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Par Mathieu Seguin | Rédacteur sport
The Spurs will be recruiting again in the coming weeks, but the case of Victor Wembanyama seems to be the subject of debate among observers. Watch out that San Antonio doesn’t waste the Frenchman’s talent.
Ambitious for the next NBA campaign, we already know that the Spurs will have to recruit to have a chance of making the playoffs. The Western Conference is so unforgiving that almost every franchise will want to win games in 2026. San Antonio will have to make sure it has a roster ready for the big games.
That’s why recruiting Kevin Durant isn’t the worst idea in the world. His experience will do a lot of good, but above all, his talent. An outstanding player, capable of punishing from anywhere on the floor. And that’s something the Spurs lack a lot at the moment, as they’ll be needing shooters for the foreseeable future.
Spurs tackled in the Wembanyama drama
It’s not for nothing that Cam Johnson was a player followed by the Spurs, and potentially still is. Knowing that the Texans could recruit Dylan Harper in a few weeks’ time with the draft, his fit isn’t obvious and San Antonio could have Harper, De’Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle leading the way. Three very similar players on paper.
For Kevin O’Connor, this is a problem. In his opinion, the Spurs should push Wemby inside by surrounding him with players who can shoot, not players who can almost only finish close to the circle.
Kevin O’Connor : “If the Spurs keep loading up on guards with questionable jumpers, they’re doing it around a star who should be the gravitational center of the entire offense. Instead, they’re building a roster that pulls him to the perimeter while everyone else clogs the lane.”
“It’s not that Castle, Fox and Harper are bad players. It’s that together, they risk becoming a well-intentioned mess. Add inconsistent shooters like Sochan and Johnson, and the Spurs look like a roster that needs less of a tweak and more of an overhaul. And right now, it feels like the Spurs are building a roster better suited for 2005. But the blueprint has never been clearer: surround your generational star with players who space the floor, make quick decisions and elevate him without always needing the ball to do it.”
Harper would be an interesting reinforcement, but with Castle and Fox, the fit is clearly not obvious, even less so with Wembanyama. Recruiting shooters to make life easier for the Frenchman seems imperative, or San Antonio could still find itself in a complex situation for 2026. The front office is under pressure ahead of the draft to make a decision.
