Wrote about Keldon Johnson’s popped shoulder, and his ridiculous boom box, and about celebrating the present even when everybody is focused on the future. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

Victor Wembanyama, workshopping Comedy Cellar material. NY reporter asks how he blocks out noise of being a favorite in the West. “How do I block out the noise? You’re the first person to tell me about it. Somebody take his mic.”

Yes I’m taking this tweet out of context but it’s hilarious what it says about a guy putting up a 12-7-5-2-2 line for a team cruising to its 11th win in a row.

Calling a basketball team that cannot score the Nets is so funny. It would be like calling the Giants (or Jets) the New York Endzones.

Got to the gym way too early because of the democratic socialist-cleared sidewalks and the democratic socialist-run express train that was way too on time. Dystopian nightmare.

Every press conference after the aggregators and plagiarism robots take our jobs:

They’re jinx-proof!

A team with a bunch of guys who’ve never won in the NBA before is not supposed to keep looking this good. It’s insane, frankly. And every time I warn people that it can’t possibly last, because of everything we know about history, they go out and look even better.

To today’s kids, this score is more inconceivable than Wilt’s 100.

Mitch Johnson delegates his between-quarters national TV interview to an assistant. Gregg Popovich, presumably having located Peacock on his vintage RCA living room television set, asks aloud, “You can do that?”

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I nodded for two and a half minutes straight.

This is interesting, and confirms the eye test. The Spurs are very, very good with either of their two centers playing alone, and there’s no need to force the pairing (or the nickname).

Some tidbits herein: How Luke Kornet stopped Victor Wembanyama from committing a huge Horns-down blunder; What Wemby finally confirmed about his blood clot; Why those details are so reassuring. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

Wrote about murals, and tacos, and why Spurs fans in San Antonio have no reason to worry about Austin stealing their team anymore. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

“my children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow up”

"I spent 20 minutes writing an article on my personal website titled "The best tech journalists at eating hot dogs". Every word is a lie. ... Less than 24 hours later, the world's leading chatbots were blabbering about my world-class hot dog skills." Oh my god.

Six miserable weeks since the calf popped, but we are back, and slower than ever.

Kelly Olynyk actually is the fourth Hanson brother

The end of the Spurs’ bench now features four likable guys born in the 1990s who they hope not to play too much: McLaughlin Biyombo Olynyk Plumlee You know another likable thing from the 1990s you wouldn’t want to play too much? Mmm B O P

The great Mike Monroe, who knew Doug Moe as well as any scribe ever did, had this obit in the can way back when he was still at the Express-News. Great stuff from him, and from Tom in keeping it up to date.

This is hilarious. First player to answer an All-Star postgame question like Gregg Popovich.

Reggie Milner just loves Wembeyana.

Mom reports she was just at the H-E-B pharmacy and spoke to someone from my work. He’s such a nice young man, she says. She’s sad he’s moving to New York.

A year after a diagnosis that put his career and his franchise’s future in doubt, Wemby is an All-Star, the Spurs are contenders, and he’s totally unsurprised. “It’s very believable,” he said. That’s the essence of his magic. He makes the unfathomable routine: www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

From our incomparable @caryclack.bsky.social: "Ice houses are puro San Antonio. They are not only part of our history but part of our culture… But in our beloved city, this ICE house is not welcome." www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

Put every single one of them in jail. (I don’t mean every single person in the fight. I mean every single person who plays pickleball.)

Realize the mileage of other scribes in other cities might have varied, but I thoroughly enjoyed Chris Paul’s six months in SA. A cantankerous old head who loved talkin’ ball. And however big of a star Steph Castle becomes for the Spurs, it'll be owed at least in small part to his adopted uncle.

Surely I’m not the only old coot who always thinks of Gene Hackman when walking by here.

The night before De’Aaron Fox became the Spurs’ second All-Star, he became their competitive conscience. It had been a long time coming. Talked to him in SF about why he warned the Spurs not become the team every opponent wants in the playoffs. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

Because, of course, filed this before my plane took off and then got text about Sochan’s release. Can’t say we didn’t see this coming.

27 players suited up for what turned into a Spurs rout in LA on Tuesday. Only one didn’t get into the game. Caught up with Jeremy Sochan, who made it through the trade deadline but still might not be part of the Spurs’ future. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.

As Art Briles’ minions used to say, truth don’t lie.

New Carter Bryant hairstyle just dropped.

6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.” 9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.

Last summer, Mitch Johnson made a teary-eyed promise on behalf of his organization to a flood-ravaged community. Saturday, surrounded by kids who’d seen the unimaginable, Johnson reminded them he and the Spurs still are serious about keeping it. Gift link: www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

Looks bleak for the Patriots on NBC, but the Turning Point USA stream has them ahead by a field goal.

Potatoes aren’t very interesting. But potatoes don’t claim they can think for me, or make art for me. Potatoes don’t cater to talentless dullards resentful of anyone who creates something people like. And when potatoes use water we can at least eat them. More Super Bowl ads about potatoes, please.

Last summer, Mitch Johnson made a teary-eyed promise on behalf of his organization to a flood-ravaged community. Saturday, surrounded by kids who’d seen the unimaginable, Johnson reminded them he and the Spurs still are serious about keeping it. Gift link: www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

Heading into tonight, the only player in Spurs history to record a 40-point triple double was David Robinson. Now add Steph Castle's name to the list. 40 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists. Plus a block and three steals.

Fifty-three years after he worked as a ball boy at the #Spurs’ 1st game in San Antonio as an ABA franchise, John Drossos was in attendance at NBA Game No. 4,000 for the team last week in Dallas. On the son of the late team patriarch’s “amazing” journey: www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

Catching up on some email.

The final torchbearer has to be Marco Belinelli, right?

Maybe they were just recommending the Gabagooooooooooooooool.

Saw @pablo.show asking for help this week getting the rights to an REK song, so I knew it was coming, but man did the context exceed all expectations. Have heard it a million times and never will hear it the same way again.