The Spurs’ mystique is dead

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As Kawhi Leonard’s camp works to get their man traded out of San Antonio, something has become painfully clear: the Spurs’ mystique is dead. For 20 years the Spurs have competed for NBA championships playing by rules of their own, bending the rest of the league to their will with some regularity. It’s not a constant dominance — the franchise won no titles from 2008 through 2013, nor since 2014. It’s a dynastic power without an actual dynasty to speak of. But the Spurs always lurk, always do things right and do things under the radar, and pop up deep in the Western Conference Finals, right when opponents least expect it. The normal rules of team-building never really applied, not once San Antonio

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