2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season


The 2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season was the 49th season of the franchise, 40th in the National Basketball Association and 43rd in the San Antonio area.
Kawhi Leonard was selected to play in the 2016 NBA All-Star Game as a starter. This marked the first All-Star appearance for Leonard. With the acquisitions of David West and LaMarcus Aldridge, the Spurs finished with a 67–15 record, their best winning percentage in franchise history, earning them the Southwest Division title. The Spurs also set a franchise record for most wins in a season with 67 and tied the NBA record for most home wins in a season with 40. On April 10, the Spurs' home winning streak came to an end with a loss to the defending NBA Champions Golden State Warriors.
In the first round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs, the Spurs faced the injury depleted Memphis Grizzlies, and swept them in four games. However, in the Conference Semifinals, the team was defeated 2–4 by the Oklahoma City Thunder. They would become the first team to since the 2007 Dallas Mavericks to finish with 67 wins and be eliminated before the conference finals.
After 19 years, this season marked the end of the Tim Duncan era as he retired from the NBA following this season. Believed by many as the greatest Spur of all time, Duncan led the Spurs to 5 championships, a playoff appearance in every season of his 19 years in the league, and after winning their 5th ring in 2014, became the second player, after John Salley, to win championships in 3 different decades. Duncan was also the last remaining active player to win a championship in the 1990s, as he led the Spurs to their first-ever championship title in 1999.

Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/club team
126Nikola MilutinovCPartizan
255Cady LalanneCMassachusetts

Roster

Pre-season

Regular season

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions