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Houston Rockets guard pushes back against hype surrounding San Antonio Spurs originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Houston Rockets guard Fred VanVleet wants people to pump the brakes when it comes to the hype surrounding the rival San Antonio Spurs this season.

On a recent episode of his Unguarded podcast, VanVleet basically said that he feels like the Spurs are being crowned before actually winning anything. "Have they [won] a playoff series? Everybody slow the f*ck down.

Itโ€™s a marathon. Not a sprint... They're having a good year, but whatโ€™s the finish line, though?

Itโ€™s easy to say all this in the moment,โ€ VanVleet said. "Have they [won] a playoff series? Everybody slow the f*ck down.

Itโ€™s a marathon. Not a sprint... They're having a good year, but whatโ€™s the finish line, though?