Without climbing inside Gregg Popovich's head, we can't know for sure if the San Antonio Spurs' throwback reliance on size and slow pace is a personnel-fueled necessity during a transitional year or a calculated scheme to topple the seemingly unbeatable Golden State Warriors.
But would you really want to bet against it being the second thing?
Change By Necessity?
The Spurs have been absurdly effective through the first quarter of 2015-16, riding the NBA's best defense to a start that, if not for those Warriors, would stand out as the very best in the league.