San Antonio front office must prevent Spurs fans from mimicking Cowboys fans

The 2024 NBA season is set to begin in a month, officially making it ten years since the Spurs won their last championship. It was an epic achievement highlighted by the revenge San Antonio craved due to the way the previous year's finals went. The Ray Allen shot will never be forgotten and the words "Game 6" will forever have an extra connotation for Spurs fans.

2013 was such a tough loss because it always felt like San Antonio had the better complete team. But the trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh evened out the discrepancy in roster construction. Don't get me wrong, they had a solid roster, but it shouldn't have beaten the Spurs, and that's why the NBA officials were rolling out that trophy when everyone thought the series was over.

But the team got their revenge and Spurs fans witnessed one of the most satisfying championships in franchise history. However, enough time has passed for San Antonio fans to stop touting a win from a decade ago, otherwise, they risk being compared to the Cowboys faithful, who don't have the best reputation with reality. They need new accomplishments to hold up the franchise's prestige.

Cowboys haven't won a ring in almost 25 years, the Spurs can't allow that

It is difficult to win championships in any professional sport, so let's just get that part out of the way. But, it's no coincidence that there are organizations that consistently win more than their peers. Everything starts at the top and trickles down to the rest of the franchise. Culture is the most important part of it. There needs to be accountability, respect and togetherness.

The way that manifests itself for the front office is correcting moves when you've made a mistake, i.e., getting rid of Josh Primo even though he was a first-round pick. It doesn't matter how far you have traveled, if you figure out you are going the wrong way, turn around.

This isn't a hit piece on Cowboys fans. You are supposed to support your team and show loyalty. But because of their success in the 70s and 90s, some of them either have adopted a mindset that believes that every year is their year or consistently bring up the old glory days in current-day sports discourse.

It's not a favorable position to be in, but to be fair to them, there isn't much else you can say when your team fails in the postseason in embarrassing fashion on a yearly basis. You have to defend your team somehow if you're a prideful fan, which most are.

San Antonio must continue to be vigilant in their decision-making so as not to put Spurs fans in a similar position. At some point, fans of other teams will stop respecting the franchise if they don't start winning in the playoffs again. Something that hasn't happened in five years. The clock is ticking.