San Antonio Spurs 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
Last 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 NBA. But after Wembanyama arrived, reality set in. The Spurs were an awful team, among the worst in the NBA, and light years away from becoming a serious playoff contender. Head coach Gregg Popovich, perhaps the most loathsome figure in the NBA, was considered a genius when he had great players. Now, with a limited roster, he’s not looking nearly as smart. San Antonio has marginal players with a 2nd-year star who is trying to find his way in the NBA jungle. It’s a losing combination and not much of a sale at the betting window.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
San Antonio Spurs NBA Betting Lines
As the All-Star break approaches, the San Antonio Spurs are 21-26 straight up, 23-24 against the spread, and 26-21 over/under the total. San Antonio is 12th in the Western Conference playoff standings and 17.5 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder in the race.
San Antonio's NBA metrics rank it 16th for scoring offense, 19th for field goal percentage, 22nd for 3-point field goal percentage, 12th for free throw percentage, and 6th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Spurs rank 19th for scoring defense, 12th for field goal percentage permitted, 15th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 27th for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
Last year, as a rookie, C Victor Wembanyama led the Spurs with 21.4 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. The Spurs selected Wembanyama as the first overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft out of France. He was the 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year and is a 2025 NBA All-Star. So far this season, Wembanyama is averaging 24.6 points and 10.9 rebounds per game.
SG Devin Vassell averaged 19.5 points per game last season. The Spurs selected him 11th overall in the 2020 NBA Draft out of Florida State. So far this year, he is averaging 16.1 points per game.
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 now, in his mid-70s, 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 five straight seasons.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
22 |
60 |
5th, Southwest |
Did Not Qualify |
| 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 as 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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