Spurs free agency targets

[Vince Carter's ankle]

Tre Jones with elite 3 point shot

[KobesAchilles]

A team that I’m going to be taking a hard look at is NO. They are one Zion injury away from trading either him, CJ, or Ingram away.

Tbh the entirety of the west is potentially one giant fire sale waiting to happen. Next offseason the Grizz might be willing to trade Adams if they can’t come up with a contract negotiation. The warriors might let Klay walk. PG13 or Kawhi might be available. KAT I think gets traded in February but by next offseason at the latest. Ayton is available now but he might just cost a few second rounders next offseason. And that’s just the west.

The cavs, knicks, and Raptors all are potential trade partners next offseason. That’s why I think we needed to add CP3 since he gets us to the floor and was on a one year deal. I really don’t want multiple year deals. We could sign a guy or trade for a guy very easily next offseason

As it is, I see 2 playoff spots up for grabs (Minn and Mem) and 3 teams fighting for them. OKC, Dallas, and us. It’s gonna be a dogfight to get that 8th seed. Would help if Kyrie just continues to be Kyrie

[BatManu20]

Bulls extending Nikola Vucevic. So much for them going into a rebuild. This bodes well for that 2025 FRP conveying for us.

[RC_Drunkford]

Poeltl back?

Poeltl’s return at the right deal has generally been considered a given with the working assumption that a four-year deal worth something around $80 million would do the trick but things can happen and there are few discounts offered in the NBA.Multiple league sources have said the San Antonio Spurs have inquired about the possibility of a reunion with Poeltl as a veteran centre alongside No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama, who they project as a stretch four, at least on offence.

4 hours ago – via Michael Grange @ SportsNet

[spurraider21]

pretty reasonable deal for vuc all things considered

[exstatic]

Why would you pay FVV $40 million to shoot the ball for the Rockets when everyone else is already shooting the ball?

Shhhhhhhhhhhh!

[TrainOfThought5]

Poeltl back?

this is the EXACT news I want to hear. Now we just need a Spursy PG. How much would it cost to trade for Derrick White?

dark horse D Garland in Cleveland?

[John B]

Poeltl back?

I wasn’t a huge fan of Poeltl but I’n not totally against a reunion. I always wanted to see Poeltl play beside a big man, and last season he didn’t really get a lot of run with Sochan on injury, and by the time he’s already traded. Although what will happen to Collins development at Starting C?

[intlspurshk]

No way to sign Poelti and money should be spent on scorers like Austin. Even trading for remaining contracts for Ben Simmon plus Net’s FRP or resigning Josh Richardson for 2 years could be considered. Poelti gives you good but not great improvements only

[Degoat]

I think the spurs are big believers in Zach Collins and wouldn’t sign a free agent who would start over him like a Jakob or Brook Lopez.

I think they’ll target a Thomas Bryant, Dwight Powell guy. Underwhelming signing just like the spurs like it lol

[RC_Drunkford]

One thing about Poeltl he would rebound the out of the ball on the offensive glass. Especially with Wemby drawing the big man out of the paint. With that being said, I still think Zach Collins is the better fit next to Wemby, cause he's more mobile and way better offensively. Having all 3 in the rotation would be a nice problem to have though.

[spurraider21]

No way to sign Poelti and money should be spent on scorers like Austin. Even trading for remaining contracts for Ben Simmon plus Net’s FRP or resigning Josh Richardson for 2 years could be considered. Poelti gives you good but not great improvements only

nets arent gonna trade simmons. maybe next year.

[mo7888]

Someone should put a reel together of Eric Gordon looking absolutely beyond frustrated playing for the Rockets last year and send it to Fred.

Absolutely not.... It's on our interest for FVF to go to Houston for $40M/year.... just let it happen...

[T Park]

No way to sign Poelti and money should be spent on scorers like Austin. Even trading for remaining contracts for Ben Simmon plus Net’s FRP or resigning Josh Richardson for 2 years could be considered. Poelti gives you good but not great improvements only

Ben Simmons? are you nuts?

[RC_Drunkford]

Absolutely not.... It's on our interest for FVF to go to Houston for $40M/year.... just let it happen...

they should sign him for 4 years tbh

[BatManu20]

San Antonio kid hitting the FA market.

[spurraider21]

Chinook's favorite player

[Chinook]

He has managed to stop being on the very worst players in the NBA, but for a while it was awful. That extension he signed last year was very weird. Glad the Spurs aren't in any position to get tricked into signing him.

[objective]

If Poeltl left Raptors along with VanVleet that might cost the Spurs that top 6 protected Toronto pick

[spurraider21]

If Poeltl left Raptors along with VanVleet that might cost the Spurs that top 6 protected Toronto pick

definitely puts it at risk, but also potentially makes it a lottery pick as opposed to one in the 20s

if siakam/og stay healthy, i dont think they'll completely bottom out. plus of all the guys they could have drafted, Gradey is probably the most plug-and-play type to be an immediate contributor

[jesterbobman]

I think the Branham vs Reaves discussion opens up the need for a better split of promising vs good.

Branham had good moments last year, there is normally a growth pattern for young players (why, in general drafting younger dudes is smarter), and between those moments and the promise of wing (ish) sized on ball creation, he's promising. But overall, he was bad. Doesn't mean that he'll be bad forever, but he was.

Reaves was good.
For all the talk of playing off LeBron - he wasn't just a spot up shooter. The Lakers looked to him as a second side creator (and occasionally, a primary creator while LeBron rested on the bench / on the court) and he did that pretty well. He didn't win with elite athletic tools, but balance, timing / vision and the fact he's a good shooter (and, a foul hunting merchant, using timing to bait opponents like Jimmy Butler does).
For a max coming off 3 years in the league, he'd probably be overpaid. But 4 years at $100m is reasonable. He's a good player that'd help.
I'd guess the Lakers would match, but there are worse things than sending out an offer to a young player and forcing the Lakers to pay more in tax (and receive that, if/when they reach the salary floor).

[Degoat]

This Reeves talk is all for naught imo the lakers will 100% match any offer.

[kobyz]

San Antonio kid hitting the FA market.

Surprising, he gave them some good backup minutes last year

[duncan2150]

I think the spurs are big believers in Zach Collins and wouldn’t sign a free agent who would start over him like a Jakob or Brook Lopez.

I think they’ll target a Thomas Bryant, Dwight Powell guy. Underwhelming signing just like the spurs like it lol

I'm not high on powell but why not, i may prefer jaxson hayes , bryant or plumlee could be other options.

[spurraider21]

This Reeves talk is all for naught imo the lakers will 100% match any offer.

be that it may, makes sense to sign him to an offer sheet

the max the lakers can offer him is something like 4/50. but other teams can offer him as much as 4/100, at which point the lakers can match