2017–18 San Antonio Spurs season

The 2017–18 San Antonio Spurs season was the 51st season of the franchise, 42nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 45th in the San Antonio area.

On March 10, 2018, the Spurs finished with a losing season on the road for the first time since 1997 after a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, but with a win against the Washington Wizards on March 21, 2018, the Spurs clinched an NBA record 21st consecutive winning season. With a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on April 3, 2018, the streak of 20 straight seasons of 50 wins or more (and 20 straight seasons with a record of .600 or better) ended for the Spurs. The streak lasted since the 1997–98 season, which also was the first year of the Tim Duncan era, not counting the shortened lockout season, also the year they won their first championship title. Despite that, the Spurs clinched their 21st consecutive playoff spot on April 9, 2018 with a win over the Sacramento Kings in their last home game of the season. They finished the regular season with 47–35, which clinched the 7th seed. In the playoffs, the Spurs faced the second seeded and eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors, the team that swept them in last season's Western Conference Finals, in the First Round, and lost in five games.

Kawhi Leonard played a career-low nine games this year due to a quad injury. Tragedy struck the team during the playoffs when head coach Gregg Popovich's wife Erin died. Assistant Ettore Messina took over for the rest of the season. After the end of the season, Leonard demanded he be traded out of San Antonio, claiming lost trust in them in relation to his injury concerns. On July 16, 2018, despite actually wanting to join LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers instead, Kawhi was traded to the Toronto Raptors. The Spurs were also named as a possible destination for several free agent star players, such as Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, and Kyrie Irving.

This was also both Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili's last seasons with Spurs. After 17 years with the team, he signed a two-year deal with the Charlotte Hornets, which left Manu Ginobili as the only active member of the Spurs' "Big Three" left at that time. On August 27, 2018, Ginobili announced his retirement after 16 seasons, all with the Spurs. Ginobili was the second-oldest active player in the league at the time of his retirement, behind only the Atlanta Hawks' Vince Carter. This marked the official end of the Spurs' "Big Three" era. The trio helped the Spurs win 4 championships, their latest being in 2014.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School / club team
1	29	Derrick White	PG	United States	Colorado
2	59	Jaron Blossomgame	SF	United States	Clemson

Roster

2017–18 San Antonio Spurs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 7001120000000000000♠12 Aldridge, LaMarcus 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1985–07–19 Texas F 7000100000000000000♠1 Anderson, Kyle 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–09–20 UCLA F 7001420000000000000♠42 Bertāns, Dāvis 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–11–12 Latvia F/C 7001100000000000000♠10 Costello, Matt (TW) 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1993–08–05 Michigan State G 7001110000000000000♠11 Forbes, Bryn 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1993–07–23 Michigan State C 7001160000000000000♠16 Gasol, Pau 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980–07–06 Spain F 7001220000000000000♠22 Gay, Rudy 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1986–08–17 Connecticut G 7001200000000000000♠20 Ginóbili, Manu (C) 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1977–07–28 Argentina G/F 7001140000000000000♠14 Green, Danny 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1987–06–22 North Carolina G 7001240000000000000♠24 Hilliard, Darrun (TW) 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1993–04–13 Villanova C 7001770000000000000♠77 Lauvergne, Joffrey 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1991–09–30 INSEP (FRA) F 7000200000000000000♠2 Leonard, Kawhi  (C) 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1991–06–29 San Diego State G 7000800000000000000♠8 Mills, Patty 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–08–11 Saint Mary's G 7000500000000000000♠5 Murray, Dejounte 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1996–09–19 Washington G 7000900000000000000♠9 Parker, Tony (C) 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982–05–17 INSEP (FRA) G 7000300000000000000♠3 Paul, Brandon 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991–04–30 Illinois G 7000400000000000000♠4 White, Derrick 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994–07–02 Colorado	Head coach Gregg Popovich Assistant coach(es) James Borrego Chip Engelland Becky Hammon Will Hardy Ettore Messina Ime Udoka Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: 2018–04–12

Standings

Game log

Player statistics

Transactions

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Pau Gasol[1]	3-year contract worth $48 million
Patty Mills[2]	4-year contract worth $50 million
Manu Ginóbili[3]	2-year contract worth $5 million

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Rudy Gay[4]	2-year contract worth $17 million	Sacramento Kings
Brandon Paul[5]	2-year contract worth $2.2 million	Anadolu Efes
Matt Costello[6]	Two-way contract	Iowa Energy
Darrun Hilliard[7]	Two-way contract	Detroit Pistons

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Jonathon Simmons[8]	3-year contract worth $20 million	Orlando Magic
Dewayne Dedmon[9]	2-year contract worth $14 million	Atlanta Hawks
Joel Anthony	Waived	San Lorenzo de Almagro

References