The Wine Cellar of Julian Champagnie

[Fusternino]

And so it begins.

[John B]

Score-first mentality, volume shooter. McBuckets replacement after we trade his expiring contract next season for 2 FRP’s unprotected :lol

[The Truth #6]

Volume shooter with poor defense. Sounds like a perfect player to lead us into the home stretch.

[offset formation]

Volume shooter with poor defense. Sounds like a perfect player to lead us into the home stretch.

We just released Stanley Johnson.

[JPB]

Score-first mentality, volume shooter. McBuckets replacement after we trade his expiring contract next season for 2 FRP’s unprotected :lol

Or 10 SRPs.

[Ariel]

Score-first mentality, volume shooter. McBuckets replacement after we trade his expiring contract next season for 2 FRP’s unprotected :lol
Next trade deadline: Ben Simmons + 2 unrestricted firsts for McDermott + Graham + filler. Calling it now.

[John B]

We just released Stanley Johnson.

Offense >>> defense helps the tank :lol:lol

[venitian navigator]

Next trade deadline: Ben Simmons + 2 unrestricted firsts for McDermott + Graham + filler. Calling it now.

if something like this happens, makes more sense if it happens this summer insted than in winter...

[CGD]

Next trade deadline: Ben Simmons + 2 unrestricted firsts for McDermott + Graham + filler. Calling it now.

I think you’re on to something.
I do that deal in a years time.

[CGD]

Another project they’ll hope to flip into a SRP in the future.

[mo7888]

if something like this happens, makes more sense if it happens this summer insted than in winter...

I agree...and I'd do that for 2 unprotected 1sts..

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

We just released Stanley Johnson.

Stanley was trying to play defense. That's big tanking no-no and so he deserved to be cut.

[The Truth #6]

I don’t see Brooklyn giving up major assets to unload Simmons at this point. They’re already in rebuilding mode, basically overnight. If the owner doesn’t care about debt, then he will perhaps stubbornly hold onto him, or perhaps wisely just to maintain their few draft picks they have left.

[Ariel]

if something like this happens, makes more sense if it happens this summer insted than in winter...
Could be both, they have 5 unprotected picks after the Durant & Irving trades, so if they want to make a splash in free agency in '24, dumping Simmons would be the way to go. I hate Simmons, but I'm all for this.

[Ariel]

I don’t see Brooklyn giving up major assets to unload Simmons at this point. They’re already in rebuilding mode, basically overnight. If the owner doesn’t care about debt, then he will perhaps stubbornly hold onto him, or perhaps wisely just to maintain their few draft picks they have left.
They owe pretty much every pick of their own for a few years (to Houston, thanks to the beard), so they can't pull a cold reset. Also the put together a decent supporting cast, and NY is a prime FA destination, so if they remain respectable throughout next season (no internal conflicts and within the play in at least) I think there's a very good chance they'll try to lure one or two free agents and use some of those picks in a trade. Dumping Simmons would be the first step in that direction. The class of '23 is trash, but the class of '24 has some interesting FAs, like Siakam, Sabonis, Jaylen Brown, Dejounte, Kuzma, etc.

[JPB]

Not sure (feel free to correct) but I believe as we're speaking after the Durant trade, BKN have potentially 2 FRPs this year, then 0 next year, then 2 in 2025 then 0 in 2026... So yeah, not sure they'd be willing to give 2 FRPs this summer or next winter to get rid of Simmons as they're rebuilding.

There's also a lot of swaps in their picks, making them even more fragile.

[Ariel]

Not sure (feel free to correct) but I believe as we're speaking after the Durant trade, BKN have potentially 2 FRPs this year, then 0 next year, then 2 in 2025 then 0 in 2026... So yeah, not sure they'd be willing to give 2 FRPs this summer or next winter to get rid of Simmons as they're rebuilding.

There's also a lot of swaps in their picks, making them even more fragile.
Their interesting unrestricted picks are in '28 or '29, which is long enough for Phoenix & Dallas to implode. If they want to dump 2 years of Simmons at 40M each for a couple 1sts in the 20s they can enjoy his drama for the remainder of his contract.

