It takes a great team, great coaches and a great organization to win an NBA Championship. The San Antonio Spurs are in the 2026 NBA finals.
They have travelled well and a long distance since the February 9,2026 (A.D). mid-season All-star break.
Date: Feb. 2026
The First ‘REAL’ Test for the Spurs!
The Victor Wembanya lead San Antonio Spurs had spent the last few years building a team that could win an NBA title. The organization had done it before, they were trying to do it again.
This 2026 annual mid-season ‘Texas Rodeo Road Trip’was going to be a strong indication as to how far the organization had progress in its endeavor to win the NBA championship trophy.
Phil Jackson, A 13 TIME NBA CHAMPION, has a measurement rule for championship mid season progress. It ‘s the 40/20 rule is a famous NBA regular-season benchmark stating that a legitimate championship contender must win 40 games before accumulating 20 losses. It essentially requires teams to sustain a 67% win percentage over the first 60 games of the season to prove they have true championship pedigree.
The Texas Rodeo Road Trip Completion:
The Date: February 16, 2026. The road trip was a success and the All-star break is over, it’s back to work time … … time to dance! The have demonstrated … … … they are on track.
But it’s early, still. Lots more to prove
The San Antonio Spurs have a 38 win to 16 lose game record. That is 54 games completed in a 82 game regular season schedule – not included are pre-season and playoff games. The team currently stands second in the Western conference standing. Four wins behind the 2025 World (NBA) Champion first place Oklahoma Thunder – who the Spurs have already beaten three times this season – and the Spurs are currently three wins ahead of the Nikola Jokic led 2023 NBA Champions Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets have 20 loses at this point in the season.
The Spurs are now playing at the ‘big boy table’. Can they maintain their seat at the table. Both Oklahoma and Denver have strengthened their respective rosters post Championship years. The Spurs are the new cowboys of the West.
The San Antonio Spurs are now embarking on aeight game road trip. Their basketball savvy and moxie, as a young up and coming NBA team is about to be put to a test. Come along for the rodeo ride.
We have decided to join the Spurs on their journey. Follow along for the next few games as we provide updates and analysis.
Joining us on this adventure will be Texas’ very on Willie Nelson and the now famous ‘Doctor Cricket Dunkenstein’.
Hang on, it’s goin’ be a rodeo ride starting from San Antonio Texas and ending in Austin Texas, wandering throughout the USA. Thus, aptly named: ‘A Texas Road Trip’
The Date: February 9,2026 (A.D). Next week will mark the mid-season All-star break. This is a welcome break to all players and teams in the NBA. This highly anticipated will not provide relief to the Spurs.
The San Antonio Spurs have a 32 win to 16 lose game record. That is 48 games completed in a 92 game regular season schedule. the team stands second in the Western conference standing. Four wins behind the 2025 World (NBA) Champion first place Oklahoma Thunder – who the Spurs have already beaten three (maybe four?) times this season – and the Spurs are currently tied in total wins with the Nikola Jokic led 2023 NBA Champions Denver Nuggets. However the Nuggets have 19 loses at this point in the season. The Spurs are now playing at the ‘big boy table’. Can they maintain their seat at the table. Both Oklahoma and Denver have strength their respective rooster post Championship years.
The San Antonio Spurs are embarking on a two week road trip with All-star weekend smack in the middle of this long road trip. Their basketball savvy and moxie, as a young up and coming NBA team is about to be put to a test.
We have decided to join the Spurs on their journey. Follow along for the next few games as we provide updates and analysis. Joining us on this adventure will be Texas’ very on Willie Nelson and the famous ‘Doctor Cricket Dunkenstein’.
Hang on, it’s goin’ be a rodeo ride from Texas.
San Antonio Spurs 2026 Roster of Players and Coaches
The French colonizers … and the Indian Nation. 20 of the first 27 French colonizers died in the first Winter. Dress warm, … … add an extra hoodie boys … cover head, no outside wet hair, (it’s cold)
Good work #41. Everybody gets an extra ice bag for the road trip to the ‘Great White North’.
Truck, nice work, you played like a full back with a quarterbacks touch from the line (except the first 3 pointer was not pretty). Nice defensive work by the ‘Bob Marley’ Twins. Steph told me what type of gum he was chewing. You know you are doin’ the right thing when he gets pissed and pushes you to the ground. Foxy, ok, but you looked little timid to jump into that brawl. And Victor, you need Rick Majerus, (ask Doc Rivers about Rick). Your footwork is not good, and your balance needs work! give me 7 days, and in 30 days, I’ld have those big ‘feetsies of yours’ functioning correctly and that ass of yours lower to the ground, making it more difficult to put you on the floor … also, you need one post move, (baby jump hook, both hands to the middle) .
