Shams: Spurs Trade for Reggie Bullock and Unprotected 2030 First Round Pick Swap

[Dirk-41-21-1]

Same, I've been digging through the thread for confirmation but this should basically seal it.

Unprotected first and an asset for a few second picks....sign me the up!

its not a 1st. It’s a swap!!! No guarantee y’all will be better than us lol

[Joseph Kony]

its not a 1st. It’s a swap!!! No guarantee y’all will be better than us lol

when Luka inevitably demands out after your inept front office fails to surround him with talent your poverty franchise will be gifting us your #1 pick in exchange for our late first

[spurraider21]

LOL yall really haven’t been watching Bullock if you think he’s a solid 3 and D anymore.

[Ariel]

Unprotected firsts are the gold standard. Swaps are not the same.

An unprotected swap means you get the better and lose the worst. So the difference between an unprotected pick or swap is whether you keep or lose the worst of the 2, which will likely be a pick in the 20s (Spurs should be contenders by then). Not a huge deal.

[DPG21920]

Yeah, I'm cool with it. My mistake in thinking the swap was with Boston confused me about how the entire deal shook out. I think Bullock is looking kind of cooked; Osman may actually be better at this point. I'm not sure we're keeping both anyway.

Bullock, at least shooting wise, has been much better than Cedi last 3 years.

[DPG21920]

You haven’t been watching the NBA in the last 50 years if you think some stick skinny 7+ footer is getting 5 years in without debilitating foot injuries.

KD? Bullock is not great by any stretch but he’s fine for his role and expiring etc..

[Dex]

its not a 1st. It’s a swap!!! No guarantee y’all will be better than us lol

Forgot to mention the swap part, but it's still a better option than 2RPs

[CGD]

Only reason spurs did this is cause expiring but bullock is straight trash. Horrible player. Sure he might get lucky and hot from 3 every 15th game but other 14. Trash. So happy Mavs got rid that clown.

No, the only reason they did this is because of the good chance Luka leaves the Mavs before 2030.

[BackHome]

Seven years from now, spurs are gonna be contending and getting top 5 picks at the same time haha

Hopefully we don’t do a Golden State with the first pick.

[DAF86]

sochan played like 97% of minutes minutes at the 4 per bball ref

And I played 0% of minutes in the NBA but my point still remains.

[exstatic]

I'm really okay with getting rid of some of them, that's cool. Again, I'm just trying to make sense of the overall deal. Anyway, Tatum and Brown are, what, in their prime seven years from now? Actually... they're 25 and 26, so will be starting a possible decline, not to mention the cap problems the team will have in the meantime.

Now... onto Bullock. I guess he's fine as a platoon guy if they keep him. I'm not sure how valuable expiring contracts are for us anymore, but we'll see.

The swap came from Dallas.

[spurraider21]

And I played 0% of minutes in the NBA but my point still remains.

guy asked about proven SFs and you included a guy who played 15 NBA games and then a guy who has basically never played SF in the nba on your list

[Degoat]

The funny part for Mavs is Grant Williams kinda sucks lol the idea of him is better than he actually is

[mo7888]

its not a 1st. It’s a swap!!! No guarantee y’all will be better than us lol

That's true... Cuban could sell the team, but somehow, I doubt it...

[Mugen]

Yep, the pick swap is an unprotected first rounder from the Mavs in 2030.

Damn good deal

The Spurs literally had 20 second round picks at last count. To turn four of them into an unprotected first pick swap is awesome.

I would literally trade all 20 of those for 5 unprotected 1st round swaps if it was possible

[spurraider21]

I'm really okay with getting rid of some of them, that's cool. Again, I'm just trying to make sense of the overall deal. Anyway, Tatum and Brown are, what, in their prime seven years from now? Actually... they're 25 and 26, so will be starting a possible decline, not to mention the cap problems the team will have in the meantime.

Now... onto Bullock. I guess he's fine as a platoon guy if they keep him. I'm not sure how valuable expiring contracts are for us anymore, but we'll see.

bullock's expiring contract isn't what's meant to be the valuable part of the trade for the spurs. its the pick swap. if we're able to get something for him, thats a bonus. otherwise its a burden we take on that doesnt impact our cap flexibility next offseason

[Ariel]

Like everyone else, I think this is a good trade, but I don't see it as some amazing move like other people on this thread do. The 2030 pick swap isn't risk-free; it's not a given that we will finish above Dallas in the standings by then, so it's possible we essentially gave up 4 second rounders for Reggie Bullock and nothing else.

Again, I think this is a good trade and I would definitely do it 10 times out of 10, but it's not some kind of miracle move.

The salary cap use comes at no cost and those 4 seconds have a very little chance of being worthy of anything, so we got a swap that might mean something substantial (or might not) at the expense of a negligible cost. No risk whatsoever.

[exstatic]

I'm not huge on swaps, but that's not really what I'm getting at. I'm not sure how the trade as a whole shakes out the way it is. And, yeah, I'm not sure why the Spurs had to throw in four seconds to facilitate a trade for two other teams. They're taking on 10 million of basically useless salary to grease the wheels for Dallas. I guess I see it, and then Boston gets a decent exception. I don't know why Dallas gets two seconds from the Spurs and it still feels like the Spurs are paying for everyone's dinner.

It’s NOT useless salary. We’ll probably be able to flip Bullock at the deadline to get at least two of thos SRPs back.

[Uriel]

The salary cap use comes at no cost and those 4 seconds have a very little chance of being worthy of anything, so we got a swap that might mean something substantial (or might not) at the expense of a negligible cost. No risk whatsoever.

Very little risk and no risk are different things.

[Chinook]

An unprotected swap means you get the better and lose the worst. So the difference between an unprotected pick or swap is whether you keep or lose the worst of the 2, which will likely be a pick in the 20s (Spurs should be contenders by then). Not a huge deal.

I am familiar with swaps. What I am saying is that they have completely different implications than protected picks, and different ways of building will benefit from those implications differently. In basically every other avenue besides hoping to draft your stars of hoping to make a huge all-in trade, the difference is substantial.

[Dirk-41-21-1]

Luka just said he’s never leaving the Mavs. Sorry spurs fans

[baseline bum]

Mavs got rid of trash ass bullock for 1st pick swap? And spurs fans think they won trade???? Mavs easily won this lol. Nico is turning into a master deal maker. I would have traded bullock for a bag chips. That dude sucks bad. Barely scores. D is overrated. Basically out there running for cardio.

Spurs needed to hit the salary floor and this trade gets them there. An unprotected first round swap for a couple of the billion second rounders they have is an amazing deal for the team.

[CGD]

Now, aggregate Bollock and Berch expirings, send the CHI for a FRP and Lonzo’s contract.

[CGD]

Luka just said he’s never leaving the Mavs. Sorry spurs fans

So did Dame…

[Dex]

Luka just said he’s never leaving the Mavs. Sorry spurs fans

Beal said he would never leave D.C.

Lillard said he would never leave Portland.