San Antonio Spurs Devin Vassell Patty Mills Keldon Johnson (Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images)
After missing the playoffs last season, the San Antonio Spurs were not expected to be one of the key competitors in the Western Conference. However, measly early-season forecasts about the Silver and Black have been wrong so far as the good guys have raced out to an 18-14 record at the midseason point.
Given San Antonio’s great first-half showing, let us hand out midseason grades for every player and zoom in on the things that have gone well for the Spurs as they have jumped out to their pleasant start.