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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste_Carpeaux_La_Danse.jpg|thumb|right|400px|La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris]]
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name = San Antonio Spurs |
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conference = [[Western Conference (NBA)|Western Conference]]|
division = [[Southwest Division (NBA)|Southwest Division]] |
founded = [[1967]] |
history = '''Dallas Chaparrals''' <br> [[1967]]&ndash;[[1970]], [[1971]]&ndash;[[1973]] <br> '''Texas Chaparrals''' <br> 1970&ndash;[[1971]] <br> '''San Antonio Spurs''' <br> [[1973]]&ndash;present |
arena = '''[[AT&T Center]]''' |
city = [[San Antonio, Texas]] |
colors = Black, White, and Silver |
coach = [[Gregg Popovich]] |
owner = [[Peter Holt]] |
manager = [[R.C. Buford]] |
league_champs = '''4''' ([[1999 NBA Finals|1999]], [[2003 NBA Finals|2003]], [[2005 NBA Finals|2005]], [[2007 NBA Finals|2007]]) |
conf_champs = '''4''' ([[1999]], [[2003]], [[2005]], [[2007]]) |
div_champs = '''15''' ([[1978]], [[1979]], [[1981]], [[1982]], [[1983]], [[1990]], [[1991]], [[1995]], [[1996]], [[1999]], [[2001]], [[2002]], [[2003]], [[2005]], [[2006]]) |
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'''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux''' ([[May 11]], [[1827]], [[Valenciennes]] –[[October 12]], [[1875]], [[Courbevoie]]) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under [[François Rude]]. Carpeaux won the [[Prix de Rome]] in [[1854]], and moving to [[Rome]] to find inspiration, he there studied the works of [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], [[Donatello]] and [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]. Staying in Rome from [[1854]] to [[1861]], he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of [[baroque art]]. In [[1861]] he made a bust of [[Mathilde Bonaparte|Princess Mathilde]], and this later brought him several commissions from [[Napoleon III]]. He worked at the pavilion of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], and the [[Opéra Garnier]]. His group La Danse (the Dance, [[1869]]), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.
The '''San Antonio Spurs''' are an American professional [[basketball]] team based in [[San Antonio, Texas]]. They play in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), and are currently the 2007 NBA Champions, having swept the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]], 4-0.


He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|America]] and [[Africa]], and it was [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.
The Spurs are the only former [[American Basketball Association (1967-1977)|American Basketball Association]] team to have won an [[NBA Finals|NBA championship]], which they have done four times. As of November 2006, the Spurs rank second of active franchises for highest winning percentage in NBA history (behind the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]). They have only missed the playoffs 4 times as an NBA franchise.


==The Spurs in San Antonio==
== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
The Spurs are located in the San Antonio area, and the city shares a special bond with the team almost unmatched in the rest of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], partially due to this being the city's only team in the four major U.S. professional sports. Spurs players are active members of the San Antonio community, and many former Spurs are still active in San Antonio, like [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson's]] [[Carver Academy]] and the [[George Gervin|George Gervin Youth Center]].


* Ugolin et ses fils - [[Ugolino della Gherardesca|Ugolino]] and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])[[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000009025.html]] with versions in other museums including the [[Musée d'Orsay]]
In part because of this community involvement, Spurs fans have been among the most loyal in the NBA. The Spurs set several NBA attendance records while playing at the Alamodome, including the largest crowd ever for a [[NBA Finals]] game in 1999, and the Spurs continue to sell out the smaller, more intimate AT&T Center (formerly SBC Center) on a regular basis. The Spurs' rallying cry of "Go Spurs Go!" has endeared itself to the city of San Antonio, and the phrase pops up all over the city as the season progresses into the playoffs and the Spurs inch closer to a possible title.
* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]]
* Girl with Shell
* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]


==Neapolitan Fisherboy==
San Antonio has also garnered praise for the way its citizens celebrate Spurs championships. When the Spurs win a title, San Antonians jam up the streets downtown, march around waving flags, throw confetti and honk car horns until dawn, but with little incidence of crime.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketba/skn/skn24sun.htm City Celebrates NBA Title, San Antonio Style], [[USA Today]], 1999.</ref> The team floats down the San Antonio Riverwalk on boats where fans can view their world champions.


Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of ''Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille'', the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the [[French Academy]] while a student in [[Rome]]. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for [[Napoleon III]]'s empress, [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugènie]]. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington D.C.]]
A unique part of every Spurs season comes in February when the team is forced into an extended road-trip due to the occupation of its arena by the [[San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo]]. This is informally known as the "Rodeo Road Trip," and a time that typically starts the Spurs' run to the playoffs; indeed, starting in 1999 the Spurs have consistently posted phenomenal road records during this period, including the longest ''one-road-trip'' winning streak (8 games) in league history achieved in 2003.


Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
==Team history==
===Early franchise history in the ABA===
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Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to [[Naples]].
The San Antonio Spurs started out as the [[Dallas Chaparrals]] of the original version of the [[American Basketball Association (1967-1977)|American Basketball Association]] (ABA) in 1967.
Led by Player/Coach [[Cliff Hagan]] the Dallas Chaparrals were one of 11 teams to take the floor in the inaugural season of the upstart ABA. The Chaps second season was a bit of a disappointment, as the team finished in 4th place with a mediocre 41-37 record. In the playoffs the Chaparrals quickly fell to the [[New Orleans Buccaneers]]. The team suffered from poor attendance and general disinterest in Dallas. In fact, during the [[1970-71 ABA season|1970-71 season]], the name "Dallas" was dropped in favor of "Texas" and an attempt was made to make the team a regional one, playing games in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], at the [[Tarrant County Coliseum]], as well as [[Lubbock, Texas]], at the [[Lubbock Municipal Coliseum]], but this proved a failure and the team returned full-time to Dallas in time for the [[1971-72 ABA season|1971-72 season]], splitting their games at [[Moody Coliseum]] and [[Dallas Convention Center Arena]].<ref>[http://www.remembertheaba.com/Dallas-Chaparrals.html Dallas Chaparrals History]</ref>

===Coming to San Antonio===

After missing the playoffs for the first time in their existence in the [[1972-73 ABA season|1972-73 season]], the team was put up for sale. The team was acquired by a group of 36 San Antonio businessmen, led by [[Angelo Drossos]] and [[Red McCombs]] who actually leased the team from the original Dallas ownership group, relocated the team to [[San Antonio, Texas]] and renamed them the Gunslingers. However, before they even played a game the name was changed to Spurs. The team's primary colors were changed from the red, white, and blue of the Chaparrals to the now familiar silver and black motif of the Spurs.

