Will the Spurs reach 40 wins this season?

[Uriel]

I know Vegas currently has the over/under for our win total set at 28.5, but anyone who seriously follows this team knows it’s a safe bet to take the over.

A more ambitious goal is to reach 40 wins for the season. Can the Spurs do it? FiveThirtyEight projects the team to win 39 games this year, which, assuming reasonably good health, may not be a stretch in my opinion.

[slick'81]

I dont know. Id like to be surprised but unless primo breaks out the cupboard is pretty bare here in sa .so id say hell to the no

[Leetonidas]

Hell no. The question is whether or not they'll win 30 games

[Mugen]

Hell no. The question is whether or not they'll win 30 games

[Maddog]

Hell no. The question is whether or not they'll win 30 games
This

If they win any where near 40 they'll rename the coy award the Pop award

[Robz4000]

Hell no. The question is whether or not they'll win 20 games

ftfy

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

I'd take the under on 28.5 wins tbh. They don't have a settled offense and have too many poor wing defenders - Johnson, Walker, Forbes and McD will get plenty of minutes and fail to prevent a traffic cone from going past them.

[The Truth #6]

35 wins?

[rastaspur]

I think the team will flirt with .500 for a while but not make the mark. 34 to 37 wins.

[lefty20]

~30, tbh.

[baseline bum]

40 wins would take Murray having an allstar season

[Drom John]

41 wins in the East.
36 wins in the West.

[rjv]

Hell no. The question is whether or not they'll win 30 games

seconded.

[dbestpro]

I take the under. Project 24 wins.

[TDomination]

Yes i believe they can and will. I think defense will improve enough to get us 40 wins.

But i'm always an overly optimistic guy.

[KobesAchilles]

If we combine the next two seasons then yes. This season we will be at 28 wins

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Hell no. The question is whether or not they'll win 30 games

[RC_Drunkford]

they won't even win 30

[Uriel]

40 wins would take Murray having an allstar season
It’s not impossible.

[MannyIsGod]

40 is the really optimistic part of the Spurs potential this next season. I don't think their chances are very high of reaching 40 wins. Maybe 10-20% at best. Even if they have a player take a leap, that is still asking a lot, IMO. Its going to take improvement from DJM, DW, and KJ and one will have to be at all star levels to reach that, IMO. Its definitely possible, but I think that's likely about 5-7 more games than this team wins.

[Chomag]

:lmao

[KingKev]

Lol no. 25 will be an achievement. Coaching a 20 win team will be the best thing a lame-duck Coach Pop could do for this organization.

[spurraider21]

spurs o/u line is 28.5

while i'd take the over on that, 40 seems extremely unlikely

[BackHome]

It’s going to be a real ugly season I think White will continue to miss games due to feet/ankle issues probably miss 15 to 25 games this season. Also, Walker was not offered a contract so I see Walker either trying Hero ball to get contract or going into a shell and doing a Luka - F Pop. Either way I think we might win 27 games but Pop is going to have to work as I can easily see this team quitting on him when things go South

[Ditty]

Homers on Twitter really think they are winning 40+ Games this season. They are not winning more than 30.

[offset formation]

nope. 34 is the sky.

[Spur4ever]

I’m going out on a limb and say 43-39.

[daslicer]

30 wins.

[Fireball]

28 seems about right ... our overall shooting is still far away from being able to compete with NBAs talent on a regular basis. and if we put the good shooters on the field like Bryn, Doug or maybe even Lonnie the defense suffers tremendously.

If Derrick is not healthy for most games Pop may not even break the all-time wins record.

[duncan2150]

Something between 30-35

[PhantomDashCam]

Think that's the true peak of this team, 40-41 wins. I see a lot of pseudo 2018 Clippers here.

Mainstream media figure to watch: When DJ and DW score over 45+ points combined, Spurs are undefeated...

[Proxy]

the intriguing part of this preseason was Pop saying something along the lines of the team playing simple stuff... maybe that's the variable that could generate an overachieving rs record

[tbdog]

Wait wait wait. You guys said that losing DDR was addition by subtraction. And Gay. And Mills. Now you're saying spurs are ten games worse?

[Fireball]

Wait wait wait. You guys said that losing DDR was addition by subtraction. And Gay. And Mills. Now you're saying spurs are ten games worse?

but we got Bryn again ... thats why :lol

to be serious ... teams as young as the Spurs are now do not win many games in the NBA ... with Demar and Rudy gone they can develop more freely and have to take over the reigns which will be helpful in the future but it will not result in more wins this season ...

