
‘Spurs Are Gonna Win the West,’ P.J. Tucker Chooses San Antonio Over Oklahoma City Thunders
Freshly retired NBA champion P.J. Tucker predicted the San Antonio Spurs will beat the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the Western Conference.

Freshly retired NBA champion P.J. Tucker predicted the San Antonio Spurs will beat the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the Western Conference.

The Spurs’ playoff offense led by Victor Wembanyama continues creating problems for Anthony Edwards and Minnesota’s defense.

Victor Wembanyama blocks shots like a science experiment gone wrong. He moves like a video game glitch. Dominates games defensively in ways the NBA has never fully seen before. At 7-foot-4, he already looks capable of breaking modern basketball entirely. But somehow, underneath all the chaos, Wembanyama still behaves like the nicest kid in the room. That contrast is what makes him so fascinating. And over the last two seasons, the NBA has slowly discovered something hilarious. Victor Wembanyama might simply be too pure for the league’s chaos.

Spurs coach Mitch Johnson defended Victor Wembanyama after the 22-year-old's first career ejection in Game 4 against the Timberwolves, saying officials have failed to protect the 7-foot-4 center from excessive physicality throughout the 2025–26 playoffs.

Some prospects enter the draft with hype. Others enter with expectation. Every once in a while, a player arrives with something stronger than both. Certainty. The kind that reshapes how teams approach the top pick. The kind that removes hesitation from the decision-making process. Cameron Boozer has reached that space. Not because he mirrors Victor Wembanyama physically. He does not. But because he mirrors something more important. Impact. Reliability. A level of production and control that makes the question less about if he will succeed and more about how quickly. This is why, across front offices, one idea keeps surfacing. He is the sure thing.

The San Antonio Spurs’ playoff surge has changed the narrative, with Kendrick Perkins declaring them legitimate NBA championship contenders after a dominant weekend performance