In the first game at the HemisFair Arena the Spurs would lose to the [[San Diego Conquistadors]], despite attracting a noisy crowd of 6,000 fans. A smothering defense was the team's image, as they held opponents less than 100 points an ABA record 49 times. The early Spurs were led by ABA veteran [[James Silas]], and the team would get stronger as the season went on as they twice took advantage of the [[Virginia Squires]], acquiring [[Swen Nater]], who would go on to win Rookie of the Year, in November, and "The Iceman" [[George Gervin]] in January. The ABA tried to halt the Gervin deal, claiming it was detrimental to the league, but a judge would rule in the Spurs' favor, and Gervin made his Spurs debut on February 7th. The Spurs would go on to finish with a 45-39 record, good for 3rd place in the Western Division. In the playoffs, the Spurs would battle the [[Indiana Pacers]] to the bitter end before falling in 7 games. Following the season, the ownership decided to complete the purchase and to keep the team in San Antonio permanently.<ref>[http://www.remembertheaba.com/San-Antonio-Spurs.html Spurs ABA History]</ref>

The team quickly made themselves at home at San Antonio's [[HemisFair Arena]], playing to increasingly large and raucous crowds. Despite a respectable 17-10 start during the [[1972-73 ABA season|1972-73 season]], Coach [[Tom Nissalke]] was fired as owners become tired of the Spurs slow defensive style of games. He would be replaced by [[Bob Bass]], who stated that the Spurs would have an entirely new playing style: "It is my belief that you cannot throw a set offense at another professional team for 48 minutes. You've got to let them play some schoolyard basketball." George Gervin and James Silas took that style to heart, as the Spurs became an exciting fast breaking team on the way to a solid 51-33 record, good enough for 2nd place in the West. Gervin: "Our whole theory was that you shoot 100 times, we'll shoot 107."
However, in the playoffs the Spurs would fall to the Indiana Pacers in 6 games.

Even though playoff success would elude the team, the Spurs had suddenly found themselves among the top teams in the ABA. In 1976, the ABA folded, threatening the future of San Antonio's sole professional sports franchise. The NBA, however, decided to admit four ABA teams into the league, with the Spurs being one of them, along with the [[Denver Nuggets]], the [[Indiana Pacers]] and the [[New York Nets]].

The Spurs and the other three ABA teams agreed to pay the owners of a 5th team, the [[Spirits of St. Louis]], a portion of all television profits during their NBA tenure. This amounts to roughly 1/7th of their television profit every year. This agreement has placed particular financial pressure on the Spurs and the other three former ABA teams.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/nba/s/2001/1213/1295194.html]</ref>

===Early NBA seasons===
[[Image:SanAntonioSpursOld.png|left|Original San Antonio Spurs logo]]Although there was some initial skepticism in league circles regarding the potential success and talent levels of the incoming ABA teams, the Spurs would prove worthy of NBA inclusion during the [[1976-77 NBA season|1976-77 season]] with a record of 44-38, good for a tie for fourth place overall in the Eastern Conference. This was done in spite of significant handicaps the NBA imposed on the incoming ABA teams, limiting their draft picks and television revenues during their early time in the merged league.

During the [[1977-78 NBA season|1977-78 season]], George Gervin and [[David Thompson (basketball)|David Thompson]] of the Denver Nuggets would battle all season for the NBA scoring title. On the final day of the season, Thompson would take the lead by scoring 73 points in an afternoon game against the [[Detroit Pistons]]. That night Gervin knew he needed 58 points against the Jazz in New Orleans. Gervin would get off to a good start by scoring 20 points in the 1st Quarter. In the 2nd, The Iceman was even better, setting a single period record with 33 points. Early on in the 3rd period Gervin would score his 58 points on the way to 63 capturing the scoring title. While Gervin was lighting up the scoreboard the Spurs were winning the Central Division with a 52-30 record. However, in the playoffs the Spurs would be stunned in 6 games by the [[Washington Bullets]] despite an outstanding series from Gervin who averaged 33.2 ppg.

The Spurs would go on to capture 5 division titles in their first 7 years in the NBA and became a perennial playoff participant. However, in the playoffs, the Spurs would never find a break, losing to teams like the Washington Bullets, the [[Boston Celtics]], the [[Houston Rockets]], and the [[Los Angeles Lakers]].

===The 1980s===
The decade of the 1980s marked both highs, then lows, and an eventual high. For the first few seasons of the decade, the Spurs continued their success of the 1970s with records of 52-30 in [[1980-81 NBA season|1980-81]], 48-34 in [[1981-82 NBA season|1981-82]], and 53-29 in [[1982-83 NBA season|1982-83]]. Despite their regular season success, the Spurs were unable to win any NBA championships, losing in the Western Conference playoffs to the [[Houston Rockets]] in [[1981 NBA Playoffs|1981]] and the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] in [[1982 NBA Playoffs|1982]] and [[1983 NBA Playoffs|1983]].

After the [[1984-85 NBA season|1984-85 season]], Gervin, who arguably had been the Spurs' biggest star, was traded to the Chicago Bulls in what effectively signaled the end of the era that began when the Spurs first moved to San Antonio.

The next four seasons were a dark time in Spurs' history, with the team having a combined record of 115-215 from [[1985-86 NBA season|1985-86]] until [[1988-89 NBA season|1988-89]]. The losing seasons and dwindling attendance often caused the Spurs to be mentioned as a potential candidate for relocation to another city. The lone bright spot during this period was the Spurs' being awarded the top pick in the 1987 NBA draft through NBA Draft Lottery. The Spurs used this selection on [[United States Naval Academy]] standout [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]]. Although drafted in 1987, the Spurs would have to wait until the [[1989-90 NBA season|1989-90 season]] to see Robinson actually play, due to a two-year commitment he had to serve with the United States Navy. Although there was speculation that Robinson might choose not to sign with the Spurs and to become a free agent once his Navy commitment ended,<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4071EFE385A0C7B8DDDAC0894DF484D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fR%2fRobinson%2c%20David SPORTS OF THE TIMES; THE ROBINSON PLOT THICKENS], ''The New York Times,'' May 18, 1987.</ref> <ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_theme=saec&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=SAEC&p_docid=11944F93C77C7D18&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%2011944F93C77C7D18%20)&&s_dlid=DL0107060621382819968&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_subterm=Subscription%20until:%2012/14/2015%2011:59%20PM&s_subexpires=12/14/2015%2011:59%20PM&s_username=safree&s_accountid=AC0106020315182914953&s_upgradeable=no?p_action=doc&p_theme=saec&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=SAEC&p_docid=11944F93C77C7D18&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%2011944F93C77C7D18%20)&&s_dlid=DL0107060621382819968&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_subterm=Subscription%20until:%2012/14/2015%2011:59%20PM&s_subexpires=12/14/2015%2011:59%20PM&s_username=safree&s_accountid=AC0106020315182914953&s_upgradeable=no&mysa_login=1 The Summer Our Ship Came In], Tom Orsborn, '' San Antonio Express-News,'' May 20, 2007.</ref> Robinson decided in the end to come to San Antonio.

