Mike Monroe of Bleacher Report discusses how a little bit of luck and a lot planning ahead prevented the Spurs from falling off the inevitable cliff of Tim Duncan’s retirement that lurked on the periphery for so long, unlike almost every other team in recent history. (One exception being the 2016-17 Lakers, but that’s a story for another day.)
Manu is thankful he’ll never have to go through what Dirk is now
Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express News compares the drastically different situations aging superstars Manu Ginobili and Dirk Nowitzki returned to when they re-signed with their respective clubs this summer.