The San Antonio Spurs may have one of the more intimidating frontcourts in the NBA today.

Having Victor Wembanyama is a major help, as he’s already solidified himself as the most feared defender in all of basketball. In the impactful two seasons of his career, Wembanyama is already a two-time blocks leader, averaging 3.6 and 3.8 blocks per game respectively.

The Spurs also have veteran Harrison Barnes, who’s one of the more consistent 3-point shooters in the league, averaging a career high 43% beyond the arc last season with the Spurs.

Barnes can mainly play on the wing, but given that Devin Vassell will likely start at the 3, Barnes may find himself at the power forward position.

Either way, that opens up the floor in ways that are hard to imagine. Vassell is a career 37% shooter from downtown as well so between both Barnes and Vassell, along with De’Aaron Fox and Wembanyama who can occasionally chuck it up, San Antonio has a chance to be one of the more dominant shooting teams in the league.

But now, there are two new dimensions in San Antonio’s frontcourt, and that’s Luke Kornet and Kelly Olynyk.

Kornet is not someone who’s going to break down the walls. He’s a serviceable backup center that has an NBA Championship on his resume, when he won with the Boston Celtics in 2024.

In his eight year career, Kornet has only averaged 5.2 points per game, 3.5 rebounds, and .8 blocks. However, the past two seasons coming off the bench for the majority of both schedules, he’s a block per game.

The 7-foot-2 monster inked a three year deal worth $41 million after years of taking team discounts with the Celtics. Boston’s team president, Brad Stevens addressed to the media before training camp that the Celtics tried to retain him.

Likely backing up Barnes will be Olynyk, who has built a 12-year career off exceptional outside shooting. He’s a career 37% shooter from deep, and is coming off a season where he spent time with the Toronto Raptors and New Orleans Pelicans. 

Olynyk may be behind the curve a little bit after recovering from heel surgery. He’s already been held out of practices, but the offseason surgery he underwent did have a three-to-four month recovery timeline.

Either way, the Spurs have finally given Wembanyama help in the frontcourt. Previously, backing him up were underperforming players like Zach Collins, Charles Bassey and Bismack Biyombo.

This time, Brian Wright has loaded up the roster with hopes to make the playoffs for the first time since 2019.