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The Spurs’ biggest weakness was their half-court offense. How can they improve it?

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What do you think the Spurs think is their biggest weakness to overcome and put behind them? I don’t think they care or have decided who gets minutes and who starts or doesn’t, but they must have something they looked at from last year and said, “This is our main goal. We must be better here.” What is that? Why? — Dylan M. I think the Spurs’ roster decisions and points of emphasis this summer serve the bigger goal of improving as a half-court offense. The droughts they went through in the las...

GM Sam Presti started with a story about a pickup basketball loss. It turned into something bigger

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It was only a moment, a random encounter on an ordinary day, but Sam Presti never forgot it. A 17-year-old high school gym rat on his way to play Division III basketball, Presti was at the Lexington Club, a fitness center in suburban Boston, one day in the 1990s when he saw a man across the gym. The man did not look like much. A shade above 6 feet. Medium build. Probably in his 30s with an office job. So, when he walked over to Presti and asked to play one-on-one, Presti thought, All right, I...

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