Miscellaneous
San Antonio's 2018-19 season was solidified by a 16-game stretch during which the Spurs were the titans of the NBA, going 13-3 on the back of a league-best net rating of 15.1. Without those 16 games, the team’s net rating was -1.6 -- equivalent to a 36 or 37 win squad over an 82-game season. Considering an alternate timeline leads to a few interesting questions: Where would the team be today if it had won less than 40 games and missed the playoffs? Would PATFO have run it back this season with a similar squad? Would Lonnie Walker IV still be fighting for minutes, or would he have already gotten those at the tail end of last season at expense of someone like Marco Belinelli? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices