document_title: Territories of the United States

question_text: what caribbean island is part of the united states

text: Territories of the United States

text: Existing territories and their legal status[edit]

text: Territories have always been a part of the U.S.[3] According to federal law, the term "United States", when used in a geographical sense, means "the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands".[4] Since political union with the Northern Mariana Islands in 1986, they too are treated as a part of the U.S.[4] An executive order adopted in 2007 includes American Samoa in the U.S. "geographical extent" as reflected in U.S. Department of State documents.[5]

text: Permanently inhabited territories[edit]

text: The U.S. has five territories that are permanently inhabited: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea; Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Marianas archipelago in the western North Pacific Ocean; and American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean.

text: Approximately 4 million people in these territories are U.S. citizens. American Samoa has about 32,000 non-citizen U.S. nationals.[6] Under U.S. law, among the territories, "only persons born in American Samoa and Swains Island are non-citizen U.S. nationals."[7] American Samoans are under the protection of the U.S., with the ability to travel to the U.S. without a visa.[7]

text: Each of these territories is an organized, self-governing territory with three branches of government, a locally elected governor, and a territorial legislature.

text: Each also elects a non-voting member or, in the case of Puerto Rico a non-voting resident commissioner, to the U.S. House of Representatives.[8][9] They "possess the same powers as other members of the House, except that they may not vote when the House is meeting as the House of Representatives."[10] They participate in debate, are assigned offices and money for staff, and appoint constituents from their territories to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Merchant Marine service academies.[10] They can vote in committee on all legislation presented to the House of Representatives. They are included in their party count for each committee, and they are equal to senators on conference committees. Depending on the congress, they may also vote on the floor in the House Committee of the Whole.[11] As of January 2017, the members of Congress from these territories were: Gregorio Sablan for the Northern Mariana Islands, Madeleine Bordallo for Guam, Amata Coleman Radewagen for American Samoa, Jenniffer González for Puerto Rico, and Stacey Plaskett for the U.S. Virgin Islands.[12]

text: Every four years, U.S. political parties nominate their presidential candidates at conventions, which include delegates from these territories.[13] The U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, however, cannot vote in the general election for president of the U.S.

text: These territories pay some U.S. taxes and are under the protection of U.S. courts.

text: The capitals of these territories are Pago Pago in American Samoa; Hagåtña in Guam; Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands; San Juan in Puerto Rico; and, Charlotte Amalie in the U.S. Virgin Islands.[14]

text: Uninhabited territories[edit]

text: The U.S. has eleven territories with no native or permanent population. They are small islands, atolls, and reefs spread across the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean: Palmyra Atoll, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, the Midway Islands, Bajo Nuevo Bank, Navassa Island, Serranilla Bank, and Wake Island. Palmyra Atoll (formally, the United States Territory of Palmyra Island[15]) is the only incorporated U.S. territory, a status it has maintained since the Territory of Hawaii became a state in 1959.

text: The status of Navassa Island, Wake Island, Serranilla Bank, and Bajo Nuevo Bank are disputed by Colombia, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the Marshall Islands.[16][17]

text: Incorporated and unincorporated territories[edit]

text: The U.S. Congress decides whether a territory is incorporated or unincorporated. The entire U.S. constitution applies to each incorporated territory, including its local government and all of its inhabitants, in the same manner as it applies to the local governments and residents of a state. Incorporated territories are considered an integral part of the U.S., not mere possessions.[18]

text: From 1901 to 1905, the U.S. Supreme Court in a series of cases known as the Insular Cases held that the constitution extended by its own force to U.S. territories. The Court in these cases, however, also established the doctrine of territorial incorporation, under which the constitution applies fully to incorporated territories, such as the territories of Alaska and Hawaii, and applies partially in the unincorporated territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.[19][20]

text: The U.S. had no unincorporated territories (also called "overseas possessions" or "insular areas") until 1856. In that year, the U.S. Congress enacted the Guano Islands Act, which authorised the president to take possession of unclaimed islands to mine guano. Under this law, the U.S. has taken control of and claimed rights in many islands, atolls, etc., especially in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, most of which have since been abandoned. The U.S. also has acquired territories since 1856 under other circumstances, such as under the Treaty of Paris (1898) that ended the Spanish–American War. The U.S. Supreme Court considered the constitutional position of these unincorporated territories in Balzac v. People of Porto Rico, where the Court said the following about a U.S. court in Puerto Rico:[21]:312

text: The United States District Court is not a true United States court established under article 3 of the Constitution to administer the judicial power of the United States.... It is created ... by the sovereign congressional faculty, granted under article 4, 3, of that instrument, of making all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States. The resemblance of its jurisdiction to that of true United States courts, in offering an opportunity to nonresidents of resorting to a tribunal not subject to local influence, does not change its character as a mere territorial court.

text: In Glidden Company v. Zdanok, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the Balzac case and said with regard to courts in unincorporated territories, "Upon like considerations, Article III has been viewed as inapplicable to courts created in unincorporated territories outside the mainland ... and to the consular courts established by concessions from foreign countries...."[22]:547

text: The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized two ways in which incorporation could be made: "incorporation is not to be assumed without express declaration, or an implication so strong as to exclude any other view."[citation needed]

text: Express or implied?[edit]

text: In the Balzac case, the Court defined the meaning of "implied":[21]:306

text: Had Congress intended to take the important step of changing the treaty status of Puerto Rico by incorporating it into the Union, it is reasonable to suppose that it would have done so by the plain declaration, and would not have left it to mere inference. Before the question became acute at the close of the Spanish War, the distinction between acquisition and incorporation was not regarded as important, or at least it was not fully understood and had not aroused great controversy. Before that, the purpose of Congress might well be a matter of mere inference from various legislative acts; but in these latter days, incorporation is not to be assumed without express declaration, or an implication so strong as to exclude any other view.

text: U.S. Supreme Court decisions about particular territories[edit]

text: The U.S. Supreme Court in Rassmussen v. U.S. first quoted from Article III of the 1867 treaty for the purchase of Alaska and then said, "'The inhabitants of the ceded territory ... shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States....' This declaration, although somewhat changed in phraseology, is the equivalent ... of the formula, employed from the beginning to express the purpose to incorporate acquired territory into the United States, especially in the absence of other provisions showing an intention to the contrary."[23]:522

text: The act of incorporation is on the people of the territory, not on the territory per se, by extending the privileges and immunities clause of the constitution to them.[citation needed]

text: Alaska Territory[edit]

text: The Rassmussen case arose out of a criminal conviction by a six-person jury in Alaska under a federal law allowing this procedure there. The Court held that Alaska had been incorporated into the U.S. because of the treaty of cession with Russia.[24] In addition, the Congressional implication was so strong as to exclude any other view:[23]:523

text: That Congress, shortly following the adoption of the treaty with Russia, clearly contemplated the incorporation of Alaska into the United States as a part thereof, we think plainly results from the act of July 20, 1868, concerning internal revenue taxation ... and the act of July 27, 1868 ... extending the laws of the United States relating to customs, commerce, and navigation over Alaska, and establishing a collection district therein. ... And this is fortified by subsequent action of Congress, which it is unnecessary to refer to.

text: In his concurring opinion, Justice Brown expressed the same thought:[23]:533-4

text: Apparently, acceptance of the territory is insufficient in the opinion of the court in this case, since the result that Alaska is incorporated into the United States is reached, not through the treaty with Russia, or through the establishment of a civil government there, but from the act ... extending the laws of the United States relating to the customs, commerce, and navigation over Alaska, and establishing a collection district there. Certain other acts are cited, notably the judiciary act ... making it the duty of this court to assign ... the several territories of the United States to particular Circuits.

text: Florida Territory[edit]

text: In Dorr v. U.S., the U.S. Supreme Court quoted Chief Justice Marshall from an earlier case as follows:[25]:141-2

text: "The 6th article of the treaty of cession contains the following provision: 'The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes the United States by this treaty shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.' ... This treaty is the law of the land, and admits the inhabitants of Florida to the enjoyment of the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States. It is unnecessary to inquire whether this is not their condition, independent of stipulation. They do not, however, participate in political power; they do not share in the government till Florida shall become a state. In the meantime Florida continues to be a territory of the United States, governed by virtue of that clause in the Constitution which empowers Congress "to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.'"

text: In Downes v. Bidwell, the Court said, "The same construction was adhered to in the treaty with Spain for the purchase of Florida ... the 6th article of which provided that the inhabitants should 'be incorporated into the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution.'"[26]:256

text: Southwest Territory[edit]

text: In the Downes case, the first mention of incorporation is made in the following paragraph by Justice Brown:[26]:321-2

text: In view of this it cannot, it seems to me, be doubted that the United States continued to be composed of states and territories, all forming an integral part thereof and incorporated therein, as was the case prior to the adoption of the Constitution. Subsequently, the territory now embraced in the state of Tennessee was ceded to the United States by the state of North Carolina. In order to insure the rights of the native inhabitants, it was expressly stipulated that the inhabitants of the ceded territory should enjoy all the rights, privileges, benefits, and advantages set forth in the ordinance 'of the late Congress for the government of the western territory of the United States.

text: Louisiana Territory[edit]

text: In the Downes case, the Court said:[26]:252

text: Owing to a new war between England and France being upon the point of breaking out, there was need for haste in the negotiations, and Mr. Livingston took the responsibility of disobeying his (Mr. Jefferson's) instructions, and, probably owing to the insistence of Bonaparte, consented to the 3d article of the treaty (with France to acquire the territory of Louisiana), which provided that 'the inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.' [8 Stat. at L. 202.] This evidently committed the government to the ultimate, but not to the immediate, admission of Louisiana as a state....

text: The U.S. Supreme Court is unanimous in its interpretation that the extension of the privileges and immunities clause of the U.S. Constitution to the inhabitants of a territory in effect produces the incorporation of that territory. The net effect of incorporation is that the territory becomes an integral part of the geographical boundaries of the U.S. and cannot, from then on, be separated. The whole body of the U.S. Constitution is extended to the inhabitants of that territory, except for those provisions that relate to its federal character.

text: Moreso, the needful rules and regulations of the territorial clause must yield to the Constitution and the inherent constraints imposed on it in dealing with the privileges and immunities of the inhabitants of the incorporated territory.

text: Notice must be taken that incorporation of a territory takes place through the incorporation of its inhabitants, not of the territory per se. As such, those inhabitants receive the full impact of the U.S. Constitution, except for those provisions that deal specifically with the federal character of the Union.[citation needed]

text: Organized territory[edit]

text: Lands under the sovereignty of the federal government (but not part of any state) that were given a measure of self-rule by the Congress through an Organic Act subject to the Congress' plenary powers under the territorial clause of Article IV, sec. 3, of the U.S. Constitution.[27]

text: Classification of current U.S. territories[edit]

text: Incorporated organized territories[edit]

text: No incorporated organized territory has existed since 1959, with the last two being the territories of Alaska and Hawaii, both of which achieved statehood in that year.

text: Incorporated unorganized territories[edit]

text: Many incorporated unorganized territories became incorporated organized territories or states. For example, when the eastern part of the incorporated organized territory called Minnesota became the state of Minnesota in 1858, the western part became part of an unorganized territory. Later, that became a part of the Dakota Territory, out of which two states and some parts of other states were created. California was part of an unorganized territory when it became a state.

