2017–18 San Antonio Spurs season


The 2017–18 San Antonio Spurs season was the 51st season in franchise history. It was the team's 42nd season in the National Basketball Association and its 45th in the San Antonio area. The Spurs finished the season with a 47-35 record and the seventh seed in the Western Conference. In the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, the team was defeated in five games by the Golden State Warriors. The 2017-18 season was the final season that Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili played for the team.

Season synopsis

Star forward Kawhi Leonard played a career-low nine games during the season due to a quadriceps injury. On March 10, 2018, the Spurs finished with a losing season on the road for the first time since 1997 after a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, the team finished the season with a winning record, doing so for an NBA-record 21st consecutive season. With a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on April 3, 2018, the Spurs' streak of 20 straight seasons of 50 wins or more ended; it had lasted since the 1997–98 season. The Spurs clinched a playoff spot on April 9, 2018 with a win over the Sacramento Kings in their last home game of the season. They finished the regular season with a 47–35 record and held the seventh seed in the Western Conference.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs faced the second-seeded and eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors and lost in five games.

Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool / club team
129Derrick WhitePGUnited StatesColorado
259Jaron BlossomgameSFUnited StatesClemson

Roster

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

Aftermath

After the end of the 2017-18 season, Leonard asked to be traded. On July 18, 2018, Leonard and Danny Green were traded to the Toronto Raptors, for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pöltl, and a first-round draft pick.
This season was the last season that franchise mainstays Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili played for the Spurs. After 17 years with the team, Parker signed a two-year deal with the Charlotte Hornets On August 27, 2018, Ginobili announced his retirement after 16 seasons, all with the Spurs. Ginobili was the second-oldest active player in the league at the time of his retirement, behind only the Atlanta Hawks' Vince Carter. This marked the official end of the Spurs' "Big Three" era; the trio of Parker, Ginobili, and Tim Duncan won a total of four NBA championships together during their years with the team.