… … but you never have been taught “how” to get that into your feet, ass, and, your stance, (footwork) , only a few can teach it correctly, Majerus was the best, but he is dead. Most guys in the USA don’t know how they learned it, … … … …
Anyway … … … keep on keeping on, you are on a good war path Indians … day-by-day.. Chief Mitch can lead you into battle …
Tina Turner:
Survived the physical abuse and beatings of her ‘deranged’ violent husband Ikke Tuner. She was afraid that leaving him would end her career. She was wrong to think that was the case. Finally, after dumping Ikke, Tina produced the song: ‘Nut Bush City Limits’, #1 in Australia, #4 In Great Britain, #10 on the USA chart hit list. She filled stadiums for years beyond her days of enduring abuse.
Hey it’s Willie, guys. I got the Music set up for ‘The Motor City”!
I gotta go with Bob Seager , or Mowtown … I’m thinkin’ to combine the two. Go with the great Motown Tina Turner Song: ‘Nut Bush City Limits’, then, re-done live in Detroit by Bob, now that was Motown jammin’!
Yea, Nut Bush City Limits! Watch out for the P-O-LICE, better keep an eye … … .. …
BIG NIGHT! One more Texas two step needed boys. It’s a must win game. Gotta get #40!
Don’t overlook your dance partner tonight. Don’t let your eyes wonder unto all the other pretty girls .. Pay attention to your dance partner. WIN ON THE “DANCE” Court tonight.
Moody Center
Austin, TX / Saturday
Feb 21 /
7:00 PM CST
How could you not play your A-S-S off when fans like the Austin crowd are filling the stadium, and proud to have you in town. Give ’em a show boys, give a hook ’em horns show tonight! ( Yes, I saw that Victor).
Yeap fellas, it’s Doc, they sent me ahead to scout the Detroit Pistons. I’ll post my report tomorrow. First, do that dance thing again tonight in Austin Texas.
Let me tell ya, man, those Pistons are good, man, really. G-O-O-D! They are goin’ to kick your butt, UNLESS: #1: You stop them from OFFENSIVE rebounds.
(2)Gotta get all five of you hit the ‘D’ Boards, … no cherry pickin’ in Detroit allowed … … (3) gotta block ’em out on every shot. (4) Gotta win on the boards.
(5) Can’t have a mistake, filled, high turnover night in Detroit. Those Pistons know how to cash in on mistakes.
(6) Somehow, you need to slow down, Caden and Jalen. Both! Not easy to do …
I suggest, you try to limit Caden’s touches, before he gets the ball. Hard to do, let me know ‘what kinda-gum he is chewing’, I want to know his gum flavor by half-time … , get face-to-face , uptight close when he doesn’t have the ball. Try, deny, deny, and deny him. Of course, that means less help, so everybody else needs to help, help. And no second shots.
Jalen is all inside … 63% , Field Goal Percentage , all inside, gotta keep him off the boards, You gotta, play great between the lines,
Victor, get your footwork right, on Defense, think all those block second, stop first, think about guarding the inside guy, then do that block thing , defense first, footwork , then block, … and everybody BLOCK OUT!
The Pistons don’t win from shooting it from ‘downtown’, they win by pounding you inside on the boards, in ‘DOWNTOWN DETROIT”
That’s my Detroit Pistons scouting report. Boy those Pistons are tough cookies, no sissy boys on this Pistons team! Get your big boy pants on! …
Stevie Ray Vaughan & David Bowie teamed Up for this #1 hit song and award winning music video: “Let’s Dance”. The Music video filmed in TEXAS!
The Texas Rodeo Road Trip Update:
The Date: February 16, 2026. The All-star break is over, it’s back to work time … … time to dance!
The San Antonio Spurs have a 38 win to 16 lose game record. That is 54 games completed in a 82 game regular season schedule – not included are pre-season and playoff games. The team currently stands second in the Western conference standing. Four wins behind the 2025 World (NBA) Champion first place Oklahoma Thunder – who the Spurs have already beaten three times this season – and the Spurs are currently three wins ahead of the Nikola Jokic led 2023 NBA Champions Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets have 20 loses at this point in the season.
