Can Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs win the title? They'd have to upend 50 years ...
Victor Wembanyama and the upstart San Antonio Spurs have spent the 2025-26 season sending a message to the entire NBA that they are a legitimate championship threat. Their early dominance of the Oklahoma City Thunder raised eyebrows and they've continued to pick off the league's best, most recently beating the Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets and Boston Celtics convincingly in the midst of a league-best 16-1 stretch. At 48-17, the Spurs have the league's second-best record, only trail the Thunder by 2 ½ games for the top spot in the Western Conference and hold a 7 ½-game lead over the Rockets for the No. 2 seed. DraftKings lists them at +750 to win the title. Under any circumstance, this...