2018-19 SPURS PRESEASON GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA INFORMATION..............................................................................................2 SPURS TRAINING CAMP ROSTER..............................................................................3 PLAYER BIOS...........................................................................................................5 SPURS STAFF BIOS.................................................................................................26 2017-18 TEAM STATS..............................................................................................32 SPURS PRESEASON HISTORY...................................................................................41 SPURS PRESEASON GUIDE 1 PRESEASON MEDIA INFORMATION WELCOME: On behalf of the entire Spurs organization, we would like to thank you for your coverage of the 2018- 19 San Antonio Spurs season. We look forward to working with you once again this year. If you should require any additional information or have any other needs please do not hesitate to contact any member of the Spurs media rela- tions department. PRACTICES: All team practices are closed to the media with the exception of the last 15 minutes, which will be open to the media. Players and staff will be available during this time frame. Please contact a member of the Spurs basketball communications department to confirm start of practice times and the site of practice. You can also check the the Spurs PR Twitter account for updated practice times at @SpursPR. MEDIA ENTRANCE, WILL CALL & PARKING: The media entrance is located in the Northwest corner (rear) of the AT&T Center. From the media parking lot proceed to the right towards the rear of the building and the entrance will be on your left. 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 provided to the media on a first-come, first-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 Jordan Howenstine by email via [email protected]. 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 30-minute period prior to game time and 15 minutes following the 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. MEDIA WORKROOM: The media workroom is located on the event level in the Southeast corner of the AT&T Center, and is accessible only with a valid credential. The room opens three hours prior to game time. The media workroom is equipped with free wireless internet. 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 final box scores and postgame quotes will be placed in the media workroom following the game. MEDIA DINING ROOM: Next door to the media workroom is the Spurs media dining room where dinner is provided prior to the game at no cost to working media. Meal service begins three hours prior to the scheduled start time of the game. Snacks will be available during halftime. A Spurs media credential or NBA season pass is needed to gain access to the media dining room. AT&T CENTER MEDIA SEATING: The AT&T Center is set up to accommodate media members with seating in Sections 107, 110 and 125. Additional media seating is located along on the plaza level in Sections 101-103 and 126-128. Please check the seating charts located in the media workroom and in the media dining room in order to find your seat. If your name is not on the seating chart, you are welcome to watch the game on the televisions located in the media workroom. BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS STAFF TOM JAMES KRIS DAVIS JORDAN HOWENSTINE Director of Basketball Comm. Basketball Comm. Manager Basketball Comm. Coordinator (210) 444-5730 – Office (210) 444-5731 – Office (210) 444-5733 – Office (210) 823-8921 – Cell (210) 849-7069 – Cell (517) 648-7752 – Cell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ANDREW HOLMAN Basketball Comm. Assistant (210) 444-5733 – Office (440) 476-1970 – Cell [email protected] 2 2018-19 SEASON SAN ANTONIO TRAINING CAMP ROSTER 2018-19 SPURS ALPHABETICAL TRAINING CAMP ROSTER NO PLAYER POS. HT. WT. DOB FROM YEARS 12 LaMarcus Aldridge F 6-11 260 07/19/85 Texas/USA 12 18 Marco Belinelli G 6-5 210 03/25/86 Fortitudo Bologna/Italy 11 42 Davis Bertans F 6-10 210 11/12/92 Laboral Kutxa/Latvia 2 15 Jaron Blossomgame F 6-7 220 09/16/93 Clemson/USA R 33 Dante Cunningham F 6-8 230 04/22/87 Villanova/USA 10 10 DeMar DeRozan G 6-7 220 08/07/89 USC/USA 9 14 Drew Eubanks C 6-10 245 02/01/97 Oregon State/USA R 11 Bryn Forbes G 6-3 190 07/23/93 Michigan State/USA 2 16 Pau Gasol F/C 7-0 250 07/06/80 FC Barcelona/Spain 17 22 Rudy Gay F 6-8 230 08/17/86 Connecticut/USA 12 24 Nick Johnson G 6-3 200 12/22/92 Arizona/USA 1 7 Chimezie Metu F 6-10 225 03/22/97 USC/Nigeria R 8 Patty Mills G 6-0 180 