He’s been out for awhile. The rest of the season is like 5-6 games.
NYK got spanked by Cleveland. Randle seems to be in mothballs. After a presumed win against Portland, the Spurs will be a single win behind NYK, Washington, Pelicans. Then the Spurs get four hard games against teams presumably jockeying for position, sort of: Dallas, Minnesota, Denver, and GSW, although they are missing Curry. Significant risk the Spurs slip to 10, 11, or even 12, although New Orleans isn't tanking and their schedule is fairly easy.
New York is 6-4 in their last 10, same as us. If they’re tanking, they’re doing a pass poor job of it by winning 60%, Recently. They are, however, not very good or very consistent.
Knicks have started their tank and shut Randle down the rest of the season.
Would not surprise me to see them get past the Spurs. Pop wanted to turn that 7 pick into a 12 or 15
They just fell out of play-in contention. I think they're packing it in.
I still think the Spurs go 1-4 in their last 5 which gives them a 33-49 record. I don’t think GS or Dallas will be sitting guys in the last 2 games as they are locked in tight battles for playoff seeding but who knows anything can happen by the last day of the season.
The Knicks are currently 34-44 so they’d need to lose all 4 games to finish 34-48 and stay above the Spurs in the standings. One of their games is @Orlando who are tanking too so hopefully they out tank the Knicks there. Knicks also play Washington, Brooklyn and Toronto. I think they lose all of those. Washington May decide to rest their main guys for that one to fight the Knicks for lottery position.
The Lakers would need to go 3-2 over their last 5 to end up with a better record than the Spurs if the Spurs go 1-4 down the stretch. One game against OKC and the other games are Denver x2, GS and Phoenix hopefully Phoenix rests their main guys given they are locked in at 1 seed. I could also see the Lakers maybe beating GS without Steph. If they have Bron and AD.
Soft Jazz rounding into playoff form.
No way Spurs go 1-4 in their last 5 games imo. These better teams like Denver and Minny will start resting guys in their last 2-3 games imo. Whereas the Spurs are trying to win every game.
No they won't. Minny is 2 games back from the playoffs and has the tiebreaker over DEN. If Minny goes 4-0 and Denver goes 2-2 Minny gets in the playoffs and DEN goes to the Play In. Timberwolves last 4 games Rockets, Wizards, Spurs, and the Bulls. Nuggets last 4 Lakers, Spurs, Grizzlies, and the Lakers.
Have you LOOKED at the standings? There are 5 teams with 29 or 30 losses, and another 4 teams with 32 or 33. Brooklyn just dropped into the 9/10 playoff last night, and that probably scared the crap out of a number of teams.
Yeah I'm honestly not sure why anyone expects teams to rest much. Maybe the last game of the season but even not then if things aren't clear. Standings way too cluttered.
It is ridiculous how many Sours fans on other forums, bords are so confident we can package our 3 FRPs to move into the top 5. Combining Boston and the Raps firsts might move you from 19 to 15. Assuming we draft 10, packaging all 3 might move you a few spots.
Definitely not top 5 but moving up isn’t whoaaa crazy imo just like every year there will be surprising prospects who move up and down the draft board, I honestly hope the spurs keep all 3 picks and use them this year, I’m confident the spurs can fine at least one major contributor with one of them. Imagine if the spurs didnt have the pick that resulted in Keldon and only had the pick that got us Luka Samanic lmao
Agreed just take multiple swings and trust the scouting/development process which is one thing we still do pretty well.
I agree with the sentiment... I just don't think we want to add three rookies this off-season... I'd rather package a couple and move up or trade one of them for a future first..
I’d like to use our lottery pick for now, draft and stash Jovic, and kick the other pick down the road a year or two for a future FRP.
Yeah, that almost certainly wouldn't to it, but there are paths to 5 if they want it badly enough.
Generally, that type of move requires a perceived good, young player. So they'd probably either need the team in that spot to have a need/interest on Poeltl or bring in a third team (Hornets) that does and get them a piece who fits that description.
Let's say the Hornets would be willing to do Washington, Jones and their 1st for Poeltl and the Raptors/Celtics 1st. The Spurs could then package their own pick, Washington and the remaining Raptors/Celtics 1st to get to 5.
I'd be shocked if the Spurs used all 3 1sts. With 4 top 40 picks and quan y of youth already on the roster, the goal coming out of this draft should be to utilize the picks to get 1-2 quality prospects instead of a cadre of projects.
My guess for picks:
11th pick - Yeah kinda sucks but oh well we made play in - Yippie
18th pick - Well at least we get Raptors pick
27th pick - Sucks who would have think the tear Celtics would go on?
37th - Flakers keep on giving
The Spurs should have tanked for Ivey.
David McCormack Kansas.
Any of you flamers think he could be an off the bench guy in the NBA?
Great rebounder.
Rebounding translates, but if he has nothing else, he’ll be a borderline gleague/NBA player like Cacok, who was one of the best NCAA rebounders in his time at UNCW.
I think Cacok should have been given some more burn.
Did not disappoint when in, albeit mostly garbage time.
The only 2 games he got any minutes (16 and 23) did not disappoint.
Drew Eubanks and Forbes minutes good. Cacoks not.
Back to McCormack, also defends very well. Hits close in shots but no three pointer.
Is a Senior so dk how much that figures in (body development vs 18-19 year old babyfaces.)
Here's the remaining schedule for every team which could affect the 1st, 2nd and 3rd first rounders respectively. Projected wins in green:
It's an optimistic scenario if you're looking for the best picks possible, but not unrealistic. If it were to happen and the Spurs don't succeed in advancing to the playoffs through the play in, then they would be in a tie for the 8th pick (randomly decided with the Lakers), the Toronto pick would fall in the 20th place, and the Boston pick would be at 23, though this could vary significantly, since Boston has only 3 games remaining that are tough, and dropping one or two would be huge for us.
RAPTOR currently has Boston finishing with the 25th pick, Raptors with the 20th, and us going into the lottery with the 9th best odds.
I'd take those without question. The #9 isn't as bad as it could be and the rest is gravy. My list is short at this point -- Keegan Murray, Jeremy Sochan, Tari Eason. The other picks only if someone they really want is there (or move up a bit), or a stash, otherwise get future capital for them.
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