2010–11 San Antonio Spurs season explained

Team:	San Antonio Spurs
End Year:	2011
Divisionwin:	yes
Wins:	61
Losses:	21
Division:	Southwest
Division Place:	1st
Conf Place:	1st
Coach:	Gregg Popovich
Gm:	R.C. Buford
Arena:	AT&T Center
Owners:	Peter Holt
Television:	FS Southwest KENS KMYS
Playoffs:	First Round (lost to Grizzlies 2–4)
Bbr Team:	SAS

The 2010–11 San Antonio Spurs season was the 44th season of the franchise, 38th in San Antonio and 35th in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

In the playoffs, the Spurs lost to the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in six games in the First Round, becoming the fourth number one seed in league history to lose a playoffs series against a number eight seed, following the Seattle SuperSonics in 1994, the Miami Heat in 1999, and the Dallas Mavericks in 2007.

Key dates

• June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.^[1]
• July 1 – The free agency period started.^[2]
• July 12–18 – The Spurs took part in the 2010 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.^[3]
• September 28 – The Spurs began their annual training camp at their practice facility.^[4]
• October 7 – The Spurs opened their preseason schedule with an 87–90 defeat in a road game against the Houston Rockets.^[5]
• October 28 – The Spurs won their regular season opening game at home versus the Indiana Pacers with a final score of 122–109.^[6]
• February 18–20 – The 2011 NBA All-Star Weekend took place in Los Angeles.^[7]
• February 24 – Trade deadline, 3 p.m. ET.^[8]

Summary

Offseason

Draft

See main article: 2010 NBA draft. The Spurs entered the Draft with their two original picks.^[9] They used the 20th overall pick to select James Anderson, junior guard from Oklahoma State. Anderson had been named the Big 12 Player of the Year and a Second Team All-American by the Associated Press, averaging 22.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals in 33 games. With the 49th pick the Spurs chose Ryan Richards, a 6-11 forward from England.^[10] The Spurs went on to sign Anderson on July 23.^[11]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1	20		Guard		Oklahoma State (Jr.)
2	49		Forward		CB Gran Canaria (Spain) 1991

Free agency

Entering the offseason, four Spurs players were unrestricted free agents: Keith Bogans, Matt Bonner, Ian Mahinmi and Roger Mason.^[12] Additionally, Richard Jefferson exercised the early termination option on the final year of his contract and he too became an unrestricted free agent.^[13] Jefferson, however, re-signed with the Spurs to a less remunerative but longer deal shortly after.^[14] The Spurs also re-signed Bonner, which was considered a top priority by general manager R.C. Buford,^{[15] [16]} while Bogans, Mahinmi and Mason signed with the Chicago Bulls, the Dallas Mavericks and the New York Knicks respectively.^[12] Following his performances as a member of their Summer League squad in July, when he led the team in scoring, the Spurs signed free agent Gary Neal. The 6-6 guard had gone undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft and spent the next three season playing in Europe.^[17]

Pre-season

The Spurs announced their training camp roster on September 27, one day before the start of the training camp itself. The 18-man roster included the additions of Marcus Cousin, Thomas Gardner, Bobby Simmons and the Spurs 2008 draft pick James Gist.^[4] The Spurs also announced an addition to their coaching staff, as former Spurs player Jacque Vaughn was named an assistant coach.^[18] Kirk Penney joined the training camp on September 28,^[19] while Gardner was waived two days later, leaving the roster size unaffected.^[20]

Playoffs

After finishing the season as the #1 seed in the West, the San Antonio Spurs faced the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs. Little did everyone know how dangerous Memphis was in the postseason. The Spurs were forced to play game 1 without Manu Ginobili, as he sat out with a sprained elbow. As a result, Memphis won game 1, stealing home court advantage from the Spurs. The Spurs then rebounded in game 2 with a win. However, things deteriorated as the series shifted to Memphis for the Spurs, as the Grizzlies took both games 3 and 4, putting San Antonio on the brink of getting knocked out in the first round. Game 5 shifted back to San Antonio. A memorable moment for this game was when Gary Neal hit a 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded to end the game, forcing overtime, in which San Antonio got a needed win for game 5. However, game 6 went back to Memphis, and the Spurs faced their demise by being knocked in the first round in six games. This is the second time in NBA history that a #8 seed knocks off a #1 seed in a seven-game format.