Although the 1988-89 season was the worst in Spurs history at 21-61, it was notable for several reasons. It was the first season of full ownership for Red McCombs, who was an original investor in the team and helped solidify local ownership for the team. Additionally, the 1988-89 season featured the debut of [[Larry Brown (basketball)|Larry Brown]] as the Spurs head coach who moved to San Antonio after winning the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] National Championship with the [[University of Kansas]] in 1988.

As the 1980s ended, the 1989-90 season proved to be the rebirth of the Spurs franchise. Led by Robinson along with the newly added [[Terry Cummings]] and 1989 draftee [[Sean Elliott]], the Spurs achieved the biggest one-season turnaround in NBA History, finishing with a record of 56-26. The Spurs eventually lost in the Western Conference semifinals after losing a seven-game series to the eventual Western Conference champion [[Portland Trail Blazers]]. Robinson had one of the most successful rookie seasons for a center in NBA history, finishing the season as Rookie of the Year while averaging 24.3 points and 12.0 rebounds.

===The 1990s and a title===
[[Image:San Antonio Spurs logo 1990-2002.png|150px|right|Spurs logo from 1990 to 2002.]]

The Spurs began the 1990s with great optimism. The team became a perennial playoff presence, although unable to advance further than the second round of the NBA Playoffs under Brown's tutelage. Late in the [[1991-92 NBA season|1991-92 season]], McCombs fired Brown and replaced him with [[Bob Bass]] who finished the season as interim head coach. Without a healthy David Robinson, the Spurs were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Phoenix Suns. McCombs made national headlines during the summer of 1992 with the hiring of former [[UNLV]] head coach [[Jerry Tarkanian]]. The Tarkanian experiment proved a flop, as the coach was fired 20 games into the [[1992-93 NBA season|1992-93 season]] with the Spurs record at 9-11. After [[Rex Hughes]] filled the coaching shoes for one game, NBA veteran [[John Harding Lucas II|John Lucas]] was named head coach. It was Lucas's first NBA coaching assignment although he had gained recognition in league circles for his success in helping NBA players rehab from drug abuse.

[[Image:Alamo Dome CIMG7791.JPG|250px|left|The home Spurs from 1993 to 2002.]]

The Lucas era started out successfully. His coaching propelled the team to a 39-22 finish over the rest of the regular season, and the team reached the Western Conference semi-finals, losing to the [[Phoenix Suns]]. The 1992-93 season also marked the last that the Spurs would play in HemisFair Arena. In 1993 local businessman [[Peter Holt|Peter M. Holt]] and a group of 22 investors purchased the Spurs from Red McCombs for $75 million.

The following season, the Spurs first in the newly built [[Alamodome]], Lucas led the Spurs to a 55-27 record but the team suffered a loss in the first round of the playoffs to the [[Utah Jazz]], which led to the immediate firing of Lucas as head coach. Prior to the season the Spurs traded fan-favorite Elliott to the [[Detroit Pistons]] in return for rebounding star [[Dennis Rodman]].

Lucas was replaced by former Pacers coach [[Bob Hill]] for the [[1994-95 NBA season|1994-95 season]], which would turn out to be the Spurs' most successful regular season until 2006. Elliott returned to the team after an uneventful season with the Pistons, and the team finished with the NBA's best record at 62-20. David Robinson was named the league's Most Valuable Player. The Spurs reached the Western Conference Finals, but lost to the eventual NBA Champion [[Houston Rockets]]. After the pregame MVP award ceremony honoring David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon dominated the game, outscoring Robinson 42-22 in a Rockets win. Throughout the season, and particularly in the playoffs, there appeared to be friction developing between Rodman and several Spurs' teammates, most notably Robinson, and Rodman was traded after the season to the [[Chicago Bulls]].

The Spurs finished the next season ([[1995-96 NBA season|1995-96]]) under Hill at 59-23 and lost in the Western Conference semi-finals to the Jazz. Few observers could have predicted how far the Spurs would fall during the [[1996-97 NBA season|1996-97 season]]. An injury limited Robinson to just six games during the season, and Elliott also missed more than half the season due to injury. The Spurs ended the season with a 20-62 record, the worst in franchise history. Hill only lasted 18 games as coach that season, eventually being fired and replaced by Spurs [[General Manager]] [[Gregg Popovich]], who had also served a stint under Brown as an assistant coach.

Although the [[1996-97 NBA season|1996-97 season]] was not successful on the court for the Spurs, the offseason proved to be the opposite. With the third-worst record in the league, the Spurs won the NBA's draft lottery, which gave them the top pick in the [[1997 NBA Draft|1997 draft]]. The Spurs used their pick to select [[Wake Forest University]] product and consensus All-American [[Tim Duncan]].
[[Image:Duncan Wallace.jpg|thumb|left|170px|The drafting of [[Tim Duncan]] [[1997 NBA Draft|in 1997]] was a turning point in the history of the Spurs.]]

Duncan quickly emerged as a force in the NBA during the [[1997-98 NBA season|1997-98 season]], averaging 21.1 points and 11.9 rebounds per game as a power forward. He was named First Team All-NBA while winning Rookie of the Year honors. The team ended up at 56-26 but once again lost to the Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals. While both Duncan and Robinson played low-post roles, the two seamlessly meshed on the court. The [[March 14]], [[1998]], game against the Chicago Bulls set the Spurs' current regular-season home attendance record. An Alamodome crowd of 37,492 came to see [[Michael Jordan]]'s last visit as a Bull, as he led the team to its third-straight and most recent championship.

With a healthy Robinson and Duncan and the additions of playoff veterans such as [[Mario Elie]] and [[Jerome Kersey]], the Spurs looked forward to the [[1998-99 NBA season|1998-99 season]]. Prior to the beginning of training camps, however, the NBA owners, led by commissioner [[David Stern]], [[lockout (industry)|locked out]] the players in order to force a new [[collective bargaining agreement]] with the [[NBA Players Association]] (NBAPA). The season was delayed over three months until resolution on a new labor agreement was reached in January 1999.

