Bird over Buford? Only in a three point shootout Source: NBC - WOAI News 4 - San Antonio TX R.C. Buford did not win the NBA's Executive of the Year award Wedneday.
05/10/12 Winning Combination Source: NBA - San Antonio Spurs Ken Rodriguez is a San Antonio native who covered his first Spurs game in 1981 for The Daily Texan, the University of Texas student newspaper.
05/04/12 NBA: Jazz, Spurs inspire each other to small-market... Source: The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City UT R.C. Buford was years away from moving his basketball career to San Antonio.

Background on RC Buford

R. C. Buford is the general manager of the San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball team. He was given the title by his predecessor, Gregg Popovich, in 2002 after five seasons as team president.

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