Tobias Harris will help Spurs fix an aggravating yet underdiscussed flaw

Free throws, man.

The Spurs had trouble with them going all the way back to October 2025 in the preseason. The issue popped up throughout the season, but they were so damn good that it didn't matter much. It can't continue. Take a walk with me back a few months to June. It may be painful, but if Ebenezer Scrooge could do it, you can, too.

Victor Wembanyama stepped to the line up one point with 1:47 left on the clock in Game 4 of the NBA Finals against Jalen Brunson's Knicks and missed both free throws. So many things went wrong that night, but scoring at the charity stripe is one of those things completely in a player's control.

A few days later, the Knicks were celebrating a championship in San Antonio. If that sequence doesn't turn your stomach a little to this day, I don't believe you're really about that Spurs nation life. It's one of the most gutting stretches this franchise has produced in years, and it's a problem Tobias Harris will help solve.

The foul line can't be the reason the Spurs lose big games

Let's be precise about what happened because it was worse than a bad shooting night. Up 104-103 with under two minutes left to go on a night the Silver and Black led by 29 points, Vic missed a couple of crucial free throws. That was the OG Anunoby tip-in game. The Knicks won by a single digit.

That wasn't an isolated incident. It didn't matter if it was Game 5 of the Finals or some other tight game earlier in the postseason; the Spurs missed a noticeable number of free throws.

They actually shot a respectable 79% from the line during the regular season, and their clutch ability overall was a calling card. None of that mattered once the moments got heaviest. Wemby's free-throw volume had already climbed to a career high before the Finals even started, which only made it worse when the misses came at the worst possible time.

Harris shot 88% from the line in 2025-26 and 87% the year before that. He has a strong track record for converting from the line across 15 NBA seasons. Coming off a strong year in Detroit, his game will slot in nicely with San Antonio's core. Fans should expect the 33-year-old forward to deliver in some of the moments the Spurs struggled with during their last run.

Watching Vic miss those two free throws was brutal. It still stings writing about it in September, and Harris won't erase that memory. But he gives the team a real answer the next time it matters. That's something for Spurs Nation to look forward to.

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