San Antonio Spurs face the Denver Nuggets
The Spurs take on the Nuggets tonight out in Denver. What should Spurs fans be thankful about this Spurs season this season? Hey, it’s been a while, but let’s bring back merch of the month. You are Locked on Spurs, your daily San Antonio Spurs podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Happy Friday. Welcome back to Locked On the Lock on NBA network. I’m your host Jeff Garcia, Spurs writer for Ken 5 San Antonio. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. And as always, we thank y’all for being back right here at Lockdown Spurs, your person and only spot for all things silver and black. Don’t forget to check us out on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, Keny Plus app. I mean, pick a platform. We are there. Lockdown Spurs is part of the number one uh sports podcast network, the Lock On network right here on Locked On Spurs. What are we talking about today? We’re going to be looking at tonight’s game, Spurs Nuggets. See how Spurs got themselves a handful. Let’s see what how the Nuggets are doing. What should the Spurs uh keys to victory be? And so much more. And then since we’re in the holiday spirit and this is the thankful time of being with family and friends, what are a few things that Spurs fans should be thankful for about this current Spurs uh roster? And then later on the show, it’s back everybody. merch of the month. What you can find online at the spur shop or in person at the spur shop either at the frost bank center or at the uh victory capital performance center. This is going to bring in our guest and I’m always thankful for him hopping on lockdown spurs, Mr. Rudy Copas of the Sports Answer. Follow him on X at Sweep the League. Rudy, hope you had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. Uh I did. Always good time to spend time with family and it was uh it was good. But I tried not to eat too much cuz I’m ning it back on my diet. So yeah, definitely got to do that. I ate a lot. I ate a lot. I can I can tell you right now, I ate a lot. Well, you’ve got some metabolism and you go work out every day. I I don’t I walk as much as possible, but yeah, it’s not it doesn’t do as much as, you know, power lifting like you. Well, you know, I’m actually trying to uh slim down a little bit because um there’s some time I look at photos of myself, so I’m like, “Okay, yeah, I could tell I worked out, but man, I look like a little boulder walking around. It’s a little short boulder like no neck or anything.” Nah, no, I got to I got to get rid of that. Yeah. My material is costing a little bit more. So, the bigger shirts you got to buy. Yeah, exactly. Cost me. Absolutely. All right, Rudy, again, thank you for hopping on this episode of Locked on Spurs. More on the sports answer later on this episode of Lockdown Spurs. R is going to be here for a couple segments and then I’m going to let him go. I’ll let him enjoy his Friday. So Rudy, let’s dive into the Spurs. They got themselves a handful tonight. They got the the mighty Denver Nuggets in Denver. Their first meeting of this season. Let’s go look at the Nuggets up first. They are second in the NBA’s West 13 and4. And you just go up and down the list as far as any, you know, major statistical categories. They’re up there, man. They’re second in offense, second in field goals made, second in free throw percentage. Shall I go on? Okay. Yeah, brace yourselves, Spurs fan, fourth in turnovers. In other words, they minimize those mistakes. Fifth in rebounds, fifth in defensive rebound. The list goes on and on. Six and a assist and three point percentage. Rudy, this is a nearly complete team. And it begins with Jo the Joker Nicole Yokov. Yeah, it does. And you know, that’s the reason kind of why I picked them to win the title this year. I mean, from top to bottom, from Jamal Murray to Yokic on the starting five, the addition of Cam Johnson in the offseason, I mean, they their biggest weakness was their bench. They went ahead and they squared that up in the offseason. Valunis, Tim Hardaway Jr., I mean, it’s just this Nuggets team is from top to bottom probably the best team and I put them over OKC. No matter how OKC starting off the season, they are the best team in the league. And there’s a reason behind it and it starts with one guy and that’s the Joker. Yeah, it is. It’s a shame we’re not going to get a Wimby v Joker again likely out for today’s game. Uh but nevertheless, you know, this Spurs team uh as mentioned, they got themselves a handful. Continue looking at the Denver Nuggets. We looked at some of the major statistical cateories that they’re nearly at the topic, but look at their recent schedule, too. They’re handling business, too. Heading into tonight’s game, they’re coming off a win versus Memphis, 125 115. And you look at their last few games, we’ll go back uh their last four. They’re three and one in their last four. They’re and they beat even the Rockets, too. 112 to 109, which was a great great game. So, they’re coming a little bit uh redot here. I look at this uh Nuggets team and if I look at them just as a whole, there’s really not much you can do. I mean, if you say, “Hey, stop Joker.” Okay, great. But then you mentioned they have Murray, um they got Cam Johnson, they got other weapons on the court that can make it up. But slowing down Joker is tough. Let’s just put it this way. The