San Antonio Spurs' Biggest Offseason Needs Ahead of 2026 NBA Draft

The San Antonio Spurs should have no interest in bringing four rookies to training camp this fall. Consolidating picks and trading up should be explored.

This team is already loaded with guards and may have the best center (player?) on the planet in Victor Wembanyama. This means focusing attention at the forward spots, especially with 34-year-old Harrison Barnes hitting free agency.

The Spurs have enough star power on this roster already. Simply finding solid role players off the bench at the forward spots should be the goal of this draft.

2025-26 Record: 62-20

Draft Picks: 20, 35, 42, 44

Commitment to Dylan Harper

Plenty of fans and analysts are calling on the San Antonio Spurs to trade De'Aaron Fox in the wake of a tough postseason, but it sounds like they may be committed to him.

That doesn't mean they have to keep the rotation as it was, though.

In the playoffs, Dylan Harper proved, repeatedly, that he's ready for a much bigger role. He looked like the steadier hand against the New York Knicks. And he's only going to get better over the next few years.

It'd take an awful lot of guts to start him over someone making as much as Fox, but there's evidence to support it.

If, however, the team isn't willing to make that move, it at least has to play way more three-guard minutes with Harper, Fox and Stephon Castle all on the floor.

The younger guards are big enough to survive on the wings, and the wealth of playmaking would make life easy for Victor Wembanyama.

Backup Guard

If they do go all the way in that direction and start all three of Fox, Harper and Castle, the second unit will be short a guard.

Staggering the minutes of those three could go a long way toward having enough playmaking on the floor for all 48, but the Spurs would still need more depth in the backcourt.

Veteran Leader

Harper, Wembanyama and the rest of the sub-30 players on San Antonio look ready to make perennial deep playoff runs, but Harrison Barnes, Kelly Olynyk, Vismack Biyombo and Mason Plumlee are all entering free agency.

None of the above were able to help much on the floor this postseason, but having solid veterans around to dispense wisdom and boost chemistry does a lot for a young team.