[MVPCues]

I’m going out on a limb and say 43-39.

Better bring a parachute.

[Rummpd]

31 tops

[mo7888]

Not as presently constructed..

[C-Dub]

37 - 45

[Dirks_Finale]

32-34 wins.

Bad start but they put it together and gain an identity in the 2nd half of the season, imo.

[TimDunkem]

Knowing the Spurs they will play their hearts out and barely cover the over, but 40 wins? With this scrubby team and washed coach? Hahahaha....

[Darius Bieber]

We are #ChurningforChet

[HankChinaski]

Early on in the beginning of the season Spurs might get lucky and steal a few games due to other teams adjusting to roster changes but I think most teams will have the spurs figured out come mid December and it is going to rely on Murray, White, Vassel, Yak, McDerm, Eubanks, KJ, Forbes all netting positive every game.

That doesn't look likely. If the spurs figure out how to mitigate issues with rebounding and defending penetration and continue to trend upward with the up tempo play style they could surprise pundents a little by making ripples in the standing.

I think they hit around 33-38 wins.

[MultiTroll]

Middleton, Jrue and Booker are going to join the Spurs at midseason.
Pop is a living legend and haters will have to accept that players would rather play for him then attempt to get a B2B Championship.

[itzsoweezee]

I like the anti-Demar sentiment premised in the 40-win number. However, even without the dead weight of Demar, I think the Spurs are more likely to win about 30 games than 40. I hope I’m wrong though

[playbonner15]

It’s going to be a real ugly season I think White will continue to miss games due to feet/ankle issues probably miss 15 to 25 games this season. Also, Walker was not offered a contract so I see Walker either trying Hero ball to get contract or going into a shell and doing a Luka - F Pop. Either way I think we might win 27 games but Pop is going to have to work as I can easily see this team quitting on him when things go South

This is also my concern. White getting injured again and the team losing needed defense and playmaking.. if Primo steps up though, it's going to be a different story

[dbestpro]

My projection is there is not one player on this Spurs team that will be in the playoffs as a Spur in the future.

[Uriel]

The Spurs were 33-39 last season (equivalent to 38-44 in an 82-game season) and the team got rid of DeRozan, who many on this board believe is a deadweight. If you factor in internal improvement from White, Murray, and Johnson, then wouldn't it make sense to think they would be even better this year? Better than 38-44 that is.

[SPURt]

They hit 40 this year IF they all stay healthy. But White and Lonnie aren’t exactly durable.

[couchman]

I didn't see what I needed to see in pre-season to think that we'll win 40. I think 30 will be tough to reach but possible.
To get to 40 we would need almost all of the guys to take a step forward in their development.

DJM to all-start level of play. Of all of our players I think DJ has shown the most promise to actually level up the way we need him to.
White to elite role player. We've seen this from him before, but injuries have been a problem and he has looked rough in the pre-season.
Keldon Johnson to burn teams who play off of him by developing a consistent jumper. Pre-season has been inconsistent here, at best.
Devin Vassel's offensive game needs to progress enough that he pushes for a starting spot ahead of either KJ or McDermott. His defense is already great.
Poetl is who he is. He is extremely limited offensively, but is a solid starting big in this league. He just needs to be that guy, perhaps with a little better FT %.
We need a bench scorer or two as well.

[Sugus]

I think the team will flirt with .500 for a while but not make the mark. 34 to 37 wins.

:tu

[KingKev]

40 combined next two seasons.

[superbigtime]

No way. The schedule is brutal.

[SpurPadre]

There's a better chance Manu scores 20 to bring back the will Manu ever score 20 again thread.

[BackHome]

I am curious to see how Pop is going to do without a All Star type player on the team?

[jjspur]

The spurs will win their first game, get fans hopes up then proceed to win 30 - 33 games more. I like the spurs as much as the next person, but I'm also a realist, unless we trade some of our players and picks for some better than middling talent, I really don't think this will be a playoff year. Progress takes time.

[Uriel]

Don’t want to overreact to a single win against a bad team, but the team definitely looked better than expected in the first game of the season.

[tim_duncan_fan]

43!

Aka just over 5 hundy!

[manufan10]

1-0.

[playbonner15]

1-0.

39 more :hungry:

[Mr. Body]

I don't think 40 is there, but they'll win more than most pundits expect.

[tbdog]

This play is just insane. So simple too

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