hard pass
Stop. We got our roster already. If Wemby shows that he is more than ready by mid-season, sure PATFO would make some trade deadline moves. But till then, this is your team es. No Herro, no Poole.. and yes no LeMarsha for asst coach. Pop almost drove him off to the airport for crying out loud, but nobody would take him
Spurs have drafted with Wembanyama one of the best prospect ever and it changes everything. They have now a player who could be the league MVP in a few years. The rebuilding goal is now to be a perennial true le contender in 3 to 5 years. It isn't to be a play-in team in 1 or 2 years.
Herro is a fine player for an average to good team but he isn't for a great team. Come playoff time, his weaknesses (lack of size/defense and relativily low offensive efficiency) will hurt him and make him a liability.
As weird as it sounds, Spurs are a team coming from a 22-60 season but they should wonder before adding a player with a high salary: "Can this player help us win a le in a few years?" . It's all about not wasting Wembanyama potential greatness.
I'm on the record and will happily state again that I think Herro is better than Vassell. With that said, Devin still has a chance to be better than Herro and there is value in continuity and developing our own guys. So for that reason, it's worth sticking with Devin. Don't think there is room for both on the roster, Herro is not a PG.
Now, *if and only if* Devin has made it clear he won't sign an extension or resign long-term, or his contract demands are astronomical, I would consider bringing in Herro for a protected first to facilitate the Dame deal and then flipping Devin.
The only reason to ever consider Poole is for him creating the term triple-single. That’s it.
I absolutely do not understand the fascination with either player. Both are poor defenders, highly inefficient chuckers who have minimal impact on winning. For what they offer (shooting) the spurs can get someone for a much lower price.
The Spurs already have a better shooter than either Poole or Herro, and at a lower price. McDermott, of course. Instead of fuddling around with those guys, just keep McBuckets. Makes more sense.
kht is the only one saying a Dame trade is imminent. Even Woj says the opposite. Hmmm, who should I trust…
Ok, and ?
I’m convinced that Wemby’s eventual long term running mate will not come through trade but via the draft. I love Sochan and Vassell but not sure either is the #2 guy on the next great Spurs team (good #3 options though).
Basically, not seeing how a Herro or any other player right now would be 1) on the right timeline and available, and 2) good enough if they’re made available.
Poole knocked down a whole 33.6% of this threes with Curry's gravity getting him wide open shots constantly. Vassell knocked down 38.7% of his threes with the spacing Tre Jones provided. Yeah not sweating missing the opportunity to pay Jordan Poole $30 million a year when the Spurs already have a better 2-guard.
Jordan Poole is not our first big move. I think it's going to be more microscopic maneuvering while they figure out what we have, obviously, and then go from there. They might end up liking the team they already have. We don't know yet. I have high hopes for Jeremy, personally. There will be trades eventually but I don't think even Wright knows yet.
Poole sucks. Between the two, Herro can actually play
We have some pretty good support cast with more on the way. We don't/won't need to trade for big $ support cast. We will be going for division championships in a couple years with conference and nba championships hopefully another couple years after that.
Trust the process.
Whatever happened to all the optimism about our young guards like Malaki, Wesley, Sidy, etc, etc. developing into 3 point shooters? Why, we almost have a corner on promising young sharpshooters.
Spurs are in a great spot to improve the 3 way possible: draft, trade and free agency.
- I agree with you that right now draft is the primary way to improve the team. I'm convinced Spurs' FO is tanking this season to get an as high as possible pick in the 2024 draft. Wright hasn't really tried to add some vets this summer to make the team more compe ive. Saying that, maybe the young core will do like OKC last season and surprises everybody, but they haven't been put in a position to succeed by the FO.
- The trade landscape looks bleak for the moment but Spurs have some really nice assets (Hawks, Bulls and Mavs picks...).
I would add a quote from Wojnarowski that he said few days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETvjmDjB-og
There could be some massive talents available for trades next season. Maybe at the trade deadline. Maybe next year. You have teams weighing the assets they might use to trade for Damian Lillard versus who could be available, that ‘we don’t want to be out of the game for some players younger,’ first-team All-NBA type of players who may be in that marketplace.
- Spurs will have a lot of cap space next summer. If a player like Pascal Siakam becomes an unrestricted free agent, should Spurs go after him ?
Too old. Almost a full decade older than Wembymania.
Well yeah. We drafted wemby and otherwise just brought back the same roster we just tanked with. It makes sense since wemby is still very green and just 19
Fischer makes it sound like the Craptors are "in the lead" with Anunoby and (obviously picks and salary filler would need to be included), but is that the usual Craptors buddy pushing their agenda propaganda or is it the Trail Blazers playing scare tactics with the Heat?
Herro makes no sense. I'd rather have Vassell and it's not hard to envision Branham, a similar archetype, becoming comparable in time.
Probably just an example that you're taking too literally, but I can't see either side having interest.
There's three archetypes I envision the Spurs seeking/splurging on . . .
1. Dynamic perimeter creator adept at playing on or off ball.
2. Three and D wing/forward
3. Floor spacing big with girth.
I’ll never understand this board’s obsession with low efficiency chuckers who put up points on volume touches, but do nothing else.
Of the long list of losers ST becomes obsessed with -- John Collins, Deandre Ayton, Ben Simmons, and so on -- Tyler Herro is one who actually isn't that bad. Not great, and also not a fit though.
LMA was literally our only key signing since we drafted Duncan...
Don't really see that, especially with Cooper Flagg not coming until 2025.
Horry, McDyess great role players too.
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