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Nothing beats postseason baseball, ROY in the W, Antonio Pierce caught lacking, and another NBA Preview!
Stomping Ground Sports
October 04, 2024
Yeah, that’s right, you made it to Friday! Hopefully this week’s postseason baseball helped you get through the work week. We’ll talk through the Mets and Brewers matchup, who the WNBA named their Rookie of the Year, Bucs @ Falcons, the San Antonio Spurs, and another NFL Coach who got in trouble with the NCAA!
Today’s Trivia🧠
The Abu Dhabi Games are one of four international showcases on the NBA calendar this upcoming year, which one of the following in NOT on the calendar?Let's see if you know your geography! |
(answer at the bottom of the Stump!)
On This Day…
🏈 On this day in 1873, the Toronto Argonauts Football Club (CFL) forms as the Argonaut Rowing Club rugby and football squad.
They are the oldest existing pro sports team in North America, and still use the same name today. The franchise has won a record 18 Grey Cups (CFL Super Bowl) and is the most dominant team in CFL history!
What’s Worth Your Time
🏀NBA Preview: San Antonio Spurs
We’re going to talk every team, one a day, until the season starts. We’ll start at the bottom and work up. Today, we’re gonna head to San Antonio and preview the Spurs.
It’s pretty rare that a team with only 22 wins last season was must-watch TV. I guess that’s what happens when you have a unicorn on your team by the name of Victor Wembenyama. They went into this offseason with a star at the center of the franchise, they just needed to fill in the pieces around him.
They went and got veteran talent, with the mindset of growing their young core. They added Chris Paul through free agency and Harrison Barnes in a trade, two guys who have more or less seen it all.
Paul’s task will be to not only help in the transition of Wemby to stardom, it’ll be to groom his successor. With the 4th pick in this past year’s draft, San Antonio picked UConn guard Stephon Castle. Castle is a dynamic guard who can lead the offense and guard with the best of them. Castle will surely have Paul’s ear all season.
Combining young guns Stephon Castle and Wemby and veterans Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes isn’t exactly an NBA Finals level roster, but this team has some sneaky really good NBA players. Keldon Johnson, Devin Vassell, and Jeremy Sochan have proven to be above average NBA players who can help a team in multiple ways. Not to mention, this team is coached by the winningest coach in NBA History, Coach Pop, who turns 76 in January. This team is Pops’ legacy after he retires, and I don’t see him leaving behind some scrubs.
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