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Name
Location
Area
Population
Capital
Note

 Palmyra Atoll
Polynesia & North Pacific
0000012 !12 km2 (5 sq mi)
20

As of 2007, partly privately owned by The Nature Conservancy with much of the rest owned by the federal government and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.[28][29] It is an archipelago of about 50 small islands with about 1.56 sq mi (4.0 km2) of land area, lying about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of Oahu, Hawaii. The atoll was acquired by the U.S. through the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii in 1898. When the Territory of Hawaii was incorporated on April 30, 1900, Palmyra Atoll was incorporated as part of that territory. When the State of Hawaii was admitted to the Union in 1959, however, the Act of Congress explicitly separated Palmyra Atoll from the newly federated state. Palmyra remained an incorporated territory, but received no new organized government.[30]

text: There are also territories that have the status of being incorporated but that are not organized:

text: U.S. coastal waters out to 12 nautical miles (14 mi; 22 km) offshore (except state waters extend a minimum of 3 nautical miles (3.5 mi; 5.6 km) offshore).

text: Unincorporated organized territories[edit]

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Name
Location
Area
Population
Capital
Note

 Guam
Micronesia & North Pacific
0000543 !543 km2 (210 sq mi)
159,358
Hagåtña
Territory since 1898, Guam is the home of Naval Base Guam and Andersen Air Force Base.

 Northern Mariana Islands
Micronesia & North Pacific
0000463 !463.63 km2 (179 sq mi)
53,467
Saipan
Commonwealth since 1978; formerly a United Nations Trust Territory under the administration of the U.S.

 Puerto Rico
Caribbean & North Atlantic
0009104 !9,104 km2 (3,515 sq mi)
3,667,084
San Juan
Unincorporated territory since 1898, a commonwealth since 1952. In November 2008, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that a sequence of Congressional actions have had the cumulative effect of changing Puerto Rico's status from "unincorporated" to "incorporated."[31] However, the issue has not finished making its way through the court system;[32] and the U.S. government still refers to Puerto Rico as unincorporated.[33] See the Puerto Rico section in the article, Organized incorporated territories of the United States, and also the article, Political status of Puerto Rico.

 United States Virgin Islands
Caribbean & North Atlantic
000346.36  !346.36 km2 (134 sq mi)
106,405
Charlotte Amalie
Purchased by the U.S. from Denmark in 1917.

text: Unincorporated unorganized territories[edit]

text:
Name
Location
Area
Population
Capital
Note

 American Samoa
Polynesia & South Pacific
0000197.1 !197.1 km2 (76.1 sq mi)
55,519
Pago Pago
Territory since 1898. Locally self-governing under a constitution last revised in 1967.[35]

Baker Island[a]
North Pacific Ocean
00002.1 !2.1 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
0

Claimed under the Guano Islands Act on October 28, 1856.[36][37] Formally annexed on May 13, 1936, and placed under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of the Interior.[38]

 Howland Island[a]
North Pacific Ocean
00004.5 !4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
0

Claimed under the Guano Islands Act on December 3, 1858.[36][37] Formally annexed on May 13, 1936, and placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior.[38]

Jarvis Island[a]
Polynesia & south Pacific Ocean
00004.75 !4.75 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
0

Claimed under the Guano Islands Act on October 28, 1856.[36][37] Formally annexed on May 13, 1936, and placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior.[38]

 Johnston Atoll[a]
North Pacific Ocean
00002.67 !2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
40

Last used by the U.S. Department of Defense in 2004

Kingman Reef[a]
Polynesia & north Pacific Ocean
000018 !18 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
0

Claimed under the Guano Islands Act on February 8, 1860.[36][37] Formally annexed on May 10, 1922, and placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Navy on December 29, 1934.[39]

 Wake Island[a]
Micronesia & north Pacific Ocean
00007.4 !7.4 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
188

Territory since 1898; host to the Wake Island Airfield administered by the U.S. Air Force; claimed by the Marshall Islands.[40]

 Midway Atoll
North Pacific Ocean
00006.2 !6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
4

Territory since 1859; primarily a wildlife refuge inhabited only by civilian contractors; previously under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Navy.

 Navassa Island
Caribbean Sea & north Atlantic Ocean
00005.4 !5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
0

Territory since 1857. Claimed by Haiti.

Serranilla Bank
Caribbean Sea & north Atlantic Ocean
0000350 !350 km2 (140 sq mi)
0

Administered by Colombia; site of a naval garrison. Claimed by the U.S (since 1879 under the Guano Islands Act), Honduras, and Jamaica. A claim by Nicaragua was resolved in 2012 in favor of Colombia by the International Court of Justice, although the U.S. was not a party to that case and does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICJ.[41]

Bajo Nuevo Bank
Caribbean Sea & north Atlantic Ocean
0000110 !110 km2 (42 sq mi)
0

Administered by Colombia. Claimed by the U.S. (under the Guano Islands Act) and Jamaica. A claim by Nicaragua was resolved in 2012 in favor of Colombia by the International Court of Justice, although the U.S. was not a party to that case and does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICJ.[41]

text: ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f These six territories, together with Palmyra Atoll, comprise the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

text: Extraterritorial jurisdiction[edit]

text: The U.S. exercises some degree of extraterritorial jurisdiction in overseas areas, such as:

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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (since 1903): A 45 square miles (120 km2) land area along Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to which the U.S. claims to hold a perpetual lease.[42] The Cuban government does not recognize this claim and has refused to accept any payment since 1959. The lease amount is US$2,000 in gold per year.[43]
American research stations in Antarctica: Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, McMurdo Station, and Palmer Station are under U.S. jurisdiction but are held without sovereignty per the Antarctic Treaty.
Certain other parcels in foreign countries held by lease, such as military bases, depending on the terms of a lease, treaty, or status of forces agreement with the host country.

text: Associated states[edit]

text: The United States exercises a high degree of control in defense, funding, and government services in:

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Federated States of Micronesia (since 1986)
 Marshall Islands (since 1986)
 Palau (since 1994)

text: Classification of former U.S. territories and administered areas[edit]

text: Former incorporated organized territories of the United States[edit]

text: See Organized incorporated territories of the United States for a complete list.

text: Former unincorporated territories of the United States (incomplete)[edit]

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The Corn Islands (1914–1971): leased for 99 years under the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty. However, returned to Nicaragua upon the abrogation of the treaty in 1970.
The Line Islands (?–1979): disputed claim with the United Kingdom. U.S. claim to most of the islands was ceded to Kiribati upon its independence in 1979. The U.S. retained Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, and Jarvis Island.
 Panama Canal Zone (1903–1979): sovereignty returned to Panama under the Torrijos-Carter Treaties of 1978. U.S. retained a military base there and control of the canal until December 31, 1999.
The Philippine Islands (1898–1935), the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–46): granted full independence on July 4, 1946.
Phoenix Islands (?–1979): disputed claim with the United Kingdom. U.S. claim ceded to Kiribati upon its independence in 1979. Baker Island and Howland Island, which could be considered part of this group, are retained by the U.S.
Quita Sueño Bank (1869–1981): claimed under Guano Islands Act. Claim abandoned on September 7, 1981, by treaty.
Roncador Bank (1856–1981): claimed under Guano Islands Act. Ceded to Colombia on September 7, 1981, by treaty.
Serrana Bank (1874?–1981): claimed under Guano Islands Act. Ceded to Colombia on September 7, 1981, by treaty.
Swan Islands (1863–1972): claimed under Guano Islands Act. Ceded to Honduras in 1972, by treaty.

text: Former unincorporated territories of the United States under military government[edit]

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Puerto Rico (April 11, 1899 – May 1, 1900): civil government operations began
 Philippines (August 14, 1898[44] – July 4, 1901): civil government operations began
 Guam (April 11, 1899 – July 1, 1950): civil government operations began

text: Areas formerly administered by the United States[edit]

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Cuba (April 11, 1899 – May 20, 1902): sovereignty recognized as the independent Republic of Cuba.
 Philippines (August 14, 1898 – July 4, 1946): sovereignty recognized as the Republic of the Philippines.
 Veracruz: occupied by the United States from April 21, 1914 to November 23, 1914, consequential to the Tampico Affair following the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1929.
 Haiti: occupied by the United States from 1915 to 1934 and later under the authority of the United Nations from 1999 to the 2000s.
 Dominican Republic occupied by the United States from 1916 to 1924 and again from 1965 to 1966.
 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947–1986): liberated in World War II, included the "Compact of Free Association" nations (the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau) and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
 Ryukyu Islands including Okinawa (U.S. occupation: 1952–1972, after World War II): returned to Japan under the Agreement Between the United States of America and Japan concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands.[45]
 Nanpo Islands (1945–1968): Occupied after World War II, Returned to Japanese control by mutual agreement.
 Marcus Island (or Minamitorishima) (1945–1968): Occupied during World War II, returned to Japan by mutual agreement.
 Falkland Islands (1831–1832): Brief landing party and raid by the U.S. Navy warship USS Lexington. Now administered as a British Overseas Territory by the United Kingdom and claimed by Argentina.

