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Presale is now available Wembymania is upon us. Jerseys run out of stock, t cards are selling at ridiculous prices, and bobbleheads are flying off the shelves. FOCO has presale on their next Victor Wembanyama bobblehead. Their last sold out before I could even get a post. Wednesday morning, FOCO released the next edition of the Victor Wembanyama San Antonio Spurs Rookie Bobblehead. Victor is in his white home uniform with a basketball in hand getting ready to dribble up the court and score on his opponent. This is a limited edition bobblehead individually numbered out of 323 units for preorder standing at 8 inches tall at a retail price of $70. Check out the link HERE. Welcome to the Thread. Join in the conversation, start your own discussion, and share your thoughts. This is the Spurscommunity, your Spurs community. Thanks for being here. Our community guidelines apply which should remind everyone to be cool, avoid personal attacks, not to troll and to watch the language.

Just two point guards talking about point guard stuff. | Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports San Antonio faces Zion Williamson’s Pelicans in New Orleans Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. It’s the second night of a back-to-back, so speculation is that Victor Wembanyama might sit out tonight, which would rob fans of one of the craziest mismatches possible in today’s NBA, Zion Williamson’s tank-like physique matched against the willowy Frenchman. Both players use their physical attributes to great advantage, but it would be great to see how that plays out with them matched out against each other. Zion Williamson has been available for every game this year, and he’s the engine that propels the New Orleans offense, averaging 24 points with 4.9 assists per game. After last night’s heartbreaking loss to the Hawks, I don’t really hold out a lot of hope that the Spurs will be able to break their 13 game losing streak tonight, but stranger things have happened. The Pelicans won their group in the In Season Tournament, and they might be looking forward to their first round game against Sacramento on Monday night. The Spurs will be off after this game until next Wednesday, when they face the Timberwolves in Minnesota. There’s no excuse for holding anything back with four days between games, so the Silver and Black should play all out tonight, and send the Pelicans to Las Vegas with a loss. Game Prediction: Victor will try to speak French with a Cajun fan on the sidelines and realize that there’s no way that he can grasp that particular dialect. One final word: Go Spurs GOOOOOO!! San Antonio Spurs at New Orleans PelicansDecember 1, 2023 | 7:00 PM CTStreaming: NBA League Pass TV: Bally Sports Southwest Reminder: It is against site policy to post links to illegal streams in the comments, but it is not against site policy to exchange email addresses, for instance.

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Texas on Friday to remove the floating barrier it deployed in the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass this summer, affirming a lower court’s ruling.