(Photo : Candice Ward/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Brandon Miller (#24) of the Charlotte Hornets defends in opposition to Victor Wembanyama (#1) of the San Antonio Spurs through the fourth quarter on the Thomas & Mack Center on July 07, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The San Antonio Spurs can be heading to the 2023-24 NBA season with plenty of hype following the arrival of generational prospect Victor Wembanyama, whom they unanimously chosen with the primary total decide of this yr’s NBA Draft.
With the total schedule for the upcoming marketing campaign launched, intriguing match-ups are set to occur.
The Spurs shouldn’t have a Christmas recreation, however they’ll face the Trail Blazers in back-to-back video games on December 28 and 29 in Portland, the primary assembly between Wembanyama and this yr’s third-overall decide Scoot Henderson. Damian Lillard might characteristic within the recreation if he’s not but traded by then.
The first common season battle between this yr’s high two total picks will occur on January 12, with the Spurs internet hosting Brandon Miller and the Charlotte Hornets on ESPN. This is the one time Charlotte will seem on a nationally televised recreation this season.
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Brandon Miller vs Victor Wembanyama can be aired stay on nationwide TV on January twelfth, the primary #1 vs #2 matchup of the season.
This is Charlotte’s solely National TV recreation of the season
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The Spurs will open their season at house in opposition to interstate rivals Dallas Mavericks with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving on Wednesday, October 25, on ESPN.
The staff could have back-to-back video games in opposition to the new-look Phoenix Suns to finish October and open November.
Wembanyama will go to Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors as a part of the brand new In-Season Tournament on November 24. After this, they’ll journey to Denver to play Nikola Jokic and the defending champion Nuggets on November 26.
The Frenchman will get a primary style of motion in opposition to LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and the Los Angeles Lakers in back-to-back video games on December 13 and 15, each at house.
Four days later, the staff will go to Milwaukee to face Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks.
Legendary head coach Gregg Popovich will return to educate his twenty eighth season with the franchise after signing a brand new five-year contract that made him the highest-paid coach within the NBA.
The five-time NBA champion coach was not too long ago inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame over the weekend.
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The San Antonio Spurs are again within the nationwide highlight
The staff is formally again within the highlight, having 19 nationally televised video games this season, with 11 on ESPN and TNT and eight on NBA TV.
San Antonio solely had one nationally televised recreation for the previous two seasons, a January 2023 recreation in opposition to the Golden State Warriors on the Alamodome on a one-night return to their outdated house as a part of the franchise’s fiftieth anniversary.
The staff broke the NBA document for attendance with over 68,000 followers attending the sport, however they misplaced 144-113.
The Spurs performed within the Alamodome from 1993 to 2002, they usually received their first NBA championship through the 1998-99 season in that interval.
They are set to maneuver to a brand new world-class observe facility forward of the coaching camp on the Victory Capital Performance Center.
The facility is positioned on the a lot larger The Rock at La Cantera campus, a mixed-use space that includes a number of eating places, bars, work, leisure, and different industrial areas.
There have additionally been discussions in regards to the staff constructing a brand new taking part in enviornment for the long run.
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