The Spurs are quietly building the NBA's next great superteam

After watching the Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers load up this summer, the San Antonio Spurs are quietly building their own super team. The Spurs already have twostars on the roster, Victor Wembanyama and De'Aaron Fox, but could have two others hiding in plain sight.

Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper have future All-Star written all over them, and Castle could very well emerge as one next season. Better still, Harper may have an even higher ceiling than Castle.

In fact, given what he showed as a rookie, he may even have All-NBA potential. That means that the Silver and Black have four players who are either stars or have All-Star potential, and the best version of this team could rival any superteam.

The Spurs are quietly building the NBA's next great superteam

The Sixers might have LeBron James, Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, and Jaylen Brown. However, if Wembanyama emerges as the best player in the NBA, Fox returns to form, and Castle and Harper have breakout seasons, then they could more than rival the Sixers.

San Antonio is no doubt counting on their core four leveling up after making only minor tweaks to their roster this offseason. Yes, they added more depth at power forward and revamped their center rotation, but the bulk of this team is mostly the same as last year.

The major difference will have to come from Wembanyama, Fox, Castle, and Harper. If those four players deliver, then no team in the NBA can hang with them.

The Spurs have a homegrown super team hiding in plain sight

The idea of the Spurs having a homegrown super team is almost counterintuitive, but it's technically true. Yes, Fox was acquired in a trade, but Wembanyama, Castle, and Harper were all drafted by the Spurs in consecutive years.

After the Sixers added LeBron and Brown to their core, I'd argue that the Spurs are closest to being the most organic superteam. The Oklahoma City Thunder could also qualify, though the Spurs beat them eight times last year, including in the Western Conference finals.

With the Sixers seemingly the team to beat in the Eastern Conference, the Spurs could eventually face them—or perhaps the New York Knicks—in the NBA Finals. They shouldn't get that far ahead, however. The West is still the dominant conference.

Look, there's no guarantee that the Spurs will repeat as Conference champions. Of course, if their core four each develops the way we all hope, they should dominate the West and potentially be on a collision course with the NBA Finals.

Still, they can't be considered a super team unless they first win a championship, and next season could finally be their year.

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