Sportsman of the Week Ending 6/15/2014

Unbelievable week for the NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs, and they were carried by a very unlikely star.  Kawhi Leonard come from nowhere to suddenly be the scoring leader for the Spurs.  Over Games 3 through 5 (all Spurs wins), he poured in 23.7 PPG, shooting 69%, including 54% from behind the arc.  He also tallied over 9 rebounds per game and was frequently matched with one LeBron James on the defensive end.  The 22-year-old outshined better known teammates like Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker to win the Final MVP.  Good enough for us to win the Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!

Sportsman of the Week Ending 5/11/2014

There's one playoff team (in both hockey and hoops) that is simply tearing opponents apart.  The San Antonio Spurs, after a first round donnybrook against the Dallas Mavericks, easily won Game 7 of that series and haven't looked back.  It's unheard of to win a NBA playoff game by 19 points.  Let alone the first three games in a series by an average of 19 points. And they were never that close.  Led by point guard Tony Parker, the Spurs look like a team possessed against the Portland Trailblazers.  This week, Parker averaged 22 points, 8 dimes and shot 52% of the field.  Leading the hottest team in the land, Tony Parker is our Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!