2016–17 San Antonio Spurs season

2016–17 San Antonio Spurs season
Pau Gasol's first season with San Antonio
First season without Tim Duncan
Head coach Gregg Popovich
General manager R. C. Buford
Owner(s) Peter Holt
Arena AT&T Center
Results
Record 15–4 (.789)
Place Division: 1st (Southwest)
Conference: 2nd (Western)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports Southwest, KENS HD, CW 35
Radio 1200 WOAI

The 2016–17 San Antonio Spurs season is the 50th season of the franchise, 41st in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 44th in the San Antonio area. It will be the 1st season since the 1996–97 season without Tim Duncan, who retired on July 11, 2016.

Season synopsis

Preseason

The 2016 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2016, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Spurs chose guard Dejounte Murray with the 29th pick of the first round.

On July 11, Tim Duncan announces retirement.[1]

On July 19, it was confirmed that the Spurs would play a game at the Mexico City Arena in Mexico City, Mexico on January 14, 2017 against the Phoenix Suns.

Draft

Main article: 2016 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School / club team
1 29 Dejounte Murray[2][3] PG  United States Washington

Roster

San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 12 Aldridge, LaMarcus 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985–07–19 Texas
F 1 Anderson, Kyle 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–09–20 UCLA
F 42 Bertāns, Dāvis (DL) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–11–12 Latvia
C 3 Dedmon, Dewayne 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–08–12 Southern California
G 11 Forbes, Bryn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1993–07–23 Michigan State
F/C 16 Gasol, Pau 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980–07–06 Spain
G 20 Ginóbili, Manu 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1977–07–28 Argentina
G/F 14 Green, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1987–06–22 North Carolina
G 27 Laprovíttola, Nicolás 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–01–31 Argentina
F/C 10 Lee, David 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1983–04–29 Florida
F 2 Leonard, Kawhi 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1991–06–29 San Diego State
G 8 Mills, Patty 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–08–11 Saint Mary's
G 5 Murray, Dejounte (DL) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1996–09–19 Washington
G 9 Parker, Tony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982–05–17 INSEP (FRA)
G/F 17 Simmons, Jonathon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–09–14 Houston
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2016–12–03

Standings

Division

Southwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
San Antonio Spurs 16 4 .800 0.0 5–4 11–0 3–0 20
Houston Rockets 13 7 .650 3.0 4–2 9–5 2–1 20
Memphis Grizzlies 13 8 .619 3.5 7–4 6–4 2–0 21
New Orleans Pelicans 7 14 .333 9.5 5–6 2–8 0–2 21
Dallas Mavericks 4 15 .211 11.5 3–5 1–10 0–4 19

Conference

Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 Golden State Warriors * 17 3 .850 – 20
2 San Antonio Spurs * 16 4 .800 1.0 20
3 Los Angeles Clippers 16 6 .727 2.0 22
4 Houston Rockets 13 7 .650 4.0 20
5 Oklahoma City Thunder * 13 8 .619 4.5 21
6 Memphis Grizzlies 13 8 .619 4.5 21
7 Utah Jazz 12 9 .571 5.5 21
8 Portland Trail Blazers 11 10 .524 6.5 21
9 Los Angeles Lakers 10 12 .455 8.0 22
10 Sacramento Kings 7 13 .350 10.0 20
11 Denver Nuggets 7 13 .350 10.0 20
12 New Orleans Pelicans 7 14 .333 10.5 21
13 Minnesota Timberwolves 6 14 .300 11.0 20
14 Phoenix Suns 6 14 .300 11.0 20
15 Dallas Mavericks 4 15 .211 12.5 19

Game log

Pre-season

2016 pre-season game log
Total: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
Pre-season: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
2016–17 season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log
Total: 16–4 (Home: 5–4; Road: 11–0)
October: 4–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 3–0)
November : 11–4 (Home: 3–4; Road: 8–0)
December: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date
Time		 Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
20 December 2 Washington W 107–105 LaMarcus Aldridge (23) Pau Gasol (10) Patty Mills (8) AT&T Center
18,418		 16–4
January : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
March : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

July 8, 2016
 To San Antonio Spurs
Draft rights to Olivier Hanlan[4]		 To Utah Jazz
Boris Diaw
Cash considerations

Free agency

Re-signed

Player Signed
Manu Ginobili[5] 1-year contract worth $14 million

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Pau Gasol[6] 2-year contract worth $30 million Chicago Bulls
Dewayne Dedmon[7] 2-year contract worth $6 million Orlando Magic
Dāvis Bertāns[8] 2-year contract worth $1.5 million Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
Bryn Forbes[9] 2-year contract worth $1.5 million Michigan State Spartans
Ryan Arcidiacono[10] Villanova Wildcats
Livio Jean-Charles[11] 4-year contract worth $6 million ASVEL Basket
Patricio Garino[12] George Washington Colonials
David Lee[13] 2-year contract worth $3.2 million Dallas Mavericks

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
David West[14] 1-year contract worth $980,431 Golden State Warriors
Tim Duncan[15] Retired N/A
Boban Marjanović[16] 3-year contract worth $21 million Detroit Pistons

References

  1. ↑ "Duncan calls it a career, retires after 19 seasons". nba.com. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Spurs select Dejounte Murray in first round of 2016 NBA draft". nba.com/spurs. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ "San Antonio signs first round pick Dejounte Murray". nba.com/spurs. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "San Antonio trade Boris Diaw to Utah". nba.com/spurs. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Spurs re-sign Manu Ginobili". nba.com/spurs. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Spurs sign Pau Gasol". nba.com/spurs. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ "San Antonio signs Dewayne Dedmon". nba.com/spurs. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ "San Antonio signs Davis Bertans". nba.com/spurs. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Spurs sign Bryn Forbes". nba.com/spurs. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ "San Antonio signs Ryan Arcidiacono". nba.com/spurs. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ "San Antonio signs Livio Jean-Charles". nba.com/spurs. July 22, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  12. ↑ "San Antonio signs Patricio Garino". nba.com/spurs. July 29, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Spurs sign Daivd Lee". nba.com/spurs. August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Warriors sign free agent forward David West". nba.com/warriors. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Tim Duncan announces retirement". nba.com/spurs. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Detroit Pistons sign free agent Boban Marjanovic". nba.com/pistons. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.

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