on average the Nuggets come out in that first period averaging about 32 points per game. They average nearly 30 points a game every single quarter this season. Second quarter, 30 points uh per quarter. Third quarter this season, 32.6 points per quarter in the third. And then finally, 29 points in the fourth quarter. But yeah, um they have offense, they have defense. Are the Spurs gonna get curb stopped tonight or do you think the Spurs gonna put up uh you know mine and heart tells me and everybody that more than likely the Spurs are going to get curb stopped but let’s not let’s not take away stuff because the team that’s struggling right now as a team without Dylan Harper who as of this recording hopefully is Mac and then also the addition of possibly Stefan Castle maybe might be back for tonight’s game. So, always keep in mind Aaron Gordon, I think, is going to be out for this game already, uh, rolled out. He’s ruled out until December. Christian Braun, another major piece there, is ruled out. So, there’s kind of a little hope for San Antonio where they get a player or two back. Denver loses a couple of players to injury, but I’d say right now, I’d still give the advantage of Nicola Yokic and the Denver Nuggets. Um, they’re they’re playing too well. If you think about it, I think in their only losses of the season, they’re averaging about like a five or four point loss in those four losses. So, they’ve they technically could have been undefeated going into this game. I mean, they that’s how good that they are playing. So, I would say, yeah, the Nuggets probably are going to beat the Spurs. I’m going to take them over the Spurs. But the key factor is not only Yokic um Cameron Johnson who hasn’t really done much for the Nuggets in the beginning the last couple of games shooting. I mean he’s averaging what about 19 points a game. So yeah, he’s doubling what he already averages on the season and that’s because of the injury. So he’s kind of my key guy right here. If he gets going it’s going to be a long night for the Spurs. Absolutely it is. At home the Nuggets are 6 and2. They average about 125.4 four points per game in their gym and they’re even shooting the lights out but nearly 50% uh shooting in their gym this season and look at the threeline they’re shooting about 35% in Denver. Now I look at how they fare against teams with an above 500 record this season. Denver is 6-2. So they can handle the big boys in the NBA at least the record-wise and they can handle sub 500 teams are seven and two as well in those situations. Um, yeah. Sheesh. Spurs have got themselves a headache uh tonight. And for me, you just go look at the Spurs down. I’m looking at a guy like Cornet and Sohan to do something. You know, you got 12 fouls between them. Use them against Joker. You know, you you got to try to slow him down. Look, there’s no slowing down Joker. There really isn’t. You throw Rudy Compos out there, the number one defensive player at the YMCA in San Antonio, and even he will cook Mr. Compos, he’s just a problem here. It they don’t have Wimby as of this recording. And as of this recording, they don’t have Castle. I guess it’s just back to the old cliche, all hands on deck. Everybody’s got to step up. I mean, that’s the best way to say it. Yeah. You know, and it’s kind of funny you bring up Joker because you really can’t stop him. If you remember when they played against the Los Angeles Clippers, uh Tyrone Louu basically said, “We’re going to let Joker just do his thing and we’re going to stop everybody else.” And in that game, he goes for 55 and 12. So I I mean, you’re right. You can’t stop Nicola Yokic. Then you said 12 fouls in between Cornet Sohan. I mean, you got one Kelly Kelly Olen as well and that could throw some fouls, but what good does that do if you’re fouling out your big men and probably have guys like Harrison Barnes trying to guard him, Kevin Johnson? At this point, I think it’s Yeah, Bism at this point, I just think it comes down to go into the game, play good team defense, double team Joker, you know, just you got to work your tail off in this game in order to stop the Nuggets. Joker’s going to get his. I mean, there’s a reason why he’s averaging a triple double for the past few seasons and why he probably should have been a fourtime MVP winner in a row. I mean, we’re talking four in a row he should have won. So, I mean, there’s a reason for that. You can say we’ll try to stop everybody, let him get his, but he’s going to get his regardless. So, yeah, playing playing Spurs defensive ball, you know, that’s pretty much what’s going to going to come down to. And pray for the best, man. You never know. I mean, there’s reasons why they play the games and you have a chance every any given day. Yeah. Now, the good news with the Spurs is this. Despite Denver’s record and their standing in the West coming into tonight’s contest, uh there’s a little bit of ray of hope that the Spurs can get a W. They’ve lost two games in a row, Denver that is, in their own gym. And uh in the last two games, uh they actually are shooting bad at the free throw line. They have a lower percentage than their opponent. Uh in addition in the last two games as well, they’re coughing the ball up a lot more than their opposition. Two straight games of more turnovers. So hope this first can capitalize on that. Look, there’s no slowing down Joker. We get