Dear Adam Silver: The Spurs won’t be ignored, despite your best efforts

The San Antonio Spurs are used to being ignored by the national media. It comes with the territory of being in a small market. Teams like the Utah Jazz, despite having the best record in the league, have also been getting disrespected lately, All-Star game excluded. But there’s been something especially alarming about the way the NBA has seemed to snub the Silver and Black in different ways this season.

If you think this post was inspired by DeMar DeRozan‘s All-Star snub, you’d only be about one-quarter correct. Following the team as closely as I ever have this season, I’ve noticed a pattern of questionable, unbalanced, and downright wrong decisions from not only national media but the NBA and Commissioner Adam Silver alike.

My attitude when writing this isn’t one of “woe is me.” I was around for all five championships over the last couple of decades, so I’m well past the bitter phase of Spurs fandom. This is more of a callout thread — one we can look back on if the Spurs go on to exceed expectations once again this season.

Here’s what I’ve noticed about the Spurs’ almost completely ignored season so far.

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