08/11/88 St. Mary’s (CA)/Australia 9 5 Dejounte Murray G 6-5 170 09/19/96 Washington/USA 2 25 Jakob Poeltl C 7-0 230 10/15/95 Utah/Austria 2 3 Quincy Pondexter F 6-7 230 03/10/88 Washington/USA 6 1 Lonnie Walker IV G 6-5 205 12/14/98 Miami/USA R CADY?4 Derrick White G 6-4 190 07/02/94 Colorado/USA 1 17 Okaro White F 6-8 205 08/13/92 Florida State/USA 2 SPURS COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Gregg Popovich (Air Force Academy) Assistant Coaches: Ettore Messina (Italy) Ime Udoka (Portland State) Becky Hammon (Colorado State) Chip Engelland (Duke) Will Hardy (Williams College) Head Athletic Trainer: Will Sevening (Wisconsin-La Crosse) Assistant Trainer: Paul West (Linfield College) Athletic Performance Coor.: Anthony Falsone (Stephen F. Austin) SPURS PRESEASON GUIDE 3 HOW THE SPURS ROSTER WAS BUILT THE NBA DRAFT Dejounte Murray First round pick in 2016 NBA Draft, 29th overall selection Derrick White First round pick in 2017 NBA Draft, 29th overall selection Lonnie Walker IV First round pick in 2018 NBA Draft, 18th overall selection Chimezie Metu Second round pick in 2018 NBA Draft, 49th overall selection FREE AGENTS Patty Mills Signed on 3/27/12 Dante Cunningham Signed 7/20/18 LaMarcus Aldridge Signed on 7/9/15 Quincy Pondexter Signed 8/29/18 Pau Gasol Signed on 7/14/16 Nick Johnson Signed 9/24/18 Bryn Forbes Signed on 7/14/16 Okaro White Signed 9/24/18 Rudy Gay Signed on 7/6/17 Drew Eubanks Signed 9/24/18 Marco Belinelli Signed on 7/20/18 Jaron Blossomgame Signed 9/24/18 TRADES Davis Bertans Obtained draft rights to Kawhi Leonard, Davis Bertans and Erazem Lorbek from the Indiana Pacers for George Hill (6/23/11) DeMar DeRozan Obtained DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a protected 2019 first round pick in exchange for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green (7/18/18) Jakob Poeltl Obtained DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a protected 2019 first round pick in exchange for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green (7/18/18) 4 2018-19 SEASON THE SPURS SPURS PRESEASON GUIDE 5 THE SILVER AND BLACK LAMARCUS MARCO DAVIS JARON 12ALDRIDGE 1816BELINELLI 42BERTANS 15BLOSSOMGAME DANTE DEMAR DREW BRYN 33 CUNNINGHAM 10 DEROZAN 14 EUBANKS 11 FORBES THE SPURS PAU RUDY NICK CHIMEZIE 16 GASOL 22 GAY 24 JOHNSON 7 METU PATTY DEJOUNTE JAKOB QUINCY 8 MILLS 5 MURRAY 25POELTL 3 PONDEXTER LONNIE DERRICK OKARO 1 WALKER IV 4 WHITE 17 WHITE 6 2018-19 SEASON F LaMARCUS ALDRIDGE 12 Forward | 6-11 | 240 | 13th Season | Texas | 7/19/85 REGULAR SEASON HIGHS PLAYOFF HIGHS MINUTES 55, vs. LA Clippers, 12/12/08 47, vs. Dallas, 4/23/11 POINTS 45, vs. Utah, 3/23/18 46, at Houston, 4/20/14 REBOUNDS 25, vs. Houston, 12/12/13 18, at Houston, 4/20/14 ASSISTS 8, vs. Atlanta, 11/12/12 5, vs. Memphis, 4/25/15 STEALS 5, at San Antonio, 12/19/14 4, vs. Dallas, 4/23/11 BLOCKS 7, at Denver, 12/28/10 5 (2), vs. Phoenix, 4/29/10 2017-18: Named to the All-NBA Second Team … started in each of his 75 appearances, averaging a team-best 23.1 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.20 blocks in 33.4 minutes … shot .510 (687-1,347) from the field and .837 (334-399) from the foul line … ranked ninth in the NBA in scoring, 17th in rebounding and 18th in blocks … was selected to his sixth All-Star game, making him one of only six players to be selected to six of the last seven NBA All-Star Games … scored in double figures in all but two games … scored 20-plus points in 51 games, 30-or-more 17 times and 40-plus on two occasions … only the fifth Spur in the last 20 years to record a 40-plus point game … led the team in scoring 59 times, in rebounds on 35 occasions and in blocks 30 times … became the fifth Spur in franchise history along with Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan, David Robinson and George Gervin to lead the team in points at least 50 times in a season … is just one of five players in franchise history to finish a season with 1,700-plus points and 600-or-more rebounds joining Larry Kenon, Terry Cummings, David Robinson and Tim Duncan … posted 27 double-doubles … named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, March 19, through Sunday, March 25 … averaged 34.8 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.00 blocks in 34.8 minutes for the week, while shooting .596 (56-94) from the field and .867 (26-30) from the foul line … over the five games played between 3/17 and 3/25, combined to score 178 points, the most points Aldridge has recorded over a five-game stretch in his career … recorded a career-high 45 points (19-28 FG, 1-1 3FG, 6-8 FT), including 28 in the first half, while adding 9 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 assists vs.