In which American city do the Spurs play basketball?
"Bob Miller (basketball) Robert Edwin ""Bob"" Miller (born July 9, 1956) is a retired American basketball player. He played collegiately at the University of Cincinnati and professionally for the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs. Miller, a 6'10"" power forward from Louisville, Kentucky, played college basketball at Cincinnati from 1974 to 1978. Following his college career, he was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the fourth round of the 1978 NBA draft. He would not make his NBA debut until January, 1984 when he appeared in two games for the San Antonio Spurs, recording four points and five rebounds in"
"were defeated by the Steve Nash-led Phoenix Suns. As of 2018, this is the only time in the post-Tim Duncan era where the Spurs have reached the Conference Finals. The 2016 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2016, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Spurs chose guard Dejounte Murray with the 29th pick of the first round. On July 11, Tim Duncan announced his retirement from the NBA. On July 19, it was confirmed that the Spurs would play a game at the Mexico City Arena in Mexico City, Mexico on January 14, 2017 against the Phoenix Suns. On"
"San Antonio Rampage The San Antonio Rampage are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in San Antonio, Texas. They are currently the top affiliate of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rampage are owned by the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA, who purchased a dormant AHL franchise with the NHL's Florida Panthers and moved it to San Antonio. The Rampage play in the AT&T Center in San Antonio, the same arena as the Spurs. In 2000, construction began on the SBC Center, located next to the Freeman Coliseum, home of"
"Quincy Pondexter Quincy Coe Pondexter (born March 10, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played high school basketball in Fresno, California at San Joaquin Memorial High School where his father Roscoe and uncle Clifton Pondexter were All-American basketball players themselves and continued their basketball skills at the professional levels. Pondexter played four years of college basketball at the University of Washington. At the end of his senior season, he earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors and an All-American honorable mention by the Associated Press. Pondexter was born on March"
"was born in Starkville, Mississippi and lived in Louisville, Mississippi before moving to Troutdale, Oregon at age 2. Drew Eubanks Drew Eubanks (born February 1, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Austin Spurs of the NBA G League. Eubanks played college basketball in Oregon State University. Eubanks played for the Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-12 Conference. He was rated a 4 star recruit who was rated Number 1 in the state of Oregon and committed to the Beavers over Cal, Gonzaga,"
"and did not move to San Antonio until 1973. On October 11, 1980, the Mavs made their NBA debut by defeating the Spurs 103–92. In the playoffs the Spurs defeated the Mavericks in 2001, 2003, 2010, and 2014; while the Mavericks defeated the Spurs in 2006 and 2009. The Spurs have won five championships and six conference titles, while the Mavericks have won one championship and two conference titles. The Spurs have won 18 division titles, while the Mavericks have won 3. The Mavericks have three 60-win seasons, while the Spurs have five. The two teams met in the playoffs"
"Chicago Spurs The Chicago Spurs were an American professional soccer team based out of Chicago, Illinois that was a charter member of the non-FIFA sanctioned National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) in 1967. The owners of the franchise were Al Kaczmarek, William Cutler and Michael Butler. The team played at Soldier Field. The Spurs also played non-league games in Tickets for the Spurs games were marketed and sold through Sears Roebuck and Co in the Chicago area. With the merger of the NPSL following the 1967 season to form the North American Soccer League, the Spurs were moved to Kansas City,"
"Dallas Chaparrals The Dallas Chaparrals were a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). The team moved to San Antonio, Texas for the 1973–74 season and were renamed the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the 1976–77 NBA season as a result of the ABA–NBA merger. The team's original owners, unable to agree on a name for the franchise during an early organizational meeting at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, named it for the Chaparral Club in which they were meeting. The team drew poor attendance and general disinterest in Dallas. They were lucky"
"the Spurs once again swept the Grizzlies to go to the NBA Finals and got swept again in 2016, due to a lot of injuries the Grizzlies had during the season. They met again the following year, where the Grizzlies lost in six games. Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The Grizzlies play their home games at FedExForum. The team is owned by Robert Pera. The Grizzlies are currently the only"
"AT&T Center The AT&T Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the east side of San Antonio, Texas, United States. It is the home of two professional sports teams: the San Antonio Spurs (National Basketball Association), and the San Antonio Rampage (American Hockey League). The arena seats 18,418 for basketball, 16,151 for ice hockey, and 19,000 for concerts or gatherings, and contains 2,018 club seats, 50 luxury suites and 32 bathrooms. It was opened in 2002 as the SBC Center, at a cost of US$175 million, financed by county-issued bonds, which were supported by a hotel-occupancy and car-rental tax increase"
"the HemisFair Arena, but the Spurs built – with public money – and moved into the SBC Center in 2002, since renamed the AT&T Center, following the merger of SBC and AT&T. The AT&T Center is also home to the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League, also owned by the Spurs. San Antonio is home to the Double-A Minor League affiliate of the San Diego Padres, the San Antonio Missions who play at Nelson Wolff Stadium on the west side of the city. (San Antonio is the largest city in the country with neither a Major League nor"