Playing a shortened 50-game season, the Spurs ended up with a 37-13 record. The team was just as dominant in the playoffs, rolling through the Western Conference with a record of 11-1. They faced the [[New York Knicks]] in the [[NBA Finals]] and, on [[June 25]], [[1999]], won the series and the franchise's first NBA Championship in Game 5 (final score: 78-77) on the Knicks' home court, [[Madison Square Garden]]. Duncan was named the Finals MVP. The victory by the Spurs was not only the first NBA title to be won by a former ABA team, but also was the first Finals appearance by a team from the ABA. The Spurs also set a new NBA Finals one-game attendance record when 39,554 fans attended Game 2. The previous record was set only two days earlier, when 39,514 spectators attended Game 1.

The Spurs were not able to capitalize on their success during the [[1999-2000 NBA season|1999-2000 season]]. Although they finished with an overall record of 53-29, the Spurs lost in the first round to the Suns, primarily due to an injury to Duncan which kept him out of the playoff series. The long-term viability of the Spurs franchise in San Antonio was, however, achieved during the 1999-2000 season, as [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] voters approved increases on car rental and hotel taxes which would allow for the construction of a new arena near [[Freeman Coliseum]].

===A new century, a new era===
[[Image:LarryOBrienTrophies.jpg|thumb|230px|Three of the San Antonio Spurs' four championships]]The Spurs finished with 58-24 records for both the [[2000-01 NBA season|2000-01]] and [[2001-02 NBA season|2001-02]] seasons but found themselves suffering playoff ousters in both seasons from the eventual NBA Champion [[Los Angeles Lakers]].

Entering the [[2002-03 NBA season|2002-03 season]], the team knew it would be memorable for at least two reasons, as David Robinson announced that it would be his last in the NBA and the Spurs would begin play at their new arena, the [[AT&T Center|SBC Center]], named after telecommunications giant [[SBC Communications|SBC]], whose corporate headquarters are located in San Antonio. (SBC became AT&T after its acquisition of its former parent company.) To mark this occasion, the Spurs revamped their "Fiesta" logo and reverted to the familiar silver and black motif (though, during the time of the Fiesta logo, the uniform remained silver and black).

[[Image:ATTCenter.JPG|250px|left|AT&T Center]]

This version of the Spurs was very different from the team that had won the title a few years earlier. The Spurs had remade their team in an attempt to dethrone the three-time defending NBA Champion [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. Second-year French star [[Tony Parker]], drafted by the Spurs in the first round of the 2001 NBA Draft, was now the starting point guard for the Spurs. The squad featured a variety of newly acquired three-point shooters, including [[Stephen Jackson]], [[Danny Ferry]], [[Bruce Bowen]], [[Steve Kerr]], [[Steve Smith (basketball)|Steve Smith]] and Argentina product [[Manu Ginobili]], a 1999 second-round draft choice playing in his first NBA season. Mixing the inside presences of Duncan and Robinson with the newer outside threats, the Spurs earned a 60-22 record. In the [[2003 NBA Playoffs|playoffs]], the Spurs defeated the Suns, Lakers and [[Dallas Mavericks]] en route to facing the [[New Jersey Nets]] in the [[2003 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]]. The series against the Nets marked the first time two former ABA teams would play each other for the NBA Championship. The Spurs won the series 4-2, giving them their second NBA Championship in franchise history. Duncan was named both the NBA Regular Season and Finals MVP for the season.
[[Image:Spurs White House.jpg|thumb|left|330px|The Spurs visit the [[White House]] after their championship in 2003.]]
In the [[2003-04 NBA season|2003-04 season]], coming off their second NBA Championship, the Spurs, playing with 9 new players, struggled early as they missed the presence of David Robinson while the new players struggled to fit in, as they held a 9-10 record on December 3rd. However, the Spurs would turn it around, as they ended December on 13-game winning streak and quickly climbed back to the top of the NBA standings. The Spurs would battle all year for the top spot in the Western Conference, as they ended the season on another strong note winning their final 11 games. However, they would fall 1 game short of a division title and the best record in the West, posting a record of 57-25. In the playoffs, the Spurs remained hot as they swept the [[Memphis Grizzlies]] in 4 straight games. In the second round, the Spurs found themselves in another showdown with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Spurs' winning streak would continue as they captured the first two games at home, bringing their winning streak from the end of the regular season up to 17 games. However, as the series shifted to Los Angeles, the Spurs would suddenly have trouble finding the basket, as they lost both games as the Lakers evened the series. The series which was playing out as an exact duplicate of their match-up a year earlier. In Game 5 at the SBC Center, Tim Duncan seemingly delivered the Spurs a 73-72 win as he gave the Spurs a lead with a dramatic shot with just 0.4 seconds remaining. However, the Lakers' [[Derek Fisher]] would launch a prayer as time expired which would go in, giving the Lakers a stunning 74-73 win to take a 3-2 series lead.<ref>"Parker perplexed once again", ''San Antonio Express-News'', May 14, 2004.</ref><ref>"S.A. is heartbreak city", ''San Antonio Express-News'', May 14, 2004.</ref><ref name=Fisher>[http://www.nba.com/games/20040513/LALSAS/recap.html Fisher’s Jumper Gives Lakers Dramatic Game 5 Win], NBA.com, May 13, 2004. Last accessed February 7, 2007.</ref> The Spurs protested the shot, arguing that the clock started late, which the Spurs claimed was why replays showed Fisher got off the shot in time.<ref>[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3764146 Triple Crown bid nabs viewers], ''Houston Chronicle'', May 17, 2004.</ref><ref name=Fisher/> An AP report and the three officials in attendance stated that replays showed the shot was released by Fisher before time expired.<ref name=Fisher/><ref name="was">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A25850-2004May13?language=printer No Time to Lose], ''The Washington Post'', May 14, 2004, Last accessed February 7, 2007.</ref> The officials, however, could not consider the Spurs' claim that the clock did not start immediately when the ball was inbounded. After the stunning loss, the Spurs traveled to Los Angeles for Game 6, where they lost the game and the series. The Spurs spent the following offseason tweaking the team.

With the acquisition of guard [[Brent Barry]] from [[Seattle SuperSonics|Seattle]], and the later additions of center [[Nazr Mohammed]] from [[New York Knicks|New York]] (acquired in a midseason trade of [[Malik Rose]]), and veteran forward [[Glenn Robinson]] from [[Free agent|free agency]], alongside regulars [[Bruce Bowen]], [[Robert Horry]], [[Tony Parker]], [[Emanuel Ginóbili|Manu Ginobili]], and [[Tim Duncan]], the Spurs finished the [[2004-05 NBA season|2004-05 season]] with the second-best record in the Western Conference at 59-23, and the best record in the Southwest Division. In the [[2005 NBA Playoffs|postseason]], the Spurs defeated the [[Denver Nuggets]] 4-1, the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] 4-2 and the [[Phoenix Suns]] 4-1 before advancing to the [[2005 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]], where they won the NBA championship for a third time in seven years on [[June 23]], [[2005]] by defeating the Eastern Conference champion and defending NBA Champion [[Detroit Pistons]], four games to three. [[Tim Duncan]] was named [[NBA Finals MVP Award|Finals MVP]], becoming only the fourth player to win the MVP award three times (joining [[Magic Johnson]], [[Shaquille O'Neal]], and [[Michael Jordan]]). Also, Manu Ginobili established himself as a NBA star, earning local, national, and international fan praise (particularly in his home country of [[Argentina]]) and a berth in that season's All-Star Game.

