2024 NBA Draft - 2nd Round - Best of the Leftovers

[exstatic]

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:rollin

[baseline bum]

ROFL Rich Paul calling teams telling them not to take Bronny or he's going to Australia. Yeah I'm sure teams are dying to draft a 6'1" SG putting up 5 PPG on 36% shooting.

[DAF86]

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Cash consideration. Don't forget cash consideration.

[J_Paco]

Based on the last two years, the Spurs are definitely not 2nd Round savants.

But look at the bright side, they have Sidy Cissoko and Juan Nunez.

Nunez has yet to see a NBA court (draft and stashing him would ridiculous), while Cidy had flashes as a downhill, secondary ball handler.

I like adding the playmaking and defense that both guys provide, but the team needs a lot of shooting help. While doing very little to address the issue so far, but free-agency can hopefully provide it.

If they don't add (a lot) more shooting and defense out of the free agent market then the pitch forks definitely should come out.

[Mugen]

Fucking hilarious :lol

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

ROFL Rich Paul calling teams telling them not to take Bronny or he's going to Australia. Yeah I'm sure teams are dying to draft a 6'1" SG putting up 5 PPG on 36% shooting.

See, this would have been some Pop GOAT move - draft that little shit and laugh at LeBron.

[Spurs9]

ROFL Rich Paul calling teams telling them not to take Bronny or he's going to Australia. Yeah I'm sure teams are dying to draft a 6'1" SG putting up 5 PPG on 36% shooting.
Brian will probably draft and trade to Lakers for more picks

[exstatic]

Lol you posted this bitchy reply at the same time the Indy trade (proving my point) was going down. Keep slurping buddy

If it was a surprise to you, you’re stupid. They have a shit ton of FRPs in the next few years, and they’ve offloaded a 30s second round pick the last 3 drafts.

[Chinook]

ROFL Rich Paul calling teams telling them not to take Bronny or he's going to Australia. Yeah I'm sure teams are dying to draft a 6'1" SG putting up 5 PPG on 36% shooting.

He's fucking up is he called PATFO. They seem desperate for guys who they can stash.

[Blizzardwizard]

:pop: "Hey we gotta raise money somehow. Only four years until I'm due my new five-year deal!"

[CitizenDwayne]

If it was a surprise to you, you’re stupid. They have a shit ton of FRPs in the next few years, and they’ve offloaded a 30s second round pick the last 3 drafts.
Yeah I guess I’m just stupid bro, wish I could be smart like you and patfo

What did you think of the Primo pick at the time? Just curious

[DAF86]

it's simple: Furphy wanted an NBA contract, so the Spurs passed on him and selected Nunez who they can stash to save a roster spot. Is this smart? Probably not, but at least they made some cash :lol

This is clearly the reason, but, for real, what's the plan? What was the idea behind getting all those 2nd round picks if you are just gonna gift them all away? Make money?

If they are consistent, no way they take a player with 48. What the fuck are they gonna do?

[Mr. Body]

Let's not pretend Nunez is that great of a prospect. He's already 20 years old. He's not Ricky Rubio over here. This is just booting the pick in a different way; maybe they sniffed out Indiana's interest in Furphy and dragged some money out of them. The owners get a nice lap dance from SA's best strippers. They were always picking a guy they didn't have to sign.

[Ariel]

Simple really: PATFO is considering that we already have enough developing prospects in the team at this time, and decided not to get more than one player in this below average draft.
The remaining picks are going to be used to get anything they can (assets, cash...).
OKC takes three bets on talent with a championship caliber roster. Spurs can't make room for a #8 pick when they barely have maybe 2 future starters and no more than 5 legit NBA players. Tim Connelly and Presti are showing you the way, yet they live in this parallel reality where you pass on shots at talent for marginal NBA players and somehow you're building a contender with scrubs. Disgusting.

[spurraider21]

Are you serious.
im so sorry

i loved furph as a 2nd rounder, but i know you like him quite a bit in general. you and i were both very high on dilly. a couple of dick punches for ya this draft. sucks.

[Mr. Body]

This is clearly the reason, but, for real, what's the plan? What was the idea behind getting all those 2nd round picks if you are just gonna gift them all away? Make money?

