05-05-2025, 06:16 AM
(05-04-2025, 11:11 PM)F Gump Wrote: I'm not sold on SA at all. They are a great circus show, with Wemby being promoted for [supposedly] doing "unprecedented things for a 7-footer," but he has yet to prove to be a difference-maker in ACTUAL WINNING OF GAMES. They have lots of "great young players of the future" who also haven't moved the needle on W's. And the clock is ticking, because when all these "great young players" get a few years under their belt, they want a contract that fits that description. Or they become Derrick White, shipped off to BOS for spare parts and junk picks when he had showed promise and then it was time to pay him.
I was real critical of the Spurs offseason last summer. I also didn't like watching them play when even Wemby was healthy. Looked like a team off odd fitting parts and not ready to win at all. With that being said with a summer working after a big trade, two lottery picks and additional flexibility, I think they are substantially better next year.
It is really hard to make the top 6 in the West. Heck, even Golden State did not make it. But if we eliminated those top 7 teams, I would put SA as the next best odds to make the top 6 next year. I think there is a really good chance you see a jump from them next year. They should.