It seems like the last time San Antonio was a destination was about 180 years ago when an adventurer and one-time United States congressman named Davy Crockett tried to help local settlers protect an old mission called the Alamo against the Mexican army.
Crockett and the defenders, as they became known in their martyrdom, became the symbols of future independence, growth and success.
Will it be so for the San Antonio Spurs and LaMarcus Aldridge?