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That definitely feels like the consensus currently, but I would be surprised if 5-8 doesn’t shake up some. Typically after workouts, one or two players shoot up and get picked higher.
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At this point I want them to get back to 7th or better. The last second heroic win on OKC and Dubs screwed that. I’ve been doing SIM Lottery on Tankathon before and 4-10 Spurs landed #1. Now at 8th, 1-10 and even occassionally get worst.
I like the consensus top 7 picks, even Ivey at 6’4” because of his Ja comparison. But isn’t it too much to ask for a solid 6-10 who can defend and shoot?
Last night should be good indication the Spurs won't return to #7. Portland is in complete tank mode. They weren't even competetive. Sacramento and Indiana aren't going to win enough games. The Spurs' real threat is to drop even further. Washington, New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are all within dropping distance and not all of them want to win right now. My optimistic case is only two of them pass the Spurs in the lottery.
And if the Spurs wind up at, say, #10, this still leaves a pretty decent player for them like Eason. I think Mathurin blows up the rest of the tournament and goes higher.
7 is now a distant,but fond memory.
As terrible and avoid of talent this team is it would be a HUGE let down if we getting “A Decent Player” with our first pick just saying
I honestly don't know who is more than 'a decent player' in this draft. I don't know if there are any stars.
I hope Spurs would be willing to trade up, consolidate the picks and filler, to get to their targeted player, whoever that be.
Yea the #7 overall pick with a decent chance to get into the top-4 is a pipe dream at this point. Y’all gotta let that idea go. At this point we just gotta hope the Pelicans show up and beat us on Saturday. Otherwise we likely fall to 9 or 10 in the draft with our easy remaining schedule, and potentially out of the top-10 entirely, depending on what happens with the Pels, Wizards, & Knicks the rest of the way.
Big game coming up on Saturday. Spurs probably want revenge for the embarrassment the Pels put on us at our place last week. Could easily see us winning that game comfortably tbh. Hope I’m wrong.
This assumes a team wants to trade down. It’s not going to happen.
Let’s call a spade a spade; we’ve been drafting better in the late 20’s anyway. I’m not convinced we’d even take what is considered a sure thing with a top 5 pick as they’d probably pick the same guy at 5 they would at 13.
As much as I’d like to see it I don’t think it’s possible. Let’s say they end up at 8, 9 or 10 and end up with the other two firsts. Those 3 picks and a “filler” won’t break the top 4. Maybe not even top 5.
They’d have to part with a pretty significant player to move up into the top 5.
With that said I like what Richardson is doing and I think he might provide a good option if the teams wants to move a late first and him to get into a mid first.
It does feel like a weird draft in many ways. We have multiple picks, first off. It seems deep but not full of stars. We probably can't consolidate picks and include Yak or Richardson to move up, but if we're not in the top 4, it might not be worth giving all that up anyway. Yet, can we even bring three FRP players onto the team next year? We already have a lot of young players in the pipeline. Before this year's trade deadline, I would have had very low confidence in Wright to make something work, but at this point I've gone from pessimistic in him to almost expecting him to somehow make all these picks and trade possibilities come together. I still think they will do something weird with their first pick. , they may even trade down, which would be hilarious.
Scored tickets to the Sweet 16 games tonight here in San Antone. Michigan vs. Villanova and Houston vs. Arizona.
I’ll get to see Bennedict Mathurin for AZ and Caleb Houston and Moussa Diabate for UM in person.
Mathurin seems to have that “it” factor who likes the ball on his hands at game point. Intriguing where he lands as his stock continues to soar
Things have to break just right in the lottery. For example, the Pistons, Knicks and Kings don't strike me as fits for Banchero. Say they get 4 and he's the lone first tier prospect remaining, I could see them being interested in something like Poeltl (makes sense for Knicks who seem unlikely to re-sign Robinson; the other two could re-route him), Spurs 1st and either the Raptors or Celtics 1st for 4 and and a 2nd (only the Kings have a decent '22 one).
I agree with that on Banchero...another team I'm wondering about is Portland...they are in full tank mode but, I just can't see Dame being happy with them drafting any of these guys to play alongside. None of them will make the year 1 impact he'd be looking for. So, I know I'm in the minority here but, I think they end up either trading the pick or trading Dame...
Mocks don't reflect it yet, but I've heard Mathurin is rising while Griffin Jr. and Davis could be falling. Branham strikes me as a potential sleeper pick.
Agree. Banchero might be the exception, since he's the only one who both flashes go-to potential (he might not have the impact to match, but he's likely to produce relatively big counting stats immediately) and would fill a positional need.
The problem for them is, there's no readily available star. Grant is being mentioned as a target. Haven't heard Randle, but maybe the Knicks pivot.
This is an interesting idea but poodle doesn’t really move any needles and a prospect like Banchero can likely return a much more impactful player. With the drop after 5 I’m not so sure a 9th or 10th pick is that enticing.
I hope it is.
I know we are all going back and forth about who we can draft and who may fall to us and so forth, but has anyone considered trading our second and third picks in the first round for current NBA players. There are always teams desperate to get into the draft and they might trade us one of their somewhat promising young players for a draft pick. We already have a rather young team, seems like a young experienced vet might do us more good than a rookie who may not see the court for while. In this somewhat "weak" draft that might be a strategy to consider especially since we have multiple picks this year
For once the Spurs have ac ulated a lot of trade chips, so I'm hopeful they have someone in mind, and a plan in place to get him. Lots of tradeable pieces going into this year's draft should make for an interesting draft night.
I don't think this team can become a contender by continuing to draft role players, in spite of the fact they've successfully ac ulated some pretty solid ones. Stars win in this league, so for the Spurs to climb back into the strata of credibility they'll need one or two.
Some truth there. We probably could have gotten Primo 10 picks further down the order last year.
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