{"id":244,"date":"2011-08-18T20:53:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T20:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=244"},"modified":"2011-08-18T20:54:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T20:54:42","slug":"spurs-owner-peter-holts-past-puts-nba-offseason-in-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2011\/08\/spurs-owner-peter-holts-past-puts-nba-offseason-in-perspective.html","title":{"rendered":"Spurs Owner Peter Holt&#8217;s Past Puts NBA Offseason in Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2011\/08\/Peter-Holt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-308\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2011\/08\/Peter-Holt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>Spurs Owner Peter Holt&#8217;s Past Puts NBA Offseason in Perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>By Mike Wise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An NBA owner I hadn&#8217;t spoken to in a few years called the other day. 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