that. But if there’s one thing they can do is slow down the three-point shot over the last two games. Uh we’ll go back a couple games. That is despite the win in San Antonio, Atlanta shot lights out versus the Spurs. Go back and look at the box score. They were cooking from beyond the arc or just deep to they were just cooking from the perimeter. You look at what happened in the second half of Phoenix. They got going from the three line. If this first can minimize that type of damage, those three-point shots and Denver’s good at it this year. This first could have an outside shot to get an upset win tonight. What do you think? Very much so. I mean, even in the losses, there’s been some couple of losses there with the Spurs. They just really did not play well. But even in some of those losses, it’s just the luck of the bounce. that’s, you know, the other team was just on fire. Um, they have an opportunity to win this game, but Denver is so quick. I I think if you’re looking at this game right here compared to other games, it comes down to two things. They’ve got to get off to a fast start. They’ve got to be able to compete with Denver from the get-go, but it’s also coming out of that locker room. the way you start the first quarter, if you come out fast and furious and you’re hanging with Denver and you even have a lead, you have to come out the same way in that third quarter. That third quarter has been massive for the Spurs this year. So, those are my two key points. No matter what has happened in the past against Denver, come in strong to the game. Come out of the locker room very, very strong. You should give yourself an opportunity to win this game at the end of the fourth quarter. Yeah, exactly. Well, we’re definitely going to see what the Spurs are made of. Um, again, they take on Denver tonight. Oh, by the way, it’s not over. They got Minnesota up next. So, yeah. Uh, some fun times ahead for your silver and black. Uh, ultimately, I think the Spurs, they just put up a a valiant fight, but I think Denver is just too much for them. They’re bigger, more experienced in their gym. Yeah, it’s a cup game. I think at this point, Denver has more on the line than maybe the Spurs do in the cup situation. So yeah, there’s there’s just there’s just a lot going up against San Antonio. Again, with the Wimby, that changes everything. You know, they definitely have a a better punch chance. But right now, hey, you know, good luck Spurs. Just just let it be respectable, a respectable loss. We can pull out that win. You know what you got to do? Slow down that three-point uh shooting from Denver. And as Rudy mentioned, get that pace going, get going downhill. Hopefully the Spurs can do that and get a win tonight. And by the way, minimize turnovers. Spurs, you know, we saw that again in the Phoenix loss. They had how many turnovers in the second half? They just shot themselves in the foot. And even in the Atlanta win, they had a lot of turnovers as well. So, just minimize that or you’ll have a puncher chance. He is Rudy Compos of the Sports Answer. When we get back, uh we’re going to talk about why or what should Spurs fans be thankful for this uh holiday season right here on Lockdown Spurs. Let’s talk about Door Dash. 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I think one thing I think Spurs fan should be thankful for is that they’re out of the rebuild. Yes, the silver and black. No more rebuild. This is it. This is the team that they’re going to start fashioning uh hopefully cross the fingers playoffbound teams. Yeah, Wimby the centerpiece. Fox, Castle, Harper looks like he’s emerging to be a big piece of that as well. I think fans should be very very thankful that the rebuild is over. They’re moving forward. Now they have playoff dreams. Now they have maybe playoff run dreams uh ahead of them. I think that is the biggest thing the Spurs fans should be thankful for is that they’re slowly crawling their way up. Not just at the top of the Western Conference, but hopefully one day down the road top of the NBA. What do you think? Yeah, you know, that’s the hugest thing you can be thankful for is that the Spurs are turning it around. And again, you know, we’re I’m not going to I’m not going to knock on their record at the recording of this show. I mean, we keep saying that their first 20 games of the season was a very easy 20 games and it’s kind of showing, but that’s a good thing to be thankful for. A young group like this, a group with a new coaching staff. Having that easier schedule in the beginning of the season will help them gel, will help them evolve into being that hopeful playoff team this season, maybe minimum playin team. So yeah, that’s a great thing to be thankful for is a turnaround. Also, you know, my thankful thing is kind of what you did. You know, you took my most thankful uh part of this here. No, no, no. But what I’m thankful for is I’m thankful that Spurs fans are seeing what the front office was able to do. And when I say that is we had an old guy here, Sam Prey, for a while you saw what he did for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Set them up for years and years. That’s exactly what Brian Wright has done for the Spurs in that front office. Look at the draft picks they’ve got coming in. They’ve got Atlanta’s pick next year. They’ve got some extra picks throughout the season they can use for