By: Henry Edwards 5/13/26
The San Antonio Spurs have been one of the greatest franchises in the NBA ever. They have won five NBA finals and are looking to win more with Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle in town. The Spurs do have one team in their way from NBA glory, the OKC Thunder.
The San Antonio Spurs team
In the regular season, the Spurs went 62-20 which got them the 2nd seed in the West behind the OKC Thunder. The most picks in ESPN Fantasy NBA playoff challenge Is the Thunder in first, and the Spurs right behind them. The Spurs have a lot of amazing players. Obviously players like Wemby, Steph Castle, and D’Aaron Fox. But, the best thing about the Spurs is that they have great depth. This means that even if their best players are struggling or possibly injured, the great team players can hold off until their great players are good again. But, every team has those kinds of players, so why are the Spurs so much better than those other teams? They are because their team players are the best team players and they have more than those other teams.
In this season, the Spurs are one of two teams in the entire league that is in the top ten in offence and in defence. The other team is the Boston Celtics. Their defence is led by Wemby, obviously, and their offence is commanded and set up by their point guard D’Aaron Fox. D’Aaron Fox is leading the team in steals and second in assists. I say this because even though Wemby leads the Spurs in scoring with 25 points per game, Fox sets up the whole offence.
The Spurs have a lot of great qualities, but the best one is that they are a very selfless team. Wemby said once, "I've turned down shots I can make with my eyes closed. But that was to get one of my teammates a shot he could make in his sleep". When your own leader says how selfless your team is, then that is a really good thing . It’s a good thing because usually the best player on the team is just going to talk about how good they are and not the team.
Fox and Wemby together
In conclusion, the Spurs are becoming a dynasty and this year, they have the best shot to win the NBA Finals; this year than any other year in franchise history than in The Duncan-Robison era. And the Spurs fans will be hoping that Wemby can give them what they’ve hoped for since Tim Duncan left.
Sources:
ESPN
Marshall Harmon