The Spurs have made their stance unmistakably clear if this insider is right

This trade deadline may end up as a dud.
Spurs GM Brian Wright
Spurs GM Brian Wright | PATRICK T. FALLON/GettyImages

NBA insider Jake Fischer just went down the list of teams around the league, revealing his insights into their trade deadline plans (paid), and when he got to the Spurs, his message was short and simple. "Little tinkering is expected," Fischer wrote. That aligns with much of what we've heard, despite the fans' best efforts to encourage a move for a player like Trey Murphy III by willing it to be so.

If Brian Wright does anything, it's going to be a fringe move to address the depth of the team. They didn't seem to be too pained by the lack of a true shooter to start the season, but that's changed over the last month, so maybe they'll make a move for a talent to help in that area.

However, we know this organization very well, so we can't be shocked if they do nothing. There's one message continuously being reinforced as each transaction period comes and goes: they like their team and will ride out the season with at least most of the crew they have.

The Spurs have barely played with their full roster

San Antonio is on the verge of playing their 41st game of the season—the halfway point—and they still haven't had a chance to develop any real chemistry with their complete rotation. They've played fewer than 10 games this year with a clean injury report. There's always someone on the mend.

It would be one thing if it were the same player the entire time. The rest of the team could build the familiarity good teams need in the postseason, and when the injured party returned, it would only be a matter of integrating one person. That would be much easier to manage. Unfortunately, it hasn't gone that way.

The Silver and Black have had every single player in their starting unit miss time except for Harrison Barnes (but maybe he needs some time off to get back on track because his shooting has been horrendous).

Luke Kornet and Dylan Harper have also been out, and it's just one thing after another for a ball club trying to figure each other out in the 82 games they've been afforded.

The constant shuffle of players is likely giving the Spurs pause. They never want to move too fast or overreact to negative circumstances, especially when there are forces outside of their control at play. Consistent injuries fall into that category.

They were doing just fine to start the year, beating the teams they should have and winning games against the elites while dealing with the rotating rotation. If they choose to stand pat, hopefully, they can recapture that success and, for God's sake, get healthy and stay that way.

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