I first emailed this to matthew, but then I discovered the diaries section, hidden to me for the 3+ years reading this and previous incarnations of this blog:

My mind keeps rolling this days, and now has settle with Turkoglu making his first triple-double... is the luck turning now that every thing the Spurs touched is turning to gold (or , let's say, bronce / silver / copper, something), but in another team and trading and drafting miss-management is starting to hit the team:

This season has seen the rise of Beno, Hedo (didn't know he was "Hidayet" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidayet_T%C3%BCrko%C4%9Flu) , Luis. I believe fearing Nazr sometime last season and now is serving the Bobcats, and Rasho is also gone, but does not harm. Meanwhile Finley, Bonner, Horry still wear black and silver.
The Spurs got Ron Mercer (for Hedo).  Matt Bonner , Eric Wiliams and a 2nd round pick in 2009 came for Rasho, only the first remains with the Spurs (Williams and the pick went for Ely who was let-free). Scola was given together with Butler for our-friend Spanoulis and a new 2nd round 2009 pick. Beno went with cash for a 2008 2nd round pick. Nazr just went.
Apart from that, James White is dunking for Fenerbache http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGxJBRjem24 , thank god , with Damon we are bringing young blood to the team and securing "the oldest of the NBA" title. And the search for a center to replace Robinson looks like it stopped at Oberto, but a substitute or a higher quality replacement is desirable. Mahinmi (but at Austin) was the latest bet, but didn't play yet.

I know you can't have it all and it's more complicated than this, but from the outside it looks like successfull teams have successfull management and always look to be trading for better, it's been a while since the Spurs stop doing so.