It’s simple: have the offseason they just had.

Bleacher Report’s Andy Bailey wrote a piece on how every team in the NBA fared in the offseason, and what their “grade point average” was.

For San Antonio, it received a hearty 3.7.

Not exactly a grade that eye-pops like a 4.0, but it’s among the top of the class regardless.

Bailey wrote that the Spurs are out for playing the long game, which based on very recent history, it could pay off.

“The Spurs have the picks and contracts to make another splashy trade, but they seem content to build around [Victor Wembanyama] relatively slowly and patiently. And given what we just saw from the Oklahoma City Thunder, it's hard to argue against that approach.”

We don’t need to run through how dominant Wembanyama is. He’s a freak athlete who almost feels like a cheat code in the NBA. Had he not gone down in the middle of February due to deep vein thrombosis, one could argue that the Spurs were primed for a playoff run.

In the end, it led to more luck for a franchise that has had a lot of it in its history. San Antonio received the second overall pick in the NBA Draft due to the lottery, and selected Dylan Harper – which was a no-brainer. 

San Antonio now has one of the deeper backcourts in the league with Harper, De’Aaron Fox (who just signed a lucrative extension), last season’s Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell, and Keldon Johnson.

Something will have to give. Will coach Mitch Johnson find a way to play all of them?

However, in the front court, is probably where the Spurs needed the most help. Beyond Wembanyama and Jeremy Sochan, there wasn’t much help. Wembanyama is a force at the rim in his own right, but there needs to be more length than just his 7-foot-3 frame.

Which is why the Spurs went ahead and acquired Luke Kornet and Kelly Olynyk.

Kornet is a 7-foot-2 giant as well who won an NBA Title with the Celtics two seasons ago. He may not be the rim protector that Wembanyama is, but having two seven footers in the frontcourt is horrifying for opposing big men. 

Olynyk is also an experienced big man who specializes in spacing the floor and knocking down open 3s. Given the fact that San Antonio signed two centers, it makes you wonder if it wants to play Wembanyama at power forward.

Regardless, no matter where he is, it’s still a scary sight.

Olynyk and Kornet aren’t needle movers by any stretch of the imagination, but they’re still solid pieces that can be vital for a playoff team. Because of that, Bailey graded San Antonio’s offseason a ‘B+.’

For the Spurs, a Championship is probably the goal, but it won’t be the expectation for the 2025-26 season. 

There’s still a lot for this franchise to build with the young pieces they have. At the very least, getting to the playoffs and having their star Wembanyama experiencing the postseason should be the expectation.

But make no mistake, if this team builds the way Oklahoma City did, the league is in for a world of hurt.