Anyone who came into the 2021-22 NBA season with reasonable expectations probably isn’t too surprised by how things went for the San Antonio Spurs. They were predictably a sub-.500, rebuilding team that was better than most outsiders expected but also showed plenty of room for improvement going forward. Still, despite them being the team we expect in some ways, in others they surprised, so here is a look at five things we got right and wrong about the 2021-22 Spurs.
Right: The Spurs were better than their Vegas odds of 28.5 wins
Most Spurs fans saw the Vegas odds before the season, and any who were betting people probably didn’t have much trouble taking the over on that number.