[JPB]

Here's BKN future draft picks:

https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/team

(I first got just a bunch of rats pics for my "Brooklyn nets draft capital" search, then I check it again and read "Brooklyn nets rat capital"...:lol)

[Ariel]

No need to make it more complicated than this: they got 4 unprotected firsts ('23, '25, '27 & '29) and an unprotected swap ('28) from Phoenix for Durant, and 1 unprotected pick in '29 from Dallas for Kyrie. It's the farthest of those picks that hold the most value. They can't trade picks of their own until '28 or '29 because they owe picks until '27 for Harden.

[The Truth #6]

I suppose if they had some very expensive superstars coming onto the team, somehow, then they would need to get rid of Simmons salary, but just my opinion, I wonder how much the GM Sean Marks wants to dive back into those chaotic waters right away, and perhaps just wanna start slowly like he was doing before they went all in on Kyrie and Durant. I don’t see them in “win now mode”, so not sure why they feel a need to get rid of Simmons at a loss, when they’re already losing and may be tanking soon enough.

[JeffDuncan]

Here's BKN future draft picks:

https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/team

(I first got just a bunch of rats pics for my "Brooklyn nets draft capital" search, then I check it again and read "Brooklyn nets rat capital"...:lol)


Lol! I wonder if the Nets might keep Simmons, for a while, another season, with not much playing time for him, then offer him a buyout, at a steep discount. In a situation like that, and since he doesn’t seem thrilled at playing basketball anyway, he might take it. Who knows.

[dbestpro]

Do you think Atlanta might do a Brooklyn if they stay mediocre?

[exstatic]

Do you think Atlanta might do a Brooklyn if they stay mediocre?

Brooklyn owns a lot of other picks than their own. ATL doesn’t, and the landscape of teams that could pay current ridiculous market prices for Trae is barren.

[Fusternino]

Bring out the glasses?

[Joseph Kony]

Sign me up

[Dejounte]

Man among boys tbh

[Robz4000]

Checking in tbh.

[BackHome]

Their interesting unrestricted picks are in '28 or '29, which is long enough for Phoenix & Dallas to implode. If they want to dump 2 years of Simmons at 40M each for a couple 1sts in the 20s they can enjoy his drama for the remainder of his contract.

Yeah, having him on your team just leaves a foul taste for all the fans and current players it just such a bad look they should just take the hit and move on. Getting rid of the player is probably better for the organization then getting rid of his contract he to me is just a big cancer you don’t want your rookies around.

[Rito3d30]

Did he grow an inch or two? He looked as tall as Miller in one of the closeup on both

[BackHome]

Champ is a legit 6'8 in shoes...

[exstatic]

Champ is a legit 6'8 in shoes...

It’s funny because if you go to their bbref pages, Julian is listed at 6’8” and Justin at 6’6”. Aren’t identical twins supposed to be…identical?

[slick'81]

Seems to have enough tools for the spurs to salvage something nice

[JPB]

It’s funny because if you go to their bbref pages, Julian is listed at 6’8” and Justin at 6’6”. Aren’t identical twins supposed to be…identical?

Not if you masturbate too much.

[Leetonidas]

Pour me some Champagnie

[SequSpur]

So tired of these stupid Topic Names.. What are you 12?

[cutewizard]

Sniper

[spurraider21]

Would you trade him for Tatum, tbh?

[jhfenton]

So tired of these stupid Topic Names.. What are you 12?

If they were 12 when it started, they're over 30 now. Embrace the tradition.

Now I'm not sure M. Champagnie needs two player threads. We should pick a winner and close the other one.

[Darkwaters]

It’s funny because if you go to their bbref pages, Julian is listed at 6’8” and Justin at 6’6”. Aren’t identical twins supposed to be…identical?

Height does vary even with identical twins. I dated a girl in college that had an identical twin that was an inch and a half shorter than her.

[couchman]

Aging like fine wine

[spurraider21]

Aging like fine wine
id have said fine champaigne

[scott]

Real shame that Doc Rivers got fired and isn't around to release any more promising young prospects (Bassey, Champ)

[TekXX]

He's proven he can destroy barely G-league competition obviously we'll need to see if this can translate to NBA talent competition.

[exstatic]

He's proven he can destroy barely G-league competition obviously we'll need to see if this can translate to NBA talent competition.

He had a bigger sample size against NBA competition and did alright last year. The only real question was about his shooting carrying over, and it seems to be.

