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so is Richardson's contract not guaranteed for next season? Cause I see him being on the books with 12 million for another year
so is Richardson's contract not guaranteed for next season? Cause I see him being on the books with 12 million for another year
I believe it's $4M guaranteed.
The Celtics will love White. If he stays healthy, this will be a good trade for them. Without as much attention paid to him, I expect his shooting percentages to rise. When he played with DeRozan, he tended to shoot it really straight when he got those wide open looks. He's not really built to be a second option like he was with the Spurs most of the time.
But, still, I don't see how the Spurs could turn down this trade -- especially when you factor in injury risk and age. It looks like Richardson is on the books next year for only ~$12 million (Spotrac doesn't list it but I'm pretty sure they're wrong), which makes him an asset. It's possible the Spurs can trade Richardson at some point for another first rounder.
Langford is due $5 million next year, which is fine. I'm not sure he's a legit NBA player but there's a chance he is and ends up being the best part of this trade for the Spurs. He has shown flashes of talent but he has stagnated on the deep Celtics bench.
I've watched the Celtics a few times this season and Langford has always been impressively good on defense, which was very surprising to me. His first two seasons he's been awful but he's on the right track if he's reinventing himself as a defense first roleplayer. He came into the league as a supposedly good scorer/ballhandler but it hasn't worked for him.
With White gone, the Spurs can expect to move into the top 4 or worst case, No 6 (behind Thunder, Rockets, Magic, Pistons, Pacers). I doubt they will contend for the play-in with the Kangzz leapfrogging them soon. It could be a race to the bottom between the Spurs and the Blazers.So currently the Spurs are on track to have picks 6, 18 and 20 in this draft? Woah. Hopefully the Lakers crash and burn to give the Spurs another pick in the 30s
Best case scenario the Spurs get lucky with lottery balls and move up into the top 4, the Celtics stumble and miss the playoffs so that the Spurs get another lottery pick and the Raptors just barely make the playoffs and give the Spurs a pick in the teens. Damn, Wright swinging for the fences.
If there are no protections on that 2028 pick swap (unlikely), that'd be one of a piece going forward. Unprotected first rounders are unheard of these days.
The Raptors are trending up and they have actually added a good backup C/F in Young and should continue to trend up. I suspect the Raps will remain 6th or worst case, fall to 8th in the East (so the Spurs could pick between the 18th-20th picks). The Celtics could also likely finish 6th/7th/8th in the East, which means that the Spurs will likely have two picks between 18th and the 20th. Expect the Lakers to fade into the play-in, which means the Spurs could pick No 40-41 as well. Thats 4 top 40-41 picks in a decent draft class. Not bad at all.
How the are you going to get more for White? He was a former #29 overall pick, and was nagged by injuries.
Just in case you haven’t been reading…
2022 FRP only protected 1-4
2028 FRP swap option.
Josh Richardson solid piece
Romeo Langford lottery pick 3 years ago.
That 2028 swap is down low pretty wicked. That's exactly when Boston may be tailing off as a team.
It wasn’t useful enough to make the Spurs much better.
Sad to see White go. He was a good two-way player on a friendly contract. But is she doesn’t fit the rebuild timeline.
I’m more worried about Dejounte. Don’t think he’ll be happy about this and he’s a FA in 2 years. Afraid he might be wanting out if this rebuild doesn’t happen quickly.
Langford defensive metrics is good there maybe something there.
White is the best play maker in the Spurs. But he's injury prone and disappears too often in offense.
I don't think the two Celtics players are going to move the needle.
The first round pick could though. So given Spurs are going nowhere, it was worth the gamble.
not bad imo.
Wondering if Romeo can develop into something meaningful. Only 22 and he’s got some raw talent.
He’s the best defender among guards.
Objectively, this is not a bad trade for the Spurs. I think the other trades were better overall, but I can't say this trade is bad. Derrick has a great skillset that will be of use to the Celtics, but its pretty clear that we had to move someone at that position. Primo and Vassal are both good, if they decided to keep Lonnie he needs minutes as well. White was the Spurs most tradable asset, he was older than most of this core, and he was redundant so no one should be shocked by this. That being said, I don't love Richardson as a player and I don't think there's much value in Langford (but who knows). But adding another pick in next years draft is great, and the pick swap might be amazing (might also be trash - Tatum and Brown are still young AF).
Is it an amazing trade? No I don't think so. I do think it might be later on depending on who the Spurs pick in the draft. But this is the kind of move the Spurs need to make where they change a redundant player into picks and assets.
I think that won't last long once he plays with Banchero or Ivey
LJ, White may be injury prone, but if he's also old, so is Murray. Only 2 yrs of difference.
I guess I get this trade now after losing my about premature reporting of what we were getting back, but I’m legit sad about losing Derrick.
Well kiss you derrick. Consummate spur for life
Gonna be annoying AF to listen to Bill Simmons rave about Walker now after talking about how the Spurs young core sucked.
Who is this Spurs FO making all these great trades!? I'm impressed!
Two years is a long time in basketball years, unfortunately, tbh. Especially when you're accounting for prime years.
You pull for Toronto, hard. If they lose, we only get one more shot at their FRP. Boston can drop into the lottery, as long as they don’t draw into the top 4.
So can someone please explain what that 1st round pick means? What are the chances we get that pick?
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