The Spurs are now playing at the ‘big boy table’. Can they maintain their seat at the table. Both Oklahoma and Denver have strengthened their respective rosters post Championship years. The Spurs are the new cowboys of the West.
The San Antonio Spurs are now embarking on aeight game road trip. Their basketball savvy and moxie, as a young up and coming NBA team is about to be put to a test. Come along for the rodeo ride.
We have decided to join the Spurs on their journey. Follow along for the next few games as we provide updates and analysis.
Joining us on this adventure will be Texas’ very on Willie Nelson and the now famous ‘Doctor Cricket Dunkenstein’.
Hang on, it’s goin’ be a rodeo ride starting from San Antonio Texas and ending in Austin Texas, wandering throughout the USA. Thus, aptly named: ‘A Texas Road Trip’
San Antonio Spurs 126 vs The Golden State Warriors 116 / Feb. 11, 2026 / Spurs Win
Season record: 28 – 16
All Star Weekend Break :
Next game: Phx Suns / Thursday / Feb 19 / 7:30 PM CST / Moody Center / Austin, TX /
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San Antanio Spurs 499 vs The Los Angeles “JV” Team 108 / Feb. 10 – 2026 /
A Win is A Win is a Win. Even if you don’t play well for 3/4 of a game.
Willie dedicates The Patsey Cline Song : “Crazy” to ‘Baby Face’, who saved your butt from defeat tonight!
3 minutes song that changed the world .. Willie Nelson wrote it , (sold it for peanuts) … Baby Face, 10 minutes of play, nobody will notice, saved the game, I did …
Steph: dedication check for you ……., forego playing in break, ice your butt, … … get healthy, fast, … … … …
Consider image, change, HAIRCUT< SHAVE, it will give you new energy, new perspective, turn the page … … … … you will have plenty of “ALL-star” weekends in the future!
Walk around and do the media, nobody cares if you actually play …
A TEXAS LEGEND
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Montreux 1985 – FRANCE
Stevie Ray… known for playing the guitar so hard, he would break the strings regularly … big break … Montreux Jazz festival , lukewarm audience reception, but DAVID BOWIE loved the performance … signed him to a contract.
A TEXAS LEGEND
Stevie Ray Vaughan & David Bowie teamed Up for this #1 hit song and award winning music video: “Let’s Dance”. The Music video filmed in TEXAS!
Moody Center
Austin, TX
Saturday
Feb 21
7:00 PM CST
Chase Center
San Francisco, CA
Wednesday
Feb 11
9:00 PM CST
MOVE FORWARD , one-step-at-a- time … that was a good baby step, now we start the real rodeo barrel chase events … no time to ponder, move forward, all verbal conversation needs to be FORWARD! >>>>>>>
Willie Nelson: A Martial Arts Master - Life In Good & Bad Times Master
Nelson attended Abbott High School, where he was a halfback on the football team, guard on the basketball team, and shortstop in baseball.
His mother left soon after he was born, and his father remarried and also moved away, leaving Nelson and his sister Bobbie to be raised by their grandparents,
Willie Hugh Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas, on April 29, 1933, to Ira Doyle Nelson and Myrle Marie … … Nelson traces his genealogy to the American Revolutionary War,
His parents moved to Texas from Arkansas in 1929 to look for work.
He wrote his first song at age seven, ….
…. and when he was nine, he played guitar for local band Bohemian Polka
During the summer, the Nelson family picked cotton … earned money by singing in dance halls, taverns, and honky tonks from age 13, which he continued through high school.
His musical influences were Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Lefty Frizzell, Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Django Reinhardt, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong.
MOVE FORWARD , one-step-at-a- time … that was a good baby step, now we start the real rodeo barrel chase events … no time to ponder, move forward, all verbal conversation needs to be FORWARD! >>>>>>>
Playing team disc jockey on the rodeo trip will be Willie Nelson … Oscar is gonna toss in some tunes later … … Put me in the game, Coach!
Spurs 135 – Lakers 108 …. 108 really, explain how they broke 100, please explain to me, I’m just a cricket …… ok, forget that. Important is Stephan , ok, he walked into locker room, ?
If you are ok, listen up, // Anyway Steph nice effort, hustle is a good thing ….
…. but being stubborn can make a man stupid, and, at times, injured, on the basketball court. (Ask me about my 45 years record of personal fouls, yeap, … still standing, … ) .. Hope everyone is healthy. All knife fights (games) can be dangerous. Even warm-ups games against the JV team ….
