🏀NBA Preview: San Antonio Spurs

We’re going to talk every team, one a day, until the season starts. We’ll start at the bottom and work up. Today, we’re gonna head to San Antonio and preview the Spurs.

It’s pretty rare that a team with only 22 wins last season was must-watch TV. I guess that’s what happens when you have a unicorn on your team by the name of Victor Wembenyama. They went into this offseason with a star at the center of the franchise, they just needed to fill in the pieces around him.

They went and got veteran talent, with the mindset of growing their young core. They added Chris Paul through free agency and Harrison Barnes in a trade, two guys who have more or less seen it all.

Paul’s task will be to not only help in the transition of Wemby to stardom, it’ll be to groom his successor. With the 4th pick in this past year’s draft, San Antonio picked UConn guard Stephon Castle. Castle is a dynamic guard who can lead the offense and guard with the best of them. Castle will surely have Paul’s ear all season.

Combining young guns Stephon Castle and Wemby and veterans Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes isn’t exactly an NBA Finals level roster, but this team has some sneaky really good NBA players. Keldon Johnson, Devin Vassell, and Jeremy Sochan have proven to be above average NBA players who can help a team in multiple ways. Not to mention, this team is coached by the winningest coach in NBA History, Coach Pop, who turns 76 in January. This team is Pops’ legacy after he retires, and I don’t see him leaving behind some scrubs.

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