text: Other zones[edit]

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United States occupation of Greenland (1941–1945)[46]
United States occupation of Iceland during World War II (1941–1946),[46] retained a military base until 2006.
American Occupation Zones in Allied-occupied Austria and Vienna (1945–1955)
American Occupation Zone in West Berlin (1945–1990)
American Occupation Zones of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany (1945–1949)
Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories in full force in Allied-controlled sections of Italy from Invasion of Sicily in July 1943 until the armistice with Italy in September 1943. AMGOT continued in newly liberated areas of Italy until the end of World War II. Also existed in combat zones of Allied nations such as France.
Free Territory of Trieste (1947–1954) The U.S. co-administered a portion of the Free Territory between the Kingdom of Italy and the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia after World War II along with the United Kingdom.
Occupation of Japan (1945–1952) after World War II.
U.S. participation in the Occupation of the Rhineland (Germany) (1918–1921)
South Korea (U.S. occupation of the south of the 38th parallel north in Korea in 1945–1948). The region is slightly different from the current practical boundary of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) since the ceasefire of the Korean War. See also Division of Korea.
Coalition Provisional Authority Iraq (2003–2004)
Green zone Iraq (March 20, 2003 – December 31, 2008)[47]
Clipperton Island (1944–1945), occupied territory; returned to France on October 23, 1945.
Grenada invasion and occupation (1983)


document_title: San Antonio Spurs

question_text: when was the last time the spurs were swept

question_tokens: when was the last time the spurs were swept

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text: San Antonio Spurs

text: The Spurs in San Antonio

text: 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[9] and George Gervin with the George Gervin Youth Center.[10]

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text: The Spurs set several NBA attendance records while playing at the Alamodome including the largest crowd ever for a NBA Finals game in 1999,[11] and the Spurs continue to sell out the smaller AT&T Center (formerly SBC Center) on a regular basis.

text: 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".[12] The Spurs have consistently posted winning road records during this period, including an NBA-record longest single road trip winning streak (eight games out of nine, achieved in 2003).[13]

text: When the Spurs have won the NBA title, the team's victory parades have been boat trips on the San Antonio River Walk.[14]

text: Franchise history

text: 1967–1973: Dallas Chaparrals/Texas Chaparrals

text: The San Antonio Spurs started out as the Dallas Chaparrals of the original version of the American Basketball Association (ABA). Coached 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.[15]

text: The team suffered from poor attendance and general disinterest in Dallas. In fact, during the 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 Convention Center, 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 season, splitting their games at Moody Coliseum and Dallas Convention Center Arena.[16]

text: 1973–1976: Coming to San Antonio

text: While the Chaparrals had been modestly successful on the court, they were sinking financially by their third season, largely because the ownership group refused to spend much money on the team. After missing the playoffs for the first time in their existence in the 1972–73 season, nearly all of the owners wanted out. A group of 36 San Antonio businessmen, led by Manager/Angelo Drossos, Chairman of the Board/John Schaefer and President/Red McCombs, worked out a "lend-lease" deal with the Dallas ownership group. Drossos and his group would lease the team for three years and move it to San Antonio, and agreed to return the team to Dallas if no purchase occurred by 1975.

text: After the deal was signed, the team was renamed the San Antonio Gunslingers.[17] 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 black, silver and white motif of the Spurs.[18]

text: In the first game at the HemisFair Arena the Spurs lost 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 7. The Spurs would go on to finish with a 45–39 record, good for 3rd place in the Western Division.

text: In the playoffs, the Spurs would battle the Indiana Pacers to the bitter end before falling in seven games. San Antonio embraced the Spurs with open arms; the Spurs drew 6,303 fans per game, surpassing the Chaparrals' entire total attendance in only 18 games. Schaefer, Drossos and McCombs knew a runaway hit when they saw it. After only one year, they exercised their option to tear up the lease agreement, buy the franchise outright and keep the team in San Antonio for good.[19]

text: The team quickly made themselves at home at HemisFair Arena, playing to increasingly large and raucous crowds. Despite a respectable 17–10 start during the 1974–75 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 second place in the West. Gervin said, "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 six games.

text: Even 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 new league. The Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers and New York Nets moved to the NBA for the 1976–77 season.

text: The Spurs and the other three ABA teams agreed to pay the owners of two other strong ABA teams that folded instead of joining the NBA. John Y. Brown, Jr., the owner of the Kentucky Colonels, received $3 million, which he used to purchase the NBA's Buffalo Braves and later the Boston Celtics, after selling star guard Louie Dampier to the Spurs. The owners of the Spirits of St. Louis received a portion of all television profits during their NBA tenure, which amounted to roughly 1/7 of the Spurs' television profit every year. This agreement placed particular financial pressure on the Spurs and the other three former ABA teams.[20] In 2014, the Spirits' owners reached agreement with the NBA to end the perpetual payments and take a lump sum of $500 million instead.[21]

text: 1976–1985: The George Gervin era

text: 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 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. They gained a new rival in the form of the Houston Rockets, who had played in Texas for five years prior to the merger.

text: During the 1977–78 season, George Gervin and David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets battled all season for the NBA scoring title. On the final day of the season, Thompson took the lead by scoring 73 points in an afternoon game against the Detroit Pistons. That night Gervin knew that he needed 58 points against the Jazz in New Orleans. Gervin got 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 scored 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.

text: However, in the playoffs the Spurs would be stunned in six games by the Washington Bullets despite an outstanding series from Gervin who averaged 33.2 ppg. The following season in the 1979 Conference Finals the Spurs led the series 3–1 but the Bullets came back to win the last three games and came from behind to win the 7th game 107–105 handing the Spurs a heartbreaking loss. The Spurs would have to wait another 20 years to make it to their first NBA finals.

text: The Spurs would go on to capture five division titles in their first seven 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.

text: As the 1980s progressed, the Spurs would see their shares of highs and lows. For the first few seasons of the decade, the Spurs continued their success of the 1970s with records of 52–30 in 1980–81, 48–34 in 1981–82, and 53–29 in 1982–83 (it was during this period that the Spurs were moved to the Western Conference).

text: 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 the first round of the 1981 and the Los Angeles Lakers in four games 1982 and in six games in the 1983 Western Finals despite getting both wins at the Forum in the 1983 series. They lost every home game in both series in 1982 and 1983 vs the Lakers as Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and co. were too strong. The Spurs did not make the conference finals until 1995.

text: After the 1984–85 season, Gervin, who 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.

text: 1985–1989: Difficult years

text: 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.

text: 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 drafted in 1987, the Spurs would have to wait until the 1989–90 season to see Robinson actually play, due to a two-year commitment he had to serve with the United States Navy.

text: The Spurs seemingly bottomed out in 1988–89 with a record of 21–61, the worst in franchise history at the time. However, the 1989–90 season 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 as the Spurs head coach who moved to San Antonio after winning the NCAA National Championship with Kansas in 1988.

text: 1989–1997: Arrival of The Admiral

text: 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,[22][23] Robinson decided in the end to come to San Antonio for the 1989–90 season.

text: While it was thought his arrival would make the Spurs respectable again, no one expected what happened in his rookie season. Led by Robinson, 1989 draftee Sean Elliott from Arizona, and trade acquisition Terry Cummings from the Milwaukee Bucks, the Spurs achieved the biggest one-season turnaround in NBA history, finishing with a record of 56–26. They also jumped all the way to first place in the Midwest Division, their first division title in seven years. Robinson had one of the most successful rookie seasons for a center in NBA history, finishing the season as the unanimous Rookie of the Year while averaging 24.3 points and 12.0 rebounds.

text: 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 season, McCombs fired Brown and replaced him with Bob Bass for the remainder of the season. Without a healthy David Robinson, the Spurs were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Phoenix Suns.

text: 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 season with the Spurs record at 9–11. After Rex Hughes filled the coaching shoes for one game, NBA veteran John Lucas was named head coach. It was Lucas' first NBA coaching assignment, although he had gained recognition in league circles for his success in helping NBA players rehab from drug abuse. 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.

text: In 1993, local businessman Peter M. Holt and a group of 22 investors purchased the Spurs from Red McCombs for $75 million. In the 1993–94 season, the Spurs' first in the newly built Alamodome, Lucas led the team to a 55–27 record but the team suffered a loss in the first round of the playoffs, 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.

text: Lucas was replaced by former Pacers coach Bob Hill for the 1994–95 season. 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, cracking the 60-win mark for the first time in franchise history. 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. Throughout the season, and particularly in the playoffs, there appeared to be friction developing between Rodman and several Spurs' teammates, most notably Robinson. Rodman was traded to the Chicago Bulls after the season, and helped the Bulls win three titles from 1996 to 1998.

text: The Spurs finished the 1995–96 season under Hill at 59–23 and lost in the Western Conference semi-finals. Few observers could have predicted how far the Spurs would fall during the 1996–97 season, especially with the signing of Dominique Wilkins. Robinson missed the first month of the season due to a back injury. He returned in December, but played only six games before a broken foot sidelined him for the rest of the season. Elliott also missed more than half the season due to injury. Without Robinson and Elliott, the Spurs were a rudderless team. The lone bright spot was Wilkins, leading the team in scoring with an average of 18.2 ppg. The Spurs ended the season with a 20–62 record, the worst in franchise history—and to date, the last time they have missed the playoffs. Hill only lasted 18 games as coach that season, eventually being fired and replaced by general manager Gregg Popovich, who had also served a stint under Brown as an assistant coach. Wilkins would play his lone season in 1996–97 for San Antonio, knowing his minutes and playing time would greatly diminish next season.