[couchman]

The question about Champagnie was whether the 40% 3pt shooting we saw in the last 15 NBA games last year was for real.
So far in Summer League it looks real, 10-22 shooting from 3 point range over two games.

[Mr. Body]

Sure seems to have no problem shooting with a hand in his face.

[cutewizard]

Sniperrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr shooting

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkWARmWuY3M

[cutewizard]

what a FIND for the magnificent Spurs

he actually shoots like Chip Engelland of the NCC RP National Team under legendary Coach Ron Jacobs

[Cabrito]

When he shoots from 3, his form is great and I expect the ball to go in, rather than hope it will go in. That’s not the same feeling I get from the rest of the main squad.

[Proxy]

https://streamable.com/d028zx

sick dunk

[onechance87]

champ had another good game huh...If he can do this in the reg season consistently...We got ourselves a steal

[Ef-man]

champ had another good game huh...If he can do this in the reg season consistently...We got ourselves a steal

Champ looks like legit high % shooter and comfortable passing the ball to the open man.

Hope it transfers to the reg. season.

[slick'81]

We got Julian and bassey from phili right?? Not bad at all

[Mr. Body]

May be the best player in Summer League so far, and not just the Spurs.

[spurraider21]

Might be the best Juli_ _ in 76ers history

[TD 21]

Too soon, but he might ultimately make Johnson expendable.

In the meantime, the odds of Graham (if retained) being out of the rotation have increased because however they finagle the non-Jones PG minutes, he has to have a path to minutes.

[RC_Drunkford]

With how Blake is looking I think Branham will be back up PG so Champagnie can get minutes

Branham/McDermott/Champagnie/Sochan/Bassey

[Mr. Body]

With how Blake is looking I think Branham will be back up PG so Champagnie can get minutes

Branham/McDermott/Champagnie/Sochan/Bassey

I've barely seen any passes from Branham. His role is to be a scorer.

[exstatic]

I've barely seen any passes from Branham. His role is to be a scorer.

In summer league, yes, but last year he was backup PG.

[Mr. Body]

In summer league, yes, but last year he was backup PG.

Jesus Christ

[koriwhat]

The Champ/Barlow 1-2 punch is nice to see consistently

[RC_Drunkford]

I've barely seen any passes from Branham. His role is to be a scorer.

I've barely seen any passes from Patty Mills when he played here. His role was to be a scorer

[Mr. Body]

I've barely seen any passes from Patty Mills when he played here. His role was to be a scorer

You must have been fucking blind then.

[RC_Drunkford]

You must have been fucking blind then.

you must have not read the stat sheet then

[Twisted_Dawg]

We got Julian and bassey from phili right?? Not bad at all

And would they both have been cut by the great Doc Rivers?

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYUwiZIYIdo

[tonight...you]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYUwiZIYIdo
The stare-down with the guy lowering his head in submission and Jules is like, Yup...
Terrific.

[Fusternino]

Not so good so far?

[PrimeMinister]

time to earn some of that non guaranteed money jules

go get em

[onechance87]

i would start him....See what he gots...Dont think we should mess with the bench rotations yet

[Atl Spur]

i would start him....See what he gots...Dont think we should mess with the bench rotations yet

Couldn’t hurt, he is a nice player with a high bbiq. Jeremy, champ, keldon, Wemby, Zollins

[John B]

Pop usually plays his rotation players and would insert a player from the 3rd stringers so not to distrupt the flow. Yup Champagnie would be a great candidate here.

Personally I rather see Tre playing as much time with the starters.

[Atl Spur]

Pop usually plays his rotation players and would insert a player from the 3rd stringers so not to distrupt the flow. Yup Champagnie would be a great candidate here.

Personally I rather see Tre playing as much time with the starters.

Hurts JS development but better chance for wins; this draft have some great pg draft prospects you may be able to snag…….

[John B]

Hurts JS development but better chance for wins; this draft have some great pg draft prospects you may be able to snag…….

That would be nice. Raptors could get us a lottery pick. I’m not rooting for Spurs own pick to be as high. Honestly I like this team to overachieve to help Wemby as one of the greatest rookies

[D-Robinson 50 fan]

Hopefully Julian gets some run and returns to late last season form. He shot the ball very well and looked so confident then and Summer League

[Fizziksman]

It's his time to shine.