Despite having a strong offseason, the San Antonio Spurs are still a work in progress. ESPN's Tim Bontemps recently mentioned as much, with him believing the Spurs are a year and a couple of moves away from being serious contenders.
It is hard to gauge whether that is actually true since we haven't even seen this team play just yet, but he may have a point. Even if superstar Victor Wembanyama emerges as a top-five player and star De'Aaron Fox is back to his peak, as the Ringer's Zach Lowe expects, that may not be enough.