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Uh...that's not how that works
1. Trade Poeltl 2. Win the Wemby lottery 3. Re-sign Poeltl this summer.
Uh...that's not how that works
Filipowski is 39th best prospect on NBA Drafnet, 22nd best on SI and 16th best prospect on Tankathon. If we aren't lucky enough to land #1 but get no worse than 7th pick and get Filipowski, that would be a BIG overreach. that.
Whomever thinks the Spurs won't get Wemby because the odds say it won't happen, for the sake of consistency should put their money where their mouth is, and play a round of russian roulette... chances are about the same, and you'll be here afterwards, posting proof that you were right all along and we were wrong.
Or not, and next year we'll cheer Wemby in a Spurs uniform for you.
If the Spurs finish with a bottom 3 record their second round pick will be #31/32/33. That wouldn't be a big reach for the 39th best prospect.
That's another side benefit of tanking. The Spurs have had great success with recent #29 picks; finding a gem at the top of the second should be possible.
The way the article is written I can’t tell if the Spurs are doing due their diligence or living in a fantasy.
Those aren't mutually exclusive, but I'm leaning towards the latter. What's the point of doing that much scouting on a player that you already know you'll take at #1 and won't have a chance at with any other draft slot?
Those mocks are all very early versions, and history shows that they almost always change. A year ago Emoni Bates was the "best" prospect in the country... now he's a 2nd round pick, according to those same experts. With a small sample size, early in the NCAA year, Filipowski is arguably the best freshman in the country.
Glad to hear! Any team lucky enough to draft him will be a REALLY good team for a long time.
Yep.... I personally have Filippowski mind teens right now... he's won't be there in the early 2nd most likely..
If we land the Scoot Henderson pick instead, I wonder if moving one or both of those ATL picks to get up to 1 is a possibility.
Nope...I don't believe there is a package anyone in the league could put together to get to #1 this season..
I fear that, even if it’s the 2nd pick and that pick is Scoot.
This is like 1969 -- the number one pick is Kareem Abdul Jabaar (Lew Alcindor) and the number two pick is Neal Walk.
Yep. David Robinson or Armon Gilliam. But we need a lot of help, so whoever we get is going to improve us.
There's a generational player coming out. You're one of the 3/4 teams with the best possible chance to land him. And you're NOT supposed to plan ahead and position yourself as best you can because it may not happen?
Plus it just happens to be their jobs
I thought the rule was a traded player could not go back to the sending team within the same basketball season. But a player traded from Team X to Team Y could, theoretically, return during free agency (after July 1). The Spurs would not be restricted from bidding on Poeltl in free agency, provided he was traded this season. And if Poeltl were traded to a team with cap constraints (i.e. Golden State, if they pay Draymond next summer) the Spurs could be in a position to make a compe ive offer.
And in the 86% chance the Spurs don't land Wama......
any meticulous activity being Forbes, i mean formed?
It is is a good discussion to be had...I mean the odds are we don't get him so, what is the Plan B. Do we tank again next year for a high Pick? Do we throw money at a lower rent Wembanyama (Porzingus) in fa and follow the plan they've laid out? There are a lot of possibilities..And in the 86% chance the Spurs don't land Wama......
any meticulous activity being Forbes, i mean formed?
Spurs are tanking regardless next year, neither Wembanyama nor Scoot Henderson nor any other 19/20 years old rookie is going to make this anything close to a playoff team.
I disagree. This roster with 1 more year under its belt, retaining Poeltl, landing Wembanyama, and making a few intelligent signings in FA or trades (like a starting caliber PG) is easily a play in team at least.. They could still tank one more year, but if we get lucky now, maybe they'll bounce back right away.
Meh no one signs here, the roster is awful, and there is no reason to dump picks for vets to try to win next year with a rookie instead of just naturally getting another top 5 pick next year.
I get that we aren't challenging for anything next year but if we get Wembanyama they're gonna try and surround him with vets immediately and make an effort to win (even though we won't be good yet)...
What I'm speaking of is trying to tank (not just being a bad team)... the rotations we're running combined with timvp's Intel screams we're trying to lose from a front office perspective.
In this best case of landing Wembanyama, this isn't 1989 where you're getting 24 year-old David Robinson while also having a top 3 pick with allstar potential (e.g. Sean Elliott). And even then they really only traded Alvin for TC because Alvin was having off the court problems but still had great trade value. I think you take another swing at a high draft pick and hope you get another Sean Elliott before making a move to land vets after Wemby would have a year of experience in the league and really be ready to start running his second season.
Yeah, they were super meticulous when they were vetting Primo
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