Someday, the Spurs will be too old.
Someday, they’ll succumb to harm.
Today isn’t that day, and Manu Ginobili smirks at you for thinking it might be.
Unconcerned with a year-older core and also the fact that the Spurs have never repeated as champs, oddsmakers have bestowed the West’s finest odds upon Gregg Popovich and buddies. And why don’t you?
San Antonio looked fresh throughout the postseason, thanks largely to a maintenance program that kept every single Spur under half an hour per game during the year. Once younger, more athletic teams broke down, the well-rested Spurs hit their stride.
Expect them to choose the same approach this year, or even an even more conservative one. The regular season is no longer a challenge for this group, and they established last year that they could essentially give games away without hurting their postseason positioning.
Despite holding veterans out of back-to-back matches all season, the Spurs won a league-high 62 competitions.
If something goes awry, perhaps they will slide up and win 57 or 58 this year.
Until proved otherwise, San Antonio is the West’s greatest.