trade. Uh, I mean, you got all the way up until 2031 where you’ve got multiple draft picks. So, that is a thing to be thankful for because not only do you see a young nucleus and a young squad in San Antonio, you can always reload Allah. So that is a massive thing to be thankful for is that the struggles that the Spurs had for the f for the years after the big three. Hey man, it’s paying off now because you’re getting Dylan Harper, Victor Romanyama, you’ve got Steph Castle, all three guys, you know, basically on rookie contracts right now for a little while. And then when you reup them, you still got draft picks to come in. Who knows, maybe one of those draft picks could be another top three, top four because of another team’s failures in the regular season. So, tons to be thankful for of your Spurs fan. I’m also thankful for the fact that the Spurs are no longer considered a doormat. Uh, for so many years, this team probably was circled on the calendar as easy dub, easyW for for opposing teams. Now, that’s not the case anymore. This team is loaded. Uh, we starts and begins with Wimi. Moving on. Uh, they’re forming a new big three, possible big four. Don’t know. Uh, but definitely with Fox, Wimi, and Castle. Hopefully Harper can join that uh group uh as he gets more seasoning under his belt. So, I’m I’m thankful for that. This is a team that no longer can be looked at as a gimme win. Uh h you know, pop them in the mouth a couple times, they’ll go down. No, this team definitely has some fight in them. This team is deep. This team is well deep in almost at every position and they’re still young. And even their young players are seasoned veterans now. Kelvin Johnson, Sohan, Devin Vel, these guys can start injecting their experience into the younger crew. Castle, Harper, Carter, Bryant, uh the list goes on and on. So, I I’m I’m thankful for that that this team is a team that is now respected, is now viewed it as, you know, not a cakewalk. And I think that should put smiles on the Spurs fans faces because for what, five, six years, this team is basically just, you know, having 22 win seasons, 20 game win seasons, you know, uh getting blown blown out of from the jump over year after year after year. Now it’s over now. Spurs fans can be thankful for that. What do you think? Yeah, it’s a good thing to be thankful for that. Like you said, they’re not a doormat anymore. They’re not a team that people look at as well. It’s a guaranteed guaranteed win over these guys. Uh, and it’s, you know what, be thankful for the maturity that these guys that have been there for a while, Deon Bel. Yeah. Johnson, that they just, you know, didn’t say, you know what, I want to go somewhere else. I’m quitting on this squad. They’re stuck around. They’re seeing the uh they’re seeing the progress that this team has made. So, definitely is a good thankful thing to be thankful for is the fact that this team has matured a lot and continues to mature. And that’s something that, you know what, let’s be real, man. A lot of teams out there would be love to be in the Spurs situ. Oh yeah. Even veteran teams out there would love to be in the situation that the Spurs are in. So yeah, like we said, tons to be thankful for. Should you also be thankful that Khi Leonard’s not a Spur anymore? Did you see what he did recently or what he said? Uh I did not see the comment, so I’m Yeah. Well, it was firing off uh a couple days ago basically after their loss. I believe it was to the CL Lakers. Uh Kai in a nutshell, I’m paraphrasing here said this team needs more talent around though. I mean, you have the point guard Chris Paul. You I know Bradley Bill is injured, but yeah, James Harden. I mean, yeah, James Harden is always talked about as a top, you know, eight player in the league every year. So, I mean, I don’t know how much more talent you need. I think what it is is Kawhai needs to be on the floor more before he can actually talk. So, yeah, just just be available. That’s it, you know, just that’s it. But, uh, that has not been a thing for him since his days, well, final day in San final days in San Antonio and then moving on. But, yeah, there there’s that. But, overall, yeah, there’s a lot to be thankful for this Spurs season, this current Spurs roster. They have youth. They got youth that is on deck from Harper and Bryant. Uh, and they got veteran from Harrison Barnes. Uh, by the way, I’m, you know, just me, I’m thankful that Barnes is is a spur right now. He saved this team a few away from some L’s this season uh with his solid and steady play and he’s been really really good this season. And also too, shout out to Julian Champeni. A lot of people think that he’s just this one-dimensional uh three-point sharp shooter and that’s it. Been attacking basket. Go look at Go look at what he’s done. He’s improved in his catch and shoot his He’s having career year in rebounds, a career year in points. Uh he’s having a career year in minimal turnovers. Uh, so he he’s come a long way. So even individually, there’s a lot of players that Spurs fans should be thankful for that they’re worried. Silver Black, hey Rudy, before I let you go, before I go and do my next segment by myself here, uh, so Chris Paul recently retired. Well, announced that he’s going to retire at the end of this season. Uh, we had some fun with this. Well, me and Devin Brown, we had fun with this a couple days ago on the