text: As disastrous as the 1996–97 season was 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 draft. The Spurs used their pick to select Wake Forest product and consensus All-American Tim Duncan.

text: 1997–2016: Tim Duncan era

text: 1997–2003: The "Twin Towers"

text: Gregg Popovich watched Tim Duncan play in summer league and immediately noted that, "If I try to coach this guy, the only thing I can do is screw him up", effectively saying that Duncan was very gifted, very intelligent, and had a keen knowledge of the game.

text: Duncan quickly emerged as a dominant force in the NBA during the 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, breaking their own record from 1989–90 for the biggest single-season improvement for wins, but once again lost to the Jazz in the Western Conference semi-finals. While both Duncan and Robinson played low-post roles, the two seamlessly meshed on the court.

text: 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 season. Prior to the beginning of training camps, however, the NBA owners, led by commissioner David Stern, locked out the players in order to force a new collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). The season was delayed for over three months until resolution on a new labor agreement was reached in January 1999.

text: Playing a shortened 50-game season, the Spurs earned an NBA-best 37–13 record (.740 win percentage, and only season since Duncan was drafted the Spurs did not win at least 50 games in a season as of 2016). The team was just as dominant in the playoffs, rolling through the Western Conference with a record of 11–1. In the NBA Finals, they faced the New York Knicks, who had made history by becoming the first eighth seed to ever make the NBA Finals. The Spurs won the series and the franchise's first NBA Championship in Game 5 at the Knicks' home arena, Madison Square Garden. Duncan was named the NBA Finals MVP. The Spurs became the first former ABA team to reach and to win the NBA Finals. They also won the 1999 McDonald's Championship in the off-season and were the last champions of that tournament as it was disbanded right after.

text: Coming off their first NBA Championship, the Spurs were still among the best teams in the West and battling for first place in the Midwest Division during the 1999–2000 season. On March 14, the Spurs playoff spirits got a lift when Sean Elliott, who received a kidney transplant from his brother prior to the season, returned and played in the last 19 games. As the season wound down, Duncan suffered a knee injury and the Spurs finished in second place with a 53–29 record. Without Duncan, the Spurs were knocked out of the playoffs by the Phoenix Suns in four games.

text: The long-term viability of the Spurs franchise in San Antonio was, however, achieved during the 1999–2000 season, as Bexar County voters approved increases in car rental and hotel taxes which would allow for the construction of a new arena next to the Freeman Coliseum. The Spurs finished with 58–24 records for both the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons but found themselves suffering playoff ousters in both seasons from the eventual NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers, getting swept from the 2001 Conference Finals and losing in five games during the second round in 2002.

text: Entering the 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 SBC Center, named after telecommunications giant SBC, whose corporate headquarters were 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 Colors" logo and reverted to the familiar silver and black motif (though, during the time of the Fiesta logo, the uniform remained silver and black). This version of the Spurs was very different from the team that had won the title a few years earlier. 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 and Argentine product Manu Ginóbili, a 1999 second-round draft choice playing in his first NBA season.

text: The Spurs christened the SBC Center in style on November 1, 2002 by defeating the Toronto Raptors 91–72.[24] The Spurs would not get off to a flying start as they had just a 19–13 record heading into January. In January the Spurs began to gel and seemed prepped to make a run, when they embarked on their annual Rodeo Road Trip, a nine-game road trip from January 25 to February 16. However, it would be hardly a bump in the road for the charging Spurs, who won eight of the nine and began to climb their way to first place. The Spurs went on to erase their seven-game deficit and finished the season in a tie with the Dallas Mavericks for the best record in the NBA (60–22). Thanks to a tiebreaker, the Spurs won their third straight Division title as Tim Duncan claimed his second straight NBA MVP.[25]

text: In the playoffs, the Spurs defeated the Suns, Lakers and Mavericks en route to facing the New Jersey Nets in the NBA Finals. The series against the Nets marked the first time two former ABA teams played each other for the NBA Championship. The Spurs won the series 4–2, giving them their second NBA Championship in franchise history. Duncan, after having been named NBA MVP, was also named Finals MVP.

text: 2003–2004: Bridging the Gap

text: Coming off their second NBA Championship, the retirement of David Robinson left a void in San Antonio's daunting defense, while playoff hero Steve Kerr and veteran forward Danny Ferry also retired. Meanwhile, backup point guard Speedy Claxton was left for the Warriors, and Stephen Jackson left for Atlanta. With several holes to fill in their rotation, the Spurs would make several key signings in the off-season. Rasho Nesterovic and Hedo Türkoğlu were brought in to replace Robinson and Jackson, respectively. What proved to be the most important off-season acquisition would be the signing of veteran Robert Horry.

text: The Spurs, playing with nine new players, struggled early as they missed the presence of Robinson while the new players struggled to fit in, as they held a 9–10 record on December 3. However, the Spurs would turn it around, as they ended December on a 13-game winning streak and quickly climbed back to the top of the NBA standings. They 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 one game short of a division title and the best record in the West, posting a record of 57–25. In the second round of the playoffs, the Spurs found themselves in another showdown with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Spurs would win Games 1 and 2 at home, but drop the next two in the Los Angeles. In Game 5 back in San Antonio, Duncan seemingly delivered the Spurs a 73–72 win as he hit a dramatic shot with just 0.4 seconds remaining. However, the Lakers' Derek Fisher would launch a game-winner as time expired, giving the Lakers a stunning 74–73 win to take a 3–2 series lead.[26][27][28] The Spurs would eventually lose the series in six games.

text: 2004–2013: The "Big Three"

text: After their disappointing second round collapse, the Spurs looked to regain the NBA crown. With the acquisition of guard Brent Barry from Seattle, the Spurs would get off to a quick start, posting a 12–3 record in November. The Spurs would stay hot through December as they established a 25–6 record entering the New Year. With the later additions of center Nazr Mohammed from New York (acquired in a midseason trade of Malik Rose), and veteran forward Glenn Robinson from free agency, alongside regulars Bruce Bowen, Robert Horry, Tony Parker, Manu Ginóbili, and Tim Duncan, the Spurs would be near the top in the Western Conference all season, battling the Phoenix Suns for the best record in the NBA. Just as it appeared the Spurs would cruise toward the playoffs their season suddenly hit a bump in the road when Tim Duncan suffered an ankle injury. The Spurs struggled the rest of the season, finishing just 59–23. However, by the time the playoffs rolled around, Duncan was ready to return.

text: In the postseason, The Spurs went through the West relatively easily, culminating with a 5-game victory in the Conference Finals over the Phoenix Suns. In the NBA Finals, the Spurs would face the defending champion Detroit Pistons. The first two games in San Antonio were both Spurs victories as Ginóbili led the way with 26 and 27 points, in blow out wins by the Spurs. However, as the series shifted to Detroit, the Spurs were the ones who were blown out, losing Games 3 and 4 by big margins as the Pistons evened the series. Faced with a third straight loss in Detroit, the Spurs would play tougher in Game 5, which would go into overtime. After going scoreless in the first half, Robert Horry hit a clutch three-point shot with nine seconds remaining to give the Spurs a dramatic 96–95 win.[29] The series moved back to San Antonio for game six, but the Spurs were unable to close out the series, setting up a deciding Game 7. In Game 7, Duncan had 25 points as the Spurs pulled away late to win their third NBA Title in seven years with an 81–74 win.[25] Duncan was named Finals MVP, becoming the fourth player to win the MVP award three times (joining Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Michael Jordan).

text: Coming off their third NBA Championship in seven years, there was a sense that the Spurs were the class of the NBA, and once again would be the team to beat in the NBA for the Championship.[25] For the 2005–06 season, the Spurs acquired the two-time All-Star Michael Finley and one-time All Star Nick Van Exel. Not surprisingly, the Spurs would come flying out of the gate, winning 16 of their first 19 games. Once again, the Spurs would get challenged within their own division by the Dallas Mavericks as they held the two best records in the Western Conference all season, battling for first place. In the end, the experience of the Spurs would be the difference as they won the Southwest Division again with a new franchise best record of 63–19.[25] The Spurs met the Mavericks in the second round of the playoffs, but it would be Dallas coming out on top 4–3, including a 119–111 overtime victory in Game 7.

text: The Spurs struggled during the first half of the 2006–07 season, which led to discussions of trading away veteran players to build for the future. The team remained intact, and the Spurs would win 13 games in a row during February and March, and were an NBA-best 25–6 in the final 31 games, as the Spurs were able to claim the 3-seed in the West. The Spurs cruised through the first round, while the #1-seeded Dallas Mavericks were upset. This set up a second-round series with the Phoenix Suns as the key series in the entire NBA Playoffs, as this series featured the teams with the two best records remaining in the NBA.

text: The Spurs went on to win 4–2 in the contentious and controversial series versus the Suns. The series featured a Robert Horry foul on Steve Nash toward the end of Game 4 which resulted in Horry being suspended for two games. Those who said the second-round series against the Suns was the true NBA Finals would be proven right, as the Spurs easily dispatched the Utah Jazz in five games to reach the NBA Finals. In the Finals, the Spurs swept the Cleveland Cavaliers and captured their fourth title in nine years. Tony Parker, who dominated in the Finals averaging 24.5 ppg on 57% shooting, was named Finals MVP and became the first European-born player to win the award.[30]

text: The 2007–2008 season saw the Spurs go 56–26 and finish 3rd in the Western Conference. The Spurs faced hurdles but would make it to the Western Conference Finals, but lose to the Lakers in five games. The next season would see the Spurs drop off in wins to 54–28 and lose to the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs.

