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Might end up being top 5 tbh.
I'm not one to watch college bball bc I think the zone defense and passing around for 30 seconds is a snorefest, but I might start watching to see who it is we are going to pick in the lottery. Keep in mind we have an extra pick as well which is looking like the 27th pick. What position do we draft? Can the 10th pick and the 27th pick be packaged to move up to let's say number 6 in the draft? So many possibilities! (like this getting bumped if we make the playoffs)
Might end up being top 5 tbh.
More than who they draft honestly it's how agressively they are in the trade market either to get value out of DeRozan and Aldridge or more likely, to get out of their other contracts. The 10th-overall pick could be a starting-caliber forward, but the team can't really improve without dramatically increasing their veteran talent. Even a rookie with a 2012 Kawhi impact isn't going to make the Spurs contenders. I know that seems like a tangent, but I'm just saying that if the Spurs are a solid lottery team, they need to get rid of as many role-players as they can. They aren't a ready-made contender without better defensive players and more versatile pieces, and they shouldn't act like it. This isn't 1997 or 2011. Forbes, Mills, Bertans and Beli have to go, and they have to try to be big players in free agency for some of that elite wing talent.
Yup. But I think some of this roster is salvageable with a trade. I dunno who would trade and for what but there’s some pieces here I think work and have some value. I like White, Derozan, LA (if he can get his swagger back), and Bryn as a backup. Belli isn’t good at all with this mix of guys. I’m done with Bertans and Poeltl. Bert should have proven himself if there was anything there and Poeltl looks to me like what you see is what you get.
Do you honestly think the senile coach will actually do above ? Lol
It's not about them being salvageable to me. I think individually, they're all workable players. But the team needs cap space this summer to either grab a third star or at least snag a legit role-player. That means all these guys who are keeping the team over the cap have to go. Anyone who is not on a rookie deal besides LMA and DMDR should be on the block. Start from this:
Murray, White
DeRozan, Walker
______, Metu
Aldridge, Poeltl
And go from there. Use those two picks and that cap space (should be around a max slot) to fill out the roster. Stop acting like you have to work within the constraints of the cap. You aren't good enough to patch things up. Rebuild it.
Not even a little bit. I don't think the Spurs are going to ever be sellers, even if they're a clear lottery team. They sure won't be sellers if they are a borderline team.
I certainly hope so
We traded away our best assests in kawhi and an expiring green and got in return...any deal now to help us is going to be like pulling teeth
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Spurs are the ones who in the last 1.5 seasons locked up the likes of Mills, Marco, Bertans, Gasol and Forbes for at least this season and next, with a bonus 4th year for Mills
They wanted it.
They think they're smarter than everyone else locking up Gasol, Mills, Marco, Davis, etc
They're not about to trade those guys.
The only guys who might get traded are White and Walker. Especially if Walker dunks in garbage time and pump his fist and yells.
anyways, they can get a top 8 pick, and with a good bounce sneak into the top 4
Frankly, I don't even trust Drunkford to not get completely bent over again in any trade scenario tbh.
Gasol is easily the best player out of that bunch. He's overpaid, and that third season was a horrible thing to agree to, but I'm not even a little said he's on the team right now. They went all-in for shooting this off-season, though, and that's really hurt them. Should have split up their signings between shooting and defense. They didn't, and their perimeter is ed as a result.
"The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to trade the first-overall pick to Toronto in exchange for a future pick. The Spurs are also sending cash considerations in the deal."
Draft and stash
I wonder if Jakob has a brother that's even worse at basketball.
That's be hard to believe unless the dude just doesn't have legs or something.
Gasol is already 38, breaking down after a long summer off, and was clearly on his way to where he is now, 4th most minutes among active players, top 30 all time
This season should have been the partial guarantee parting gift. So damn overpaid and even if the Spurs were contenders couldn't even stay on the court against GS
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I still can't understand how Marco, the guy who nobody would give Atlanta a second round pick for, somehow got a two year deal at the same money he was getting before.
Patfo are dumbasses. They would never do this. pop wants his sucked by those reject role players. It’s corporate knowledge of sucking .
This team has too many holes to go for a 3rd star. It would be better to get two legit starters.
Keep:
LMA
Derozz
Murray
White
Metu
Walker
Maybe:
Rudy
Trade:
Bertans
Forbes
Mills
Poodle
Gasol
Let go:
Poindexter
Cunnigham
Sign:
Nikola
This. But it's not Drunkford; Pop is his boss. Those two are long past their expiration dates.
You're talking about that plus a lottery pick. They'd work fine, especially since they'd be a bandwagon team with a third star.
The thought of Zion Williamson in a Spurs uniform is intriguing. He is without a doubt a special force of nature.
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