In today's world, 2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season is a highly relevant topic that has captured the attention of academics, professionals and the general public. Since its inception, 2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season has played a crucial role in society, generating debates, controversies and significant changes in different areas. Throughout history, 2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season has evolved and adapted to the transformations of the modern world, influencing the way people interact, think and act. In this article, we will explore various aspects related to 2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season, analyzing its impact today and reflecting on its importance in the future.
2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Gregg Popovich |
General manager | R. C. Buford |
President | Gregg Popovich |
Owner(s) | Peter Holt |
Arena | AT&T Center |
Results | |
Record | 67–15 (.817) |
Place | Division: 1st (Southwest) Conference: 2nd (Western) |
Playoff finish | Conference Semifinals (lost to Thunder 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | |
Radio | 1200 WOAI |
The 2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season was the 49th season of the franchise, 40th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 43rd in the San Antonio area.
Kawhi Leonard was selected to play in the 2016 NBA All-Star Game as a starter. This marked the first All-Star appearance for Leonard. With the acquisitions of David West and LaMarcus Aldridge, the Spurs finished with a 67–15 record, their best winning percentage in franchise history, earning them the Southwest Division title. The Spurs also set a franchise record for most wins in a season with 67 and tied the NBA record for most home wins in a season with 40 (tying the 1985–86 Boston Celtics 40–1 home record). On April 10, the Spurs' home winning streak came to an end with a loss to the defending NBA champion and eventual Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors.
In the first round of the 2016 NBA playoffs, the Spurs faced the injury depleted Memphis Grizzlies, and swept them in four games. However, in the Conference semifinals, the team was defeated 4–2 by the Oklahoma City Thunder. They would become the first team since the 2007 Dallas Mavericks to finish with 67 wins and be eliminated before the conference finals.
After 19 years, this season marked the end of the Tim Duncan era as he retired from the NBA following this season. Believed by many as the greatest Spur of all time, Duncan led the Spurs to 5 championships, a playoff appearance in every season of his 19 years in the league, and after winning their 5th ring in 2014, became the second player, after John Salley, to win championships in 3 different decades. Duncan was also the last remaining active player to win a championship in the 1990s, as he led the Spurs to their first-ever championship title in 1999.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/club team |
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1 | 26 | Nikola Milutinov | C | Serbia | Partizan (Serbia) |
2 | 55 | Cady Lalanne | C | Haiti | Massachusetts |
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Roster |
2015 pre-season game log Total: 2–4 (home: 2-1; road: 0–3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pre-season: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
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2015–16 season schedule |
Southwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y – San Antonio Spurs | 67 | 15 | .817 | – | 40–1 | 27–14 | 15–1 | 82 |
x – Dallas Mavericks | 42 | 40 | .512 | 25.0 | 23–18 | 19–22 | 7–9 | 82 |
x – Memphis Grizzlies | 42 | 40 | .512 | 25.0 | 26–15 | 16–25 | 7–9 | 82 |
x – Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 26.0 | 23–18 | 18–23 | 8–8 | 82 |
New Orleans Pelicans | 30 | 52 | .366 | 37.0 | 21–20 | 9–32 | 4–12 | 82 |
Western Conference | ||||||
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z – Golden State Warriors * | 73 | 9 | .890 | – | 82 |
2 | y – San Antonio Spurs * | 67 | 15 | .817 | 6.0 | 82 |
3 | y – Oklahoma City Thunder * | 55 | 27 | .671 | 18.0 | 82 |
4 | x – Los Angeles Clippers | 53 | 29 | .646 | 20.0 | 82 |
5 | x – Portland Trail Blazers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 29.0 | 82 |
6 | x – Dallas Mavericks | 42 | 40 | .512 | 31.0 | 82 |
7 | x – Memphis Grizzlies | 42 | 40 | .512 | 31.0 | 82 |
8 | x – Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 32.0 | 82 |
9 | Utah Jazz | 40 | 42 | .488 | 33.0 | 82 |
10 | Sacramento Kings | 33 | 49 | .402 | 40.0 | 82 |
11 | Denver Nuggets | 33 | 49 | .402 | 40.0 | 82 |
12 | New Orleans Pelicans | 30 | 52 | .366 | 43.0 | 82 |
13 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 29 | 53 | .354 | 44.0 | 82 |