text: Two days before the 2009 NBA draft, general manager R. C. Buford acted to address the team's age and health concerns[31] by acquiring 29-year-old swingman Richard Jefferson from the Milwaukee Bucks. The Spurs sent 38-year-old Bruce Bowen, 36-year-old Kurt Thomas, and 34-year-old Fabricio Oberto to the Bucks, who swapped Oberto to the Detroit Pistons for Amir Johnson.

text: The Spurs held three 2nd-round picks in the 2009 draft. Their selection of Pittsburgh Panthers forward DeJuan Blair with the #37 pick was described as a "steal" by analysts;[32][33] the Spurs later drafted two guards they had been targeting with the No. 37 pick,[34] taking Miami Hurricanes shooting guard Jack McClinton and point/shooting guard Nando de Colo from France with the No. 51 and No. 53 picks, respectively. On July 10, 2009, the Spurs signed Detroit Pistons power forward Antonio McDyess to a three-year deal worth approximately $15 million in guaranteed money.[35]

text: The Spurs struggled with injuries during the 2009–10 regular season, but managed another 50-win season, finishing at 50–32. The seventh-seeded Spurs would once again battle the Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs. After falling to the Mavericks in Game 1, the Spurs went on to avenge their 2009 defeat to Dallas by winning the series in six games. The Spurs however, were swept out of the playoffs in the following round by the Phoenix Suns.

text: During the 2010 NBA draft, the Spurs management held the highest draft pick since the Tim Duncan draft a decade earlier. They drafted rookie James Anderson from Oklahoma State at #20.[36] However, Anderson was soon sitting out of the first half of the season due to injuries. In 2010–11, the Spurs finished 61–21 to be the #1 seed, but an injury to Ginóbili in the final regular season game took a toll on the team, and they were upset by the #8 seeded Memphis Grizzlies.

text: 2011 brought a change to the Spurs' philosophy that set the stage for the next successful run in the club's history. Out went the stream of last-legs, wizened veterans that the Spurs had relied on to fill out the rotation behind the Big Three. Minutes went to younger and more athletic talent like Danny Green, Gary Neal, and Tiago Splitter, to whom Popovich would teach The Spurs' Way – a fast pace, unselfish passing, and accountability on defense. The biggest personnel move of the Spurs' off-season had the club sending the beloved guard George Hill to his hometown Indiana Pacers for San Diego State's Kawhi Leonard, a hyper-athletic forward selected #15 overall by the Pacers in the 2011 NBA draft. The team also selected Texas Longhorns' Cory Joseph as the #29 overall pick.

text: After the lockout that delayed the 2011–2012 season, the Spurs signed T.J. Ford, who would eventually retire in the middle of the season after playing only 14 games due to a stinger. Before the trade deadline, the Spurs decided to part ways with Richard Jefferson and sent him to the Golden State Warriors for Stephen Jackson, who had been a member of the 2003 championship team. Leonard then became the starting small forward. In the week following the trade deadline, the Spurs also signed forward Boris Diaw after his contract was bought out by the Charlotte Bobcats, and former Portland Trail Blazers guard Patrick Mills who played for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the CBA during the lockout. This gave the Spurs a deeper bench for their playoff run.

text: Despite the shortened 66-game NBA season due to the NBA lockout, the Spurs won 50 games and tied the Chicago Bulls for the best record in the league. They extended their streak of 50+ win seasons to 13 since the 1999–2000 season, an NBA record. Popovich won his second Coach of the Year.[37]

text: The Spurs swept the first two rounds of the Playoffs. With those two sweeps, a 10-game win streak to end the season, and wins in Games 1 and 2 of the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs would win 20 straight games. However, the Oklahoma City Thunder would end up winning the next four games in the West Finals, to take the series 4–2.

text: During the 2012 off-season, the Spurs re-signed swingman Danny Green, who was a welcome surprise for them from the previous season, and Tim Duncan, both for three years. The Spurs would have a strong 2012–13 season, going 58–24 and earning the #2 seed in the West.

text: The Spurs clinched the playoffs for a 16th consecutive season, as well as extended the NBA record with 50+ games for 14 consecutive seasons. On April 16, the Spurs signed two-time scoring champion, and seven-time All-Star Tracy McGrady to help in the playoffs after waiving Stephen Jackson.[38] The Spurs finished the regular season second in the Western Conference behind the Oklahoma City Thunder with a record of 58–24, and swept the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round, 4–0. In the second round of the 2013 playoffs, the Spurs faced Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. They beat the Warriors four games to two.[39] In the conference finals, the Spurs swept the Memphis Grizzlies, with Tony Parker having an 18-assist performance in Game 2 and a 37-point performance in Game 4.[40] The Spurs would meet the defending champion Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.

text: The Spurs and Heat would alternate wins the first six games in the series. In Game 6, the Spurs were on the verge of winning their fifth NBA title. San Antonio was up five points with 28 seconds to go in regulation. An unlikely and uncharacteristic series of mishaps would doom the Spurs down the stretch, including the benching of Duncan by Popovich at the end of regulation with the Spurs on defense. The Heat missed their field goal attempt, but the undersized Spurs could not grab the defensive rebound. Chris Bosh rebounded the ball and Ray Allen then hit a 3-pointer to tie the game with five seconds left in regulation to send it to overtime, during which the Spurs were defeated 103–100. In Game 7, San Antonio jumped out to a lead early and kept the game close the entire way. Toward the end of the game, however, and despite a 24-point, 12 rebound effort, Duncan failed to convert on two attempts to tie the game: a missed layup and missed tip-in that allowed LeBron James to hit a jumper and increase the Heat's lead to 92–88. After a steal from Ginóbili, James hit two free throws after being fouled by Duncan, and when Ginóbili missed a subsequent 3-pointer, Dwyane Wade hit one out of two from the free throw line to put the game on ice, as the Heat would win their second straight championship.[41]

text: 2013–2016: Fifth championship and Duncan's retirement

text: The Spurs returned with their core roster largely intact, adding free agents Marco Belinelli and Jeff Ayres (formerly Jeff Pendergraph) while losing Gary Neal to the Milwaukee Bucks. The Spurs clinched the best record in the NBA with 62 wins, which included a franchise record 19 straight wins in February and March. In the first round of the playoffs, the eighth-seeded Dallas Mavericks surprised the Spurs by taking the series to 7 games, but the Spurs prevailed in convincing fashion in the deciding Game 7. In the second round, Tim Duncan surpassed Karl Malone for fifth place in NBA Playoffs all-time points scored while the Spurs cruised past the Portland Trail Blazers in 5 games. San Antonio played the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals, which marked the third straight appearance in the Western Conference Finals for the Spurs, and defeated them in 6 games to advance to the Finals for a second straight year for a rematch with the Miami Heat. It was also the first time that they had advanced to the Finals in consecutive years. This made it the first time since 1998 NBA Finals that the same two teams faced off in the Finals in consecutive years. With a victory in the second game of the series, Duncan, Ginóbili, and Parker won more playoff games together than any other three players on the same team in NBA history. The Spurs would go on to win the 2014 NBA Championship, 4 games to 1. The Spurs blew out Miami in all of their wins, each of them by 15 or more points. Kawhi Leonard had a breakout performance and was named NBA Finals MVP for his big game performance and is the third youngest to win it, behind Magic Johnson and teammate Duncan. In the 2014 NBA draft, they selected Kyle Anderson out of UCLA as the 30th overall pick.

text: During the 2014 offseason, the Spurs made headlines when they announced that they had hired Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, effective with her retirement as a player at the end of the 2014 WNBA season.[42] Hammon became the first full-time female coach in any of the four major U.S. professional leagues.[43]

text: The 2014–15 season was an up-and-down season, but finishing strong with a 55–27 regular season record and 6th seed in the West, they qualified for the playoffs. They faced the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs. The Spurs went up 3–2 heading into Game 6 at San Antonio. However, the Clippers would win that game and go on to win Game 7 at home. The San Antonio Spurs became the first defending champions since the 2011–12 Dallas Mavericks to be eliminated in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

text: With the acquisitions of David West and LaMarcus Aldridge during the offseason, the Spurs finished with a 67–15 record, their best winning percentage in franchise history, earning them the Southwest Division title. They also set a franchise record for most wins in a season with 67 and a NBA record for most home wins in a season with 40 (tying the 1985–86 Boston Celtics 40–1 home record).[44] The Spurs also had the league's best defense.[45] During the playoffs they swept the shorthanded Memphis Grizzles in the first round before losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 6 games in the second round. They would become the first team since the 2006–07 Dallas Mavericks to finish with 67 wins and be eliminated before the conference finals.[46]

text: On July 11, 2016, Duncan announced his retirement from the NBA after 19 seasons with the Spurs.[47]

text: 2016–present: Kawhi Leonard era

text: Despite the loss of longtime captain Tim Duncan, the Spurs, now led by Kawhi Leonard, remained a perennial playoff contender and finished with a record of 61–21. After defeating the Grizzlies and the Rockets in the first two rounds, the Spurs ended the season with a four-game sweep to the eventual champions Golden State Warriors, with injuries to Leonard, Parker, and David Lee in the playoffs. In the following offseason, the Spurs re-signed Aldridge and Pau Gasol, signed Rudy Gay, but lost Dewayne Dedmon and Jonathon Simmons to free agency.

text: On April 3, 2018, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Spurs 113–110, handing San Antonio their 33rd loss of the season. This loss ended the Spurs' record streak of eighteen 50-win seasons that had stretched back to 2000, including the 2011–12 season, which was shortened by a lockout (San Antonio finished 50–16), as the best possible finish for the Spurs was now 49–33. The Spurs eventually finished the season with a record of 47–35.

text: Rivalries

text: Los Angeles Lakers

text: The rivalry between the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers started in the late 1970s and peaked in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since 1999, the teams have met in the NBA Playoffs 7 times, with the clubs combining to appear in seven straight NBA Finals from 1999 to 2005. Additionally, the teams won each NBA Title from 1999 to 2003 (the Spurs won in 1999 and 2003, while the Lakers won in 2000, 2001, and 2002). From 1999 to 2004, the rivalry was considered as the NBA's best,[48] as each time the clubs faced each other in the playoffs, the winner advanced to the NBA Finals. The rivalry fell off from 2005 to 2007, with the Lakers missing the playoffs in 2005 and losing in the first round to the Phoenix Suns in 2006 and 2007, but intensified again in 2008 when they met in the Western Conference Finals. Both teams met once again for the 12th time in 2013 in the first round, with the Spurs winning in four games.