"in Austin by Dr. Andrea Natale. Fabricio Oberto Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto (; born March 21, 1975) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player. At and , he played as a center. With the LNB club Atenas, in his native Argentina, Oberto began playing professionally in 1993, and later played overseas with teams in Spain and Greece. In 2005, Oberto signed with the San Antonio Spurs, a team of the American National Basketball Association, and won a championship with the Spurs in 2007. He is also a former member of the senior Argentina national basketball team. At age 17, Oberto"
"in the ABA as the Dallas Chaparrals and did not move to San Antonio until 1973. On October 11, 1980, the Mavs made their NBA debut by defeating the Spurs 103–92. The teams have met numerous times in the playoffs, with the Spurs defeating the Mavericks in 2001, 2003, 2010, and 2014, while the Mavericks defeated the Spurs in 2006 and 2009. The Spurs have won five championships and six conference titles, while the Mavericks have won one championship and two conference titles. The Spurs have won 15 division titles, while the Mavericks have won 3. Both the Spurs and"
"Spurs players have won the NBA's Most Valuable Player a total of three times, with David Robinson winning the award in 1995 and Tim Duncan winning it in 2002 and 2003. The Spurs are the city's only team in any of the four major U.S. professional sports leagues and the only major-league team in the city's history to have lasted more than five years. Spurs players are active members of the San Antonio community, and many former Spurs are still active in San Antonio including David Robinson with the Carver Academy and George Gervin with the George Gervin Youth Center."
"Dejounte Murray Dejounte Dashaun Murray (born September 19, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Washington Huskies, where he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a freshman in 2015–16. He was selected by the Spurs in the first round of the 2016 NBA draft with the 29th overall pick. Murray attended Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, Washington. As a freshman at the University of Washington in 2015–16, Murray was named second-team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team after"
"is a U.S. territory), the others being the Memphis Grizzlies and the Portland Trail Blazers. The switch to Nike as the uniform provider in 2017 eliminated the ""home"" and ""away"" uniform designations. The Spurs' black ""Icon"", silver ""Statement"" and white ""Association"" uniform remained identical to the previous set save for the manufacturer's logo and updated lettering on the team name. ""List of the last five seasons completed by the Spurs. For the full season-by-season history, see List of San Antonio Spurs seasons."" ""Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Winning Percentage"" Dallas (Texas) Chaparrals"
"Dante Cunningham Dante Lamar Cunningham (born April 22, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Villanova before being selected with the 33rd overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Cunningham was born in Clinton, Maryland, to Searcy Blankenship and Ron Cunningham. His older sister Davalyn played in the WNBA. Cunningham began his prep career at St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C. While a junior, he averaged 10 points per game and 7.4 rebounds. One of his teammates,"
"The Spurs moved to the Alamodome after the 1992–93 NBA season. They played nine seasons in the Alamodome from 1993 to 2002, including their first NBA championship season, which was played against the New York Knicks in 1999. During the regular season, most of the upper level was curtained off. However, on certain weekends and when popular opponents came to town, the Spurs expanded the Alamodome's capacity to 35,000 by opening three portions of the upper level. More sections of the upper level were opened for the playoffs, expanding capacity to 39,500. Attendance was 39,514 for Game 1 of the"
"returned to Australia to play for the Melbourne Tigers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He later had a stint in China with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers, before returning to the United States in March 2012 and signing with the San Antonio Spurs. From there, he became a strong contributor off the bench and helped the Spurs win the 2014 NBA Championship against the Miami Heat. Mills is a regular member of the Australian national team, the Boomers. In 2012, he averaged a tournament-leading 21.2 points per game during the London Olympics. Mills was born in the Australian capital city"
"In 1993, Holt decided to invest in the San Antonio Spurs, wanting to help keep the team in San Antonio and as of 2016 he and his wife Julianna are now the franchise’s principal owners. Holt and the Spurs organization later purchased other franchises – the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League, the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League, and the renamed San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA. With each purchase, the team colors were changed to silver and black, the motif used by the Spurs. In order to keep the team in San Antonio, Holt"
"In July 2014, Mills was presented with the keys to the city in Canberra in the wake of the Spurs' championship success. Patty Mills Patrick Sammy Mills (born 11 August 1988) is an Australian professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Mills was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 55th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft after playing two years of college basketball for Saint Mary's. Born and raised in Canberra, Mills is of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Australian descent. In 2007, he became only the third indigenous basketball"
