Just when it looked as if the Spurs were losing an edge and falling apart, they pulled off a deal to land another prolific scorer in Richard Jefferson, all of this coming while keeping their big three together. With Jefferson in the line-up, the deal keeps the Spurs among the Western Conference’s elite and gives them yet another weapon for their arsenal and another problem for opponents to deal with. While the players sent to Milwaukee didn’t produce like Jefferson can, San Antonio still lost a ton of depth and perhaps their best perimeter defender in Bruce Bowen. The signing of Antonio McDyess kind of replaces the lost of Kurt Thomas on the front-line, but the Spurs still lack a shut-down perimeter defender. Maybe the Bucks will release Bowen and he’ll return to the Spurs at some point during the 2009-10 NBA season. Either way, San Antonio looks like it’ll be able to challenge the Lakers this season for the right to go to the NBA Finals. Of course, it all hinders on how healthy they can remain during the season and if Jefferson can mesh within the system that is in place.