There’s Bam Adebayo to the Spurs buzz

[Dejounte]

https://x.com/thedunkcentral/status/1937297354069045672?s=46

Here we go again…

[scottspurs]

:wakeup

[Mr. Body]

Bam's contract is pretty horrific.

[scottspurs]

It’s starting to feel like the Wemby Rumors are true.

[scott]

I'm curious when the last time the Spurs WEREN'T among the favorites to land a notable player in a trade :lol

[spurraider21]

i cant do this again

[DPG21920]

27 years old. Would be a great fit.

[SpursFan86]

Alright boys, we have 100+ pages to fill up. Let’s get to work.

[Dejounte]

27 years old. Would be a great fit.

https://youtu.be/8qlnD2Gq24E?feature=shared

[Mr. Body]

i cant do this again

Completely impossible to do with that salary unless... Fox has seen the writing on the wall and goes to Miami.

[Guru of Nothing]

3 pages, tops.

[DPG21920]

https://youtu.be/8qlnD2Gq24E?feature=shared

Yessir

[Dejounte]

Completely impossible to do with that salary unless... Fox has seen the writing on the wall and goes to Miami.

Que? Vassell for Bam works in the trade machine. Not saying that’s the trade, but there’s ways to do it.

[Guru of Nothing]

Bam to Lakers while Miami loads up a package to score Giannis in 2026?

[Mr. Body]

Que? Vassell for Bam works in the trade machine. Not saying that’s the trade, but there’s ways to do it.

Take a look at his salary. It goes up.

[Dex]

I'm just focused on seeing what happens in the draft and then I may check out for a couple months.

[KobesAchilles]

lol I’m just going to pray that Sochan learning how to shoot is a real thing. Bc a Wemby, Bam, Sochan frontcourt would be amazing defensively. We would fuck up everyone on the defensive end.

[Dejounte]

Hypothetically, let’s say the Heat wants to blow it up and want to tank next season.

their roster looks like the Spurs when they still had Dejounte, Derrick White, Poeltl, etc. A team in limbo with no direction. They may want to do their Derrick White trade now and start the process.

what better tank commanders can you get than Vassell or Keldon?

[Donald Sterling.]

Bam is the perfect big to pair with Luka, explosive lob threat and great at pick and roll, although he'd probably have a career high in rebounds with all those 3pt bricks Wembamamba likes to take.

Tough call

[DPG21920]

Best case is Spurs keeping Fox+Castle+Harper in a deal.

Vassell + Sochan + 3 firsts + 5 2nds

[Dejounte]

According to my reputable insider RC_Drunkford they are just working out the final details

it’s a done deal. Bam to SA

[z0sa]

Bye Vassell.

... please?

[T Park]

Best case is Spurs keeping Fox+Castle+Harper in a deal.

Vassell + Sochan + 3 firsts + 5 2nds

I dont know if i like Bam that much

[Dejounte]

https://x.com/legionhoops/status/1935042379968561399?s=46

Who the hell could this be about if it isn’t Bam? It makes too much sense…

[100%duncan]

Wemby Bam is a match made in heaven. Keep Harper, Castle and Fox and give everyone tbh.

[DPG21920]

I dont know if i like Bam that much

I do if it means we keep Castle + Harper

[T Park]

I do if it means we keep Castle + Harper

Eh. That feels like going in on a super star trade, at least part of one, not a whole one, and i dont know if Bam is worth it

[exstatic]

Hate that contract. If you were worried about Durant s, you should want no part of this. In year 4,we’d be paying Wemby, Fox, Castle, and Bam’s $56M. That’s way too much, second apron shit.

[objective]

Over 50 million in years 2-4 ....

Hell no

He's already worn down and in decline, no thanks, especially at that salary

[CGD]

Just draft Sorber

[SpursGenius]

Best case is Spurs keeping Fox+Castle+Harper in a deal.

Vassell + Sochan + 3 firsts + 5 2nds
no too much fuck that. Draft Sorber or Beringer instead . Save the money

[DPG21920]

KD went for Jalen + Brooks + 10 + 5 2nds.

My proposal has Devin + Sochan (I rate that as slightly better than Jalen + Brooks, but probably about equal overall without splitting hairs depending on how one team or another views these guys.

So my proposal is 3 firsts + 5 2nds. That means Bam is worth 2 more firsts. Seems reasonable when you factor in Bam being 27 vs KD being 36 while keeping Castle + Harper.

[DPG21920]

Whether or not SA should do something like that, I think that is what it could cost roundabout

[scott]

Thought about it... definitely sitting this one out. Need to conserve my energy for manifesting better/more realistic trades. Have fun boys but please don't crash SpursTalk with such endeavors.

[Dex]

Thought about it... definitely sitting this one out. Need to conserve my energy for manifesting better/more realistic trades. Have fun boys but please don't crash SpursTalk with such endeavors.
scott we haven't even made it to 100 pages yet.

[scott]

scott (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=150) we haven't even made it to 100 pages yet.

