On Tuesday, polling and analysis website FiveThirtyEight released its Way-Too-Early Projections for next season, which unapologetically had the Spurs predicted to end their 22-year playoff run by winning 37 games in 2019-20, ahead of only the Suns, Grizzlies and Kings in the West. Not that it has to, but the article offers no real explanation for the Spurs’ projection, noting the competition in the conference and making just one (1) direct reference to SA in the entire summary by calling them “fading postseason relics” in passing.
Preseason projections are more about content than science.