In the [[2005-06 NBA season|2005-06 season]], the Spurs, lead by Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and newly-named All-Star Tony Parker, broke their franchise record for wins in a season (63-19) and qualified for the playoffs for the ninth year in a row. (Until this season, the Spurs and [[Indiana Pacers]] shared the NBA's longest active consecutive playoff appearance streak with nine in a row — see [[Active NBA playoff appearance streaks]] - though San Antonio has qualified for its 10th consecutive appearance during the 2006-07 season, while Indiana's playoff streak ended.) However, the defending-champion Spurs were eliminated in the second round by the [[Dallas Mavericks]] in a 7-game semifinal series that, due to a quirk in the playoff ranking system, featured the two top teams in the conference.

In the [[2006-07 NBA season|2006-07 season]], the Spurs finished with a 58-24 record and stormed to the 3rd position in the western conference. In their first [[2007 NBA Playoffs|Playoff game]] the Spurs faced a tough series with the Denver Nuggets, but the Spurs won 4-1. The Spurs went on the defeat the [[Phoenix Suns]] in 6 games, despite the Suns being highly favored for the clash, and for the NBA Championship. In the Western Conference finals, the Spurs took on the Utah Jazz, but won their place in the NBA finals easily, with a comfortable 4-1 win. In the [[2007 NBA Finals]], the San Antonio Spurs swept the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] and captured their fourth title in 9 years.

===Future outlook===

The Spurs appear poised to contend for NBA titles for several years to come. Their three key players (Duncan, Ginobili, Parker) are under contract until at least 2009. The Spurs had hoped to buy out the contract of Ginobili's countryman [[Luis Scola]], a power forward whom the Spurs had drafted in [[2002 NBA Draft|2002]]; however, it appears that the Spurs are looking to trade the rights to Scola, even though the asking price of [[Saski Baskonia|TAU Cerámica]] is down to $3.5 million, keeping the possibility open that the Spurs could still pursue him.

The Spurs lightened their [[salary cap]] by trading [[Rasho Nesterovic]] to Toronto for [[Matt Bonner]] and [[Eric Williams (basketball)|Eric Williams]](who was later traded for power forward [[Melvin Ely]]). They also signed two centers, [[Jackie Butler]] and [[Francisco Elson]], to replace Nesterovic and [[Nazr Mohammed]] (who signed with the Detroit Pistons as a free agent). The Spurs have also signed a third point guard, veteran [[Jacque Vaughn]] and rookie [[James White (basketball)|James White]].

Spurs fans have made links with [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]] (which also goes by the name Spurs), with the two teams having mutual support for each other. The clubs are planning a business agreement whereby each other's merchandise is sold at the other club (similar to [[Manchester United F.C.]] and [[New York Yankees]]).{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

==Reputation==

The Spurs have often been called a "boring" team by critics, but hailed for having "substance over style." ESPN [[Greg Anthony]] commented on the style of the 2006-2007 team by saying:

{{cquote|The Spurs are one of the best dynasties to be witnessed but few are watching what a great team this is. They have no weaknesses and have every right to brag but they don't. They are extremely modest and so annoyingly unselfish that this team is severely under appreciated.}}

They are often seen as team of "good men with big hearts."<ref>[http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/stories/MYSA052607.rubsmeraw.12d2397c.html From MySA.com]</ref> There are several other reasons for having this reputation.

* In the ethnically diversified [[blue collar]] community of San Antonio, the Spurs seem as low key as the residents. Unlike a few players known for their off or on court antics, the Spurs are relatively quiet with little or no incidents. When former Spur [[Dennis Rodman]] played, he often caused fights with other teams and was frequently depicted by the media as a bad boy. Despite his rebounding skills and ability to help win games, he was traded after just 2 years.
* The Spurs share a unique bond with the city of San Antonio that is unmatched by other teams. Spurs players, coaches, front office personnel, Silver Dancers, Coyote and former player George Gervin make more than 1,200 appearances in the community each year. Annually, the Spurs and Spurs Foundation support more than 1,800 area organizations with in-kind or cash contributions. They lend their names to various charities for health advocacy, at-risk youth, staying in school campaigns and literacy programs.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/spurs/community/in_the_community.html]</ref>
* The Spurs live in a small market and opt for endorsing city or state based companies by serving as the spokesperson. Examples include Tim Duncan for [[H-E-B]],<ref>[http://www.heb.com/welcome/index.jsp]</ref> Ginobili for Time Warner of San Antonio<ref>[http://www.timewarnercable.com/sanantonio/promotions/gofor3/fromMySA.html]</ref> and both Sean Elliott and Tony Parker for [[Taco Cabana]].<ref>[http://www.tacocabana.com/index.asp]</ref>
* Former Spurs, although not having previous ties to the city, chose to settle in San Antonio after their retirement and continue their community involvement. A few key names are "The Iceman" George Gervin, Sean Elliott and "The Admiral" David Robinson.<ref>[http://www2.mysanantonio.com/specials/dr/main.cfm]</ref>
* Although considered a basketball dynasty by some sports analysts, the Spurs have been widely criticized for their mundane and irksome style of play, at times bordering on the humdrum and the dreary.[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18988432/]

==Uniforms ==

<gallery>
Image:spurs home.gif|The Home jersey used from 1989 to the present day
Image:spurs away.gif|The Road Jersey used from 1989 to the present day
</gallery>

