A simple, yet all-too true statement is enough to make fans of a struggling team worry — and that’s before looking at the stretch of the season that was implied to be “easier.”

Through 13 games, the San Antonio Spurs are sitting at an ugly 3-10 record. Despite adding a rookie the size of Victor Wembanyama — he’s supposed to be pretty good at basketball, too — not much has seemingly gone right for Gregg Popovich’s young Spurs. But while that was to be expected, it doesn’t make the losing any easier.

“It’s not a big deal,” Wembanyama said of his team’s losing streak following San Antonio’s 126-105 loss to the New York Knicks. “We’re learning. As a young team, and any team really, we’re going to go through losing streaks at some point during the season and have tough times. It’s going to happen, but the most important thing is how we bounce back.”