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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2013 SPURS PLAYOFF GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA INFORMATION......................................................................................... 2 SPURS PLAYOFF ROSTER........... ..........................................................................3 PLAYER BIOS...................................................................................................... 5 SPURS STAFF BIOS..............................................................................................35 TEAM STATS........................................................................................................43 SPURS TEAM NOTES............................................................................................62 2012-13 TRANSACTIONS......................................................................................67 SPURS PLAYOFF HISTORY.....................................................................................75 WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF OPPONENTS .................................................... 91 LEAGUE STATS................................................................ .................................. 121 1 SPURS ROSTER PLAYOFF MEDIA INFORMATION Welcome to the 2013 NBA Playoffs. The Spurs media services department is here to serve you and will accommodate your needs as best as we can. The following are a few guidelines which we hope will assist you in your coverage this postseason. CREDENTIALS Home - Regular season credentials are not transferable and do not guarantee admittance to Spurs playoff games (fi rst three rounds only) until they receive proper playoff accreditation. Single-game credential requests should be made by the sports editor or director no later than 24 hours prior to each playoff game or series. All requests should be admitted to Kris Davis by email via [email protected]. All single-game credential requests should be confi rmed with the Spurs media services department prior to arriving at the AT&T Center. Please be advised there is limited media seating, and at times it may not be possible to accommodate every request. We encourage all media to make their requests as soon as possible. Road - All local media planning on covering the Spurs on the road during the fi rst three rounds of the playoffs should make arrangements with Tom James via email at [email protected] or fax at (210) 444-5720. Please include the names of all traveling personnel and the name, address and telephone number of the hotel they will be staying at in the visiting city. Media members will need to make hotel arrange- ments on their own throughout the postseason. A complete San Antonio list will be provided to the Spurs opponent and credentials will be delivered to your hotel prior to the fi rst game of each round. International Requests - All international requests are handled by the NBA International PR Department. Any international media mem- ber interests in covering a Spurs game must fi rst submit a request in writing to the NBA. Requests may be faxed or emailed to: Rachel Walsh at (212) 407-8044 or [email protected]. MEDIA ENTRANCE, WILL CALL & PARKING The media entrance is located on the Northeast side of the AT&T Center directly across from the media parking lot. All approved credentials can be picked up at the media entrance beginning three hours prior to game time. There is a limited number of media parking spaces pro- vided to the media on a fi rst come, fi rst serve basis. The media parking lot is located off of AT&T Center Parkway (Gate D Entrance). If you need to request parking please make arrangements with Kris Davis by email via [email protected] or with Mitch Heckart at mheckart@ attcenter.com. MEDIA AVAILABILITY All interview requests should be directed to Tom James. In accordance with NBA policy, both Spurs and visiting locker rooms will be open to members of the media for a 45-minute period prior to game time and 15 minutes following a conclusion of the game. Players and coaches are available for interviews at this time. Only working members of the media with valid credentials will be allowed into the locker rooms. PRACTICES All team practices are closed to the media with the exception of the last 30 minutes which will be open to the media. Players and staff will be available during this timeframe. Please contact a member of the Spurs media services department to confi rm start of practice times and the site of practice. If you are calling after normal business hours, Tom James will leave practice times on his voicemail. MEDIA WORKROOM The media workroom and media hospitality room are located on the event level in the southeast corner of the AT&T Center, and are accessible only with a valid credential. The rooms open three hours prior to game time. The media workroom is equipped with free wireless internet and telephones. A limited number of telephones will be available to the media throughout the playoffs, although we can not guarantee a phone for everyone. Game notes, media