Mr. Fat Hat
We made an executive decision mid -way into the 3rd quarter. In order to maintain our audience viewership and to avoid the boredom, we switched the broadcast program to a more defensive minded competitive game, the 2018 NBA all star game. which was 148 points to 145 points, one of the great defensive top battles of all time.
Midnight
Chase Center
San Francisco, CA
Wednesday
Feb 11
9:00 PM CST
MOVE FORWARD , one-step-at-a- time … that was a good baby step, now we start the barrel chase events …
They call me “Midnight Cricket because I am a late night owl, awake and ready late into the night. But that was a snoozer for me … Honestly, I fell asleep in the 4th quarter ….
You are suppose to beat the Junior Varsity Team by lots of points, but who said you get to be sloppy … … … Man, coach Mitch should have put me in the game. I got Moves’ Coach, I can score in these blow out type of games … “Put Me In Coach”! … … Put Oscar in the game.
James Worthy …. …. … ask me about fog Worthy, (fog glasses) … … … he is a really nice person … loved his weed … … a H-e-l-l of a basketball player!
Robert Horry, ‘the dime dropper’ … … everything, no Robert, … He did NOT DO EVERYTHING, Reakky really … TV sales are important … … TV won’t put your mind on a championship path, Victor. Caution advised.
Playing team disc jockey on the rodeo trip will be Willie Nelson …
The Date: February 9,2026 (A.D). Next week will mark the mid-season All-star break. This is a welcome break to all players and teams in the NBA. This highly anticipated will not provide relief to the Spurs.
The San Antonio Spurs have a 32 win to 16 lose game record. That is 48 games completed in a 92 game regular season schedule. the team stands second in the Western conference standing. Four wins behind the 2025 World (NBA) Champion first place Oklahoma Thunder – who the Spurs have already beaten three (maybe four?) times this season – and the Spurs are currently tied in total wins with the Nikola Jokic led 2023 NBA Champions Denver Nuggets. However the Nuggets have 19 loses at this point in the season. The Spurs are now playing at the ‘big boy table’. Can they maintain their seat at the table. Both Oklahoma and Denver have strength their respective rooster post Championship years.
The San Antonio Spurs are embarking on a two week road trip with All-star weekend smack in the middle of this long road trip. Their basketball savvy and moxie, as a young up and coming NBA team is about to be put to a test.
We have decided to join the Spurs on their journey. Follow along for the next few games as we provide updates and analysis. Joining us on this adventure will be Texas’ very on Willie Nelson and the famous ‘Doctor Cricket Dunkenstein’.
Hang on, it’s goin’ be a rodeo ride from Texas.
TOUGH SCHEDULE!
Chase Center
San Francisco, CA
Wednesday
Feb 11
9:00 PM CST
Moody Center
Austin, TX
Thursday
Feb 19
7:30 PM CST
Moody Center
Austin, TX
TV:KENS
Radio:WOAI/KXTN
Moody Center
Austin, TX
Saturday
Feb 21
7:00 PM CST
Little Caesars Arena
Detroit, MI
Monday
Feb 23
6:00 PM CST
Scotiabank Arena
Toronto, ON
Wednesday
Feb 25
6:30 PM CST
Barclays Center
Brooklyn, NY
Thursday
Feb 26
6:30 PM CST
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
Sunday
Mar 1
12:00 PM CST
Xfinity Mobile Arena
Philadelphia, PA
Tuesday
Mar 3
7:00 PM CST
Frost Bank Center
San Antonio, TX
Thursday
Mar 5
7:00 PM CST
Frost Bank Center
San Antonio, TX
Willie & ‘Doctor Cricket Dunkenstein’ go … ‘On The Road Again’ … with the Spurs! Follow Along …
Doctor Cricket Dunkenstein... Come On, Man ... Let's Go!
Hey Victor, it’s me Doctor Dunkenstein. I got some top secret information for you about your road trip. so listen up, you dig, man?
This is your secret weapon! You need to take a cowboy HAT with you on the road. Your secret weapon to win is in the bend of the rim of the hat! Yep, that’s it “A BIG BEAUTIFUL TEXAS COWBOY HAT”!
… … with a perfect bend!
Maybe get a few extra, to give out as gifts. Ya know, who doesn’t love getting a cowboy hat? Everybody loves a stylish cowboy hat. Plus, if you get lost on the trip, everyone will know you are from Texas to help you find your way home.
Personally, I like the black, brown and grey Stetson Hats. I’m getting all three
