And we don't mean the Spurs' pursuit of their fifth ring. Gregg Popovich is a former expert in the area of international espionage, but he didn't need those skills to figure out that Manu Ginobili will be playing for Argentina in the Beijing Olympics in a few weeks.
Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News has the story of Pop deducing from his most recent email exchange with Manu that he'll be suiting up. Sounds pretty bummed about it, too.
In other Olympic news, Yao Ming played his first game in six months and looked a little rusty in Team China's pre-Olympic tuneup victory over Serbia today. It was Yao's first game action since suffering a stress fracture in his foot in February.
And Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Kaman both looked solid in Germany's victory over New Zealand Wednesday in a qualifying tournament in Athens. Kaman sat out the fourth quarter with a sore ankle.