Sure as you can count on the leaves changing color, you can count on articles being written about how this year is when the San Antonio Spurs dynasty finally falls apart. These kinds of pieces come out every year, they’re nothing new.
They always focus on how the Spurs can’t maintain their historic level of success (they can), how Popovich must be getting tired (he’s not), and how the Spurs will finally miss the playoffs (they won’t).
In an interview with ESPN, Manu Ginobili spoke about this year’s team and warned against counting them out.