When Alonzo Jones’ parents bought a house at the Willowwood Estates subdivision on the East Side, a cornfield was growing across the street and the franchise that would become the San Antonio Spurs was still the Dallas Chaparrals.
That was more than 60 years ago.
The corn stalks have been replaced by warehouses, heavy-duty trucks and tall metal fences in the shadow of the Frost Bank Center, the home of the Spurs since 2002…