If they are consistent, no way they take a player with 48. What the fuck are they gonna do?

My guess is they tried to trade this one away but no one wanted it. There's an issue with a lot of full rosters across the league right now. You had OKC throwing five Seconds to get a guy with a second round grade.

[thiste]

The owners get a nice lap dance from SA's best strippers.

Always worth it!

[baseline bum]

At this point I'm only watching to see if someone has the balls to draft Bronny and make the Lakers give up real assets for him.

[DPG21920]

What's the plan? Seriously. All we did after drafting Wemby was gift talent away. It's like they are porpusely trying to make it as difficult as possible for Wemby.

You want to save money? Fire the most expensive, most overrated coach and front office in the entire league, tbh. Win/win.

Free agency will need to bring answers. Can’t really judge things too much until we get there and see what happens.

[TekXX]

See, this would have been some Pop GOAT move - draft that little shit and laugh at LeBron.

Pop would never cross his bestie Lebron like that. Pop desperately wants to be liked by these guys

[Darkwaters]

ROFL Rich Paul calling teams telling them not to take Bronny or he's going to Australia. Yeah I'm sure teams are dying to draft a 6'1" SG putting up 5 PPG on 36% shooting.

He's a bad shooter you say?

That's basically San Antonio's jam.

[Russ]

Nikola Djurisic, Melvin Ajinca and Ulrich Chomche

Don't worry, they won't ask you to think they're anything special.

Don't fear drafting them.

:flag:

[Mr. Body]

im so sorry

i loved furph as a 2nd rounder, but i know you like him quite a bit in general. you and i were both very high on dilly. a couple of dick punches for ya this draft. sucks.

Lol, I liked watching three players in the NCAAs this year and we drafted all three of them. I can't pretend Furphy was a huge prospect, but he was a good cutter, hustled, hit contact and rebounded way above his size and position.

I can see the roster crunch stuff and 'we have lots of firsts coming up' stuff, but I think that's kind of bullshit. Half this team is on the fringe of a poor team already and we don't have a good SF type in the pipeline.

The team is allergic to adding anyone right now (other than Castle) and it's not clear why.

[r0drig0lac]

Lebron is a clown

[onechance87]

abona gone...was hoping he was there at 48.

[Kurgan]

OKC takes three bets on talent with a championship caliber roster. Spurs can't make room for a #8 pick when they barely have maybe 2 future starters and no more than 5 legit NBA players. Tim Connelly and Presti are showing you the way, yet they live in this parallel reality where you pass on shots at talent for marginal NBA players and somehow you're building a contender with scrubs. Disgusting.

Even worse, ownership is throwing away picks in order to line their pockets and save money instead of actually taking a chance on players like the Thunder are doing.

[ChumpDumper]

Who is trying to bring back double breasted suits?

[Mugen]

Free agency will need to bring answers. Can’t really judge things too much until we get there and see what happens.

We've been saying the same thing for years and their biggest moves in FA was McNuggets and Collins.

This FO is doing absolutely jack shit when Free Agency opens up tbh :lol

[baseline bum]

Should have drafted Bona, big and explosive

[DAF86]

Free agency will need to bring answers. Can’t really judge things too much until we get there and see what happens.

At this point of the process, I would rather add cheap, more promising, prospects through the draft, than expensive journeymen through free agency, tbh.

[objective]

Sad that other teams are still dumping out for future seconds but Spurs couldn't. In a way, being able to include "draft rights to X" might be useful in 10 years ...

But also, Spurs probably get off a little on being able to crush the NBA dreams of overseas players. Must have felt good sticking it to Hanga, they needed a new whipping boy

[spurraider21]

Djurisic going to Atlanta via trade

actually a good landing spot for him. his drive and kick game will work well with bogdanovich/risacher

[Russ]

Djurisic going to Atlanta via trade

actually a good landing spot for him. his drive and kick game will work well with bogdanovich/risacher
A steal.

[r0drig0lac]

Durisic is a good player

[TekXX]

I hope any of these players from 8 to now turn out to be a superstar.

