At the start of the NBA’s 2023-24 season, expectations for the San Antonio Spurs were understandably high. And after having drafted French rookie forward Phenom Victor Wembanyama with the top overall draft pick of the 2023 NBA draft, it is easy to understand why that was.
But did we all collectively set those expectations a bit higher than we should have, given the fact that the Spurs had stripped down the roster fairly heavily of star talent ahead of the star of the 2023-24 campaign? Or did people have the potential impact of Wemby pegged right, only to miss the potential impact on wins and losses of what is being called “player development” (cough, cough, tanking) these days?
The host of the “Locked On Spurs” podcast, Jeff Garcia, took a closer look at what our expectations were ahead of the start of San Antonio’s 2023-24 season, and if they might have been too high in a recent clip.
Check it out above!
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