The Spurs’ overcrowded roster currently has 13 returning players from last season, plus two-way player Dominick Barlow. While they still need to find a way to trim down the roster by three guaranteed contracts, how they do that is a topic for another day. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to take a look at which returning Spurs are most likely to have a breakout performance next season (so this will not include rookies or players acquired in free agency).
For these purposes, the definition of a breakout would be a player showing vast improvement in any given field, having a career-defining season that puts his name on the map, elevates him to another level, and so on.