Accumulation and development of talent. Depth. Bodies. These are just some of the qualities that the San Antonio Spurs' organization has become synonymous with over the last four or five seasons. But it was not always so...
After the 2010-2011 season in which the Spurs fell to the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs, becoming just the second #1 seed to lose in the first round since the NBA expanded it to seven games, it was apparent that the roster as constructed was not good enough to get the Spurs to the heights at which they as an organization (and we as fans) had become accustomed to.