"the San Antonio Spurs in a sign-and-trade deal with the Bulls, whereby Chuck Person and a first-round pick in the 2000 NBA draft was sent to Chicago. The Spurs reached 1999 NBA Finals and won their first NBA Championship with a 4–1 series victory over the New York Knicks. Kerr became one of two players to win four straight NBA titles without being a part of the 1960s Boston Celtics dynasty—the other being Frank Saul, who won four straight with Rochester and Minneapolis from 1951–54. Kerr and Saul are also the only two players in NBA history to have won"
"The Spurs set several NBA attendance records while playing at the Alamodome including the largest crowd ever for an NBA Finals game in 1999, and the Spurs continue to sell out the smaller AT&T Center (formerly SBC Center) on a regular basis. Since 2003, the team has been forced on an extended road trip for much of February since the AT&T Center hosts the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. This is informally known as the ""Rodeo Road Trip"". The Spurs have consistently posted winning road records during this period, including an NBA-record longest ""single road trip"" winning streak (eight"
"Lonnie Walker Lonnie Walker IV (born December 14, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Austin Spurs, on assignment from the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played high school basketball for Reading High School in Pennsylvania. He signed a letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at the University of Miami. In January 2017 Walker was selected as an McDonald's All-American. Walker attended Reading High School in Reading, Pennsylvania. Walker made his varsity basketball debut as a freshman and played 27 games averaging 8 points per game, and later as"
"Antonio Spurs and then by the Golden State Warriors, respectively. The Cavs won the Conference again in 2016 and won their first NBA Championship coming back from a 3–1 deficit, finally defeating the Golden State Warriors. Afterwards, an estimated 1.3 million people attended a parade held in the Cavs honor on June 22, 2016. This was the first time the city had planned for a championship parade in 50 years. Basketball, the Cleveland Rosenblums dominated the original American Basketball League winning three of the first five championships (1926, 1929, 1930), and the Cleveland Pipers, owned by George Steinbrenner, won the"
"though playoff success would elude the team, the Spurs had suddenly found themselves among the top teams in the ABA. Moreover, their gaudy attendance figures made them very attractive to the NBA, despite the size of the market. Although San Antonio had over 650,000 people at the time (and has since grown to become the seventh-largest city in the United States), it has always been a medium-sized market because the surrounding suburban and rural areas are not much larger than the city itself. In June 1976, the ABA–NBA merger took place, moving San Antonio's sole professional sports franchise into a"
"Rick Pych Rick Pych (born in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American professional sports executive. He is the president of business operations of Spurs Sports & Entertainment, which runs the NBA San Antonio Spurs, AHL San Antonio Rampage and AT&T Center Spurs owner Peter Holt promoted Pych to his current position on July 15, 2008, where Pych oversees the marketing, sales, finance, communications and corporate development for the Spurs organization’s business initiatives. He is also chief development officer of the AT&T Center and led the franchise through its development, construction and opening in 2002. Pych first joined the Spurs organization in"
"of the parent company of the Spurs in 2003. Becoming the Stars in 2014, they shared the Spurs' team colors. The team would eventually relocate to Las Vegas as the Aces in 2017. The Detroit Shock was the sister team of the Pistons until the teams' owner sold the Shock to investors who moved the team to Tulsa, Oklahoma. During its tenure in Tulsa, it was not affiliated with Oklahoma's NBA team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. Four teams share a market with an NBA G League team. Two of these not only share markets but also arenas—the Liberty share the"
"hands, Drossos and McCombs tore up the lease and completed the purchase after only one year, and the franchise has stayed in San Antonio to this day. The Chaparrals' road uniform was featured in ""NBA Live 2004"" as a hidden jersey. The Spurs wore the Chaparrals uniform in selected games in the 2011–12 NBA season prior to the 45th Anniversary of the ABA. Notes: Dallas Chaparrals The Dallas Chaparrals were a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). The team moved to San Antonio, Texas for the 1973–74 season and were renamed the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs joined"
"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 115–213 from 1985–86 until 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. Although Robinson was drafted in"
"San Antonio Stars The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; then moved to San Antonio before the 2003 season and became the San Antonio Silver Stars, then simply the San Antonio Stars in 2014. The team was owned by Spurs Sports & Entertainment, which also owned the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. The team was sold to MGM Resorts International"
"Jonathon Simmons Jonathon Calvin Simmons (born September 14, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of Division I college basketball for the University of Houston before a stint in the semi-professional American Basketball League (ABL) led to him joining the NBA D-League's Austin Toros in 2013. After two seasons playing in the D-League, Simmons signed with the San Antonio Spurs after he impressed during the 2015 NBA Summer League. After earning co-Most Valuable Player honors for the district as a senior at M. B. Smiley High"
"franchise and the league folded in 2012. The Locomotives played in the league's first three championship games, winning the first two in 2009 and 2010. In October 2017, multiple national media outlets reported that Spurs Sports & Entertainment, owner of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) sister team, the San Antonio Stars, had reached an agreement to sell the Stars to a Las Vegas-based group that would move the team to the area effective with the 2018 season. The NBA and WNBA officially approved the sale on October 17,"