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Antonio McDyess
PF	Tim Duncan
SF	Richard Jefferson			Da'Sean Butler (NBA DL)
SG	Manu Ginóbili			Danny Green
PG	Tony Parker			Chris Quinn

Pre-season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 7| @ Houston| | DeJuan Blair (12)| DeJuan Blair,
Marcus Cousin (8)| Tony Parker,
Manu Ginóbili (5)| Toyota Center
13,035| 0–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| October 9| Miami| | DeJuan Blair (13)| DeJuan Blair (7)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 1–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3| October 12| @ L.A. Clippers| | DeJuan Blair (21)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tim Duncan,
Bobby Simmons,
Curtis Jerrells (3)| Palacio de los Deportes
18,674| 2–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| October 14| @ Cleveland| | Gary Neal (10)| DeJuan Blair (11)| DeJuan Blair (5)| Petersen Events Center
5,121| 2–2|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 5| October 16| Caja Laboral| | Tony Parker (22)| DeJuan Blair (12)| Antonio McDyess (6)| AT&T Center
15,373| 3–2|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 6| October 18| Oklahoma City| | Manu Ginóbili,
Tony Parker (17)| DeJuan Blair (9)| Tony Parker,
George Hill (6)| AT&T Center
14,627| 3–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 7| October 21| Houston| | DeJuan Blair (17)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tim Duncan,
George Hill,
Garrett Temple (4)| AT&T Center
15,356| 4–3|-