text: Dallas Mavericks

text: The rivalry between the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks features two teams with Dallas roots. The Spurs began their life 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. 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.

text: The two teams met in the playoffs during the 2000–2001 season with the Spurs winning in five games. Little was made during this series, as the Spurs won their first NBA championship only two years before. The Mavericks, run by a trio of Steve Nash, Michael Finley, and Dirk Nowitzki, had just defeated the Utah Jazz, despite not having home court advantage, and were only starting to meld into a title contender.

text: The rivalry took on a new meaning in 2005 when, near the end of the regular season, Don Nelson resigned as Dallas' head coach, apparently dissatisfied with the state of the team, and handed the coaching reins to former Spur Avery Johnson, the point guard of the 1999 NBA champion Spurs team who hit the game-winning shot against the New York Knicks. Since Johnson was coached under Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich, he would be familiar with most, if not all, of Popovich's coaching style and philosophy. During the 2005 offseason, Michael Finley, waived by the Mavericks under the amnesty clause, joined the Spurs in search for an elusive title victory, that he finally was part of with the Spurs in 2007. Ironically, part of his salary was being paid for by the Mavericks during that season to allow for cap room.

text: The Mavericks were swept in the 2012–13 season by the Spurs for the first time since the 1998 season, Tim Duncan's rookie season. In their last match up of the season, San Antonio escaped with a 95–94 victory over Dallas when a Vince Carter 3-point attempt bounced off the rim at the buzzer. With that win, the Spurs clinched a playoff spot for a 16th straight season, currently the longest streak in the NBA. San Antonio also reached 50 wins for a 14th consecutive season, the longest streak in NBA history.[49]

text: In the 2013–14 season, the Spurs once again swept the Mavs in the regular season, giving them nine straight victories. In addition, an overtime loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on April 16, 2014 ensured that the Mavericks would face the Spurs once again in the 2014 NBA Playoffs, where the Mavs would be the eighth seed and San Antonio the first. In Game 1 in San Antonio, the game was relatively close. Dallas managed to reach an 81–71 lead in the fourth quarter, but the Spurs rallied back and took Game 1 at home, 90–85. However, the Mavs managed to force 22 turnovers in Game 2 to rout the Spurs 113–92, splitting the first two games before the series went to Dallas. In Game 3, Manu Ginóbili managed to hit a shot that put the Spurs up 108–106 with 1.7 left, but a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Vince Carter gave the Mavs the victory, putting them up 2–1 in the series. The Spurs took Game 4 in Dallas 93–89 and later Game 5 at home 109–103, giving them a 3–2 lead. The Mavs avoided elimination in Game 6 at home by rallying in the fourth quarter, winning 111–113. The Spurs would then advance to the second round with a Game 7 blowout, winning 119–96.

text: Houston Rockets

text: Also known as the I-10 Rivalry since San Antonio and Houston both lie on the path of the Interstate 10 freeway. The rivalry between the San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets began in 1976 when the Spurs were absorbed into the NBA from the American Basketball Association, along with the Denver Nuggets, the New York Nets, and the Indiana Pacers. The Rockets and Spurs competed for the division title, with the Rockets winning it first in 1977 and the Spurs in 1978 and 1979. In 1980, they met in the playoffs for the first time as the Rockets led by Moses Malone and Calvin Murphy beat the Spurs led by George Gervin and James Silas 2–1. The rivalry grew intense as both teams moved from the East to the West. They met again in 1981, this time in the second round. The Spurs had home-court advantage, and were heavily favored, winning the Midwest Division Title and the Rockets only 40–42. The Rockets and Spurs fought to the bitter end before the Rockets held on to win Game 7 capped by Murphy's 42 points. The Rockets would advance to the Finals in a losing cause to the Boston Celtics. The rivalry continued in 1995 when the defending champion Rockets led by Hakeem Olajuwon beat the top-seeded Spurs led by MVP David Robinson in the Western Conference Finals, despite only being the sixth seed, with Olajuwon, who had won the previous year's MVP, being widely regarded as having outplayed Robinson. In a regular season game early in the 2005 season, the Spurs were leading the Rockets very late in the fourth quarter by eight points. Houston's Tracy McGrady went on a personal 13–4 run in the final 35 seconds to miraculously steal the game away from San Antonio, including the game winning 3 pointer with one second remaining to the delight of the Toyota Center crowd.

text: The rivalry was renewed in the 2017 Playoffs, in which the two teams met in the Western Conference Semifinals. The match-up was the first between the two teams in the playoffs since the 1995 Western Conference Finals.[50] Five of the six games in the series resulted in blowouts.[51] In game 2 of the series, starting point guard Tony Parker suffered a ruptured quadriceps tendon, forcing him to miss the remainder of the playoffs.[52] In game 5, all-star small forward Kawhi Leonard suffered an injury to his right ankle in the third quarter, resulting in him sitting out for the closing portions of the game. Despite the injury issues, the Spurs were able to send game 5 to overtime. In the overtime period, Manu Ginóbili blocked James Harden's three-point attempt in the final seconds to secure the 110–107 victory for the Spurs.[53] The Spurs would close out the series in a game 6 blowout, 114–75.

text: Phoenix Suns

text: The rivalry between the Spurs and the Phoenix Suns began in the 1990s when the Spurs were led by "The Admiral", David Robinson, and the Suns were propelled by a number of players including Dan Majerle, Kevin Johnson, and Tom Chambers. The rivalry continued into the next decade with Tim Duncan leading the Spurs and with the Suns headed by Steve Nash. In 2003, the Spurs beat the Suns 4–2 in the first round. In 2005, the Spurs beat the Suns 4–1 in the Conference Finals. In 2007, the Spurs beat the Suns 4–2 in a Conference Semi-finals series that was notable for putting the two best teams remaining in the NBA against each other. There was a controversial ruling in game 4 when Diaw and Stoudemire left the bench during an altercation and were suspended for game 5. In 2008, the Spurs beat the Suns 4–1 in the first round. Tim Duncan hit a three-pointer to force overtime and win the series. In 2010, the Suns swept the Spurs in four games in the playoffs, including a big time performance by Goran Dragic in game 3, against the team who originally drafted him, scoring 23 fourth quarter points, which amounted to 26 points in thirteen minutes. The rivalry has cooled off, with the Spurs winning most of the meetings, but that was not the case on February 21, 2014, where the Suns blew out the road-weary Spurs, who were ending the Rodeo Road Trip in Phoenix, 106–85. Markieff Morris of the Suns lead all scorers with 26 points. Danny Green lead the Spurs with a low 15 points. On April 11, 2014, the Spurs clinched the league-best record, and at the same time, handing the Suns a loss that would keep them out of the postseason, winning 112–104, with Danny Green setting a career high 33 points. In a pre-season game on October 16, 2014, Suns owner Robert Sarver apologized to the Phoenix crowd for the game, where the Spurs rested 5 people, including Popovich. Pop would only end his statement about the incident with, "The only thing that surprises me is that he didn't say it in a chicken suit."

text: Logo and uniforms

text: Since becoming the San Antonio Spurs in 1973, the team colors have been black, silver and white. The distinctive logo of the word Spurs in Eurostile font, with the stylized spur substituting for the letter U, has been a part of the team's identity since their move to San Antonio.[54][55] The logo incorporated 'Fiesta colors' of pink, orange and teal, used from 1989 to 2002 (though the uniforms remained the same), and alignment from straight to arched beginning with the 2002–03 NBA season.

text: The Spurs have always worn black on the road and white at home, except during the 1973–76 ABA seasons and their first NBA season when the home uniform was always silver. Until the 1988–89 NBA season, the road uniform had "San Antonio" on the front while the home uniform featured the team nickname adopted from the Spurs logo; from 1973 to 1982, the road uniform lettering was black with silver trim. In addition, from 1977 to 1981 a saddle-like striping was featured on the back of the home shorts. Since the 1989–90 NBA season the Spurs uniform has remained practically the same, with the road uniform now using the team nickname from their logo; a minor change included the addition of another black (road) and white (home) trim to the already silver-trimmed block numbers in the 2002–03 season. The Spurs wear black sneakers and socks on the road, and white sneakers and socks at home (except for select games with the silver alternates), a practice that began in the 2002–03 season. When the NBA moved to the Adidas Revolution 30 technology for the 2010–11 season, the Spurs changed to V-neck jerseys and eliminated striping on the shorts' beltline.

text: On September 19, 2012, the Spurs unveiled a silver alternate uniform. In breaking from the traditional practice of placing the team or city name in front, the Spurs' new uniform features only the stylized spur logo, with the black number trimmed in white and silver on the upper right. The Spurs primary logo is atop the player name and number on the back (replaced by the NBA logo prior to the 2014–15 season), while the Eurostile 'SA' initials (for San Antonio) are on the left leg of the shorts. Black, silver and white side stripes are also featured on the uniform. The uniforms are worn for select home games.[56] A variation of this uniform, featuring military camouflage patterns instead of the usual silver, was used for two games in the 2013–14 season; a sleeved version was used the next season.[57] Another variation, this time in black, was unveiled for the 2015–16 season.[58]

text: At times throughout the season, the Spurs wear a jersey that says "Los Spurs" on the front, in recognition of Latino fans both at home and across the US and Latin America. The Spurs were one of the first NBA teams to wear these branded jerseys. In 2014, the jerseys were sleeved. These events are called "Noches Latinas", first launched during the 2006–07 NBA season, part of an Hispanic marketing campaign known as "éne-bé-a".[59] Six teams in the NBA participate in these events. The Spurs have had the most players from Latin America and are one of only three NBA teams who have had at least five players on their rosters who originate from Latin America and Spain (if one includes Puerto Rico as part of Latin America, although it is a U.S. territory), the others being the Memphis Grizzlies and the Portland Trail Blazers.[60]

text: 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.[61]

text: Season-by-season record

text: List of the last five seasons completed by the Spurs. For the full season-by-season history, see List of San Antonio Spurs seasons.

