The San Antonio Spurs are facing a major concern heading into the 2025-26 NBA season.
On paper, the San Antonio Spurs certainly looked impressive. They boast one of the NBA's brightest up-and-coming stars in Victor Wembanyama, and they possess a surplus of young talent around him. As a result, many are expecting big things from the Spurs this year.
But is there a chance to everything blows up in San Antonio's face?
Bleacher Report's Zach Buckley feels it's a possibility, revealing that he is concerned about all of the pieces actually fitting together down by the River Walk.
"This could be the season in which Victor Wembanyama forces his way into the best-player-on-the-planet discussion. And yet, that might not have a huge impact on this league's balance of power, because this roster hardly caters to his strengths," Buckley wrote. "He might be unstoppable in a properly spaced offense, but in the frontcourt, he'll find little to no shooting help from the likes of Keldon Johnson, Jeremy Sochan or Luke Kornet. And in the backcourt, it could be a lot of your-turn, my-turn attacking from ball-dominant, shaky-shooting guards in De'Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and No. 2 pick Dylan Harper."
San Antonio Spurs players Keldon Johnson, Devin Vassell, Victor Wembanyama and De'Aaron Fox. Credit: Scott Wachter-Imagn Images.Perhaps the most puzzling move the Spurs made was acquiring Fox in a blockbuster midseason trade last year and then signing him to a massive contract extension during the offseason.
Not that Fox isn't a good player; he is. However, the Fox-Castle backcourt pairing is awkward, to say the least. Not only do both guys need the ball in their hands, but neither is a particularly good perimeter shooter. San Antonio then went and drafted Harper, who only compounds the problem.
There is a chance that everything will work out just fine. Sometimes, talent wins out in the end. But fit matters, and Buckley absolutely has reasons to be a bit uneasy when it comes to whether or not the Spurs' roster actually makes sense.
San Antonio won 34 games last season and has not made the playoffs since 2019. For reference, the Spurs had never had consecutive campaigns without a postseason appearance prior to 2020.
We'll see if San Antonio can break its drought this season, but it will definitely be difficult in the rugged Western Conference ... especially if the pieces don't connect.