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| October 27| Indiana| | Tim Duncan (23)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
18,581| 1–0|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| October 30 | New Orleans| | Manu Ginóbili (23)| DeJuan Blair (11)| George Hill (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 1–1|-|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3| November 1| @ L.A. Clippers| | Tony Parker (19)| Antonio McDyess (10)| Tony Parker (9)| Staples Center
14,964| 2–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 4| November 3| @ Phoenix| | Richard Jefferson (28)| Tim Duncan (17)| Tony Parker (6)| US Airways Center
17,060| 3–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 5| November 6| Houston| | Manu Ginóbili (28)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (14)| AT&T Center
17,740| 4–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 6| November 8| @ Charlotte| | Manu Ginóbili (26)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tony Parker (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
14,152| 5–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 7| November 10| L.A. Clippers| | Manu Ginóbili, Richard Jefferson (22)| Antonio McDyess (9)| Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
17,309| 6–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 8| November 13| Philadelphia| | Tony Parker (24)| DeJuan Blair (12)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
17,627| 7–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 9| November 14| @ Oklahoma City| | Tony Parker (24)| DeJuan Blair (11)| George Hill (5)| Oklahoma City Arena
18,203| 8–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 10| November 17| Chicago| | Tony Parker (21)| Tim Duncan (18)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 9–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 11| November 19| @ Utah| | Tony Parker (24)| Tim Duncan (14)| Tony Parker (7)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,332| 10-1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 12| November 20| Cleveland| | Tony Parker (19)| DeJuan Blair (9)| Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
16,982| 11–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 13| November 22| Orlando| | Manu Ginóbili (25)| Matt Bonner (7)| Tony Parker (10)| AT&T Center
17,627| 12–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 14| November 24| @ Minnesota| | Manu Ginóbili (26)| Tim Duncan (13)| Manu Ginóbili, Tony Parker (6)| Target Center
13,117| 13–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 15| November 26| Dallas| | Manu Ginóbili (31)| Tim Duncan (8)| Manu Ginóbili, Tim Duncan (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 13–2|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 16| November 28| @ New Orleans| | Manu Ginóbili (23)| Tim Duncan, Manu Ginóbili, Antonio McDyess (7)| Tony Parker (9)| New Orleans Arena
12,449| 14–2|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 17| November 30| @ Golden State| | Manu Ginóbili (27)| Tim Duncan (18)| Tim Duncan (11)| Oracle Arena
17,877| 15–2|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 18| December 1| @ L.A. Clippers| | George Hill (17)| Richard Jefferson (9)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| Staples Center
16,584| 15–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 19| December 3| Minnesota| | Tim Duncan (22)| Tim Duncan, Richard Jefferson (10)| Tim Duncan (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 16–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 20| December 5| New Orleans| | Tony Parker (19)| Tim Duncan (9)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
17,571| 17–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 21| December 8| Golden State| | Tony Parker (19)| DeJuan Blair (13)| Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
16,913| 18–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 22| December 10| Atlanta| | Manu Ginóbili, Richard Jefferson (18)| DeJuan Blair (12)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
17,576| 19-3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 23| December 12| Portland| | George Hill (22)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
16,743| 20–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 24| December 15| Milwaukee| | Manu Ginóbili (26)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (8)| AT&T Center
17,644| 21–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 25| December 16| @ Denver| | Tim Duncan (28)| Tim Duncan (16)| Tony Parker (9)| Pepsi Center
16,190| 22–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 26| December 18| Memphis| | Tony Parker (37)| Tim Duncan (10)| Manu Ginóbili, Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
18,581| 23–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 27| December 20| Phoenix| | Gary Neal (22)| Tim Duncan (15)| Tim Duncan (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 24–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 28| December 22| Denver| | Manu Ginóbili, Gary Neal (22)| Tim Duncan, Tiago Splitter (9)| Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
18,581| 25–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 29| December 23| @ Orlando| | Tony Parker (16)| Matt Bonner, Tim Duncan, Richard Jefferson (6)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| Amway Center
18,916| 25–4|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 30| December 26| Washington| | Manu Ginóbili (21)| Tim Duncan, Richard Jefferson (9)| Tony Parker (14)| AT&T Center
18,581| 26–4|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 31| December 28| L.A. Lakers| | Tony Parker (23)| DeJuan Blair (15)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 27–4|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 32| December 30| @ Dallas| | Gary Neal (21)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (5)| American Airlines Center
20,604| 28–4|-|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 33| January 1| Oklahoma City| | Tim Duncan (21)| DeJuan Blair, Tim Duncan (9)| Tony Parker (10)| AT&T Center
18,581| 29–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 34| January 4| @ New York| | Tony Parker (26)| DeJuan Blair (8)| Tony Parker (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 29–5|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 35| January 5| @ Boston| | Manu Ginóbili (24)| Manu Ginóbili (8)| Tony Parker (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 29–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 36| January 7| @ Indiana| | Manu Ginóbili (25)| Tim Duncan (15)| Manu Ginóbili, George Hill (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse
14,157| 30–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 37| January 9| Minnesota| | Manu Ginóbili (21)| Matt Bonner (9)| Tim Duncan (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 31–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 38| January 11| @ Minnesota| | Manu Ginóbili (19)| Manu Ginóbili (9)| Tony Parker (13)| Target Center
11,209| 32–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 39| January 12| @ Milwaukee| | Manu Ginóbili (23)| Tim Duncan (8)| Tony Parker (9)| Bradley Center
