Are the Spurs done being a competitive franchise

[lightskin jermaine]

Old? The team is young as hell

 

[triplehate]

Competitive in the social media era means playing for championships so they need at least 2-3 all stars for that. Based on that I'll say most non free agent destinations wont be competitive. They'll be back in the playoffs in no time tho


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[Piff Huxtable]

it's crazy how quickly the became irrelevant
Like nobody outside of southwest Texas cares for them

 

[btd623]

Just have to get through this Derozan, Mills, and Gay stage for another year and they’ll be fine. Too many guards on the roster and for whatever reason, this team gets injuries to contributing players at the worst times

we need a true POINT guard and a legit big man who can score

All 3 of those guys are free agents this off season.

 

[lightskin jermaine]

it's crazy how quickly the became irrelevant
Like nobody outside of southwest Texas cares for them

Boring, small market team that dominated over 20 years. The league and its fans couldn't wait for them to be finished.

 

[360dagod]

Boring, small market team that dominated over 20 years. The league and its fans couldn't wait for them to be finished.

Basketball Fans don't like basketball

 

[Phantum]

I thought Brooklyn was done for after their famous horrible trade but look at them now.

 

[malbaker86]

All 3 of those guys are free agents this off season.

Pop loves vets, they’ll be back

 

[Hey_zeus]

The Spurs in the lottery is a scary sight

 

[FAH1223]

Spurs are going to be competitive. They have a very young roster. They’ve locked into Murray and White. Keldon Johnson looks to be their wing/small ball PF of the future. They will need to make a decision on Lonnie Walker. Poetl is a rotation big but they need a legit PF.

Id say they need playmaking PG, a SF, and a PF.

Just pray they don't randomly fall to a top lottery pick and draft Evan Mobley

Sounds like a jinx thread before the lottery

 

[WMG the 2nd]

The spurs are one of the youngest teams in the league

Rudy gay might have been the oldest and he is like 33 or 34...

Tim Duncan didn't want to coach

It all depends on the younger ones stepping up...

Just gotta be patient and hope

Duncan is on there staff as a coach with Becky

also if they land a top four pick they will become a dynasty again in four years I promise
Give pop Mobley, Green, or lord please not Cade. They will be back to perennial playoff status.

 

[WMG the 2nd]

Yeah but that's the game.

They found Kawhi who was taken 15th (albeit by the Pacers)
They found Ginobili (57th overall) and Parker (28th overall) ...though I'll admit that Pop didn't really think too highly of them at the beginning.

Yeah, having Duncan was a major part of it all. But I don't think you NEED a top 5 pick to accelerate a franchise's development.
I understand completely what you're saying. I'm not disagreeing with you. Just for the sake of highlighting it, I want to list the top 5 picks in the NBA draft going back a decade or so.

2010: John Wall, Evan Turner, Derrick Favors, Wesley Johnson, DeMarcus Cousins
2011: Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams, Enes Kanter, Tristan Thompson, Jonas Valanciunas
2012: Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Bradley Beal, Dion Waiters, Thomas Robinson
2013: Anthony Bennet, Victor Oladipo, Otto Porter, Cody Zeller, Alex Len
2014: Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, Joel Embiid, Aaron Gordon, Dante Exum
2015: Karl Anthony-Towns, D'Angelo Russel, Jahlil Okafor, Kristaps Porzingis, Mario Hezonja
2016: Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram, Jaylen Brown, Dragan Bender, Kris Dunn
2017: Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball, Jayson Tatum, Josh Jackson, De'Aaron Fox
2018: Deandre Ayton, Marvin Bagley, Luka Doncic, Jaren Jackson, Trae Young
2019: Zion Williamson, Ja Morant, RJ Barret, De'Andre Hunter, Darius Garland

There are some good players in that list. How many of them are "turn around your franchise" caliber?
5? 6 maybe? Out of the 50 above...

It's complicated.

I must be tripping I see at least 16 names of guys I think could make a franchise better especially with how they careers turned out. Boogie borderline because Sacramento is the worst ran team in the league and him putting up 40-20-5 still barely got them 30 wins some years

 

[Brozay]

Duncan is on there staff as a coach with Becky

no hes not

 

[WMG the 2nd]

no hes not

Coaching Staff

 

[Brozay]

Coaching Staff

he resigned before the season, have you seen him on the bench at all?

Tim Duncan stepping down as Spurs' assistant coach