It’s still early in the season, but if it’s not too early to criticize what’s been going wrong with the San Antonio Spurs, then it’s not too early to praise what’s been going right.
Right atop the list - albeit a short list - of success stories this season would be the play of Patty Mills. The Spurs value corporate knowledge more than almost any other organization in the NBA, and Patty is the longest tenured player on the Spurs’ roster. He’s also clearly the vocal leader inside the locker room. Even so, the impact of those things cannot be measured with analytics and is oftentimes overlooked when determining the importance of a player on a team.