[exstatic]

Yeah I guess I’m just stupid bro, wish I could be smart like you and patfo

What did you think of the Primo pick at the time? Just curious

With the amount of FRPs they have, they won’t be onboarding any SRPs for the next 5-6 years. The first one will be sold, stashed or both. The second one will be for a 2 way for Austin. They’ve done this for at least 3 years. Figure it out,

When they picked Primo, I had never heard of him.

[Russ]

With the amount of FRPs they have, they won’t be onboarding any SRPs for the next 5-6 years. The first one will be sold, stashed or both. The second one will be for a 2 way for Austin. They’ve done this for at least 3 years. Figure it out,

When they picked Primo, I had never heard of him.

Until this day, no one has ever heard of him.

[Kurik]

With the amount of FRPs they have, they won’t be onboarding any SRPs for the next 5-6 years. The first one will be sold, stashed or both. The second one will be for a 2 way for Austin. They’ve done this for at least 3 years. Figure it out,

When they picked Primo, I had never heard of him.

Except Cissoko

[TekXX]

So i guess we know that the Spurs were hoping Toronto could tank hard and slip into the top 6 this year. Spurs keep getting disappointed.

[onechance87]

chomche,freemnan,christie,edwards still there

[spurraider21]

christie gone. edwards the only guy left i really care about.

i also think cash considerations is a viable target here

[thiste]

Until this day, no one has ever heard of him.

Except his shrink.

[CitizenDwayne]

With the amount of FRPs they have, they won’t be onboarding any SRPs for the next 5-6 years. The first one will be sold, stashed or both. The second one will be for a 2 way for Austin. They’ve done this for at least 3 years. Figure it out,

When they picked Primo, I had never heard of him.

I apologize, I will refrain from reacting with emotion like a fan. I’ll continue watching 50+ loss seasons with silent complacency

[weebo]

draft bronny james to stick it to the lakers

[CitizenDwayne]

And I didn’t even say I was surprised. I expected R2 to be horrendous like R1 and it was. No surprise here

[ChumpDumper]

I apologize, I will refrain from reacting with emotion like a fan. I’ll continue watching 50+ loss seasons with silent complacency

I mean it just gets to a point where Charlie Brown actually likes having the football yanked away by Lucy.

[Spurs9]

At this point I'm only watching to see if someone has the balls to draft Bronny and make the Lakers give up real assets for him.

Brian could redeem himself a little if he does this move

[RC_Drunkford]

the crazy thing is players like Furphy and Durisic might become better players than Wesley or Barlow :lol

[exstatic]

I apologize, I will refrain from reacting with emotion like a fan. I’ll continue watching 50+ loss seasons with silent complacency

I’m a fan. I just know how they operate, and don’t expect them to do otherwise. If you expect or wish for that, you’re going to be pissed and disappointed. Quick tip for next year: completely ignore the second round.

[Degoat]

Spurs may take that bluff and be like we actually would love to stash Bronny in Australia, saves us money lol

[spurraider21]

Pelicans gave up 2 future SRP swaps to move up to 47 and take Antonio Reeves

[exstatic]

Except Cissoko

If he didn’t have a buyout, he would have been on a 2 way. Don’t be surprised to see him discarded like one this summer. The role of toolsy big playmaker/defender was filled by Castle.

[Russ]

At this point I'm only watching to see if someone has the balls to draft Bronny and make the Lakers give up real assets for him.

At this point, the only thing that could make this 2nd Round worse is to draft Bronny James.

I cringe.

[TekXX]

NBA teams aren't really interested in pissing off other clubs like drafting Bronny to get picks from LA. It's a good ole boy club and they might need to work together in the future so you won't be seeing any shenanigans like that

[Chinook]

Pelicans gave up 2 future SRP swaps to move up to 47 and take Antonio Reeves

The last thing we need is for the Spurs to remember you can swap second-rounders as well.

[exstatic]

The last thing we need is for the Spurs to remember you can swap second-rounders as well.

:lol

[Chinook]

I like Ingram. Please keep this pic FFS.

[Vienna]

Why am I not surprised that Larsson ended up in Miami….

[Seventyniner]

Harrison Ingram it is.

[RC_Drunkford]

oh we drafted a guy who likes to play chess. I guess that was the deal breaker :lol

[Spurs9]

I like Ingram. Please keep this pic FFS.