Yakon Spurs squad show, and he he had Chris Paul in his top five point guards of all time. I didn’t uh so just to give you a quick uh rundown what I said. I said that my top five is going to be Stockton. And by this is no particular order, okay? Just five. Stockton, uh Oscar Robertson, Isaiah Thomas, uh Jason Kid, and Magic Johnson. Um it was that kind of bad of me to not lump CP3 in there? No. And it’s funny you mentioned that. The other the same night I had a conversation with Derek Gerbin. He called me asking about, you know, top five point guards and he didn’t have Chris Paul in his. I don’t have Chris Paul in mine. Uh I mean, you’re talking Magic, Isaiah, Stockton. Those are pretty much the top three for me. You’ve got Oscar Robertson as well. Uh I mean, there’s guys you would really put over Chris Paul in the top five. So, I have no argument with that. I mean, there it’s tough. Jason Kids up there as well. So, I mean, Chris Paul has had a long career. He’s had a brilliant career. He has. Um, he’s been on all defensive NBA uh teams, all NBA teams. So, you can’t really say he’s not a top five. I mean, you can you can’t. If you have him in your top five, I have no issues whatsoever about it. But if you don’t have him, again, it’s it’s no issues at all. For me personally, I don’t have him in my top five. Yeah. Derek. Um, I’m sorry, not Derek. Uh, Devin in his list, I don’t recall off the top of my head, but some of the names he threw out there that are on his list was Deron Williams he had on there. Uh, he had Derek Rose in there. Um, he had Tony Parker in there. I would that’s Yeah, I mean, personally, no. I mean, I And it’s funny because Derek brought up Derek. Uh, but but don’t you think about this though, Rudy? He threw in Tony Parker, but Tony Parker’s resume is better than Don Williams and Dererick Roses. Well, Dur titles and in NBA Finals MVP, he has one. He does, but you know, I mean, so does Andre Wadala. You’re not putting him in your top five shooting guard or small forwards. Um, you know, again, everybody’s list is their list. And I I I I’ve always told myself, I’m not going to argue with people’s list because they’re so passionate about it. But Darren Williams in a top five point guard, I I I can’t see Darren Williams, I don’t even know if he’s top 10 to be honest with you. Derek Rose, you could maybe make a case 10 maybe. But I mean, a guy that Dererick brought up I was going to mention was a guy that I bring up constantly and that’s Mark Price. I mean, Mark Price is definitely you could probably put him above Jason Kidd. You can definitely put him above Chris Paul. Yeah. I mean, he is the most underrated and overlooked point guard in NBA history. So, that’s who I would maybe have, you know, in my top five if I’m picking somebody outside of the obvious top five. Uh, but no, I mean, hey, everybody’s list is a list. Tony had a great career as San Antonio, but outside of a finals MVP and the team titles that he won. Yeah. I I mean there’s he led the league in field goal percentage I think one year. Yeah. Yeah. In the paint, which is remarkable, but again, he falls short of every other category. So that a lot of these other guys do. So again, it’s everybody’s top five, man. They have their own opinion on it. Yeah. Uh Devin Brown also mentioned too, he’s like, he goes, “We didn’t even bring up uh modern point guards.” Like, “Where does Westbrook rank?” You know, he did average a freaking triple double for an entire season than Oscar Robertson did. You know, where does he rank? Um and then do you consider Steph Curry at point guard? I don’t that that that’s that one I don’t know what to do with. I don’t know what to do with Curry. Is he a point guard or is he as a shooting guard? I have him as a shooting I mean as I have you know what I have him as a guard. He’s not really a point guard. Even though he can pass with the best of them, he’s a playmaker, but does he fit in that point guard position? People, you ask Steph Curry, he’ll tell you he’s a point guard. Yeah. But a lot of people don’t see him as a point guard. Yeah. Yeah. Uh yeah. Even if for those who put Curry as a point guard and have him on their top five, I definitely would not be mad at that at all. No. No. That that’s valid. That’s valid. But yeah, it’s interesting to see uh how this all shake up. uh you know once he does officially hang it up CP3 that is and uh call it a career. But uh but by the way Devin Brown he didn’t mention your name but he did push back on your statement saying about CP3 not coaching when he’s done you know immediately. I brought up to Devin I was like hey Deon know I think he’ll probably spend time with his family first. Maybe down the road he’ll do that. Uh Deon’s like no no no no. He says, he goes CP3 likely will dive into coaching like immediately, not in the NBA. He made it very clear. He said he could definitely see a maybe at Wake Forest. Oh. Yeah. If I I think that’s what I think we failed to mention. He won’t go to the NBA right away. Now, if he coaches, he might go the high school route, the AA route, probably the collegiate route, but if it’s NBA coaching, definitely not right away. Again, the reason why is because what we mentioned, you know, players that tend to just come off of their career, they don’t know the separation between coaching and player yet. So, they’ve got to get that work in. They’ve got to get that