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The 2025-2026 NBA season is exciting. But between the promises to see a Texan collective finally get along, and the absolute dependence of San Antonio to his star Victor Wembanyama, nothing has yet been won for Mitch Johnson.
11th to the west, 10th, 10th, then 15th, 14th and 13th. The scales de San Antonio Over the past 6 NBA seasons has been catastrophic. You have to go back to the 2016-2017 financial year to review the Spurs crossing the 1st round of the playoffs at the western conference. However, Mitch Johnson intends to find the heights with the Texan franchise.
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Playoffs or nothing for San Antonio
By taking over from Gregg Popovich, the new Spurs coach knows: assuming the legacy of the legend of American basketball will be far from an easy task. However, Texan leaders did everything to help Johnson. At first, the future of’Aaron Fox was secured.
Thus, Victor Wembanyama will be able to rely on the 27 -year -old clutch leader To get a qualification in NBA playoffs. Young nuggets landed in San Antonio also have the potential to join the Mitch Johnson roster, and thus accompany French.
Unfortunately, the preparation of Dylan Harper will be interrupted by an inch injury. A blow, while Jeremy Sochan had to leave the Polish rally for Eurobasket 2025. For his part, Wembanyama seems ready to play his 3rd season in the NBA. But will this be enough to allow San Antonio to cross a CAP in 2026?
Spurs depend too much on Wembanyama
This question is legitimate. For what ? Because Spurs’ results depend on Victor Wembanyama. Already last March, the absence of the French pivot had completely upset the defensive rating from San Antonio (106.6 with Wembanyama, against 123.6 pts).
A scary figure, while the physique of the French would not yet allow him to play the 82 regular season games. Another statistic supports theory that San Antonio cannot access the Playoffs without Wembanyama. Last year, the Spurs won 21 games out of 46 with the Frenchman.
A ratio of 46% victory which falls drastically to 36% when Victor Wembanyama was not on the NBA prosecution (13-23). In 2023-2024, the Spurs had won 27% of their match with and without French. Enough to prove the progress of the generational crack… or to recall how, in the event of an injury from Wembanyama, the Spurs have no chance of achieving their objectives for the 2025-2026 NBA season.
