The San Antonio Spurs’s 24/25 season is over and it, like every season before it, was glorious.1

Some people will tell you that happenings like Wemby’s 5×5 are the highlight of the season. They’re here for statistically accomplishments or momentous victories. I’m here to say: no. How dare you. Give me the small moments that truly don’t matter.

That’s what we’re here to celebrate. Let’s ride.

Blake Wesley repeatedly shakes Chris Paul

Wesley got real into grabbing Chris Paul by the shoulders and just, you know, shaking him for a while. It happened multiple times. Chris Paul didn’t seem to enjoy it.

Jeremy Sochan says “Fuck Houston”

Jeremy Sochan knows what he’s here for: be a whirling dervish on the court and upset every opposing fan.

San Antonio faced Houston 3 times in 12 days. Before the first meeting, Sochan was asked if there’s a rivalry between the two young Texas teams.

Sochan’s response: “Fuck Houston.”

Sochan got injured before the 3rd matchup but still said his piece:

Man’s good! Spurs are playing, let’s go! Still **** Houston…

I’m sure the replies are heaps normal.

Spurs fans start matching Jeremy Sochan’s hair

One more Jeremy Sochan moment.

Sochan spent his first season in the league changing his hair colour all the time. Things mellowed out during this one (his third).

Midway through the season, he dyed his hair bright green and kept it that way for a while. Fans started wearing wigs to match.

Sochan went bright pink shortly thereafter. Fans followed suit.

Sandro Mamukelashvili and Flavor Flav are friends

Household name Sandro Mamukelashvili went thermonuclear and scored 34 points in under 20 minutes, setting an NBA record in the process.

But that’s not we’re here for. We’re here because Flavor Flav – that Flavor Flav, the guy who wears clocks and member of seminal hip-hop duo Public Enemy – was in the audience. 

Flavor Flav was in the audience because:

• Flav and household name Sandro Mamukelashvili are friends.

• It was Flav’s birthday and he wanted to watch his friend – household name Sandro Mamukelashvili – play basketball.

Okay.

Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul cheese the All Star Skills Challenge, get disqualified, argue about it

This was peak Chris Paul bullshit and I’m glad he got Wemby on it.

Paul and Wemby teamed up for the skills challenge. The skills challenge was a race. Part of the race was making a 3 pointer. Players had a limited number of attempts to do so before they could move on.

Paul and Wemby said “nah” and just tossed all their balls to blow through the challenge in seconds. No-one liked it. Donovan Mitchell gave ‘em a thumbs down.

Apparently, they cleared their strategy ahead of time. But no dice: they were DQ’d. The NBA were in their feelings about it, apparently: Allie LaForce tried to interview Team Spurs after the disqualification and an NBA rep stopped her, saying “we aren’t doing that” on live TV.

Jump to 1:20 for the juice.

Wemby, a hero of the people, had no regrets.

Steph Castle hesis people into Narnia

This was Steph Castle’s rookie season. He showed off surprising athleticism and threw down a slew of furious dunks. But his hesitation and slow-step layups stole the show. 

Watching professional athletes go flying because Castle just… stopped… was a treat. It never got old. Long may Steph give ‘em the ol’ “Later loser”.

Steph Castle’s hellacious two-hand dunk

Okay one Castle dunk. He threw down this two-hander a few times and, look, this is just an iconic dunk style done well. 

This is a canonical dunk. 

(See also: Blake Wesley losing his goddamn mind on the bench in the top-right hand corner. He starts jumping for joy before Castle even finishes the dunk.)

Cameron Brink’s mum makes everyone uncomfortable

LA Spark’s Cameron Brink was court side with her mum for the Spur’s two games in Paris. During the first game, Devin Vassell hit a few 3s and did his customary celebration. Normal stuff.

However: Cameron Brink’s mum made an observation about that celebration, wherein Vassell covers his face with three fingers. Brink’s mum thought it looked like “the coochie eating face”.

To be fair, she’s not wrong. I don’t think Vassell did that celebration for a while afterwards.

De’Arron Fox’s jumpers

De’Arron Fox joined the Spurs and, shortly thereafter, ended his season to get surgery on an injured pinkie finger. This had an unexpected benefit: it brought his gorgeous jumper collection to the Spurs sidelines. (Or sweater collection, for y’all in America.)

It’s hard to find a good example from game footage, but Fox’s kit in this Marco Is Off The Ball interview is a nice example.

Undestated. Elegant. Foxy.

Dude just has nice jumpers. And that’s why we love this game.

1. All basketball seasons are glorious because basketball is glorious. It’s just that some are more so because the basketball is actually good.