Remember last summer? When everyone said the Spurs didn’t make significant strides in free agency and would lose standing to teams who aggressively pursued Chris Paul, Gordon Hayward, and Paul George?
The Timberwolves, Rockets, and Thunder all made major changes in the hopes of dethroning the Oak Town Death Star.
But the Spurs got a steal in Rudy Gay, a diamond in the rough in Brandon Paul, and the best available trade bait in their own backyard -- LaMarcus Aldridge.