With 23 games left, success of the Spurs’ rebuilding season will be judged by...
Points, K. Johnson, 21.8 per game; rebounds, Collins, 5.9; assists, Jones, 6.3; steals, Jones, Graham, 1.3; blocks, Bassey, 0.9.Points, Doncic, 33.3 per game; rebounds, Doncic, 8.8; assists, Doncic, 8.1; steals, Doncic, 1.5; blocks, Wood, 1.2.• The teams enter their second meeting of the season on losing streaks, with the Spurs on a club-record 14-game skid and the Mavericks on a three-game slide. Led by Doncic's 51 points, Dallas won the last meeting 126-125 on Jan. 1 in San Antonio.
One of the most youthful teams in the league has 23 games remaining this season with which to grow older and — Popovich can only hope — wiser. “We’re always honest with them — we’re not going to amaze the world,” Popovich said. “Our job is do develop people individually, decide who we want to move forward with and get them into team concepts so they know what it takes to play in the league. That’s how we measure it.”Good thing, because the measurable numbers have not been kind to the Spurs.
Other coaches who have been through similar rebuilding projects acknowledge the process can be painstaking.“You get frustrated when you don’t see wins, but you do see growth,” Detroit coach Dwane Casey said. “Fans want to win yesterday. They don’t understand how long it takes sometimes to develop when you’re starting from scratch, from the ground up, with all rookies and second-year guys.”
Absent an improvement in his team’s record, Casey looks for daily validation in the minutia of the game.
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