Do that Prince deal
If the understanding is that he rolls off this summer, I’m OK with him just being salary ballast. He makes $15M, but is only worth a fraction of that. Any $$ he might get is cap room we lose, and money not available to our draftees. I’d want the SRP to be Minnesota’s own, and not this year.
Yeah, I see it as swapping expirings. Minni has 3 SRPs in this draft so nabbing one this year and a distant one would be ideal.
I still like the PHX deal better if we get a late first from them. I get all the Smith stuff, but in any case I don’t see spurs willing to offer him more than the 4M they would still be able to give him. If they get outbid, meh, no big loss.
Last edited by CGD; 02-08-2022 at 08:47 AM.
Prince is one of the worst players in the NBA. He's having a career year and is still a stark negative. I don't even want him in the Spurs' transaction history.
It really looks like that source is just the RGM TnT forum. Several posters there have been pushing for not just the Smith deal but the Prince deal as well for months.
Buying out Young is fine compared to those deals. It's certainly not a great thing overall in the context of the DeRozan trade, but at this point that's sunk cost.
^ who really cares if he sucks. He’s an expiring contract just like Thad. It’s about the picks coming back, or if they can snag someone like Bolmero.
Last edited by CGD; 02-08-2022 at 09:33 AM.
Take second rounder. Buy out Prince.
The source is Michael A. Scotto from Hoopshype and not some forum
Anyone else just want the deadline to pass? I’m not expecting much tomorrow but damn I've wasted alot of time reading articles, looking at cap situations, scenarios and hypothetical transactions lol.
Get me a far out second and an expiring for Thad and I’ll be satisfied.
RealGM is one of the biggest basketball forums in the world. It's not just a random site. I also don't give a whose name they gave credit to for the source. My point is that both of those trades are ones that random fans have kicked around this whole season. Scotto or whatever, likely didn't actually hear anything from the teams but is instead TSpencing by reporting trade ideas that "just make sense" are rumors so if they happen he seems like a genius and if they don't, the ideas were so obvious that no one doubts they were discussed.
Not worth it. Just buy out Thad and be done with it.
Haha it has gotten pretty bad these days. The crap that makes it to Bleacher Report is pathetic. Surprised ST hasn’t been quoted as a source for rumours on some of these sites. Clutchpoints has to be the worst Spurs articles ever but PTR is not far behind.
Portland and Nola in discussions on McCollum
Woj
Not sure if he's a native but he graduated from same high school I did (Warren)
Apparently Pacers interested also per ESPN. I could see the Pacers pulling an OKC and trying to cycle through some vets to ac ulate assets. McCollum as your best player putting up 25 a game and playing no D would be a solid tank commander you could flip at a later date.
The New Orleans Pelicans are finalizing a deal to acquire Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum for a package around Josh Hart and draft compensation, sources tell
Shams
I think the only things that might happen tomorrow that include the Spurs would be something revolving around Thad, or some tax trades. Lakers and Philly are both within $2-3M of being under the tax. Their bills aren’t exorbitant, but the payout is $10M if they can sneak under.
Not a bad idea...but it looks like Nola got him...Portland is embracing the tank with that package...I'm sticking with my blow it up prediction that the move Lillard this summer.
From Fischer. Highly doubt anyone is going to meet the Spurs asking price, especially if no one wants to give up a couple firsts for Myles Turner who teams probably value more* Jakob Poeltl remains highly coveted on the trade market. Chicago has recently been mentioned as another interested team in addition to Toronto and Charlotte. The Bulls are searching for reinforcements in the frontcourt.
Fischer from Bleacher has been on point on this rumors. - McCollum trade , Reddish trade, Covington trade, Levert trade.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...lt-at-deadline , reported framework of the deal before Sham
We'll see how committed to the tank they are. If the Spurs really want to challenge for a top 5 pick, they almost certainly have to ship Poeltl out, IMO.
Spurs probably looking at something like these meh “best offers” from each:
CHI: crappy 2022 POR pick + redundant Cony White
TOR: protected 2023 FRP + Achuiwa + Dagic’s K for Thad/Jak
CHA: PJ + very crappy NOLA 2022 FRP
LOL, yes. With you there’s. The trade/free agency stuff has become a bigger part of my fandom after big 3 era ended.
I’ll probably go back to making some mediocre Primo or Zollins takes here or there, until it’s draft time :-)
They’re actually positioned pretty well, assuming Dame returns for Portland in the relative near future. That would mean that neither Portland, nor New Orleans are tanking, meaning short of some shocking acquisitions, we shouldn’t slip lower that 7th in the standings. That gives us a great shot to jump up.
Pretty sure they shut Dame down for the year and their recent trade signals total tank. Especially when they trade CJ and possibly Nurk.
POR not likely, they want to keep their pick this year. Keep Jakob and fight with NO for 10 seed or trade him and sink to that bottom 5 record.
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