The San Antonio Spurs, overloaded with youth yet still establishing themselves as NBA elites, are struggling to find the motivation to make a major move during trade season. For instance, they're sitting out the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes despite arguably having all the necessary ingredients to win it.
And, honestly, that makes sense—even if an Antetokounmpo-Victor Wembanyama tandem could be an all-timer. It's still early enough into the Alamo City's alien era that emptying the asset collection could be seen as unnecessarily reckless, especially when San Antonio looks like a full-fledged contender as is.
That doesn't mean San Antonio should snooze through the Feb.