San Antonio Spurs 2024 NBA Championship Odds
At the onset of the season, there was plenty of excitement for the San Antonio Spurs. Top NBA Draft pick Victor Wembanyama is one of the most coveted new stars in the Association for at least a decade. But after Wembanyama's arrival, reality set in. The Spurs are an awful team, among the worst in the NBA, and light years away from becoming a serious playoff contender. Head coach Gregg Popovich was a genius when he had great players. Now, he’s not so smart with a limited roster of marginal players with a top rookie who is trying to find his way in the NBA jungle.
2024 NBA Championship Betting Odds
San Antonio Spurs NBA Betting Lines
At the approach of the All-Star Break, the San Antonio Spurs are 10-40 straight up, 24-26 against the spread, and 26-22 over/under the total. Late on, San Antonio has covered six out of their last ten games. While the Spurs have gone under the total in six of its previous seven matchups. San Antonio is 15th in the Western Conference playoff standings. San Antonio is 25 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference playoff race.
San Antonio has NBA metrics of 24th for scoring offense, 26th for field goal percentage, 30th for 3-point field goal percentage, 15th for free throw percentage, and 14th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Spurs have NBA metrics of 26th for scoring defense, 24th for field goal percentage permitted, 27th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 29th for defensive rebounding.
San Antonio has shown hidden value in staying close to breaking even because of enhanced pricing from oddsmakers. Casuals and squares are terrified to take such a bad team, so linemakers must sweeten the pot on the Spurs to even out the action. Sharps and bargain hunters will often give San Antonio serious consideration. That will not change in the second half of the season.
San Antonio Spurs Key Players
C Victor Wembanyama leads the Spurs with 20.4 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. Wembanyama was the first overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft by the Spurs out of France.
SG Devin Vassell is averaging 18.7 points per game. Vassell was the 11th overall pick of the 2020 NBA Draft out of Florida State by the Spurs.
SF Keldon Johnson is averaging 16.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. Johnson was the 29th overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft out of Kentucky by the Spurs.
San Antonio Spurs Head Coach
Head coach Gregg Popovich is already in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He is a 5-time NBA championship coach with the Spurs and a 3-time NBA Coach of the Year. Popovich was named one of the NBA’s top 15 coaches in history. But at age 75, he is fading with a team that often has no chance of winning. The Spurs have not had a winning season or playoff berth in four going on five seasons. Popovich has a career record of 1366-761.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
22 |
60 |
5th, Southwest |
Did not qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
34 |
48 |
4th, Southwest |
Did not qualify |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
33 |
39 |
3rd, Southwest |
Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 |
71 |
32 |
39 |
4th, Southwest |
Did not qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
48 |
34 |
2nd, Southwest |
Lost in first round, 3–4 (Nuggets) |
San Antonio Spurs History
The San Antonio Spurs were one of the four ABA franchises that joined the NBA in 1976. This team originally played in another part of the Lone Star State though, as the Spurs were originally called the Dallas Chaparrals. However, they were not very popular in Dallas and after stints in Fort Worth and Lubbock, the franchise moved to San Antonio and became the Spurs in 1973.
They were much more popular as the lone pro sports team in San Antonio. The Spurs were able to land their first superstar the same season they moved to their new home too, when they acquired George ‘Iceman’ Gervin from the Virginia Squires. Unfortunately, despite a lot of success and postseason appearances, the Spurs were not able to win their first championship until they had another superstar.
David ‘The Admiral’ Robinson was one of the best centers in the NBA during the 1990s, but the Spurs became a dynasty when Gregg Popovich took over the team and was able to select Tim Duncan with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1997 NBA Draft. The Spurs had won 20 games the previous year, but they were a 56-win team in Duncan’s first season alongside Robinson, and this team went on to win its first title during the strike-shortened 1998-99 season.
Robinson was still with the team when it won its second title in 2003, but he had been surpassed by youngsters Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker made San Antonio the most successful team in the league for two decades, as the Spurs went on to win five NBA titles and made the postseason for 22 consecutive seasons.
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