==Season-by-season records==
{{Start NBA SBS}}
|-
|colspan="6" align=center bgcolor="white" | <font color="#054ea4">''' Dallas Chaparrals ([[American Basketball Association (1967-1977)|ABA]])'''<br>(Not included in W/L totals)
|-
|1967-68 || 46 || 32 || .590 || Won First Round<br> Lost ABA Semifinals || Dallas 3, [[Houston Mavericks|Houston]] 0<br> [[New Orleans Buccaneers|New Orleans]] 4, Dallas 1
|-
|1968-69 || 41 || 37 || .526 || Lost First Round || [[New Orleans Buccaneers|New Orleans]] 4, Dallas 3
|-
|1969-70 || 45 || 39 || .536 || Lost First Round || [[Los Angeles Stars|Los Angeles]] 4, Dallas 2
|-
|colspan="6" align=center bgcolor="red" | <font color="white">''' Texas Chaparrals ([[American Basketball Association (1967-1977)|ABA]]) ''' <br> (Not included in W/L totals)
|-
|1970-71 || 30 || 54 || .357 || Lost First Round || [[Utah Stars|Utah]] 4, Texas 0
|-
|colspan="6" align=center bgcolor="#ffffff" | <font color="#054ea4">''' Dallas Chaparrals ([[American Basketball Association (1967-1977)|ABA]])''' <br> (Not included in W/L totals)
|-
|1971-72 || 42 || 42 || .500 || Lost First Round || [[Utah Stars|Utah]] 4, Dallas 0
|-
|1972-73 || 28 || 56 || .333|| ||
|-
|colspan="6" align=center bgcolor="#000000" | <font color="silver">'''San Antonio Spurs ([[American Basketball Association (1967-1977)|ABA]])''' <br> (Not included in W/L totals)
|-
|1973-74 || 45 || 39 || .536 || Lost First Round || [[Indiana Pacers|Indiana]] 4, San Antonio 3
|-
|1974-75 || 51 || 33 || .607 || Lost First Round || [[Indiana Pacers|Indiana]] 4, San Antonio 2
|-
|1975-76 || 50 || 34 || .595 || Lost First Round || [[New Jersey Nets|New York]] 4, San Antonio 3
|-
|colspan="6" align=center bgcolor="#000000" | <font color="silver">'''San Antonio Spurs ([[National Basketball Association|NBA]])''' <br> (Included in W/L totals)
|-
|1976-77 || 44 || 38 || .537 || Lost First Round || [[Boston Celtics|Boston]] 2, San Antonio 0
|-
|1977-78 || 52 || 30 || .634 || Lost Conference Semifinals || [[Washington Wizards|Washington]] 4, San Antonio 2
|-
|1978-79 || 48 || 34 || .585 || Won Conference Semifinals<br> Lost [[NBA Conference Finals|Conference Finals]] || San Antonio 4, [[Philadelphia 76ers|Philadelphia]] 3<br> [[Washington Wizards|Washington]] 4, San Antonio 3
|-
|1979-80 || 41 || 41 || .500 || Lost First Round || [[Houston Rockets|Houston]] 2, San Antonio 1
|-
|1980-81 || 52 || 30 || .634 || Lost Conference Semifinals || [[Houston Rockets|Houston]] 4, San Antonio 3
|-
|1981-82 || 48 || 34 || .585 || Won Conference Semifinals<br> Lost [[NBA Conference Finals|Conference Finals]] || San Antonio 4, [[Seattle SuperSonics|Seattle]] 1<br> [[Los Angeles Lakers|Los Angeles]] 4, San Antonio 0
|-
|1982-83 || 53 || 29 || .646 || Won Conference Semifinals<br> Lost [[NBA Conference Finals|Conference Finals]] || San Antonio 4, [[Denver Nuggets|Denver]] 1<br> [[Los Angeles Lakers|Los Angeles]] 4, San Antonio 2
|-
|1983-84 || 37 || 45 || .451 || ||
|-
|1984-85 || 41 || 41 || .500 || Lost First Round || [[Denver Nuggets|Denver]] 3, San Antonio 2
|-
|1985-86 || 35 || 47 || .427 || Lost First Round || [[Los Angeles Lakers|LA Lakers]] 3, San Antonio 0
|-
|1986-87 || 28 || 54 || .341 || ||
|-
|1987-88 || 31 || 51 || .378 || Lost First Round || [[Los Angeles Lakers|LA Lakers]] 3, San Antonio 0
|-
|1988-89 || 21 || 61 || .256 || ||
|-
|1989-90 || 56 || 26 || .683 || Won First Round<br> Lost Conference Semifinals || San Antonio 3, [[Denver Nuggets|Denver]] 0<br> [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] 4, San Antonio 3
|-
|1990-91 || 55 || 27 || .671 || Lost First Round || [[Golden State Warriors|Golden State]] 3, San Antonio 1
|-
|1991-92 || 47 || 35 || .573 || Lost First Round || [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]] 3, San Antonio 0
|-
|1992-93 || 49 || 33 || .598 || Won First Round<br> Lost Conference Semifinals || San Antonio 3, [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] 1<br> [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]] 4, San Antonio 2
|-
|1993-94 || 55 || 27 || .671 || Lost First Round || [[Utah Jazz|Utah]] 3, San Antonio 1
|-
|1994-95 || 62 || 20 || .756 || Won First Round<br> Won Conference Semifinals<br> Lost [[NBA Conference Finals|Conference Finals]] || San Antonio 3, [[Denver Nuggets|Denver]] 0<br> San Antonio 4, [[Los Angeles Lakers|LA Lakers]] 2<br> [[Houston Rockets|Houston]] 4, San Antonio 2
|-
|1995-96 || 59 || 23 || .720 || Won First Round<br> Lost Conference Semifinals || San Antonio 3, [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]] 1<br> [[Utah Jazz|Utah]] 4, San Antonio 2
|-
|1996-97 || 20 || 62 || .244 || ||
|-
|1997-98 || 56 || 26 || .683 || Won First Round<br> Lost Conference Semifinals || San Antonio 3, [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]] 1<br> [[Utah Jazz|Utah]] 4, San Antonio 1
|-
|1998-99 || 37 || 13 || .740 || Won First Round<br> Won Conference Semifinals<br> Won [[NBA Conference Finals|Conference Finals]]<br>''' Won [[NBA Finals]]''' || San Antonio 3, [[Minnesota Timberwolves|Minnesota]] 1<br> San Antonio 4, [[Los Angeles Lakers|LA Lakers]] 0<br> San Antonio 4, [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] 0<br>''' San Antonio 4, [[New York Knicks|New York]] 1'''
|-
|1999-2000 || 53 || 29 || .646 || Lost First Round || [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]] 3, San Antonio 1
|-
|2000-01 || 58 || 24 || .707 || Won First Round<br> Won Conference Semifinals<br> Lost [[NBA Conference Finals|Conference Finals]] || San Antonio 3, [[Minnesota Timberwolves|Minnesota]] 1<br> San Antonio 4, [[Dallas Mavericks|Dallas]] 1 <br>[[Los Angeles Lakers|LA Lakers]] 4, San Antonio 0
|-
|2001-02 || 58 || 24 || .707 || Won First Round<br> Lost Conference Semifinals || San Antonio 3, [[Seattle SuperSonics|Seattle]] 2<br> [[Los Angeles Lakers|LA Lakers]] 4, San Antonio 1
|-
|2002-03 || 60 || 22 || .732 || Won First Round<br> Won Conference Semifinals<br> Won [[NBA Conference Finals|Conference Finals]]<br>''' Won [[NBA Finals]]''' || San Antonio 4, [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]] 2<br> San Antonio 4, [[Los Angeles Lakers|LA Lakers]] 2<br> San Antonio 4, [[Dallas Mavericks|Dallas]] 2<br>''' San Antonio 4, [[New Jersey Nets|New Jersey]] 2'''
|-
|2003-04 || 57 || 25 || .695 || Won First Round<br> Lost Conference Semifinals || San Antonio 4, [[Memphis Grizzlies|Memphis]] 0<br> [[Los Angeles Lakers|LA Lakers]] 4, San Antonio 2
|-
|2004-05 || 59 || 23 || .720 || Won First Round<br> Won Conference Semifinals<br> Won [[NBA Conference Finals|Conference Finals]]<br>''' Won [[NBA Finals]]''' || San Antonio 4, [[Denver Nuggets|Denver]] 1<br> San Antonio 4, [[Seattle SuperSonics|Seattle]] 2<br> San Antonio 4, [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]] 1<br>''' San Antonio 4, [[Detroit Pistons|Detroit]] 3'''
|-
|2005-06 || 63 || 19 || .768 || Won First Round<br> Lost Conference Semifinals || San Antonio 4, [[Sacramento Kings|Sacramento]] 2<br> [[Dallas Mavericks|Dallas]] 4, San Antonio 3
|-
|2006-07 || 58 || 24 || .707 || Won First Round<br> Won Conference Semifinals<br> Won [[NBA Conference Finals|Conference Finals]]<br> ''' Won [[NBA Finals]]''' || San Antonio 4, [[Denver Nuggets|Denver]] 1<br>San Antonio 4, [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]] 2<br> San Antonio 4, [[Utah Jazz|Utah]] 1<br>''' San Antonio 4, [[Cleveland Cavaliers|Cleveland]] 0'''
|-
|2007-08 || 0 || 0 || .000 || ||
|-
!Totals || 1493 || 1017 || .595
|-
!Playoffs || 143 || 118 || .548 || colspan=2 |4 Championships (Playoff series record: 30–23; Finals games record: 16–6)
{{end box}}