Lets see how fast its traded

[TekXX]

Harrison still a Spur 3 minutes after being drafted

[Seventyniner]

Ingram's voice reminds me of Tim Duncan.

A 6'5" forward who hit 39% from three last season, early knee jerk reaction is Keldon replacement? But he fell to #48 for a reason.

[Dex]

Lets see how fast its traded

Breaking news: The Spurs have traded Harrison Ingram to the Los Angeles Lakers for their washing machine.

[ChumpDumper]

Hey, a shooter.

[RC_Drunkford]

sounds like he's another guy who fits the "positionless basketball" approach. I guess he'll be on a 2-way

[Seventyniner]

oh we drafted a guy who likes to play chess. I guess that was the deal breaker :lol

Rumor has it t Ingram challenged Wright to a game of chess and Wright promised to draft Ingram if Ingram won.

Turns out Wright set up checkers pieces on his side of the board and lost by default.

[TekXX]

I hope he can make the team, we can't get worse.

[Chinook]

Ingram's voice reminds me of Tim Duncan.

A 6'5" forward who hit 39% from three last season, early knee jerk reaction is Keldon replacement? But he fell to #48 for a reason.

The Spurs are a Keldon away from a max slot. So wouldn't that be something...

[thiste]

Zion's little brother?

[dubross]

6’7 in shoes with 7’0ft wingspan.

[mo7888]

I like HI... nice pickup... still, I kinda expect timvp to do an article shortly about some blockbuster trade were working on to try and justify these trades..

[Mr. Body]

Harrison Ingram's family said to be pacing frantically, wondering where they will actually wind up.

[Obstructed_View]

Cissoko/Ingram: your point guard rotation of the next decade!

[Darkwaters]

Have we traded Ingram yet?

[Robz4000]

Glad they didn't trade for more cash considerations at least tbh.

[DPG21920]

We've been saying the same thing for years and their biggest moves in FA was McNuggets and Collins.

This FO is doing absolutely jack shit when Free Agency opens up tbh :lol

True and that’s fair. But Spurs have Wemby now and a true hub to build around so that’s very different. Im team “be patient” on this build and do it the right way, but there will be a time next 2 years where SA has to really go and go hard for it.

And even though Im team patient, I do think SA needs to move the team forward some this year. It cannot just be Castle and run it back that would horrific.

[Kurik]

They will trade him if he doesn’t agree to a two-way.

[spurraider21]

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[J_Paco]

I don't hate adding a combo forward that can shoot on a 2-Way deal. He'll get plenty of time in Austin to see if he has anything worth investing in long-term.

Cidy is gonna have to ball-out in the Summer League to have a chance to remain in San Antonio. Competition is good and the team needed this type of player (like Cidy, Julian and Ingram) for what seems like forever.

[exstatic]

Harrison Ingram's family said to be pacing frantically, wondering where they will actually wind up.

Austin. Book it. If they wanted 35 to take a 2 way, there’s no way this kid is getting anything else.

[exstatic]

They will trade him if he doesn’t agree to a two-way.

They usually get the agreement before they pick the second rounder. Had a hiccup at 35, so they punted.

[objective]

Harrison Ingram is such a nothing nobody going on a two-way that I'm not going to bother even watching any YouTube clips of him

Spurs just took the first person to say yes to the 2way, they're not serious about him being a player so no reason to be serious about him. 2-way summer league body, awesome

[RC_Drunkford]

He's a real hustle player. Rebounds like crazy and boxes out hard. Gets a lot of putbacks and has a legit 3-point shot. Looks like one of those Popovich G-League projects that turn into legit NBA players 2-3 years later.

[spurraider21]

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[Chinook]

So I think I like the draft being two days. I don't ever like Stephen A being part of the coverage, but besides that, the presentation seems good. It's less flashy and more intimate. It's nice to listen to while I wrap up work.

[Mr. Body]

With the 48th Pick in the 2024 NBA Draft the San Antonio Spurs select Two-Way Player, It Doesn't Matter Which One

[J_Paco]

Austin. Book it. If they wanted 35 to take a 2 way, there’s no way this kid is getting anything else.

Which is fine that he'll be mostly in Austin unless he shoots lights out in Summer League (doubtful). They have Castle, Julian, and Cidy all capable of eating up minutes at the wing spots. I still think adding a veteran role-player to the mix would be huge, especially if he's of the 3-and-D variety.