assistant coaching in the NBA. So, I could see him maybe as a college coach. Yeah, definitely. Well, we shall see. But I Hey, Rudy, got to let you go. Uh, I got to do a segment up next, uh, which is merch of the month, everybody. Yeah. So, check this out in just a few seconds. But before we let Rudy go, tell us about the sports answer. Yeah. So, the Sports Answer is a part of Answer Now TV on YouTube. You can subscribe there. Uh, it’s myself. Derek is kind of busy with basketball right now. We’ve got another another host coming on as well with me. So, it’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s the best 30 minute show in Sundays uh for the sports answer. And you know me, Jeff, I always announce stuff left and right. What you got? What you got? What you got? So, for everybody in there, and I I love everybody and I appreciate everybody that follows sweep the league out there for the past almost 10 years that we’ve been on the air. Sweep the League is actually gonna probably be no more. And that’s a big announcement coming right now. But it’s not going away completely. It’s just getting renamed. We kind of got through uh we’re going through a little bit of a change here because we’re adding documentaries and stuff like that. Just kind of give you a heads up. So, we’re doing a little bit of a change out there. So, you may not see Sweep the League anymore. You’ll see the new brand name. You’ll see the new studio name. everything like that. But what does that mean? It means we’re coming back pretty much fulltime now. So everything’s been approved. Everything’s been good. But yeah, that’s the again appreciate everybody that support us. Continue to support us. It’s just getting bigger over here. Absolutely. Well, congratulations uh Rudy on that. Looking forward to the next iteration of sweep the league coming up soon. Again, he is Mr. Rudy Compos. Follow him on X at Sweep the League. Is that going to change? Sweep the league. Hand there on X going to change? Yeah, the X the X thing’s gonna X handle’s gonna change as well. All right. Yeah. All right. Well, he’ll definitely for now, make sure to go follow him ASAP before he does a change, so you’re already uh in there. Rudy, thank you for helping us uh close out this week here on Locked Off Spurs. We definitely appreciate it. By the way, Rudy and I have a show that never got aired. It was in the archives now. Yeah. Which one? The one that we recorded. the one that we recorded uh LA two weeks ago I think where remember we just recorded and then like all newshell broke loose it was wimpy got hurt oh that one this is a like yes then Harper or Castle got hurt it was like everything just got shot so there’s one that exists it’s in the archives on the cutting room floor we got to release the Garcia the Garcia yeah the Garcia edition yeah again thank you so much and go enjoy your weekend spend time with your family and we’ll see you next week. Everybody else, don’t go away. Coming up next is merch of the month. What are the new items you can get either online at the Spurs website or at the Frost Bank Center or even at the Victory Capital Performance Center? Find out what’s new for you coming up next right here on Lockdown Spurs. The NBA is back and there’s no better place to get in the action than with FanDuel, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. Even if you missed the start of a game or want to ride, the hot hand FanDuel has live bets on everything from who will score next to fourth quarter comebacks. Plus, you can even combine your live bets into the same game parlay for a shot at a bigger payout. It keeps everything exciting, especially when your team’s making that late push. Hey, Spur Seasons is underway. Might as well jump on the action over at FanDuel. Right now, FanDuel is giving new customers $300 in bonus bets when your first five bet wins. So, head to fanduel.com. Sign up right now. Play your game at FanDuel, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. All right, sports fans. It’s been a while, but look what is back. Merch of the month right here on Locked on Spurs. For those of you who don’t know about this segment, at least once a month, we try to highlight some items, some collectibles, some gear you can get from either the Spurs fan shop at the Frost or at the Victory Capital Performance Center, the store there, or even online. Just go to spurs.com and check out their online store. We’ve been having great items of late just to review, look over, and present to you Spurs fans what you could be wearing at the next home game or just even watching from your uh place, your pad with the buddies and friends. Uh but yeah, great great time here at Lockdown Spurs again. Merch of the month is back and I couldn’t figure out a better way than to have it like this. City edition. Everybody was excited that the Fiesta jerseys were back. the recent OG city edition guess the color jersey that makes sense to everybody. Yeah. Um that is back. Uh some players and the team has been wearing that in the last couple of games. Y’all know the black jersey with the stripes across the fiesta colors and the name San Antonio and script uh with a little spur across the eye there. Yeah, those jerseys that gear is back. Fans have been just demanding it to come back and it is here this season. So, that being said, that is the theme of merch of the month today. Fiesta City