SAN ANTONIO: Antonio McDyess had every reason to hate the San Antonio Spurs.
Not in the half-superficial way Mark Cuban says he does.
His first encounter with Tim Duncan involved the Spurs' great torching him seven straight times in a playoff game.
He was one quarter away from the championship celebration he craved in a Game Seven, when Duncan and Manu Ginobili took over that 2005 winner-take-all match.
Through the years, though, he saw how the Spurs operated. He hoped he would one day suit up for Gregg Popovich and go to battle alongside the all-time great power forward he so admired.
The Spurs brass came calling last summer, envisioning him as a rugged frontcourt mate for Duncan. His signing completed a whirlwind offseason that included the acquisition of Ri ...
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Antonio McDyess, Spurs’ Newest Secretary Of Defense, Finds His Way
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