A blessing in disguise?
San Antonio Spurs celebrity Victor Wembanyama was introduced to be out for the rest of the season attributable to a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in his proper shoulder.
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This led followers to instantly begin to speculate on what this could imply, not just for the way forward for the Spurs, however for the way forward for the complete NBA.
And when the mud settled, the overwhelming favourite domino impact from Wembanyama’s season-ending harm, was San Antonio touchdown the primary decide within the draft and taking Duke star, Cooper Flagg.
As loopy as that sounds.
And as scary because the considered sticking Flagg subsequent to Wembanyama for the subsequent ten years is to the remainder of the NBA, a considerably related scenario as soon as unfolded in San Antonio earlier than.
‘Keep in mind when David Robinson obtained damage so the Spurs obtained the Tim Duncan decide,’ one fan astutely identified on X.
Within the 1997 season, the Spurs limped to a 20-62 document, largely to the absence of the good David Robinson, who performed in simply six video games that yr attributable to harm.
Whereas it was a season from hell within the second, San Antonio’s fortune turned when it landed the primary decide.
The Spurs drafted a lanky 21-year-old out of Wake Forest named Tim Duncan.
The remainder was historical past.
5 championships later and it might all be traced again to the debacle of the 1996-1997 season.
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San Antonio was solely ever in place to draft Duncan, due to Robinson’s harm and the time he missed.
Now followers in San Antonio are attempting to spin the information of Wembanyama’s harm right into a second of déjà vu.
The Spurs are at the moment 23-29 popping out of the All-Star break and have a 3% probability at getting the primary decide.
Because the season goes on, and the Spurs assuredly lose extra video games, the chances of touchdown the highest decide will improve.
Visions of Flagg strolling by the Alamo and alongside the San Antonio River Park will begin to grow to be clearer and clearer.
‘Cooper Flagg, you’re a Spur,’ one fan already posted on X.
‘De’Aaron Fox higher get that thumb surgical procedure now, it is time to tank onerous,’ one other Spurs fan chimed in.
San Antonio traded for Fox lower than a month in the past, eyeing a visit to the postseason on the shoulders of Wembanyama.
Now every part has modified.
The delusional considered pairing Flagg subsequent to Wembanyama could begin to really feel like a actuality.
A actuality that ought to terrify the remainder of the NBA for years to return.
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