Tread water. Stay competitive. Luck your way into a win every once in a while. That's pretty much all teams ask for when their superstars go down with injury, and that would have been enough for Spurs fans after it was announced that Victor Wembanyama would miss at least a few weeks with a calf injury.
Instead, the Spurs have gone 8-3 with Wemby sidelined and stayed in the thick of the Western Conference race, currently tied with the Rockets for the No. 4 spot. This is obviously great for the 2025-26 version of the team, but it also signals something larger; the Spurs aren't merely Wemby plus a bunch of spare parts, they're a well-built roster from top to bottom.