you can never have enough
Stevens contract is not guaranteed, it's a team option. Did the Cavs exercise it or does the contract still count from last season? If so the Spurs just don't have to exercise the option and he'd be off the books
*edit:
The Cavaliers are picking up their minimum-salary team option on forward Lamar Stevens for the 2023/24 season, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Ok we gotta pay the salary. Hopefully they'll cut him
I find it so bizarre that our modus operandi seems to be acquiring second round picks, which are next to worthless. It’s like hoarding a bunch of pennies.
How much money do we have left?
Its worth alot to the owners who can make cash off of them
$5M to reach the floor and between $21 and $30M in cap space.
What I would like to see:
1) Waive Cedi and Stevens and keep it moving and spend money on some guys like McDaniels or Plumlee that serve better role or have some upside
2) Trade McDermott if you are going to keep Cedi for something more valuable pick wise
Don’t hate the deal as is, but would prefer if they parlay it into something like the above
Romeo Langford is better than Cedi all day everyday. This move is pointless. I'm sure they waive one or both for a 2nd round useless pick. This was about the money. Boo this man.
So, Murica, then. Not like they weren't already going to tge bank just from having Wembanyama on the team.
This man gets it.
can we package them to NOLA for Valanciunas? Could also be that we aquired them to package them as part of the Sixers/Clippers deal for James Harden and we get Zubac. Those players like Osman and Stevens are the type of contracts luxury tax teams are bringing in since they don't have money to sign anybody.
Looks like it’s the Cavs 2030 second going to the Spurs.
Maybe if we send them 14 2nd rounders and Cedi.
Yeah, kind of meh on this deal and it potentially blocks the Spurs from making bigger moves (although we have obviously learned not to expect much in free agency)
At least Cedi only has a year left on his contract so if he's a bad fit, Spurs can easily move on.
It’s a so-so deal for me, Osman is a good wing will be solid off the bench and will be a good filler incase of injuries or rest for guys. But we need another Big still can’t simply rely on Bassey as the backup
Perhaps the Spurs had no real interest in any of the FAs out there and
are just going to hold on to some salary for a year.
When the second apron kicks in, I think we are going to see top heavy teams scramble to fill out their rosters with these lower salary second rounders.
Imo Spurs will sign one or two players with a back up C as the priority. Plumlee, Bamba..... something like that
Purely a move to get the the cap floor. Re sign Mamu, maybe a half assed run at a one or two year deal for Brock Lopez, and call it an off season. See what this team can do next season then make the big moves next off season
It isn't a basketball trade, it's a financial trade. Spurs' goal is to reach the salary floor and they're now $4M or $5M below it.
This trade likely also means Spurs have no interest in signing one of the top remaining FA to a contract. I guess it's all about giving all the playing time to the young players.
Think we already had something like 13 incoming second rounders through 2029. Diminishing returns at this point
not a fan of this imo if it prevents us from making more impactful moves
Since I wasn’t crazy about this year’s FA class to begin with, I’m okay with managing cap
space for bigger fish down the road. Rockets can spend all they want on the so called top
tier of this non top tier selection
But this move doesn't get them to the cap floor. Only closer. They could have just had more money to throw at a FA instead.
Oh but we get a 2nd and probably cash considerations
People complaining we have too much draft capital. Poverty franchise.
Is Twitter down for anyone else? Tweets won’t load, but I’m still getting notifications from Woj and Shams.
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