Edition gear that you can get right now again by going to the Frostbank Center to the Fan Shop, Victory Capital Performance Center, Fan Shop, or just online spurs.com. There you can see it, you know, just says buy here or shop online and go check it out. All right, let’s get to it. The first item that we got that I think is going to be really good, especially those y’all who um are into sporting and you know being active, we have a dry fit city edition Spurs uh t-shirt and so you know what I mean has that fabric just wick off the sweat here. Perfect uh for those of you who keep an active lifestyle and there you have it right there. As you can see it says Alan City Basketball. Understand I have a green screen everybody. So maybe the colors a little off especially with the Fiesta colors there. But right below right here that says San Antonio. That’s where you’ll get all the Fiesta colors right there. This is a size large. Heads up. Uh they are a little um I would go a size up uh just in case. This is a large and uh it looks a little smaller. So if you’re a large, go to extra large. You’re extra large. Maybe try double XL. Uh you get what I’m going at. But yeah, that that is it right there. Animals basketball. Uh, the retail on this is $44.99. All right, so there you have it. Again, this is available right there. I y’all know I love to work out. I love to go out and lift some weights or just go out for a run. This is perfect for that active lifestyle right here. A great great great addition to the city edition gear lineup. All right, what’s the next one? Well, we got a good one here. It is the cap. I’m a big fan of caps. I love them. You all seen me. I rotate different caps uh from time to time here in Lockdown Spurs. This is my main one. The alternate logo for the Spurs, but again, city edition theme Fiesta gear and it starts with another cap here. There you have it, everybody. San Antonio right there. And there it is, the Fiesta colors on the side. All right. And then the back there, it just says Spurs. This is a uh kind of the uh thicker like the more sturdier uh brims here or the brim right here. But this top here, it’s not a dad cap. So if you like dad cap, I like dad caps. You don’t see I’m wearing them. But this is definitely for you. Again, city edition colors right there. There you have it. The other side just nothing. Just the pearl line there. Again, perfect perfect gift uh for the big sports fan that you may know or just for yourself. For those interested, the retail for this is $45. It is one sizefits-all. Now, see there are the clips in the back right there. So, one size fits all. Again, it’s not a dad cap, but it has that sturdy front part of the cap there. There you have it. Fiesta edition, city edition baseball cap you would like to add to your collection. We’re not done yet. We got a lot more city edition themed gear right here. All right, next one up is uh I I would consider this more of a stocking stuffer. So, with the holidays around Christmas holiday, if you need to stock a stuffing or just a quick little gift, this is perfect. This is again city edition fiesta color theme socks. We got the city edition socks here. Again, excuse me. It is a green screen, so you all get the idea. There it is. The um you see right through it, but uh yeah, I’ll see if I can fix this here. But y’all get the idea. It is that aqua, that pink, and that orange there. Again, sorry for the green screen, but you get what the sea on the jersey where it says San Antonio. That’s what you’ll get across the sock. Wrong way. You get across the sock there. There it is. The little scription there says, “Stand in what you stand for.” So again, these are some Fiesta edition, city edition, Fiesta themed gear. Perfect for a stocking stuffer with the Christmas holiday right around the corner. I forgot everything’s backwards on here. You got to go opposite way. Uh those interested, this retails for $19.99 and this is a size large men’s and then in women’s it’s uh well size for men that’s a large size 8 to 11 foot size and then for women 9 to 12. So there you have it. And the next item is the CIR. I love it. This is the one I really really love. By the way, I have a bonus for you guys. Um, y’all seen the Spurs players when they’re not on the court and they’re on the bench, they throw on their shooting shirts, right? The Fiesta edition color, that aqua, that light aqua shirt that y’all seen the players wear pregame, too. They’re shooting around with it. And that’s we got up next, the shootaround shirt that your San Antonio Spurs wear when it is city edition night. You can get a hands you get your hands on that right now. All right, let’s check it out here. All right, because of the green screen, like I said, uh the next item is going to be tough to look at, but there you have it. It is the uh Spurs shooting shirt, the city edition version. It is in the teal uh color shade there or the fiesta colors. It is the pregame longsleeve t-shirt. This retails for $79.99. Just go to spursfanshop.com, get it ASAP. Y’all can see on your screen. Again, apologies. I do have it with me, but you’ll just see right through it because of the green screen technology. Uh, so I had to go with this photo here, but as you can see, it has the same script style you see on the player jerseys. They have those, I guess, hieroglyphics, so those color forms on along the sleeve, and