The San Antonio Spurs clinched their first Southwest Division title since 2017, and Victor Wembanyama made sure to clarify that he thinks it's a big deal.
Victor Wembanyama is one of the more stoic players in the NBA, although he has spent this season ready to celebrate even the smallest wins the San Antonio Spurs have.
Given the success they've found this season, he's had plenty to celebrate, and with their most recent blowout win over the Miami Heat, they clinched another milestone.
For the first time since 2017, the Spurs are Southwest Division champions. In the modern NBA, divisions don't really matter, but the Spurs will be able to hang a banner at the Frost Bank Center.
Wemby hopes it will be the first of many.
Spurs Pass 'Significant' Milestone
Heading into the 2025-26 NBA season, the Spurs were expected to be frisky, but no one penciled them in as one of the most dominant teams in the NBA.
Instead, with the additions of Kevin Durant and Cooper Flagg, the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks were expected to lead the way in the Southwest Division, with the Spurs sandwiched between their two in-state rivals and the less-accomplished Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans.
With ten games left, the Spurs have already clinched a better record than any of those teams. While it won't match a Finals banner, Wembanyama still thinks it's worth celebrating.
"It is significant for multiple reasons," the superstar said. "First of all, looking at us, obviously, great progression. And throughout 70 games at least, now we've got 10 more, so we just need to finish the right way. It also means something because our division...Dallas was in the Finals two years ago, and Houston was a top seed. So it is significant, looking at the big picture, to win the division."
Wembanyama and his teammates have made it no secret this season that they aim to add a Western Conference banner, as well as a Larry O'Brien Trophy.
The Spurs have a rich history of running their division, and while playoff seeding is no longer determined by inter-divisional standings, the historical and geographic rivalries remain strong, and it's safe to say that the ahead-of-schedule Spurs are back on top and won't give up the throne anytime soon.