After years of climbing mountains, I'm standing here at the base of this one... staring up at the north face... and deciding "nah, looks too tall for me"

[sfernald]

Bam is the perfect big to pair with Luka, explosive lob threat and great at pick and roll, although he'd probably have a career high in rebounds with all those 3pt bricks Wembamamba likes to take.

Tough call

So heat gets a wink wink deal for when they trade Bam to the lakers (for pennies on the dollar) to get a top 3 pick next year when they tank (one of Dybantsa, Peterson or Boozer guaranteed).

[DPG21920]

Hate that contract. If you were worried about Durant s, you should want no part of this. In year 4,we’d be paying Wemby, Fox, Castle, and Bam’s $56M. That’s way too much, second apron shit.

Dev already makes 27M. Sochan is due an extension. Let’s call it 15M. Thats 42M for Sochan + Devin. I have no issues aggregating their salaries to Bam (and the left over is the true “extra” cost which isnt so bad)

[exstatic]

Dev already makes 27M. Sochan is due an extension. Let’s call it 15M. Thats 42M for Sochan + Devin. I have no issues aggregating their salaries to Bam (and the left over is the true “extra” cost which isnt so bad)

Dev doesn’t cost you multiple draft picks. He’s here. Sochan is here.

The reality is that you cannot pay Wemby, Fox, Castle, Harper and Bam. You’d have to let him roll off, and that’s an expensive rental at your price of 3 FRPs.

[DPG21920]

Dev doesn’t cost you multiple draft picks. He’s here. Sochan is here.

The reality is that you cannot pay Wemby, Fox, Castle, Harper and Bam. You’d have to let him roll off, and that’s an expensive rental at your price of 3 FRPs.

The money for Bam comes from Sochan + Vassell so you have to trade both of them anyways in your scenario then Bam or not.

[BacktoBasics]

Even as a 3rd team in a Bam to LA deal we might be able to grab some decent scraps for adding 2nds and absorbing some cheapish salary.

[scott]

Dev doesn’t cost you multiple draft picks. He’s here. Sochan is here.

The reality is that you cannot pay Wemby, Fox, Castle, Harper and Bam. You’d have to let him roll off, and that’s an expensive rental at your price of 3 FRPs.

Spurs big announcement tomorrow is to introduce the Qatari Sovereign Fund as a new partner and that we're going into the repeater tax from here on out... LEROY JENKINS

[DAF86]

How would they make the contract situations work in a couple of years? Overpaid and a less than ideal fit. Nothing to see here.

[exstatic]

The money for Bam comes from Sochan + Vassell so you have to trade both of them anyways in your scenario then Bam or not.

Did you even read my post? The money is one factor, although your trade fucking jacks that up $13-14M. YOU CAN’T PAY 5 MAXIMUM DEALS. You do understand that, right? It’s also dumb to spend 3 FRPs on a player you KNOW you’re going to let walk.

Dev will never see another contract from this team. Sochan will sign some sort of bargain deal. The money will be far less than Bam’s contract.

[DPG21920]

Did you even read my post? The money is one factor, although your trade fucking jacks that up $13-14M. YOU CAN’T PAY 5 MAXIMUM DEALS. You do understand that, right? It’s also dumb to spend 3 FRPs on a player you KNOW you’re going to let walk.

Dev will never see another contract from this team. Sochan will sign some sort of bargain deal. The money will be far less than Bam’s contract.

Im not so sure my friend. And they have several years before they need to pay Castle, Harper and Wemby all together

[exstatic]

Im not so sure my friend. And they have several years before they need to pay Castle, Harper and Wemby all together
In year 4, you’d be paying Bam’s $54M, Fox’s $50M, Wemby’s reported $60M, and Castle at probably $40M. The next year, Harper gets paid, and you have to let Bam go for nothing, after paying 3 FRPs for him.

[PhantomDashCam]

After years of climbing mountains, I'm standing here at the base of this one... staring up at the north face... and deciding "nah, looks too tall for me"

Have the (Flint) stones to post for a Bam-Bam :lol

[DPG21920]

In year 4, you’d be paying Bam’s $54M, Fox’s $50M, Wemby’s reported $60M, and Castle at probably $40M. The next year, Harper gets paid, and you have to let Bam go for nothing, after paying 3 FRPs for him.

1) We dont know Fox number yet

2) Barnes coming off the books as well (19M)

3) that’s still 3 years minimum of really high level basketball

4) you can recoup many of those picks likely if you are forced to trade a star who is worth 60M due to salary cap issues.

5) Maybe its Fox who is let go since you have Castle + Harper who in this scenario are worth 50M+ each and that good.

[exstatic]

1) We dont know Fox number yet

2) Barnes coming off the books as well (19M)

3) that’s still 3 years minimum of really high level basketball

4) you can recoup many of those picks likely if you are forced to trade a star who is worth 60M due to salary cap issues.

5) Maybe its Fox who is let go since you have Castle + Harper who in this scenario are worth 50M+ each and that good.