text: Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Winning Percentage

text:
Season
GP
W
L
%
Finish
Playoffs

2013–14
82
62
20
.756
1st, Southwest
NBA Champions, 4–1 (Heat)

2014–15
82
55
27
.671
3rd, Southwest
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Clippers)

2015–16
82
67
15
.817
1st, Southwest
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Thunder)

2016–17
82
61
21
.744
1st, Southwest
Lost in Conference Finals, 0–4 (Warriors)

2017–18
82
47
35
.573
2nd, Southwest
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Warriors)

tag: table

text: Arena history

text: Dallas (Texas) Chaparrals

text:
State Fair Coliseum (1967–1973)
Moody Coliseum (1967–1973)
Tarrant County Coliseum (1970–1971)
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum (1970–1971)

tag: ul

text: San Antonio Spurs

text:
HemisFair Arena (1973–1993)
Alamodome (1993–2002)
AT&T Center (formerly SBC Center) (2002–present)

text: Players

text: Current roster

text:
San Antonio Spurs roster

v
t
e

Players
Coaches

Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
From

4.0 !F
7001120000000000000♠12
Aldridge, LaMarcus
7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
260 lb (118 kg)
1985–07–19
Texas

4.0 !F
7000100000000000000♠1
Anderson, Kyle
7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1993–09–20
UCLA

5.5 !F/C
7001420000000000000♠42
Bertāns, Dāvis
7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1992–11–12
Latvia

5.5 !F/C
7001100000000000000♠10
Costello, Matt (TW)
7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
1993–08–05
Michigan State

1.5 !G
7001110000000000000♠11
Forbes, Bryn
7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1993–07–23
Michigan State

6.0 !C
7001160000000000000♠16
Gasol, Pau
7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
250 lb (113 kg)
1980–07–06
Spain

4.0 !F
7001220000000000000♠22
Gay, Rudy
7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1986–08–17
Connecticut

1.5 !G
7001200000000000000♠20
Ginóbili, Manu (C)
7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
1977–07–28
Argentina

2.5 !G/F
7001140000000000000♠14
Green, Danny
7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1987–06–22
North Carolina

1.5 !G
7001240000000000000♠24
Hilliard, Darrun (TW)
7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1993–04–13
Villanova

6.0 !C
7001770000000000000♠77
Lauvergne, Joffrey
7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
260 lb (118 kg)
1991–09–30
INSEP (FRA)

4.0 !F
7000200000000000000♠2
Leonard, Kawhi  (C)
7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1991–06–29
San Diego State

1.5 !G
7000800000000000000♠8
Mills, Patty
7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1988–08–11
Saint Mary's

1.5 !G
7000500000000000000♠5
Murray, Dejounte
7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
1996–09–19
Washington

1.5 !G
7000900000000000000♠9
Parker, Tony (C)
7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1982–05–17
INSEP (FRA)

1.5 !G
7000300000000000000♠3
Paul, Brandon
7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1991–04–30
Illinois

1.5 !G
7000400000000000000♠4
White, Derrick
7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1994–07–02
Colorado

Head coach

Gregg Popovich

Assistant coach(es)

Chip Engelland
Becky Hammon
Will Hardy
Ettore Messina
Ime Udoka

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
 Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2018–05–10

text: Retained draft rights

text: 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 United States. 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. The Spurs have had past success in finding foreign talent; some examples of this success include the selections of second rounder Manu Ginóbili (57th overall in 1999) and first rounder Tony Parker (28th overall in 2001), who both went on to become All-Stars.

text:
Draft
Round
Pick
Player
Pos.
Nationality
Current team
Note(s)
Ref

2017
2
59
Blossomgame, JaronJaron Blossomgame
F
 United States
Austin Spurs (G League)

[62]

2015
1
26
Milutinov, NikolaNikola Milutinov
C
 Serbia
Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece)

[63]

2015
2
42
Hanlan, OlivierOlivier Hanlan
G
 Canada
Austin Spurs (G League)
Acquired from the Utah Jazz
[64]

2015
2
55
Lalanne, CadyCady Lalanne
C
 Haiti
Beşiktaş Sompo Japan (Turkey)

[63]

2014
2
54
Dangubić, NemanjaNemanja Dangubić
G/F
 Serbia
Crvena zvezda mts (Serbia)
Acquired from the Philadelphia 76ers
[65]

2011
2
59
Hanga, ÁdámÁdám Hanga
G/F
 Hungary
FC Barcelona Lassa (Spain)

[66]

2007
2
58
Printezis, GeorgiosGeorgios Printezis
F
 Greece
Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece)
Re-acquired from the Atlanta Hawks (via Toronto, Dallas, New York, Portland, and Oklahoma City)
[67]

2005
2
46
Lorbek, ErazemErazem Lorbek
F/C
 Slovenia
Petrol Olimpija (Slovenia)
Acquired from the Indiana Pacers
[68]

2004
2
42
Sanikidze, ViktorViktor Sanikidze
F
 Georgia
Free agent
Acquired from the Atlanta Hawks
[69]

2004
2
58
Karaulov, SergeiSergei Karaulov
C
 Uzbekistan
Temp-SUMZ-UGMK Revda (Russia)

[70]

text: Retired numbers

text:
San Antonio Spurs retired numbers

No.
Player
Position
Tenure
Date

00
Johnny Moore
G
1980–1988
1989–1990
March 20, 1998

6
Avery Johnson
G
1991
1992–1993
1994–2001
December 22, 2007

12 1
Bruce Bowen
F
2001–2009
March 21, 2012

13
James Silas
G
1972–1981
February 28, 1984

21
Tim Duncan
F/C
1997–2016
December 18, 2016

32
Sean Elliott
F
1989–1993
1994–2001
March 6, 2005

44
George Gervin
G
1974–1985
December 5, 1987

50
David Robinson
C
1989–2003
November 10, 2003

text: Notes:

text: 1 On July 9, 2015, the Spurs "unretired" and reissued the number 12 to LaMarcus Aldridge with the blessing of Bruce Bowen.[71]

text: Basketball Hall of Famers

text:
San Antonio Spurs Basketball Hall of Famers

Players

No.
Name
Position
Tenure
Inducted

16
Cliff Hagan 1
F/G
1967–1969
1978

44
George Gervin 2
G/F
1974–1985
1996

2
Moses Malone
C/F
1994–1995
2001

21
Dominique Wilkins
F
1996–1997
2006

50
David Robinson 3
C
1989–2003
2009

53
Artis Gilmore
C
1982–1987
2011

10
Dennis Rodman
F
1993–1995
2011

10
Louie Dampier
G
1976–1979
2015

1
Tracy McGrady
G/F
2013
2017[72]

10
Maurice Cheeks
G
1989–1990
2018

Coaches

Name
Position
Tenure
Inducted

Larry Brown
Coach
1988–1992
2002

Jerry Tarkanian
Coach
1992
2013

text: Notes:

text:
1 Played and coached (1967–1970) for the team when they were known as Dallas Chaparrals (ABA).
2 Started playing for the team during its time in ABA.
3 In total, Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as a member of the 1992 Olympic team.

text: FIBA Hall of Famers

text:
San Antonio Spurs Hall of Famers

Players

No.
Name
Position
Tenure
Inducted

50
David Robinson
C
1989–2003
2013

10
Andrew Gaze
G
1999
2013

text: Franchise leaders

text: Bold denotes still active with team. "Name*" includes points scored for the team while in the ABA. Italics denotes still active but not with team.

text: Points scored (regular season) as of the end of the 2017–18 season[73]

text:
1. Tim Duncan (26,496)
2. George Gervin* (23,602)
3. David Robinson (20,790)
4. Tony Parker (18,943)
5. Manu Ginóbili (14,043)
6. James Silas* (10,290)

text:
7. Mike Mitchell (9,799)
8. Sean Elliott (9,659)
9. Larry Kenon* (8,428)
10. Kawhi Leonard (6,654)
11. Avery Johnson (6,486)
12. Rich Jones* (6,466)

text:
13. Alvin Robertson (6,285)
14. Artis Gilmore (6,127)
15. John Beasley* (5,983)
16. Willie Anderson (5,946)
17. Mark Olberding* (5,626)
18. Billy Paultz* (5,297)

text:
19. Terry Cummings (5,181)
20. Johnny Moore (4,890)
21. Vinny Del Negro (4,844)
22. Danny Green (4,715)
23. Cincinnatus Powell* (4,392)
24 LaMarcus Aldridge (4,309)

text:
25. Bruce Bowen (4,061)
26. Donnie Freeman* (3,920)
27. Patty Mills (3,904)
28. Coby Dietrick* (3,857)
29. Glen Combs* (3,839)
30. Malik Rose (3,815)

text: Other statistics (regular season) as of the end of the 2017–18 season[73]

