The San Antonio Spurs are going to build around Victor Wembanyama this summer. But there isn’t much drama in that. When ranking all 30 teams by potential offseason drama, the Bleacher Report staff ranked them 27th, putting them in the fifth tier of NBA teams.
“Victor Wembanyama’s immediate ascent into superstardom ascribes a degree of instant and indefinite urgency to the San Antonio Spurs’ timeframe. With the option of chiseling out over $20 million in cap space and a draft-pick stash that would offend Mat Ishbia’s sensibilities, they should be looking to reel in a higher-end floor general who, at minimum, packs more of a scoring punch than Tre Jones,” wrote Dan Favale. “You know what happens if the Spurs don’t operate in haste this summer, though? Nothing except for another year’s worth of internal development, which may turn out to be terrifying, because Wembanyama isn’t yet a finished product. That’s a striking revelation that doubles as a harrowing reality for the rest of the NBA.
“We are not advocating for San Antonio to sit idle, but that may be the most likely outcome. These are the Spurs, the Association’s billboard for conservative roster-building practices. Wemby gives them unprecedented motivation, perhaps in the form of unforeseen pressure, to do something. But theirs is an urgency predicated more on opportunism and particularism, rather than alarmism. Truth be told, San Antonio’s biggest concern this summer is an ever-looming possibility that the mothership decides to call Wemby home.”
Even if the Spurs do nothing this summer, they still have plenty of time to figure it all out.
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