The Ginobilis release “It’s That Christmas Time of Year” (2024) “In 1989, Terry Cummings led the Spurs to the biggest turnaround in franchise history. But what most San Antonians don’t know is that T. C. wrote the best Christmas song in the history of the NBA. Now we’re bringing it back...” These words kick off the 2024 release “It’s That Christmas Time of Year,” an homage to the original song written by Terry Cummings that featured fellow teammates David Robinson, Sean Elliott, Johnny Moore, and Willie Anderson. The project was many months in the making as Chuck Herñañdez and John Fernandez of the local band Sweet Charbonneau and The Fur Trappers scoured their VHS cassette collections to find the original that inspired the reimagining of this holiday tune. Herñañdez’s research brought him to local music legend Joe Reyes, most notably of Buttercup, who performed in the original 1989 recording. Cummings track, which was completed at Michael Morales’ Studio M, featured Reyes and Morales in the session. Herñañdez and Fernandez, with the addition of Joe Reyes, then rewrote the tune and recorded the track with Reyes mixing and Brant Sankey mastering the final product. The song also featured Michael Guerra (accordion and bajo sexto), Rene Wise (grito), as well as legendary voice of the Spurs Jay Howard. Now a complete band, they have branded themselves The Ginobilis. Last month they filmed the above video. A few days later, I sat down with Chuck Herñañdez, Joe Reyes, John Fernandez, and Spurs legend Terry Cummings to discuss Cummings’ inspiration and his thoughts on the fans bringing the song back for the next generation of Spurs fans. Catch interview highlights in print a future Pounding The Rock post as well as in recorded form on KPSARadio.com Details to come! Welcome to The Thread. Join in the conversation, start your own discussion, and share your thoughts. This is the Spurs community, your Spurs community. Thanks for being here. Our community guidelines apply which should remind everyone to be cool, avoid personal attacks, do not troll and watch the language.