Misc MISC Spurs 2025-26 Season Thread

French sensation Victor Wembanyama’s second season for the San Antonio Spurs ended in disaster as he was ruled out after suffering from deep vein thrombosis or DVT in February 2025. As a result, the Spurs, seen by many to finally be a playoff-contending team, finished 13th in the West with a 34-48 record.
San Antonio have failed to reach the postseason since the 2018-19 campaign as fans bid farewell to Gregg Popovich to kickstart a new era under Mitch Johnson. And yet, all signs point to positive developments, the fruits of which we expect the Spurs to enjoy from the upcoming campaign.
San Antonio moved quickly in the offseason. They notably re-signed De’Aaron Fox and Bismack Biyombo while adding Rutgers superstar Dylan Harper and Carter Bryant via the No. 2 and 14 picks in the 2025 NBA draft.

Center Luke Kornet was signed in free agency to provide their generational big man some cover, leading to one of the most talented young cores in the NBA. On paper, the Spurs look well on their way to compete for the title in the coming years.

Yet, much will once again depend on Victor Wembanyama and whether he can deliver a healthy season after a seemingly stellar offseason that has included high-intensity training sessions and visits to China and Japan, where he practiced Chan meditation and Shaolin Kung Fu.
Wembanyama returned with a statline of 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 3.8 blocks per game last season while shooting at over 55% overall and over 35% from the three-point zone. The stats only confirm what the eye test reveals: he is a generational star with a remarkable two-way ceiling, and the only apparent challenge remains his health.

Wemby showed plenty of progress in his sophomore year before his season was cut short, and fans will be eager to see how quickly he can return to those levels post-rehabilitation. And if progress during the offseason and the Spurs’ recent moves are anything to go by, they are well-positioned to maximize Wemby’s impact and build towards their first postseason in years.

If he can remain available for the majority of the season, the 21-year-old will become the runaway favorite for this award. After all, he finished second in what was his rookie year and was not considered last campaign as he only played 46 regular season games.
 
Gotta say pop doesn’t “look great” or however people are describing him with mouth hanging open and his left side drooping in that footage from yesterday. Looks like a very old guy who had a very bad stroke. Hopefully he’s chilling and being a ceremonial jefe
 
ace3g said:
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I don’t know how sensitive of a topic this is in this community, but any story about Pop doing anything this year just really seems like a Ralph Wiggum “I helped” thing.

Brilliant people get serious strokes at age 75 and then become highly compromised and very old right away - and forever. That’s the way it works. I don’t know…everyone else knows better than me on this but having him generally just hanging around giving the same kind of vibe as your uncle that you avoid getting into long conversations with at thanksgiving is just not really a super professional atmosphere for me.

Go do an interview, if you’re capable of working as head of the franchise.
 
Shmurs said:
I don’t know how sensitive of a topic this is in this community, but any story about Pop doing anything this year just really seems like a Ralph Wiggum “I helped” thing.

Brilliant people get serious strokes at age 75 and then become highly compromised and very old right away - and forever. That’s the way it works. I don’t know…everyone else knows better than me on this but having him generally just hanging around giving the same kind of vibe as your uncle that you avoid getting into long conversations with at thanksgiving is just not really a super professional atmosphere for me.

Go do an interview, if you’re capable of working as head of the franchise.
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FWIW a stroke is brain ischemia, kills brain cells the same way heart attacks kill heart cells. Neither come back like you said, but brain cells are area specialized, damage often only effects specific abilities.
A right-sided stroke generally doesn't effect cognition or language processing, although it can drastically change mood/behavior/emotions. If he had a right-sided stroke he'd likely be just as sharp as before less his normal aging curve decline.
A left-sided stroke would be the one likely to hurt his cognition/language/logic, turn him Ralph-esque.
If he had RS issue and decided to stay with Spurs cuz he remembers he used to love it, this may have reminded him he's a basketball guy and not a politico, and get his focus back to helping to groom these guys, which was clearly something he loved and prided himself on before the Nephew/Unc situation.

I'm not super hopeful of that, but I've worked with a lot of stroked patients in the hospital, it does have a way of motivating people to get back to what they love while they can if only to avoid/fight the crushing depression that usually comes with strokes.
 
I’ll defer to expertise, but when I’ve seen people that age have any kind of physical or psychological trauma, the impact to how they generally operate is quite severe. I think emotional capabilities and cognitive capabilities are a little intertwined, right? And doesn’t this disrupt routines and have other avenues to destabilize?

A person can have a stroke and then recover. But this is an age where that seems fairly ridiculous.
 
My question is...

Who gives a shit?

Mitch is the coach, he seemingly has built a solid staff, and we're on the cusp of contending again. If Pop is sitting back like an old genius, or waddling around the facility with the brain of a 5 yr old, it doesnt matter. He brought us 5 titles but now the page is turned.
 
Not worthy of it's own thread because it is so obvious... but Spurs have officially picked up Wemby's 4th year option and Steph's 3rd year option, per Keith Smith
 
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