14 | Phoenix Suns | 23 | 59 | .280 | 50.0 | 82 |
15 | Los Angeles Lakers | 17 | 65 | .207 | 56.0 | 82 |
2016 playoff game log Total: 6–4 (home: 3–2; road: 3–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
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Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
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2016 playoff schedule |
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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LaMarcus Aldridge | 74 | 74 | 30.6 | .513 | .000 | .858 | 8.5 | 1.5 | .5 | 1.1 | 18.0 |
Kyle Anderson | 78 | 11 | 16.0 | .468 | .324 | .747 | 3.1 | 1.6 | .8 | .4 | 4.5 |
Matt Bonner | 30 | 2 | 6.9 | .509 | .441 | .750 | .9 | .3 | .2 | .0 | 2.5 |
Rasual Butler | 46 | 0 | 9.4 | .471 | .306 | .688 | 1.2 | .5 | .3 | .5 | 2.7 |
Boris Diaw | 76 | 4 | 18.2 | .527 | .362 | .737 | 3.1 | 2.3 | .3 | .3 | 6.4 |
Tim Duncan | 61 | 60 | 25.2 | .488 | .000 | .702 | 7.3 | 2.7 | .8 | 1.3 | 8.6 |
Manu Ginóbili | 58 | 0 | 19.6 | .453 | .391 | .813 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.1 | .2 | 9.6 |
Danny Green | 79 | 79 | 26.1 | .376 | .332 | .739 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .8 | 7.2 |
Kawhi Leonard | 72 | 72 | 33.1 | .506 | .443 | .874 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 21.2 |
Boban Marjanovic | 54 | 4 | 9.4 | .603 | . | .763 | 3.6 | .4 | .2 | .4 | 5.5 |
Kevin Martin | 16 | 1 | 16.3 | .353 | .333 | .933 | 1.8 | .8 | .6 | .1 | 6.2 |
Ray McCallum | 31 | 3 | 8.3 | .403 | .313 | .900 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .2 | .1 | 2.2 |
Andre Miller | 13 | 4 | 13.9 | .479 | .250 | .692 | 2.1 | 2.2 | .5 | .0 | 4.3 |
Patty Mills | 81 | 3 | 20.5 | .425 | .384 | .810 | 2.0 | 2.8 | .7 | .1 | 8.5 |
Tony Parker | 72 | 72 | 27.5 | .493 | .415 | .760 | 2.4 | 5.3 | .8 | .2 | 11.9 |
Jonathon Simmons | 55 | 2 | 14.8 | .504 | .383 | .750 | 1.7 | 1.1 | .4 | .1 | 6.0 |
David West | 78 | 19 | 18.0 | .545 | .429 | .788 | 4.0 | 1.8 | .6 | .7 | 7.1 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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LaMarcus Aldridge | 10 | 10 | 33.7 | .521 | 1.000 | .891 | 8.3 | 1.0 | .4 | 1.4 | 21.9 |
Kyle Anderson | 10 | 0 | 12.9 | .320 | .333 | .857 | 2.4 | .7 | .6 | .3 | 2.3 |
Boris Diaw | 9 | 0 | 17.7 | .457 | .333 | .750 | 2.1 | 2.3 | .2 | .4 | 5.2 |
Tim Duncan | 10 | 10 | 21.8 | .423 | . | .714 | 4.8 | 1.4 | .2 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
Manu Ginóbili | 10 | 0 | 19.2 | .426 | .429 | .783 | 2.7 | 2.5 | .8 | .3 | 6.7 |
Danny Green | 10 | 10 | 26.7 | .462 | .500 | .667 | 3.1 | .7 | 2.1 | .8 | 8.6 |
Kawhi Leonard | 10 | 10 | 33.9 | .500 | .436 | .824 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 22.5 |
Boban Marjanovic | 7 | 0 | 6.0 | .667 | . | .889 | 2.0 | .4 | .0 | .3 | 3.4 |
Kevin Martin | 5 | 0 | 9.8 | .400 | .500 | .667 | .8 | .6 | .2 | .0 | 4.4 |
Andre Miller | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | .429 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .0 | .0 | 1.8 |
Patty Mills | 10 | 0 | 16.7 | .434 | .361 | .636 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .7 | .0 | 6.6 |
Tony Parker | 10 | 10 | 26.4 | .449 | .250 | .857 | 2.2 | 5.3 | .6 | .2 | 10.4 |
Jonathon Simmons | 3 | 0 | 8.7 | .400 | .667 | .500 | 1.3 | .7 | .7 | .0 | 3.7 |
David West | 10 | 0 | 17.6 | .455 | .500 | .556 | 3.7 | 1.3 | .6 | .7 | 5.8 |
July 9, 2015 |
To San Antonio Spurs Ray McCallum, Jr. |
To Sacramento Kings 2016 Second Round Draft Pick |
July 9, 2015 |
To San Antonio Spurs Georgios Printezis Draft Rights 2017 Draft Second Round Pick |
To Atlanta Hawks Tiago Splitter |
Player | Signed |
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Tim Duncan | Signed 2-year contract worth $10.4 million |
Danny Green | Signed 4-year contract worth $45 million |
Matt Bonner | Signed 1-year contract worth $1.5 million |
Kawhi Leonard | Signed 5-year contract worth $90 million |
Manu Ginóbili | Signed 2-year contract worth $5.8 million |
Player | Signed | Former team |
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LaMarcus Aldridge | Signed 4-year contract worth $80 million | Portland Trail Blazers |
Boban Marjanović | Signed 1-year contract worth $1.2 million | Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade |
David West | Signed 2-year contract worth $3 million | Indiana Pacers |
Jonathon Simmons | Signed 1-year contract worth $525K | Austin Spurs |
Player | Reason left | New team |
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Aron Baynes | Signed 3-year contract worth $19.5 million | Detroit Pistons |
Marco Belinelli | Signed 3-year contract worth $19 million | Sacramento Kings |
Cory Joseph | Signed 4-year contract worth $30 million | Toronto Raptors |
Jeff Ayres | Unrestricted Free Agent / Waived[citation needed] | Idaho Stampede (NBA D-League) |