14,061| 33–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 40| January 14| Dallas| | Tony Parker, DeJuan Blair (18)| DeJuan Blair (13)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 34–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 41| January 16| Denver| | Tony Parker (30)| Tim Duncan (16)| Manu Ginóbili (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 35–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 42| January 19| Toronto| | Manu Ginóbili (23)| Tim Duncan (12)| Manu Ginóbili (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 36–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 43| January 21| New York| | Tim Duncan, Tony Parker (21)| Tim Duncan (16)| Tony Parker (13)| AT&T Center
18,581| 37–6|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 44| January 22| @ New Orleans| | Tiago Splitter (11)| DeJuan Blair, Tiago Splitter (6)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| New Orleans Arena
18,023| 37–7|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 45| January 24| @ Golden State| | Manu Ginóbili (20)| Antonio McDyess (10)| Tony Parker (11)| Oracle Arena
18,523| 38–7|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 46| January 26| @ Utah| | Manu Ginóbili (26)| DeJuan Blair (9)| Manu Ginóbili (7)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911| 39–7|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 47| January 29| Houston| | Manu Ginóbili (22)| DeJuan Blair (12)| George Hill, Tony Parker (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 40–7|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 48| February 1| @ Portland| | Manu Ginóbili (17)| DeJuan Blair (12)| Tony Parker (4)| Rose Garden
20,364| 40–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 49| February 3| @ L.A. Lakers| | Tony Parker (21)| Tim Duncan, Antonio McDyess (8)| Manu Ginóbili (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 41–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 50| February 4| @ Sacramento| | Tony Parker (25)| DeJuan Blair (12)| Tony Parker (7)| ARCO Arena
15,772| 42–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 51| February 8| @ Detroit| | Tony Parker (19)| DeJuan Blair (12)| Tony Parker (7)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
16,132| 43–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 52| February 9| @ Toronto| | DeJuan Blair (28)| DeJuan Blair (11)| Manu Ginóbili (9)| Air Canada Centre
15,867| 44–8|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 53| February 11| @ Philadelphia| | Tim Duncan (16)| DeJuan Blair (14)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| Wells Fargo Center
15,501| 44–9|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 54| February 12| @ Washington| | George Hill, Tony Parker (18)| DeJuan Blair (12)| Tony Parker (8)| Verizon Center
20,435| 45–9|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 55| February 14| @ New Jersey| | Manu Ginóbili (22)| DeJuan Blair, Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (7)| Prudential Center
13,433| 46–9|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 56| February 17| @ Chicago| | Tony Parker (26)| Tim Duncan (9)| Tony Parker (4)| United Center
22,172| 46–10|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 57| February 23| Oklahoma City| | Tony Parker (20)| Tim Duncan (10)| Manu Ginóbili (9)| AT&T Center
18,581| 47–10|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 58| February 25| New Jersey| | Manu Ginóbili (26)| George Hill, Tony Parker (7)| Tony Parker (10)| AT&T Center
18,581| 48–10|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 59| February 27| Memphis| | Manu Ginóbili (35)| Antonio McDyess (9)| Manu Ginóbili (8)| AT&T Center
18,581| 49–10|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 60| March 1| @ Memphis| | Gary Neal (14)| Tim Duncan (8)| Manu Ginóbili (7)| FedExForum
13,480| 49–11|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 61| March 2| @ Cleveland| | George Hill (22)| DeJuan Blair (10)| Tim Duncan, Manu Ginóbili (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
18,795| 50–11|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 62| March 4| Miami| | Manu Ginóbili (20)| Tim Duncan (14)| Tony Parker (8)| AT&T Center
18,581| 51–11|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 63| March 6| L.A. Lakers| | Gary Neal (15)| DeJuan Blair (12)| Gary Neal (4)| AT&T Center
18,996| 51–12|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 64| March 9| Detroit| | Tony Parker (23)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 52–12|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 65| March 11| Sacramento| | Tony Parker (27)| Tim Duncan (10)| Manu Ginóbili (7)| AT&T Center
18,712| 53–12|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 66| March 12| @ Houston| | Tony Parker (21)| Antonio McDyess (12)| Tony Parker (6)| Toyota Center
18,245| 54–12|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 67| March 14| @ Miami| | Tony Parker (18)| Tim Duncan, Manu Ginóbili (6)| Manu Ginóbili, Tony Parker (5)| American Airlines Arena
20,021| 54–13|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 68| March 18| @ Dallas| | Tony Parker (33)| Tim Duncan (8)| Manu Ginóbili (5)| American Airlines Center
20,614| 55–13|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 69| March 19| Charlotte| | Steve Novak (19)| DeJuan Blair, Tiago Splitter (6)| George Hill, Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
19,075| 56–13|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 70| March 21| Golden State| | Manu Ginóbili (28)| Tiago Splitter (14)| Tony Parker (15)| AT&T Center
18,443| 57–13|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 71| March 23| @ Denver| | Gary Neal (25)| Antonio McDyess (12)| Tony Parker (5)| Pepsi Center
19,155| 57–14|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 72| March 25| @ Portland| | Manu Ginóbili (21)| Antonio McDyess (8)| Manu Ginóbili (7)| Rose Garden
20,644| 57–15|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 73| March 27| @ Memphis| | George Hill (30)| DeJuan Blair (6)| Tony Parker (6)| FedExForum
17,098| 57–16|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 74| March 28| Portland| | George Hill (27)| Tiago Splitter (9)| George Hill (6)| AT&T Center
18,583| 57–17|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 75| March 31| Boston| | Tony Parker (23)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tony Parker (8)| AT&T Center
18,583| 57–18|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 76| April 1| @ Houston| | Tony Parker (31)| Tim Duncan (13)| Manu Ginóbili, Tony Parker (6)| Toyota Center
18,059| 57–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 77| April 3| Phoenix| | George Hill (29)| Matt Bonner (11)| Tony Parker (8)| AT&T Center
18,581| 58–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 78| April 5| @ Atlanta| | Tony Parker (26)| Matt Bonner, Tim Duncan, Antonio McDyess (6)| Manu Ginóbili, Tony Parker (4)| Philips Arena
17,277| 59–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 79| April 6| Sacramento| | Manu Ginóbili (25)| DeJuan Blair, Tim Duncan (8)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
18,590| 60–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 80| April 9| Utah| | Richard Jefferson (20)| Tiago Splitter (8)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,802| 61–19|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 81| April 12| @ L.A. Lakers| | Gary Neal (16)| DeJuan Blair (11)| Chris Quinn (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 61–20|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 82| April 13| @ Phoenix| | Tim Duncan (17)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (7)| US Airways Center
18,195| 61–21|-