then of course the Fiesta jerseys on the rib cage. Again, that is available right now. Uh, all sizes small through 3XL and go get it right now. Again, spursfanshop.com, brosbank center, or go to the Victory Capital Performance Center if you’re in San Antonio and visit the fan shop there. Look, I want to bring this to your attention right now. There are so many other items right now. You can get Fiesta Edition/Fiesta theme uh color, you know, colorways from jerseys to caps, starter jackets, and the list goes on and on. The I said the real deal jerseys. Uh you got kids sizes, obviously adult sizes. It is available right now. Look at the perfect time, too. You get the holidays are here. They’re here. If you need the that last minute Christmas gift, stocky stuffer, you know what to do. Get your your favorite Spurs fan or maybe you you want to treat yourself uh to some nice gear and especially the Fiesta edition theme. So, again, just to recap there, I showed you the um long sleeve ractor shirt. There it is. We got the socks again. You can see and the fiesta colors there. See, that’s why I can’t do the other one because it’ll see right through it. But there you have it. The socks. You got the city edition themed cap with the Fiesta colors on the side there. And basically the same script you see on the Fiesta City Edition jerseys, Spurs logo on there. Then again, for those y’all who have that athletic lifestyle, need a nice shirt you can wear to the gym, it’s right here. Check it out. This is the uh legend black tea. San Antonio Spurs tea. That’s what they call it. It’s from Nike. Again, this one goes for $44.99. Your best bet again, just go to the Spurs fan shop uh online right now. Go right there, fill up your basket, get yourself something, get your uh friend, family, whoever’s a Spurs fan in your life something for the Christmas holiday. And I promised a bonus. Right here it is. These are available, too. The statement of Jason edition jerseys. I’m Moy Stef Castles. This is available as well online or in store. Uh I would recommend though if you are like a large maybe go up one to an extra large. This is a large I’m wearing. Okay, just a heads up and it fits good. U but it’s it could use a little bit more room but just heads up, but you know it could be also I’m wearing a t-shirt underneath too. But nevertheless, this these are available right now. They’re very very nice. Uh the patchwork here is great. You got the Ledger Ledger logo there. You got the Jumpman logo there. You got seriously this is also a great item to get especially with the holidays right around the corner. There it is everybody. The merch of the month. It is back. It’ll be here moving forward once a month. Can’t wait till next month to see what the Spurs fans, you, everybody, me, everybody uh who are Spurs fan can get their hands on to represent the silver and black or in this case the Fiesta color and silver and black team that you love to follow. So go check it out right now. again. Um, yeah. Yeah. Good times. Good times, right? Spurs are winning. Hope to get some more uh W’s and L’s. And there you have it. Another episode of Lockdown Spurs in the books. We appreciate y’all making Lockdown Spurs your first and only spot for all things silver and black and also making the Lockdown Sports Podcast Network the number one in the nation. We appreciate that, too. We’ll be back next week as the sports season continues. Uh, again, hopefully for more W’s and L’s, right, we have a lot to talk about. season is still in its infancy. Hopefully the Spurs can get better and better with each passing game. And uh yeah, we’ll be back next week as the Spurs season continues. Uh so for my guest who came on a little while ago, Rudy Compost, I am Jeff Garcia. Again, we’re going to put a lot in this episode of Block Poss. First
San Antonio Spurs brace for the Denver Nuggets & what should Spurs fans be thankful for.
Host Jeff Garcia and Sweep The League’s Rudy Campos break down key matchup stats, including Denver’s elite field goal percentage, rebounding dominance, and clutch perimeter shooting. With San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama sidelined, who will step up for San Antonio? Strategies for slowing Jokic, leveraging defensive fouls, and minimizing turnovers take center stage as the Spurs aim to avoid another curb-stomp defeat.
The discussion shifts to what Spurs fans should be thankful for this season: the end of the rebuild, a new core of rising stars, and tremendous front office maneuvering that sets the team up for long-term success. Plus, get the scoop on fresh City Edition Fiesta gear in “Merch of the Month.”
Timestamps:
0:00 – Spurs vs. Nuggets Preview
Kickoff, episode intro, overview of the upcoming Spurs—Nuggets game.
5:35 – Spurs’ Chances & Keys to Victory
Deep dive into Nuggets’ strengths, injury updates, strategic analysis, and what the Spurs need to do to compete, including players to watch and defensive tactics.
14:44 – What Spurs Fans Should Be Thankful For
Thankfulness segment focusing on the Spurs’ future, roster development, end of the rebuild, front office moves, and the team’s evolving reputation and young core.
31:45 – Merch of the Month Showcase
Highlighting new Spurs merch (Fiesta City Edition gear), shopping tips, and fan recommendations for jerseys, caps, socks, and shooting shirts.
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