[TekXX]

Might as well cut Cidy now, he's not going to last in the NBA.

[exstatic]

Harrison Ingram is such a nothing nobody going on a two-way that I'm not going to bother even watching any YouTube clips of him

Spurs just took the first person to say yes to the 2way, they're not serious about him being a player so no reason to be serious about him. 2-way summer league body, awesome

Probably a good idea. They drafted that Senior PG from Alabama for a 2 way spot last year, and he was gone by like January. I think they cycled like 5 guys through the 3 spots during the season.

[TimDunkem]

The Celtics have a chance to do the funniest thing...

[Mugen]

True and that’s fair. But Spurs have Wemby now and a true hub to build around so that’s very different. Im team “be patient” on this build and do it the right way, but there will be a time next 2 years where SA has to really go and go hard for it.

And even though Im team patient, I do think SA needs to move the team forward some this year. It cannot just be Castle and run it back that would horrific.

They're about to waste 2 years of Wemby's rookie contract doing absolutely nothing.

There's a middle ground between what they're doing and pushing all your chips into the middle and they haven't even sniffed that.

They are absolutely about to run it back again + Castle. Wemby and the young guys badly need shooting around them to unlock their games and they've done nothing to address that. I promise you they won't do shit in Free Agency.

Frankly, it's terrifying and my confidence in them being able to build a competent team around Vic is at an all time low. What they've done since drafting him reeks of arrogance. It's either that or just blatant incompetence and I'm not really sure which is worse.

[exstatic]

Might as well cut Cidy now, he's not going to last in the NBA.

I think the Castle pick made that inevitable. They’re the same physical toolsy big creator /defender, and the unguaranteed second rounder loses that contest every time.

[J_Paco]

Probably a good idea. They drafted that Senior PG from Alabama for a 2 way spot last year, and he was gone by like January. I think they cycled like 5 guys through the 3 spots during the season.

Who?

[exstatic]

They're about to waste 2 years of Wemby's rookie contract doing absolutely nothing.

There's a middle ground between what they're doing and pushing all your chips into the middle and they haven't even sniffed that.

They are absolutely about to run it back again + Castle. Wemby and the young guys badly need shooting around them to unlock their games and they've done nothing to address that. I promise you they won't do shit in Free Agency.

Frankly, it's terrifying and my confidence in them being able to build a competent team around Vic is at an all time low. What they've done since drafting him reeks of arrogance. It's either that or just blatant incompetence and I'm not really sure which is worse.

Summer’s barely begun, and there was a reason they cleared extra cap room by kicking #8 down the road 7 years. I can see some moves like Houston made last summer, only less assholey. My pet cat is Cam Johnson.

[Raven]

i like the ingram pick tbh

[exstatic]

Who?

You’re right. He was just an after draft signing.

[J_Paco]

I think the Castle pick made that inevitable. They’re the same physical toolsy big creator /defender, and the unguaranteed second rounder loses that contest every time.

True, but the Spurs have 2 open roster spots (after signing Castle to his rookie deal) and can try to offload worse deals first (Collins or Johnson). I think we need as many defensive minded players as possible on this team, but waiving him could easily happen if they need his spot.

We'll see, but I hope he remains on the team if only for his playmaking, size and defensive potential.

[DPG21920]

They're about to waste 2 years of Wemby's rookie contract doing absolutely nothing.

There's a middle ground between what they're doing and pushing all your chips into the middle and they haven't even sniffed that.

They are absolutely about to run it back again + Castle. Wemby and the young guys badly need shooting around them to unlock their games and they've done nothing to address that. I promise you they won't do shit in Free Agency.

Frankly, it's terrifying and my confidence in them being able to build a competent team around Vic is at an all time low. What they've done since drafting him reeks of arrogance. It's either that or just blatant incompetence and I'm not really sure which is worse.

Fair enough and I think some fear is warranted but I am confident they will not just sit on their hands tbh…

[Splits]

So the Spurs did draft two of my favorite players to watch in the NCAA and traded them both away.