Playoffs

Game log

|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 1| April 17| Memphis| | Tony Parker (20)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tony Parker (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 0–1|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| April 20| Memphis| | Manu Ginóbili (17)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 1–1|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 3| April 23| @ Memphis| | Manu Ginóbili (23)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tim Duncan (6)| FedExForum
18,119| 1–2|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 4| April 25| @ Memphis| | Tony Parker (23)| Tiago Splitter (9)| Manu Ginóbili (4)| FedExForum
18,119| 1–3|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 5| April 27| Memphis| | Manu Ginóbili (33)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
18,581| 2–3|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 6| April 29| @ Memphis| | Tony Parker (23)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tony Parker (4)| FedExForum
18,119| 2–4|-

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	SF	81	81	2,459	310	107	38	34	891	30.4	3.8	1.3	.5	.4	11.0
	PF	81	65	1,734	565	77	95	42	674	21.4	7.0	1.0	1.2	.5	8.3
	SG	80	79	2,426	295	393	123	28	1,393	30.3	3.7	4.9	1.5	.4	17.4
	SG	80	1	1,685	196	96	27	4	783	21.1	2.5	1.2	.3	.1	9.8
	PG	78	78	2,528	238	513	90	3	1,368	32.4	3.1	6.6	1.2	.0	17.5
	C	76	76	2,156	678	203	50	146	1,022	28.4	8.9	2.7	.7	1.9	13.4
	PG	76	5	2,148	199	193	66	21	884	28.3	2.6	2.5	.9	.3	11.6
	PF	73	16	1,387	395	84	36	39	390	19.0	5.4	1.2	.5	.5	5.3
	PF	66	1	1,432	239	60	26	21	481	21.7	3.6	.9	.4	.3	7.3
	C	60	6	738	201	26	29	17	278	12.3	3.4	.4	.5	.3	4.6
	PG	41	0	292	25	42	5	1	81	7.1	.6	1.0	.1	.0	2.0
	SF	26	2	286	23	18	3	6	94	11.0	.9	.7	.1	.2	3.6
^†	SF	23	0	197	23	3	1	5	93	8.6	1.0	.1	.0	.2	4.0
	SF	20	0	130	19	13	8	1	14	6.5	1.0	.7	.4	.1	.7
	SG	8	0	92	15	2	2	1	41	11.5	1.9	.3	.3	.1	5.1
^†	SF	7	0	31	4	1	2	0	9	4.4	.6	.1	.3	.0	1.3
^†	SG	5	0	18	3	0	0	2	2	3.6	.6	.0	.0	.4	.4
^†	SG	3	0	21	2	2	1	1	2	7.0	.7	.7	.3	.3	.7
	SF	2	0	16	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0
^†	SG	1	0	8	2	1	0	0	2	8.0	2.0	1.0	.0	.0	2.0

Playoffs

Player
	PG	6	6	221	16	31	8	2	118	36.8	2.7	5.2	1.3	.3	19.7
	C	6	6	212	63	16	3	15	76	35.3	10.5	2.7	.5	2.5	12.7
	SF	6	6	176	25	5	3	3	39	29.3	4.2	.8	.5	.5	6.5
	PF	6	6	145	30	8	2	5	34	24.2	5.0	1.3	.3	.8	5.7
	PG	6	1	189	30	14	9	2	70	31.5	5.0	2.3	1.5	.3	11.7
	PF	6	0	123	19	2	1	1	38	20.5	3.2	.3	.2	.2	6.3
	SG	6	0	111	18	5	1	1	46	18.5	3.0	.8	.2	.2	7.7
	SG	5	5	174	20	21	13	3	103	34.8	4.0	4.2	2.6	.6	20.6
	PF	4	0	50	13	2	0	1	17	12.5	3.3	.5	.0	.3	4.3
	SG	4	0	7	1	2	1	1	5	1.8	.3	.5	.3	.3	1.3
	C	3	0	50	14	1	3	1	20	16.7	4.7	.3	1.0	.3	6.7
	SF	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Player of the week/month

See main article: 2010–11 NBA season.

