The Irresistible Urge to Anoint the Spurs

Watching the San Antonio Spurs play these days means internally negotiating between what feels real and what doesn’t. Possessions, quarters, games string together while present and future timelines crash into one another. It’s a cognitive dissonance not unlike reintegration sickness. This team has seemingly dismantled what looked to be an indestructible Oklahoma City Thunder framework, winning three games (emphatically!) against the defending champions in the span of 12 days; this team has also yet to establish a true baseline for itself due to various injuries to its core quartet in Victor Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, and Dylan Harper. San Antonio’s still figuring things out, yet it boasts one of the five best records in the league.