==Arena history==
'''Dallas (Texas) Chaparrals'''
*[[State Fair Coliseum]] ([[1967]]-[[1973]])
*[[Moody Coliseum]] ([[1967]]-[[1973]])
*[[Tarrant County Coliseum]] ([[1970]]-[[1971]])
*[[Lubbock Municipal Coliseum]] ([[1970]]-[[1971]])
'''San Antonio Spurs'''
*[[HemisFair Arena]] ([[1973]]-[[1993]])
*[[Alamodome]] ([[1993]]-[[2002]])
*[[AT&T Center]] (formerly '''SBC Center''') ([[2002]]-present)

==Players of note==
===Basketball Hall of Famers===
*[[George Gervin|George "The Iceman" Gervin]] - 1996
*[[Moses Malone]] - 2001
*[[Dominique Wilkins]] - 2006

===Retired numbers===
*'''00''' - [[Johnny Moore (basketball)|Johnny Moore]], G, 1980-88 & 1989-90
*'''13''' - [[James Silas]], G, 1972-81 (including the last season in Dallas)
*'''32''' - [[Sean Elliott]], F, 1989-93 & 1994-2001
*'''44''' - [[George Gervin]], G, 1974-85 (Hall of Famer, Voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996 )
*'''50''' - [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]], C, 1989-2003 (Voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996)

===Notable players===
{|
|valign="top"|

*[[Willie Anderson (basketball)|Willie Anderson]]
*[[Gene Banks]]
*[[Walter Berry (basketball)|Walter Berry]]
*[[Frank Brickowski]]
*[[Devin Brown]]
*[[Antoine Carr]]
*[[Maurice Cheeks]]
*[[Terry Cummings]]
*[[Mike D'Antoni]]
*[[Antonio Daniels]]
*[[Johnny Dawkins]]
*[[Vinny Del Negro]]
*[[Mario Elie]]
*[[Dale Ellis]]
*[[Danny Ferry]]
|valign="top"|
*[[Artis Gilmore]]
*[[Jaren Jackson]]
*[[Stephen Jackson]]
*[[Avery Johnson]]
*[[Rich Jones]]
*[[George Karl]]
*[[Larry Kenon]]
*[[Steve Kerr]]
*[[Jerome Kersey]]
*[[Tony Massenburg]]
*[[Mike Mitchell]]
*[[Swen Nater]]
*[[Rasho Nesterovic]]
*[[Mark Olberding]]
*[[Billy Paultz]]
|valign="top"|
*[[John Paxson]]
*[[Will Perdue]]
*[[Chuck Person]]
*[[Terry Porter]]
*[[J.R. Reid]]
*[[Doc Rivers]]
*[[Alvin Robertson]]
*[[Glenn Robinson]]
*[[Dennis Rodman]]
*[[Malik Rose]]
*[[Steve Smith (basketball)|Steve Smith]]
*[[Rod Strickland]]
*[[Hedo Turkoglu]]
*[[Nick Van Exel]]
*[[Kevin Willis]]
|}''For a complete list of current and former players, see the [[:Category:San Antonio Spurs players|San Antonio Spurs players]] category.

==Current roster==
{{San Antonio Spurs}}

'''STARTING LINEUP (as of [[May 14]], [[2007]])'''
(PG) Tony Parker
(SG) Michael Finley
(SF) Bruce Bowen
(PF) Tim Duncan
(C) Fabricio Oberto

===Player positions===
Table below indicates each player's most frequently played [[Basketball position|positions]] in bold and with link.<br>
Secondary positions are in normal text and unlinked.

* '''Primary''': the usual starter and player likely to get the most minutes in that position.
* '''Substitute''': consistently comes off bench and receives regular minutes or often rotates into that position from a different starting position.
* '''Fill-in''': either plays only occasionally or fills in a non-standard role for a brief period.

