It has been a roller coaster year for the Spurs organisation. It started with the trading of Superstar Joel Embiid which some pundits marked as the end of an era as the team took back youth and GM favourites. It ended with a sweep in the finals at the hands of the all conquering Bucks.
The playoffs saw the team enter as the #3 seed in the west and many had them losing in the 2nd round as best case. As things rolled on they got through the Jazz and then defeated the Mavs. Finally facing the Thunder (who they have had the wood over in playoff past). As the series went on it looked more likely the Spurs could make it back to the finals.
After an unlikely Western conference finals win, the Bucks were just too good and too deep and the run ended. Anthony Davis was the catalyst for the teams success and while the GM made some savvy moves that helped make it by acquiring more fitting pieces (Fred VanVleet, Terrence Ross and Montrezl Harrell) it was Davis that led the way.
Just last week Davis was voted the league MVP for the 3rd time in his career. 33.6 points and 15.4 rebounds per game over the cours of this season is reason enough to be in MVP consideration. Getting the team back the the finals was the icing on the cake.
Along with the MVP award, Davis achieved some major Milestones for the Spurs franchise. He became the all time leading scorer (12,365 points) passing All timer Tony Parker (11,190 points) and rebounder (6594 rebounds) passing Tim Duncan (5065 rebounds).
Despite the disappointment of a Finals sweep the team has achieved a lot more than the general NLL public expected of them when they moved Joel Embiid before the season. With more youth and potential to grow internally, the team will be looking to compete for the near future at least.
