The San Antonio Spurs are in unchartered waters under their longtime head coach Gregg Popovich. Last season they missed the postseason for the first time when he has had them for a full season. They only made the play-in tournament this season, losing prior to the actual playoffs.
It is not that Popovich is losing his touch, the Spurs have lost too many good players along the way and there is always going to be a rebuild at some stage when this happens. The Spurs seem to have bottomed out of their rebuild at the tenth seed in the West.
This is a good and a bad thing. They are a lottery team but their pick is usually the middle of the first round. This could consign a team to NBA purgatory for a long time, but the Spurs and Popovich seem to have an answer for every situation, it might just take some time in this instance.
The San Antonio Spurs have missed the playoffs for the past two seasons. Here are five offseason roster moves they need to make.
The Spurs have not rushed out and made any rash moves despite where they sit in the standings. They did waive LaMarcus Aldridge when it was clear that the Spurs were not going to make any noise in the playoffs this season. Unfortunately for Aldridge, he had to retire shortly after joining the Brooklyn Nets due to a heart arrhythmia.
The Spurs also traded Cady Lalanne to the Golden State Warriors, receiving Marquese Chriss in return. They would then waive Chriss They need to start making more moves this offseason, let’s take a look at five they need to make this offseason.