The schedule for the 2023-24 season is right here, and let’s simply say it’s apparent that primarily due to the addition of Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs are formally again within the highlight. After opening the season with zero video games on ESPN or TNT in 2021-22 and just one final season (the Alamodome sport), the Spurs can be featured 11 occasions on these networks, plus one other 8 on NBA TV for a whopping 19 nationally televised video games.
It should take no time in any respect to get their in-state rivalries going, opening at dwelling towards the Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks on October 25 on ESPN, adopted by the Houston Rockets two nights later earlier than issues get a lot harder. (If anybody has been following Rockets followers on Twitter this summer season, it has been fairly nasty after the Spurs gained the lottery and the rights to Wemby, so it is going to be fairly the anticipated matchup between two of final season’s cellar dwellers.)
The in-season event video games are highlighted in blue, which can be towards the Timberwolves, Thunder, Kings and Warriors in November, and the event itself will happen from December 4 via the ninth. Of notice, the Spurs have a league-high three of these video games nationally televised. They may also have two video games on the Moody Middle in Austin once more, on March 15 vs. the Nuggets and March 17 towards the Nets. (That explains the oddly lengthy 8-game homestand.)
Additionally, granted it partially has do with the idea that the Spurs will nonetheless be unhealthy, however one web site already has them listed as having essentially the most difficult power of schedule, so we’d need to quell these postseason aspirations a bit till we see what this crew is basically about.
Prime 5 most difficult schedules:
1. Spurs2. Rockets3. Kings4. Lakers5. Pistons
Weak groups naturally have larger strengths of schedule, so SAS, HOU, and DET are unsurprising. However SAC and LAL are price a deeper look. pic.twitter.com/GoNpoaELny
— Optimistic Residual (@presidual) August 17, 2023
We can have a way more in-depth evaluation of the schedule within the coming days, so keep tuned.