This is the difficult truth: the San Antonio Spurs are rebuilding. Rebuilding started the moment Kawhi Leonard decided he would go into hiding last season. When your best player basically disappears, holds out and demands a trade, you’re officially in rebuilding mode. The question is not whether they have to rebuild, it’s what kind of rebuild they will undergo.
There are various types of rebuilding. For some fans, the word is synonymous with tanking or giving up. I’m not a proponent of tanking. History has shown that rebuilding is an inevitable fact that no team in any sport has escaped.