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At the start of October, I had high hopes for a fan’s Triple Crown for 2026-27. My main team, the Spurs, are co-favorites to win it all this season. My two local teams were also favorites – the Dodgers were already into the NLCS looking for a three-peat, and the Rams were everyone’s favorite to win the Super Bowl. While nothing has changed for the Spurs, a lot has changed for the Dodgers and Rams. The Dodgers, two-time defending World Series champs, were just swept 4 – 0 by the Milwaukee Brewers. Preseason favorite Rams are 2 – 3, and about to fall three games behind the 49ers, who are now Vegas favorites. At least the Rams have better chances than the Dodgers, who have none.
To make it worse, I just realized that if we look backwards, each of my teams lost in the “final four” for each of their leagues. The Rams lost to the Seahawks in the NFC Championship game, the Spurs in the NBA Finals, and the Dodgers lost to the Brewers. Just like the Spurs against the Knicks, the Dodgers led in every game. I don’t know what you would call the opposite of my hoped-for Triple Crown, but it would not be very nice.
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But let’s look forward instead of back. The Spurs remain co-favorites with OKC to win it all this season. Indeed, league GMs picked the Spurs ahead of OKC to prevail, with 77% predicting that Victor Wembayama will be the MVP. 2,000% of the GMs also predicted that Victor would repeat as Defensive Player of the Year, though I might have that percentage slightly off.
Closer to the main point of this post, Dylan Harper was voted the player most likely to have a break-out year, ahead of Cooper Flagg (27% to 7%). That vote may reflect that Flagg is starting at a much higher baseline, as he averaged 21 points, 6.7 boards and 4.5 assists last season. It is a bit harder to “break out” from numbers like that.
But I do want to address the “three guard” debate going on in the Spurs universe. I addressed this point several times last season, pointing out that having three excellent guards is a good thing and not a “problem”. For instance, even before training camp opened in 2025, I wrote this:
“The basketball…
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Publish date : 2026-10-18 04:21:00
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