The Spurs’ 2023 media day was filled with optimism. Victor Wembanyama was the major reason for it but the excitement of and about the other young players as well as the news about Devin Vassell’s extension contributed to it too. There’s a sense of stability and purpose in San Antonio again.
There was no better example of how things had changed from last season, which marked a start to the rebuild, than a quote from Gregg Popovich about goals for the new year:
“Development is great and all those guys needed it, and they made some big jumps.