:lmao now cumstain your way to defending it like you always you

[Mugen]

Summer’s barely begun, and there was a reason they cleared extra cap room by kicking #8 down the road 7 years. I can see some moves like Houston made last summer, only less assholey. My pet cat is Cam Johnson.

Look we're obviously on opposite sides of the spectrum where I think they're a bottom 3 FO in the league and you probably think they're the best so we're not gonna see eye2eye past this....

I agree that Cam Johnson would be perfect for this team. Knockdown shooter that would do wonders for unlocking Castle, Vassell, and most importantly Wemby. Still young on a good contract and should be very much gettable considering Brooklyn's fire sale. He'd honestly be a perfect fit at the 3 spot in the SL.

And for all of those reasons above, I'm 1000% confident that the PATFO hasn't even considered bringing him in :lol

[Splits]

front office immediately went into poverty franchise mode after winning the wemby lottery

its like those private equity firms that buy businesses, strip them for parts, then dump them

lmao so much this. wtf are we doing

[Mr. Body]

:lmao now cumstain your way to defending it like you always you

Except for the times I've criticized the team, you mean.

[exstatic]

True, but the Spurs have 2 open roster spots (after signing Castle to his rookie deal) and can try to offload worse deals first (Collins or Johnson). I think we need as many defensive minded players as possible on this team, but waiving him could easily happen if they need his spot.

We'll see, but I hope he remains on the team if only for his playmaking, size and defensive potential.

You’d have to offload them into cap room to get the roster spot, and that costs. One possibility is a many to one trade, but I think ultimately they will just cut unguaranteed deals, and more than one.

[Ariel]

Ingram at 48 sounds like a very sensible pick, but Spurs' FO has made a habit of passing on higher upside talent, this draft and last. Contenders have room to take chances, Spurs don't?

Also, just because you took someone in the first doesn't mean he's got a 4 year scholarship, you can take more chances and rotate faster until you find a few keepers.

Lots of head scratchers

[Splits]

Breaking news: The Spurs have traded Harrison Ingram to the Los Angeles Lakers for their washing machine.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SlkfeOnYIQ

[Darkwaters]

The Monix trade worked out really well for Flint. Remember, they beat San Antonio to wrap up 4th place.

[SpursBills]

With Castle's selection, Spurs indicate that they want to prioritize positional size. So you have a young 6'9" wing that falls into your lap with positional size, potential, and can provide much needed shooting, that you can get on a contract that pays him nothing, and instead you take a stash for...cash?

And then at 48 you select a 6'6" junior who plays like a big, except he can't even shoot 50% at the rim and had 8 dunks on the year, and shoots 60% from the line? What the fuck did I just watch

[spurraider21]

The Monix trade worked out really well for Flint. Remember, they beat San Antonio to wrap up 4th place.
wild game with Coffee Black switching teams at halftime

[Rubberducky]

RDCWorld gonna have a field day with the Lakers

[Mr. Body]

With Castle's selection, Spurs indicate that they want to prioritize positional size. So you have a young 6'9" wing that falls into your lap with positional size, potential, and can provide much needed shooting, that you can get on a contract that pays him nothing, and instead you take a stash for...cash?

And then at 48 you select a 6'6" junior who plays like a big, except he can't even shoot 50% at the rim and had 8 dunks on the year, and shoots 60% from the line? What the fuck did I just watch

For serious

[kobyz]

Can someone explain what the point of trading #35 for #36 instead of each team drafting who they want?

[kobyz]

Ingram could be a steal, had him top 32

[onechance87]

With Castle's selection, Spurs indicate that they want to prioritize positional size. So you have a young 6'9" wing that falls into your lap with positional size, potential, and can provide much needed shooting, that you can get on a contract that pays him nothing, and instead you take a stash for...cash?

And then at 48 you select a 6'6" junior who plays like a big, except he can't even shoot 50% at the rim and had 8 dunks on the year, and shoots 60% from the line? What the fuck did I just watch

makes no sense...rather develop furphy over cissoko,barlow and champ.Just cause we dont want to cut none of those
guys to make room,We pass on furphy.Just sicking.

[exstatic]

Can someone explain what the point of trading #35 for #36 instead of each team drafting who they want?

