San Antonio Spurs

Vegas Over/Under: 54.5

The Record Projection: 55-27 of fromal The Bet: Prevent but don’t ever bet against the San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs feel more vulnerable than they’ve been in quite some time.
Tony Parker and Rudy Gay are both working their way back from major injuries, while Pau Gasol and Manu Ginobili re-signed to get an opportunity to keep their fights against Father Time in the same uniforms.
With LaMarcus Aldridge moving farther away from stardom, Kawhi Leonard is the lone participant who appreciates true celestial standing, and he doesn’t actually have the luxury of an excessive amount of depth around him.
Sure, Dejounte Murray, Leonard Danny Green, Aldridge and Gasol’s opening quintet is a dominant person. But the main backups–while Gay and Parker are rehabbing, at least–are Patty Mills,” Ginobili, Kyle Anderson, Davis Bertans and Joffrey Lauvergne.
That is not particularly inspiring. Not by Spurs criteria.
But one figure is. As Adam Spinella noted for NBA Math, head coach Gregg Popovich is one persistent reason for optimism, even as the dynasty looks like it’s on the decline:
“Despite that certainty, we’ll watch anxiously as Pop attempts prove us wrong and make those subtle modifications to his roster. We’ll hope for one final run of basketball from an unbelievably franchise. We are going to look to see how this group of offense-first big guys and over-the-hill cast members constructs another top-ranked defense.”
Never bet against Popovich don’t.