What We Learned from the Spurs win over the Wizards

Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty ImagesDon’t look now, but the Spurs haven’t been been full-on embarrassing for a few days now. I know, I know, we don’t want to jinx it or anything like that, it just feels important to acknowledge this brief little stretch in time where the team appears to have at least gotten up off the mat and reengaged with the task at hand. Frankly, after the season we’ve gone through up to this point, it almost feels like we should get to hang a banner. The 2020-21 San Antonio Spurs: They Got Knocked Down, But They Got Up Again.

Here’s where I need to acknowledge that I’m still keeping our old friend Optimism at arm’s length here. We’ve just been on this…