guides, running sheets and other relevant information will be available in the media workroom prior to the game. In addition, play-by-play sheets, halftime and fi nal box scores and postgame quotes will be placed in the media workroom fol- lowing the game. To access the wireless network please check with a member of the Spurs media services upon your arrival to the arena. PHOTOGRAPHERS The photographers workroom will be set up on the event level in the southwest corner of the AT&T Center. The workroom will be equipped with free Ethernet connections and electrical outlets. We ask that all photographers use the Ethernet connections due to the large amounts of data being sent out. The photography areas of the AT&T Center are located along the baselines on both ends of the court. Photographers are asked to keep off the sideline areas in front of or behind the team benches and in front of press row. In addition, please observe NBA rules for player escape routes – an open area approximately fi ve feet on both sides of the basket. Only television and photographers doing BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS STAFF TOM JAMES KRIS DAVIS MITCH HECKART Senior Dir. of Communications Basketball Communications Mngr. Basketball Communications Coor. (210) 444-5730 – Offi ce (210) 444-5731 – Offi ce (210) 444-5732 – Offi ce [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 2 2013 SPURS PLAYOFF GUIDE SPURS 2013 PLAYOFF ROSTER SPURS NUMERICAL ROSTER NO PLAYER POS. HT. WT. DOB FROM YEARS 1 Tracy McGrady F 6-8 225 5/24/79 Mt. Zion Christian Aca. 15 2 Kawhi Leonard F 6-7 225 6/29/91 San DieDiegogo State 1 4 Dannyy Green G/F 6-6 210 6/22/87 North Carolina 3 5 CorCoryy JoseJosephph G 6-3 185 8/20/91 Texas 1 8 Pattyyy() Mills G 6-0 185 8/11/88 St. Mary’s (CA) 3 9 TonTonyy Parker G 6-2 185 55/17/82/17/82 France 11 14 Gary Neal G 6-4 210 10/3/84 Towson 2 15 Matt Bonner F/CF/C 6-10 235 4/5/804/5/80 Florida 8 16 Aron Baynes C 6-10 260 12/9/86 Washingtong State R 20 Manu Ginobili G 6-6 205 7/28/77 ArgentinaArgentina 10 21 Tim Duncan F 6-11 255 4/25/76 Wake Forest 15 22 TiagoTiago SSplitterplitter F 6-11 240 11/1/85/1/85 Brazil 2 25 Nando De Colo G 6-5 190 06/23/87 France R 33 Boris Diaw F 6-8 235 44/16/82/16/82 France 9 45 DeJuan Blair F/C 6-7 270 4/22/89 Pittsburgh 3 SPURS COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Gregg Popovich (Air Force Academy) Assistant Coaches: Mike Budenholzer (Pomona) Chip Engelland (Duke) Brett Brown (Boston University) Chad Forcier (Seattle-Pacifi c) Ime Udoka (Portland State) Head Athletic Trainer: Will Sevening (Wisconsin-La Crosse) HOW THE ROSTER WAS BUILT NBA DRAFT Tim Duncan First round pick in 1997 NBA Draft, fi rst overall selection Manu Ginobili Second round pick in 1999 NBA Draft, 57th overall selection Tony Parker First round pick in 2001 NBA Draft, 28th overall selection Tiago Splitter First round pick in 2007 NBA Draft, 28th overall selection DeJuan Blair Second round pick in 2009 NBA Draft, 37th overall selection Nando De Colo Second round pick in 2009 NBA Draft, 53rd overall selection Cory Joseph First round pick in 2011 NBA Draft, 29th overall selection FREE AGENTS Gary Neal Signed on 7/22/10 Danny Green Signed on 3/6/11 Patty Mills Signed on 3/27/12 Boris Diaw Signed on 3/23/12 Aron Baynes Signed on 1/23/13 Tracy McGrady Signed on 4/16/13 TRADES Kawhi Leonard Obtained draft rights to Kawhi Leonard, Davis Bertans and Erazem Lorbek from the Indiana Pacers for George Hill; drafted Cory Joseph (29th) and Adam Hanga. (59th) (6/23/12) Matt Bonner Obtained from Milwaukee in exchange for Bruce Bowen, Fabricio Oberto and Kurt Thomas (6/23/09) 3 SPURS ROSTER THE SILVER AND BLACK ARON DEJUAN MATT NANDO 16 BAYNES 45 BLAIR 15BONNER 25DE COLO BORIS TIM MANU DANNY 33 DIAW 21DUNCAN 20 GINOBILI 4 GREEN CORY KAWHI TRACY PATTY 5 JOSEPH 2 LEONARD 1 MCGRADY 8 MILLS GARY TONY TIAGO 14 NEAL 9 PARKER 22 SPLITTER 4 2013 SPURS PLAYOFF GUIDE PLAYER AND STAFF BIOS 5 ARON BAYNES BAYNES BIO HOW ACQUIRED: Signed by the Spurs on 1/23/13 2012-13: Appeared in 16 games, averaging 2.7 points and 2.0 rebounds in 8.8 minutes … shot .500 (18-36) from the fi eld and .583 (7-12) from the foul line … made his NBA debut at Dallas on 1/25 … fi nished with 7 points and a season-high 9 rebounds in 17:54 minutes vs. Charlotte on 1/30 … registered a season-high 9 points to go along with 5 rebounds in 17:58 minutes vs. Orlando on 4/3 … fi nished with 4 points, 6 rebounds and a season-high 3 assists in a season-high 30:23 minutes at Golden State on 4/15 … registered eight DNP’s and was on the inactive list for 14 games … had fi ve stints with the Austin Toros throughout the season … in seven starts with the Toros, averaged 13.0 points and 8.4 rebounds in 27.1 minutes … prior to being signed by the Spurs appeared in 10 games with Union Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League, averaging 13.8 points and 9.8 rebounds in 26.2 minutes, while shooting .587 (54-92) from the fl oor and .698 (30-43) from the free throw line … re- corded seven double-doubles … pulled down double-digit rebounds in 8 games … recorded 16 a season-high 33 points and 10 rebounds vs.