text:
Most minutes played

Player
Minutes

Tim Duncan
47,368

Tony Parker
37,276

David Robinson
34,271

George Gervin*
31,115

Manu Ginóbili
26,859

text:
Most rebounds

Player
Rebounds

Tim Duncan
15,091

David Robinson
10,497

George Gervin*
4,841

Larry Kenon*
4,114

Manu Ginóbili
3,697

text:
Most assists

Player
Assists

Tony Parker
6,829

Avery Johnson
4,474

Tim Duncan
4,225

Manu Ginóbili
4,001

Johnny Moore
3,865

text:
Most steals

Player
Steals

Manu Ginóbili
1,392

David Robinson
1,388

George Gervin*
1,159

Alvin Robertson
1,128

Tony Parker
1,032

text:
Most blocks

Player
Blocks

Tim Duncan
3,020

David Robinson
2,954

George Gervin*
938

Billy Paultz*
796

Artis Gilmore
700

text: Individual awards

text: NBA individual awards

text: NBA Most Valuable Player

text:
David Robinson – 1995
Tim Duncan – 2002, 2003

text: NBA Finals MVP

text:
Tim Duncan – 1999, 2003, 2005
Tony Parker – 2007
Kawhi Leonard – 2014

text: NBA Rookie of the Year

text:
David Robinson – 1990
Tim Duncan – 1998

text: NBA Defensive Player of the Year

text:
Alvin Robertson – 1986
David Robinson – 1992
Kawhi Leonard – 2015, 2016

text: NBA Sixth Man of the Year

text: Manu Ginóbili – 2008

text: NBA Most Improved Player Award

text: Alvin Robertson – 1986

text: NBA Coach of the Year

text: Gregg Popovich – 2003, 2012, 2014

text: NBA Executive of the Year

text:
Angelo Drossos – 1978
Bob Bass – 1990
R.C. Buford – 2014, 2016

text: NBA Sportsmanship Award

text:
Avery Johnson – 1998
David Robinson – 2001
Steve Smith – 2002

text: J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award

text: David Robinson – 2003

text: Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award

text: Tim Duncan – 2015

text: NBA scoring champion

text:
George Gervin – 1979, 1980, 1982
David Robinson – 1994

text: NBA rebounding leader

text:
David Robinson – 1991
Dennis Rodman – 1994, 1995

text: NBA assists leader

text: Johnny Moore – 1982

text: NBA blocks leader

text:
George T. Johnson – 1981, 1982
David Robinson – 1992

text: NBA steals leader

text:
Alvin Robertson – 1986, 1987
Kawhi Leonard – 2015

text: All-NBA First Team

text:
George Gervin – 1978–1982
David Robinson – 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996
Tim Duncan – 1998–2005, 2007, 2013
Kawhi Leonard – 2016, 2017

text: All-NBA Second Team

text:
George Gervin – 1977, 1983
Alvin Robertson – 1986
David Robinson – 1994, 1998
Tim Duncan – 2006, 2008, 2009
Tony Parker – 2012–2014
LaMarcus Aldridge – 2018

text: All-NBA Third Team

text:
David Robinson – 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001
Dennis Rodman – 1995
Tim Duncan – 2010, 2015
Manu Ginóbili – 2008, 2011
Tony Parker – 2009
LaMarcus Aldridge – 2016

text: NBA All-Defensive First Team

text:
Alvin Robertson – 1987
David Robinson – 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996
Dennis Rodman  – 1995
Tim Duncan – 1999–2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
Bruce Bowen – 2004–2008
Kawhi Leonard - 2015–2017

text: NBA All-Defensive Second Team

text:
Alvin Robertson – 1986, 1988, 1989
David Robinson – 1990, 1993, 1994, 1998
Dennis Rodman – 1994
Tim Duncan – 1998, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015
Bruce Bowen – 2002, 2003
Kawhi Leonard – 2014
Danny Green – 2017
Dejounte Murray – 2018

text: NBA All-Rookie First Team

text:
Greg Anderson – 1988
Willie Anderson – 1989
David Robinson – 1990
Tim Duncan – 1998
Tony Parker – 2002
Gary Neal – 2011
Kawhi Leonard – 2012

text: NBA All-Rookie Second Team

text:
Sean Elliott – 1990
Manu Ginóbili – 2003
DeJuan Blair – 2010

text: ABA individual awards

text: ABA Rookie of the Year Award

text: Swen Nater – 1974

text: ABA Coach of the Year Award

text: Tom Nissalke – 1972

text: ABA Executive of the Year award

text: Jack Ankerson – 1974

text: ABA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

text: John Beasley – 1969

text: All-ABA First Team

text:
Donnie Freeman – 1972
James Silas – 1976

text: All-ABA Second Team

text:
John Beasley – 1968, 1969
Cincinnatus Powell – 1968
Donnie Freeman – 1971
Swen Nater – 1974, 1975
George Gervin – 1975, 1976
James Silas – 1975

text: ABA All-Rookie Team

text:
Ron Boone - 1969
Joe Hamilton - 1971
James Silas - 1973
Swen Nater - 1974
Mark Olberding - 1976

text: NBA All-Star Weekend

text: NBA All-Star selections

text:
John Beasley – 1968–1970
Cliff Hagan – 1968
Glen Combs – 1970
Cincinnatus Powell – 1970
Donnie Freeman – 1971, 1972
Steve Jones – 1972
Rich Jones – 1973, 1974
Swen Nater – 1974, 1975
George Gervin – 1975–1985
James Silas – 1975, 1976
Larry Kenon – 1976, 1978, 1979
Billy Paultz – 1976
Artis Gilmore – 1983, 1986
Alvin Robertson – 1986–1988
David Robinson – 1990–1996, 1998, 2000, 2001
Sean Elliott – 1993, 1996
Tim Duncan – 1998, 2000–2011, 2013, 2015
Manu Ginóbili – 2005, 2011
Tony Parker – 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012–2014
LaMarcus Aldridge – 2016, 2018
Kawhi Leonard – 2016, 2017

text: NBA All-Star Game head coaches

text: Gregg Popovich – 2005, 2011, 2013, 2016

text: NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

text:
George Gervin – 1980
Tim Duncan – 2000

text: Head coaches

text:
Years active
Name
Record (W–L)
Winning percentage
Playoff record
(W–L)
Playoff percentage
Playoff appearances
Division titles
Conference titles
NBA championships

1976–19801
Doug Moe
177–135
.567
9–13
.409
3
2
0
0

19801
Bob Bass
8–8
.500
1–2
.333
1
0
0
0

1980–1983
Stan Albeck
153–93
.622
13–14
.481
3
3
0
0

19832
Morris McHone
11–20
.355
—
—
0
0
0
0

19832–1984
Bob Bass
26–25
.510
—
—
0
0
0
0

1984–1986
Cotton Fitzsimmons
76–88
.463
2–6
.250
2
0
0
0

1986–1988
Bob Weiss
59–105
.360
0–3
.000
1
0
0
0

1988–19923
Larry Brown
153–131
.539
7–7
.500
2
2
0
0

19923
Bob Bass
26–18
.591
0–3
.000
1
0
0
0

19924
Jerry Tarkanian
9–11
.450
—
—
0
0
0
0

19924–1994
John Lucas
94–49
.657
6–8
.429
2
0
0
0

1994–19965
Bob Hill
124–58
.681
14–11
.560
2
2
0
0

19965–present
Gregg Popovich
1197–541
.689
167–110
.603
21
14
6
5

text: Notes:

text:
1 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 During the 1996–97 season, Bob Hill coached 18 regular season games. Hill was fired on December 10, 1996, and Gregg Popovich coached the remaining 64 regular season games.


document_title: Maccabean Revolt

question_text: what specific events led to the maccabean revolt

text: Maccabean Revolt

text: Timeline[edit]

text: In the narrative of I Maccabees, after Antiochus issued his decrees forbidding Jewish religious practice, a rural Jewish priest from Modiin, Mattathias the Hasmonean, sparked the revolt against the Seleucid Empire by refusing to worship the Greek gods. Mattathias killed a Hellenistic Jew who stepped forward to offer a sacrifice to an idol in Mattathias' place. He and his five sons fled to the wilderness of Judah. After Mattathias' death about one year later in 166 BC, his son Judah Maccabee led an army of Jewish dissidents to victory over the Seleucid dynasty in guerrilla warfare, which at first was directed against Hellenized Jews, of whom there were many. The Maccabees destroyed pagan altars in the villages, circumcised boys and forced Hellenized Jews into outlawry.[1] The term Maccabees as used to describe the Jewish army is taken from the Hebrew word for "hammer".[2]

text: The revolt itself involved many battles, in which the light, quick and mobile Maccabean forces gained notoriety among the slow and bulky Seleucid army, and also for their use of guerrilla tactics. After the victory, the Maccabees entered Jerusalem in triumph and ritually cleansed the Temple, reestablishing traditional Jewish worship there and installing Jonathan Maccabee as high priest. A large Seleucid army was sent to quash the revolt, but returned to Syria on the death of Antiochus IV. Its commander Lysias, preoccupied with internal Seleucid affairs, agreed to a political compromise that restored religious freedom.

text: Battles[edit]

text:
Battle of Wadi Haramia (167 BC)
Battle of Beth Horon (166 BC)
Battle of Emmaus (166 BC)
Battle of Beth Zur (164 BC)
Battle of Beth Zechariah (162 BC)
Battle of Adasa (161 BC)
Battle of Elasa (160 BC)

text: Studies[edit]

text: In the First and Second Books of the Maccabees, the Maccabean Revolt is described as a response to cultural oppression and national resistance to a foreign power. Modern scholars, however, argue that the king intervened in a civil war between traditionalist Jews in the countryside and Hellenized Jews in Jerusalem.[3][4][5] As Joseph P. Schultz puts it:

text: "Modern scholarship ... considers the Maccabean revolt less as an uprising against foreign oppression than as a civil war between the orthodox and reformist parties in the Jewish camp."[6]

text: Professor John Ma of Oxford University argues that the main sources indicate that the loss of religious and civil rights by the Jews in 168 BC was not the result of religious persecution but rather an administrative punishment by the Seleucid Empire in the aftermath of local unrest, and that the Temple was restored upon petition by the High Priest Menelaus, not liberated and rededicated by the Maccabees. However, his theories are speculative.[7]

text: Legacy[edit]

text: The Jewish festival of Hanukkah celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple following Judah Maccabee's victory over the Seleucids. According to Rabbinic tradition, the victorious Maccabees could only find a small jug of oil that had remained uncontaminated by virtue of a seal, and although it only contained enough oil to sustain the Menorah for one day, it miraculously lasted for eight days, by which time further oil could be procured.[8]