Mike Finger

San Antonio Express-News digit.

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[Mike Finger @mikefinger]

Last summer, Mitch Johnson made a teary-eyed promise on behalf of his organization to a flood-ravaged community.

Saturday, surrounded by kids who’d seen the unimaginable, Johnson reminded them he and the Spurs still are serious about keeping it.

Column:
https://t.co/vJgukV1rHw

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: A Wyoming woman alleges in a federal lawsuit that her stepfather used the Grok chatbot to transform a childhood photo into child sexual abuse material. https://t.co/FBAjtClETk

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@JimVertuno Closer to spring than the first day of fall. Like calling Halloween a winter holiday.

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@BrentZwerneman @DouglasPils @bradthejag Mine still running in the paper this week, 13 years later.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest https://t.co/Jfo8hYaemH

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Victor Wembanyama could have signed an extension worth $302 million, and instead chose to help the Spurs out by signing one for $252 million, and it made me think of this Chappelle explanation of giant dollar amounts.

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@BrentZwerneman Hey, modeling pays better than sports writing.

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One of the most important columns I’ve ever written:

After making the NBA Finals with a young team built around an emerging superstar, this is why the Spurs SHOULD NOT trade Victor Wembanyama for Jimmy Butler.

https://t.co/ruFK0oIZgr

[DonMega @DonWooden_]

@mikefinger Is it you and I missed the joke?

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@DonWooden_ Lol.

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Missed this post the other day. The old man asking questions seems grossly unprofessional.

[San Antonio Spurs @spurs]

sorry JQ that No. 21 is already taken 🤣

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@dwil @Marriott Not expecting much of a tip.

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My fellow sports scribes keep sending me this photo. @Marriott I realize I’m titanium for life but I did not grant my approval for this.

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Did you realize the Spurs haven’t fired a coach or a general manager in 30 years? That kind of continuity is unthinkable in pro sports, and it’s one reason Brian Wright can take big draft swings other GMs can’t.

On patience as a team-building superpower:
https://t.co/HRELDSyGS6

[Mike Finger @mikefinger]

Wrote about De’Aaron Fox, and three things we know:

1. The Spurs’ trade for him was good, and they’d do it over again.

2. They wouldn’t have made the Finals without him.

3. They will have to move on from him eventually, and it might be this summer. https://t.co/CSW3XjSmZo

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@ReallyDanWeiner Did I post this here mainly because I suspect he might see it? You can’t prove that.

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One of the funniest emails I received today is from a PR firm offering to put me in touch with the guy who advised Steve Patterson at Texas and Larry Scott at the Pac-12, to talk about the “damage done to Wemby’s reputation."

I will pass.

[Dan Greenberg @StoolGreenie]

And when it happens, boy does it feel great

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This will make the story better. When it’s Victor Wembanyama’s turn to celebrate like Jalen Brunson did Saturday, this will be the flashback scene, the agony to avenge.

“I can’t tell you what the lesson is,” Wemby said.

He will show us soon enough.
https://t.co/hYH8AxU2SX

[Mike Finger @mikefinger]

This will make the story better. When it’s Victor Wembanyama’s turn to celebrate like Jalen Brunson did Saturday, this will be the flashback scene, the agony to avenge.

“I can’t tell you what the lesson is,” Wemby said.

He will show us soon enough.
https://t.co/hYH8AxU2SX

[Mike Finger @mikefinger]

Have not seen New Yorkers outnumber Texans on their home turf like this since the last time I went to a SXSW.