Now that there has been time to process

Hey Reddit, long time Spurs fan here (that 1% baby) and I haven’t felt Sports Heartbreak like Game 4; since 2013… I took some time to process things and here are some of the main takeaways I hope we can all look at logically.

1. We are way ahead of schedule, my post history is public. My very first ever post was about being ahead of schedule way back in December. Let’s relax regardless of the outcome of this series everyone should be so proud of our Young Spurs.

2. Wemby is not perfect. I’m one of the biggest offenders of this narrative. He is a Super Duper Star with potential to be the Greatest Player of all time (yes even better then Timmy) but his flaws have been shown this series. I’m happy he has stepped up to the challenge physically (getting held and battered non stop) but he still has to learn to take things slow…

3. We have all known De’Aaron is probably gone after Summer 2027 for a while. We knew once the max contracts started to kick in for our young core that De’Aaron was the odd man out; nobody thought he was a top 5 guard or something but (even with his recent failures) he has done his job and brought veteran leadership to the team; the thing we couldn’t predict was Harper’s (and to a lesser extent Castle) growth. I’ve said it a million times I saw Spurs vs Nuggets Wemby Jokic OT showdown; Harper is the truth he is already better then Fox and Jamal Murray the eye test proved it… Fox has done the job we asked him to and more. Do I wish he was better? Of course but realistically not many trades we could make for him

4. Mitch isn’t a good coach but let’s give him time… He just isn’t, I remember when Mike Brown used to get made fun of as a coach and for him to be viewed as a genius right now is crazy. I don’t know how many times during that run I was screaming to call a timeout… Mitch is not a good coach right now but I remember Spoelstra being compared the same way; regardless of what we think a rookie coach has taken us to the NBA finals so we owe him time to figure out the team and himself.

5. We need a power forward or an upgrade on the backup 5. I don’t know if Keldon or Barnes are the answer going forward, and hopefully Carter will be a lot more mature next year (I hope). But the biggest glaring flaw on our roster is Wemby’s inability to play with another big. There have been times when Kornet has been huge for us but his inability to play with Wemby in the playoffs has hurt us a ton; we need a big a level above him (think Hartenstein) or a really good 4 to match with him (hoping Carter becomes this) but right now it’s a huge weakness; if we had a better back up 5 or an elite 4 Wemby would not be playing 44 minutes…

6. Jalen Brunson is just an incredible player, both in game 1 and this game he made some absolutely ridiculous shots that you can’t even hate on. Sometimes you have to acknowledge greatness when you see it (same with Vic obviously)

7. Go Spurs Go we can still win this 🩶🖤🩶