{| border="1" class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:left;"
! Position
! Primary
! Substitute
! Fill-in
|-
! align="left" | [[Point guard]]
| '''[[Tony Parker]]'''
| '''[[Jacque Vaughn]]'''<br/> '''[[Beno Udrih]]'''<ref>[http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/stories/MYSA122506.11C.11CSpursBenching.209f0a7.html Udrih relegated to third-string status for Spurs], ''San Antonio Express-News'', Dec. 25, 2006.</ref>
| Manu Ginobili<br/> Brent Barry
|-
! align="left" | [[Shooting guard]]
| '''[[Michael Finley]]'''
| '''[[Manu Ginobili]]'''<br/> '''[[Brent Barry]]'''
| Beno Udrih
|-
! align="left" | [[Small forward]]
| '''[[Bruce Bowen]]'''
| Michael Finley<br/> Brent Barry
| '''[[James White (basketball)|James White]]'''
|-
! align="left" | [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| '''[[Tim Duncan]]'''
| '''[[Robert Horry]]'''<br/> '''[[Fabricio Oberto]]'''<br/>
| '''[[Melvin Ely]]'''<br/> Francisco Elson
|-
! align="left" | [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| '''[[Fabricio Oberto]]'''
| '''[[Francisco Elson]]'''<br/> Tim Duncan
| '''[[Jackie Butler]]'''<br/> Robert Horry
|}

===Unsigned draftees and development league signees===
The Spurs have been uncommonly successful among NBA teams in finding foreign talent as demonstrated by selecting [[Manu Ginobili]] ( [[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] [[1999 NBA Draft]] 57th pick) and [[Tony Parker]] ( [[Image:Flag of France.svg|20px]] [[2001 NBA Draft]] 29th pick) who have both become [[NBA All-Star Weekend|All Stars]]. The Spurs own the NBA rights to the players listed in the table below. The typical pattern is to allow the player to develop in leagues outside the USA. The player is free to negotiate contracts in other leagues and is not obligated to play in the NBA. Sometimes, a player's overseas contract may have an expensive buyout clause that would discourage the Spurs from seeking to bring him in; this is notably the case for Scola.
{| style="border:1px solid #000000;"
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td>C</td>
<td>[[Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]]</td>
<td>[[Robertas Javtokas]]</td>
<td>[[2001 NBA Draft]]</td>
<td>56th pick</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>C</td>
<td>[[Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg|20px]]</td>
<td>[[Sergey Karaulov]]</td>
<td>[[2004 NBA Draft]]</td>
<td>58th pick</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>PF</td>
<td>[[Image:Flag of France.svg|20px]]</td>
<td>[[Ian Mahinmi]]</td>
<td>[[2005 NBA Draft]]</td>
<td>28th pick</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SF</td>
<td>[[Image:Flag of Georgia.svg|20px]]</td>
<td>[[Viktor Sanikidze]]</td>
<td>[[2004 NBA Draft]]</td>
<td>42nd pick</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PF</td>
<td>[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]]</td>
<td>[[Luis Scola]]</td>
<td>[[2002 NBA Draft]]</td>
<td>56th pick</td>
</tr>
</table>
|}

==Head coaches==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 82%;"
|-
! Years Active
! Name
! Record (W-L)
! Winning Percentage
! Playoff Record <br>(W-L)
! Postseason Percentage
! Playoff Appearances
! Division Titles
! Conference Titles
! NBA Championships
! Current Status
|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1996<sup>1</sup>–present
| [[Gregg Popovich]]
| 518-252<sup>†</sup>
| .673
| 76-47
| .618
| 10
| 6
| 4
| 4
| Head Coach, Spurs

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1994–96<sup>1</sup>
| [[Bob Hill]]
| 124-58
| .681
| 14-11
| .560
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| Fired by [[Seattle SuperSonics]], April 2007

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1992<sup>2</sup>–94
| [[John Harding Lucas II|John Lucas]]
| 94-49
| .657
| 6-8
| .429
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| Retired from coaching

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1992<sup>2</sup>
| [[Jerry Tarkanian]]
| 9-11
| .450
| N/A
| N/A
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| Retired from [[California State University, Fresno|Fresno State]] in 2002

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1992<sup>3</sup>
| [[Bob Bass]]
| 26-18
| .591
| 0-3
| .000
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| Retired as GM of [[New Orleans Hornets]] in 2004

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1988–92<sup>3</sup>
| [[Larry Brown (basketball)|Larry Brown]]
| 153-131
| .539
| 7-7
| .500
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| Executive VP, [[Philadelphia 76ers]]

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1986–88
| [[Bob Weiss]]
| 59-105
| .360
| 0-3
| .000
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| Fired by [[Seattle SuperSonics]], January 2006

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1984–86
| [[Cotton Fitzsimmons]]
| 76-88
| .463
| 2-6
| .250
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| Deceased

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1983<sup>4</sup>–84
| [[Bob Bass]]
| 26-25
| .510
| N/A
| N/A
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| Retired as GM of [[New Orleans Hornets]] in 2004

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1983<sup>4</sup>
| [[Morris McHone]]
| 11-20
| .355
| N/A
| N/A
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| Head Coach, [[Sioux Falls Skyforce]]

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1980–83
| [[Stan Albeck]]
| 153-93
| .622
| 13-14
| .481
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| Partially paralyzed by stroke in 2001

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1980<sup>5</sup>
| [[Bob Bass]]
| 8-8
| .500
| 1-2
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| Retired as GM of [[New Orleans Hornets]] in 2004

|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1976–80<sup>5</sup>
| [[Doug Moe]]
| 177-135
| .567
| 9-13
| .409
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| Assistant Coach, [[Denver Nuggets]]
|}

<small><sup>†</sup>Statistics reflect through 2005–06 season.<br>
<sup>1</sup>During the 1996–97 season, Bob Hill coached 18 regular season games. Hill was fired on [[December 10]], [[1996]], and Gregg Popovich coached the reaming 64 regular season games.<br>
<sup>2</sup>During the 1992–93 season, Jerry Tarkanian coached 20 regular season games. Tarkanian was fired on [[December 18]], [[1992]], [[Rex Hughes]] then coached one regular season game and John Lucas coached the remaining 61 regular season games as well as the playoffs.<br>
<sup>3</sup>During the 1991–92 season, Larry Brown coached 38 regular season games. Brown was fired on [[January 21]], [[1992]], and Bob Bass coached the remaining 44 regular season games as well as the playoffs.<br>
<sup>4</sup>During the 1983–84 season, Morris McHone coached 31 regular season games. McHone was fired on [[December 28]], [[1983]], and Bob Bass coached the remaining 51 regular season games.<br>
<sup>5</sup>During the 1979–80 season, Doug Moe coached 66 regular season games. Moe was fired on [[March 1]], [[1980]], and Bob Bass coached the remaining 16 regular season games as well as the playoffs.
</small>

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*All facts and records taken from the San Antonio Spurs' [http://www.nba.com/spurs/history/spurs_history.html history] section.


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*[http://www.spursreport.com/ SpursReport.com]
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*[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=jean+baptiste+carpeaux&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=5&langue=fr A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)]
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*[http://www.insecula.com/contact/A005511_oeuvre_1.html A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French;] it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
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*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.

He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.

Sculptures by Carpeaux

Neapolitan Fisherboy

Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.

Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples.

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