Tony Parker was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from December 13 through December 19 and again for games played March 7 through March 13

All-Star

See main article: 2011 NBA All-Star Game.

• Manu Ginóbili was voted as an NBA Western Conference All-Star reserve. (2nd appearance)
• Tim Duncan was voted as an NBA Western Conference All-Star reserve. (13th appearance)

Season

See main article: 2010–11 NBA season.

• Manu Ginóbili was named to the All-NBA Third Team.
• Gary Neal was named to the All-Rookie First Team.

Records

On November 19, when San Antonio beat the Utah Jazz to go 10–1, it marked the best start to a season in franchise history.

Transactions

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Richard Jefferson	Signed 4-year contract for $38 million	San Antonio Spurs
Matt Bonner	Signed 4-year contract	San Antonio Spurs
Tiago Splitter	Signed 3-year contract for $10 million	Saski Baskonia
Chris Quinn	Terms Undisclosed	New Jersey Nets
Danny Green	Terms Undisclosed	San Antonio Spurs
Da'Sean Butler	Terms Undisclosed	Miami Heat

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Ian Mahinmi	Free agent	Dallas Mavericks
Roger Mason, Jr.	Free agent	New York Knicks
Keith Bogans	Free agent	Chicago Bulls
Ime Udoka	Waived

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2010 NBA Draft . nba.com . . March 3, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101201013131/http://www.nba.com/draft2010/index.html . December 1, 2010 .
2. News: 2010 Free Agency explained . nba.com . . June 30, 2010 . March 3, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628205032/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/06/24/faexplainer/index.html . June 28, 2011 . dead .
3. Web site: 2010 Spurs Summer League team . nba.com . . March 3, 2011.
4. News: Spurs announce training camp roster . spurs.com . . September 27, 2010 . March 3, 2011.
5. News: Spurs fall to Rockets . Chris Duncan . spurs.com . . October 7, 2010 . March 3, 2011.
6. News: Duncan, Ginobili push Spurs past Pacers in opener . spurs.com . . October 28, 2010 . March 3, 2011.
7. Web site: All-Star 2011 . nba.com . . March 3, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110221215029/http://www.nba.com/allstar/2011/ . 21 February 2011 . dead .
8. Web site: 2011 trade deadline tracker . nba.com . . February 25, 2011 . March 3, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110225162253/http://www.nba.com/news/transactions/2011.trade.deadline.tracker/index.html . 25 February 2011 . dead .
9. News: 2010 NBA Draft order . nba.com . . May 11, 2010 . March 3, 2011.
10. News: Spurs select Anderson and Richards in 2010 NBA Draft . spurs.com . . June 24, 2010 . March 3, 2011.
11. News: Spurs Sign 2010 Draft Pick James Anderson . spurs.com . . July 23, 2010 . March 3, 2011.
12. Web site: 2010 free agent tracker . nba.com . . March 3, 2011.
13. News: Spurs' Jefferson opts out of contract, becomes free agent . nba.com . . June 30, 2010 . March 3, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628210447/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/06/30/spurs.jefferson.ap/index.html . June 28, 2011 . dead .
14. News: Jefferson back with Spurs after opting out of deal . nba.com . . July 21, 2010 . March 3, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628210529/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/07/21/spurs.jefferson.ap/index.html . June 28, 2011 . dead .
15. News: Spurs re-sign forward Matt Bonner . spurs.com . . July 13, 2010 . March 3, 2011.
16. News: Matt Bonner inks deal with Spurs, looks to spend it all on meat . Trey Kerby . . . July 14, 2010 . March 3, 2011.
17. News: Spurs sign Gary Neal . spurs.com . . July 22, 2010 . March 4, 2011.
18. News: Spurs add Jacque Vaughn to coaching staff . spurs.com . . September 24, 2010 . March 4, 2011.
19. News: Spurs add Kirk Penney to training camp roster . spurs.com . . September 28, 2010 . March 4, 2011.
20. News: Spurs waive Thomas Gardner . spurs.com . . September 30, 2010 . March 4, 2011.