It’ll almost certainly by Fox AND Bam going out the door, with Harper being paid that next season. Your trio for the next 4-5 years is Wemby, Castle, and Harper, but even that won’t last forever. Once Harper and Castle hit their 3rd contracts, you can’t even pay the three of them, and put a credible roster around them in the era of the second apron.

[Dverde]

Bam? Pop prefers Plumlee, let’s sign that guy.

[Ice009]

It’s starting to feel like the Wemby Rumors are true.

What are the Wemby Rumours? Is it something to do with his health?

[T Park]

What are the Wemby Rumours? Is it something to do with his health?

All ive seen is random mentions that supposedly Wemby has asked to play the 4 and get a big next to him.

I havent seen anything to that note today but maybe its there.

[Ice009]

All ive seen is random mentions that supposedly Wemby has asked to play the 4 and get a big next to him.

I havent seen anything to that note today but maybe its there.

Thanks. I thought it might have been something to do with his health, so that's a relief.

If it's for him playing PF, then that is also an issue as it seems a lot of people think he does best at C when he has a slower guy on him. It would explain why the Spurs are looking at Centers.

[RC_Drunkford]

According to my reputable insider RC_Drunkford (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=53010) they are just working out the final details

it’s a done deal. Bam to SA

don't drag me into this :lol

I was actually the one proposing this trade first in my salary cap thread months ago. I know Bam and Fox are friends. The problem is Pat Riley does not tank. He wanted KD. Now he wants DeRozan. They are not going to blow up the team from what I understand.

Now contract wise, yes he will be overpaid, but hear me out:

He makes 37 million this upcoming season, so you don't need much to match salary. His 2+1 extension is expensive, but it's only 3 years. The last year plus the player option are critical. Now if you can somehow make that work where you dip into the tax for only 1 year then that won't be a big issue. Bringing in Bam is probably as good as it gets when it comes to convincing Fox to take a discount on his extension.

Extending Bam once his deal runs out should also be a possibility. He won't get max money again playing on the Spurs when he's 31.

Again this all depends on what you have to give up. Btw Heat fans are pissed off at Pat Riley. They want his old ass to retire and pick a direction instead of being mediocre.

[scottspurs]

What are the Wemby Rumours? Is it something to do with his health?
He is buying Spurstalk

[024]

This is the more interesting discussion than the KD trade and I was waiting for the Adebayo rumors to start. A 2-way all star big who can play next to Wemby and matches the Fox timeline is a much better fit but a way more expensive option. Spurs will have to give up either Castle or the #2 pick in this trade. The #2 pick would limit the additional FRPs required and wondering if a Vassell + Branham + 2nd pick + SRPs would do it. Depends how much the Heat values Harper. But I'd rather trade Castle and a couple extra firsts.

Should the Spurs do it though? Maybe not for the 2nd pick but Vassell + Castle + FRPs might be tempting if the Spurs can keep Sochan and the 14th pick (though unlikely if the Spurs are in a bidding war).

[Ice009]

I've never really watched Bam, but the little I have watched, I'm not a fan.

The main point I guess would be if his game fits well/meshes with Victor. If you guys that have watched him a lot think he'd fit well with Victor, then it might be worth looking at.

[John B]

Wemby, Adebayo front court would be sick tbh

Do we need to give up the Coyote??

[RC_Drunkford]

I don't see it happening, especially with all of those east teams having their star players sidelined with ACL injuries. Besides that the Heat have a ton of cap space in 2026, so I assume they will bet on free agents going there.

[Mal]

No way, his contract is terrible for Spurs going forward. And getting him would cost a lot

[LeBowen]

One of the worst topics in a while, tbh.

[99 Problems]

Alright boys, we have 100+ pages to fill up. Let’s get to work.


Onto to it. Stand by all units operator on Spurstalk lol.

[Raven]

overrated as fuck

[Pauleta14]

It’s starting to feel like the Wemby Rumors are true.

Did you need those rumor to realize Spurs need a big man asap?

Sochan was the only option at some point

It has nothing to do with Wemby's alleged request, but with the biggest need of this roster as well as a wing

[Pauleta14]

Another big who doesn't want to play 5 but shoot mid-range shots?

No thanks

[Ocotillo]

:pop: El Jefe says he needs to get over himself. Mason Plumlee is out there. https://www.si.com/nba/2022/04/06/bam-adebayo-will-never-forget-gregg-popovich-cut-team-usa-2019

[ambchang]

It’s probably best for the spurs to get respected vets at this point rather than expensive star level players. The requirements of the spurs now really isn’t shot creation, or offence in general. On defence we have theoretical defenders but the product on the floor shows otherwise. The issue is discipline and execution and a professional vet, ideally one who can rebound somewhat would be a good option.

Barnes and Paul fulfilled that role last year. Paul seems to be heading out but I’d like to keep Barnes around for the same effect this year. Adding someone like Adams would’ve been perfect but that ship sailed. I don’t mind Drummond but I’m not sure if hes known for professionalism. Brook Lopez is probably too far past his prime by now.

Back to the topic, bam is a star, would be a great fit defensively but im not sure if he’s that vet presence. He is also way too expensive.