I think Indy traded up, rather than us trading down. Yes,it was only one spot, but someone else may have been interested. We got cash,too. We also didn’t want Nunez. He has a buyout, and won’t be in a position to accept his qualifying offer and force their hand. He also just signed a new deal.

[scott]

Can someone explain what the point of trading #35 for #36 instead of each team drafting who they want?

Holt Jr probably picked up a strip club tab for Indy's owner one time, and this was Indy's way of paying him back while making it a business expense

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Spurs may take that bluff and be like we actually would love to stash Bronny in Australia, saves us money lol

like Pop would go against his China boy LeBron's request...

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Can someone explain what the point of trading #35 for #36 instead of each team drafting who they want?

We likely had a team willing to trade up into 35. But whatever it was, the cash considerations plus 36 were a better offer.

[Mr. Body]

I think Indy traded up, rather than us trading down. Yes,it was only one spot, but someone else may have been interested. We got cash,too. We also didn’t want Nunez. He has a buyout, and won’t be in a position to accept his qualifying offer and force their hand. He also just signed a new deal.

Pacers probably feared the Spurs wanted Furphy as he dropped into their laps. Knew they were sluts for Cash Considerations.

[BackHome]

With Castle's selection, Spurs indicate that they want to prioritize positional size. So you have a young 6'9" wing that falls into your lap with positional size, potential, and can provide much needed shooting, that you can get on a contract that pays him nothing, and instead you take a stash for...cash?

And then at 48 you select a 6'6" junior who plays like a big, except he can't even shoot 50% at the rim and had 8 dunks on the year, and shoots 60% from the line? What the fuck did I just watch

+1 I couldn’t agree more

[ace3g]

https://x.com/NBA_NewYork/status/1806499437688107511

[lebomb]

Can someone explain what the point of trading #35 for #36 instead of each team drafting who they want?

For real, I was wondering the same thing? Maybe the Spurs didnt think Nunez would be available at 36, so we selected Murphy at 35 and........... wait, whaaat? Yeah that shiaat makes no sense.


:lmao

[exstatic]

https://x.com/NBA_NewYork/status/1806499437688107511

:lol

[ace3g]

https://x.com/KoponenPetteri/status/1806582531468231025

[Seventyniner]

I had assumed that Koponen's draft rights were only included because each team in a trade has to give up something, but the Mavs also traded away the #58 pick and cash. Why were Koponen's rights even included? As a joke?

[exstatic]

Petteri Kopponen of the Honka Playboys out of Finland. And he was a first round pick!

[exstatic]

I had assumed that Koponen's draft rights were only included because each team in a trade has to give up something, but the Mavs also traded away the #58 pick and cash. Why were Koponen's rights even included? As a joke?

Sounds like they did it as a goof.

[Darkwaters]

Petteri Kopponen of the Honka Playboys out of Finland. And he was a first round pick!

I remember talking about him at length back in the day. He was a prospect I liked. Mostly because that's perhaps the most amazing team name I can imagine.

[Darkwaters]

I had assumed that Koponen's draft rights were only included because each team in a trade has to give up something, but the Mavs also traded away the #58 pick and cash. Why were Koponen's rights even included? As a joke?

Spring cleaning?

[exstatic]

Spring cleaning?

Saying they included a former first rounder?

[Darkwaters]

Saying they included a former first rounder?

lol, maybe.

I was more thinking they were trying to clean up their asset sheet.

Looking at ours, Spotrac says we still retain the rights to Robertas Javtokas. The guy is 44 years old. But maybe next year is his year!

And Viktor Sanikidze?! I remember long threads about him after some solid Summer League games in Vegas. But now he's just a 38 year old unsigned draft prospect.

[R. DeMurre]

Rumor has it t Ingram challenged Wright to a game of chess and Wright promised to draft Ingram if Ingram won.

Turns out Wright set up checkers pieces on his side of the board and lost by default.

:lol

[ace3g]

https://x.com/SBNation/status/1806709652035366980

[Russ]

It's hard to square the Spurs' obsession with collecting 2nd Round picks with their almost pathological aversion to using them in any meaningful way.

The Spurs are like a teetotaler who can't pass any winery on the road without going in and touring it.

[CGD]

https://x.com/SBNation/status/1806709652035366980

I don’t get why this matters unless she Giddy’d him?