Their Big Three and franchise player are gone. Possible low playoff seed, but no longer seen as high-level competition/threat.
- Gregg Popovich is an institution and a legend in San Antonio, and no amount of butt-kicking by the Warriors can ever force the Spurs franchise to part ways with him.
- However, the modern day dominance displayed by the Warriors over the Spurs has — directly and indirectly — caused Popovich’s allure as a player’s coach to show some noticeable cracks (e.g., LaMarcus Aldridge almost leaving San Antonio, Kawhi Leonard actually leaving San Antonio).